The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-10
BIG FOUR
HEADS OK.
y STRIKE
Threaten 100 Similar
Cases if Troops Are
Used.

Chicago, Aug. lO.-TnreatS Dy |
railroad brotherhood chieftains
that there will be one hundred
similar cases" to the tie-up on the
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad,
where engineers, firemen, conduc-
tors and trainmen refused to work
because Of the presence Of troops
in the Joliet yards, further compli-
Gated the railway strike situation
today.
Leaders Of the "Big Four" who
are to take part in the Washington
conference of rail union heads to-
morrow, when all phases Of the
strike are due to come up before
the chiefs of the 16 standard rail-
road unions, left to the train serv-
ice men the right to decide for
themselves whether working con-
ditions at terminals were objec-
tionable
Needed sNO Approval"
Warren S. Stone, president OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, declared at Cleveland that
the walkout Of trainmen on the E.,
]. & E. did not require any ap-
proval."
Our men are not required to
work under such conditions as pre-
vail at many railroad terminals,
he said. Il am telling them that
whenever their lives are endanger-
ed by guards they should go home
and stay there"
T. C. Cashen, president Of the
Switchmen's Union of North Amer
lea, sent messages to leaders of
the union concurring in the action
Of the engineers, firemen and train
men.
Traffic Tied Up.
| Although railroad transportation
received this new threat to para
jlyze transportation. and Brother
hood engineers were Informed by
their union chiefs that their mem
bers might refuse to take out loco
motives in defective conditions,
they were cautioned mot to be too
technical"
Troops remained on guard at Jo-
liet and the E. ]. & E. outer belt
4 line of the Chicago district was
tied up in traffic knot by the sus-
pension of work by the traihmen.
Disorders Are Few.
Disorders in connection with the
: strike as important developments
approached were few and widely
! scattered. At Muskogee, Okla
, Frank Barton, new special dep
uty United States marshal, was
knocked unconscious by brick
thrown from an automobile while
, at the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
! railroad station. Discovery of ar
{ attempt to wreck a train at Jack.
son, Mich, where tie was placed
t on the Michigan Central tracks was
: attributed to a tramp who was TAX
, en- from train.
= In a statement relative to tht
e seniority controversy, the Pennsyl
vania railroad said the loss OF sen
4 iority by returning strikers wouie
a not involve forfeiture OF accumu
: lated pension privileges. Seniority
: the statement said, depends on con
: tinuity of employment, while pen
( sions are based on the total year
Q Of service regardless of whethe
they are continuous or not.
Chiefs Get Complaints.
Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 10. - B!
: the Associated Press.) - Brother
j, hood chiefs continued to receiv,
+ reports today from their member
a in many parts of the country com
. planning Of working in railroa'
! shops and yards, both as to arme'
a guards and defective equipment.
II d. B. Robertson, president of tn
a Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
: men and Enginemen. said he re
ceived a telegram from Chicag
: this morning complaining Of con
ditions on the Rock Island roal
: road. Firemen and enginemel
protested against running into tn
Joliet zone, where 1900 brother
lhood members quit work as pro
test against the alleged abuses an
. insults of armed guards. The fire
Y men asked permission to stay ou
2 Of that zone.
Mr.. Robertson instructed hi
Chicago representatives to take tn
matter up with Rock Island rail
airoad company officials.
III Brotherhood of Railway Train
4 men officials this morning receive
a dozen complaints from differen
parts Of the country regardin
guards and equipment