Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-01
MEMBERS OF 6 BIG
UNIONS walk OUT:
ROADS OPERATING
Chicago, July - Notwithstanding t h e
efforts OF the federal government acting thru the
United States railway labor board to throttle a

abor board to throttle a
strike of the nations rail-
W a y S h o p workers,
thousands of shopmen
answered the call of their union lead
ers and laid down their tools at 10
o'clock today.
Reports indicated that shop
mechanics and their helpers from the
New England roads to the western
transcontinental lines were generally
| joining the walk out with about 1OO,-
| 600 reported to have quit up to noon.
Reports then showed walk out as fol.
| lows:
Kankakee, 2SO; Decatur, 1,6OO;l
Danville, 1900; Springfield, 5S;
Peoria 500;, Moline, 1,4O0; Galesburg,
46O; Aurora, 1900; Joliet, $780, (Out
of the e. J. & e. railway shop and
yards despite the fact that the road
announced no cut in wages) Quincy,
Is; Clinton, 400; Pittsburgh, 1000;
New York City, $4,000; Buffalo, 5000;
Rochester, 1000; Toledo, $500; Erie.
Pa, 700; Connecticut 1900; Wor-
cester Mass, 250; Cleveland, GOO;
Bay City, Mich, $50; Columbia, C. S.
c., 500; St. Louis, Mo, 1000; Spring
field, Mo, $500; Kansas City, 1000;
San Antonio, 500; Oakland Calf.
500; Montgomery, Ala, 900; Pine
Bluff, Ark, 1000; Mobile 1,100; New
Orleans. 2100; Birmingham, Ala,
1000; Milwaukee, 800; Cincinnati,
5,4o0; Dubuque, $500.
Walk Out Certain.
Chicago, July i.--All hope of avert
ing the nation wide strike of 100000
railway shopmen apparently had van
ished today as the hour for the walk
out approached.
Ten O'Clock was the time set for
the suspension of work in the strike
call of union leaders Wednesday.
approximately 100000 shopmen--
one fourth of the entire number-are
employees of railroad shops in Chicago
and envrous.
Jewell Ignores Summons.
B. NJ Jewell head of the railway
employees departments of the Ameri-
can federation of labor who with of
ficials of the various shop crafts de-
fled summons to appear before the u.
S. labor board yesterday had appar-
emily decided to remain consistent
with his ultimatum to the railroads
last week. Jewell successfully avoid
ed subpoena servers during the night
after the board issued writ calling
on him to appear at the close of yes
terday's conference. Efforts to locate
him We're fruitless until after mid
night when he was found at a hotel
where he had met with his chairman
and considered hundreds of tele-
grams regarding the strike. He declin-
ed to comment on the situation,
In his ultimatum Jewel told railroad
executives that the only possible ave-
nue. to peace for the railroads to fol-
low was to ignore the decision of the
labor board slashing $60,000,OO0 from
the wages Of shopmen today and to
restore rules governing overtime pay
anu WbThiu~ tOUuIllullS dlOUB Will ILL
agreement to discontinue the system
by which several roads farmed out
work to contractors.
Declaring that the "blood was on
Jewels own head" Ben w. Hooper,
chairman of the labor board who led
the way to a peaceful settlement of
the threatened strike Of trainmen last
October. said Jewels belated appear.
ance under subpoena could not, at
such a late hour result in any re-
versal Of the strike order in time to
prevent a suspension of work.
Executives End One Issue.
Paiway executives who answered
the boards summons and appeared
at Yesterdays confes--ce virtually re-
moved one of the strike issues when
one by one many of them whose roads
had been following the practice an
nounced they would abolish the con-
tract system in their shops. The
board in several cases brought by en-
ployes against the roads, ruled that
carriers were violating provisions Of
the transportation act In farming on
work to contractors. As the strike
loomed inevitable railroad officials de-
clared the public would scarcely be
aware of the walkout except thru read
ing about it. Transportation will con-
tnue uninterrupted they asserted and
in some centers it was indicated that
shops would be operated on IN open
shop basis.
The Men Effected.
The following table prepared from
information supplied by the federated
shop crafts indicates the number of
employees in each craft receiving au-
thorization to strike today.
International association machinists,
10000.
International brotherhood of boiler