The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-03
TRAINS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN
REGARDLESS OF STRIKE

Chicago, July (By the Associated
Press).-Railway strike interest
which centered over the weekend in
walkout Saturday by the shopmen
today turned to the development de-
pendent upon the canvass at Detroit
of the strike vote or 100000 of the
maintenance way employees and the
action by their union officials.
Two days of the strike of the shop
men failed, according to reports, 10
interfere seriously with the transpor
tation or produce Of definite statement
CT number of men out. The railroad
labor board merely marked time pend
ing developments.
Chicago, July (By the Associated
Press).-aRilway executives. union
labor leaders and the United States
railroad labor board marked time to-
day in the countrywide strike of shop
men, while train service continued un-
interrupted by Saturdays walkout.
B. M. Jewell, head of the shopmen,
who ignored the orders of the labor
board to appear before it and explain
his strike action, spent the day at
union headquarters receiving reports
from all sections of the country
While he refused to give any figures,
he asserted that the walkout was
practically 100 per cent"
Railway executives, however, claim
ed that probably less than 80 per cent
Of the 401,0O0 repairmen had joined
the walkout which began at 10 a. m.
yesterday. Because of the Sunday
holiday, they said, they had been un-
able to make complete check of their
shopmen but that train service would
continue regardless of how many laid
down their tools.
With the union leaders refusing to
treat with the labor board, the rail-
way executives asserting that the dis
pute was entirely between their for
mer employees and the government,
and the labor board assuring the full
protection of the government, inter
est in railway circles was centered on
Detroit, where the executive council
of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way Employees will meet
tomorrow to canyass the strike ballot
of the track men. Hope was en-
pressed by the rail executives that
the maintenance of way men would
! not join the walkout.
Mr.. Jewell today explained that he
ignored the labor boards summons
because the board failed to exclude
from wage reduction hearings almost
80 roads that had in part or wholly
violated rulings of the government
tribunal which, he said, has caused
railroad employees to regard the
board with no slight misgivings.
practically all of these 80 roads
violated decisions of the labor board, ,"
! Mr.. Jewell said, yet they were in
cluded in the wage reduction hear
ings. If the board had ruled that
! these roads were not entitled to par
ticipate in these hearings the respect
of railroad labor for the tribunal
would have been Increased materially
i Railroad labor would then have looked
/ upon the board as a tribunal willing
, and ready 10 deal out Justice If this
had been done, the officials of the
shop crafts could have gone to the
: men with this as an argument and
averted the strike. But this was not
done and postpon"ment Of the strike
was humanity impossible.
, 'ln the first place. my appearance
before the board could not have re-
= suited in arbitration. The board
> should have subpoenaed officials who
!. signed the telegram authorizing the
strike. Only those men could recall
the order. If have done any sucn
I thing | would have forfeited my office
. Immediately
h Classification of my refusal to obey
the summons is seen in the fact that
j bioodShed or loss Of life and are up
holding law and order. If | had gone
before the board there would have re-
! suited misunderstanding which would
have ended in chaos among the shop
I crafts organization"
n Mr.. Jewell said the announcement
) of the results of the shopmen's strike
ballot would probably be made public
tomorrow following a meeting of the
executive council of the union. He
said that since the strike order went
n into effect he has received numbers
of kilograms confirming reports that
: the walkout is almost 100 per cent
effective. One of the kilograms, he
declared, was from the national head
quarters of the Brotherhood of Rail
n way Car Men of America and said
that this organization was 100 per
\ cent responsive to the strike order.