The New York herald., 1922-06-18
SEVEN UNIONS VOTE
FORRAILWAY STRIKE
FWAGECUTSTANDS IF
Leaders Say SO Per Cent.
of Men Have Decided
Upon Walkout.
100000 MEN INVOLVED
Miners to Plan Cooperative
Action at Meeting Set
for Tuesday.
LEADER is A FUGITIVE
Cradle, Sought in Court Ac-
ton, to Direct Fight From
Another State.
LEADER is A FUGITIVE

CINCINNATI, June II ASSOCIATED
Press) Withdrawal of wage reduc-
tions ordered by the Railroad Labor
Board and the taking back by rail-
roads Of contracts farming out shop
work only can avert the threatened
strike of approximately 1000, 900 work
ers on July /, rail union executives
said tonight.
Union leaders declared complete
strike plans have been approved, and
unless the Railroad Labor Board re-
vokes it's decision cutting wages and
altering working conditions the
threatened strike will go into effect as
scheduled.
The triple barreled strike vote OF
seven unions so far returned was an
nounced by union leaders as being 9S
per cent in favor of q walkout. How
ever, leaders said this percentage is
high, and they did not expect the final
vote to reach more than 95 per cent.
The rail and miners union officials
will meet Tuesday to discuss "coopera-
tive action" between members of these
organizations. John l.. Lewis. presi-
dent of the miners. formally announced
to-day that the meeting would discuss
1.-The Industrial situation affecting the
strike of organized mine workers and
the outrageous action of the United
! States Railroad Labor Board in inpos-
ing unwarrantable and unjustifiable re-
! ha raj lNxas Cf1nlONPfE.
To Decide on Action.
In accepting the invitation extended
by B. NJ Jewell of the railway en-
ployees for the meeting. M. Lewis
stated that the mine workers would
seek to prescribe "a course OF action
which will afford that essential degree
of Justice which Is necessary 10 the
men working in these industries and
at the same time give every proper
consideration to the welfare OF the Or
ganized men and women"
II was announced tonight that r. f.
Cradle. president of the maintenance OF
way employees, who cannot enter Ohio
without fear of being served with SUD-
| poenas in injunction proceedings against
| his union now pending in the United
States District Court at Toledo. is In
Covington, Ky, across the river from
| Cincinnati.
| Mr. Cradle announced that his posi-
| ton is a concrete demonstration or the
intolerable conditions imposed by the
] courts upon those who are charged
with the leadership of labor organiza-
| tions and wits the safeguarding Oh
| human rights as against property IN
! terests."
The application for reinstatement
| into the American Federation OF Labor
! Is now pending and will be acted on
! at the present convention. Mr.. Cradle
will conduct his fight from Kentucky
The maintenance of way union with
drew from the federation during con-
troversy with the carpenters over a
jurisdictional dispute. Mr.. Cradle said
that action of the Railroad Labor
Board In cutting wages was "unthink-
able and unspeakable.'
Labor's Interpretation of the Supreme
Court decision in the celebrated Coro-
nado coal case, holding international
unions subject to damage suits under
the Sherman antitrust law, was pre-
sented to-day to the American Fedora
tion of Labor convention here by the
fcderation's executive council, COM
posed of its eleven officers
"The Supreme Court cannot crush
| the labor movement without endanger-
ing the foundations of society" de-
cIared the report. THE workers will
not accept slavery. Therefore, they