The Washington herald., 1922-07-03
BITTER FIGHT
LOOMS ASRAI
STRIKE GROWS
Other Union Men Walk
Out, Raising Ranks to
100000, Says Jewell
QUIT IN ADVANCE
OF AUTHORIZATION
Declares Truce Possible
Only if Wages Are Left
As Prior to July l..

longest and most bitterly fought
capital-labor wars in history can be
expected before any settlement can
be reached in the strike Of railroad
shopmen.
This is the conviction of Bert AZ.
Jewell, president Of the railroad de-
partment of the A. +. Of L. who or
dered and will direct the railroad
walkout Jewell refused 70 appear
before the Railroad Board in the
iast-minute attempt to avert the
strike and could not be found when
subpoena was issued to bring
him In.
Jewell declared that reports 20 HE
ONCE today indicated that zoe. .0Oo
men are out now. including many
thousands not yet ordered out The
shopmen's walkout is general, he
said. despite contrary reports
Declares 600 600 skepmen Out.
There are 100000 shopmen strik-
ing. he said
In addition. he said. 5000 main
tenance OF way workers have gone
out In advance Of executive action
to be taken by President Cradle.
and his executive council tomorrow.
Timothy Healy has reported that
100000 stationary engineers ard oil
ers are out. The signalmen are
Joining the strike in advance OF any
executive action. Jewell said
Freight handlers. station en-
ployes and clerks were also Joining
the strikers ranks all over the
country, according TO kilograms 10
Jewell. Strikes by switchmeu. not
included in the controversy. have
been controlled by President T. c.
Cassin. and the men put back 20
work, he said
Reports General waIkout.
President W. H. johnson. of the
machinists. has reported a general
/ wslkout Of his forces. as has ]. W.
Kline. of the blacksmiths: J. A
Franklin. of the boilermskers: J. J.
Hines. of the sheet metal workers;
James p. Noonan. OF the electrical
workers. and Martin r. Ryan. Of the
/ carmen.
Jewell emphasized. first, that
everything possible would be done
by the union leaders to stamp out
violence and prevent damage 10
railroad property by strikers.
There will be no repetition OF
the Williamson County mine riots
II we can help IT," he said. I'VE
have men on the job in every bad
district There are about twenty
FIVE such spots in the country. ave
OF them in Chicago and we viii be
on the job day and night
Injunction, Expected. --
instructions have gone out q
the men not to fight injunction pro-
ceedings. We expect hundreds Of
picketing injuhctions during the
coming week. II men must 20 to
Jail for picketing and our executive
committee has. arranged for neces-
sary pickets everywhere. they must
go TO Jail They will have 70 go
through more ssppleasant things
than Jail before this is over. We
have no money to spend to fight
court actions. II will be cheaper
for the men to eat in jail and the
money to go to their family -.
NO effort will be made TO inter-
rupt transportation except as q is
impaired through legal action.
Some roads will be fat. however.
because of needed repairs in Ave
days. Others will run on schedule
practically for six months"
Where this strike will hit the
roads will be in operation costs. The
executives will find that they will
not be able to recruit sufieient
strikebreakers."
-wonf Take strfker.' Job..-
American workers of the better
class will not take the strikers
jobs This has been proven to us
in the last couple of months when
the Western Maryland road i'm
ported nearly $4,000 men at dif-
ferent times to breaR the strike on
that road. without violence none
of them worked longer than a week.
Impaired service. costly shipping
delays, higher wages 10 strike
breakers. guards and all the other
excessive costs will hold up the
work"
Jewell then said that under no
circumstances will the strike be
called on unless the following con-
ditions are met;
Il. A truce will be declared for
final settlement across q consulta-
tion table n the executives agree 10
leave wages where they were prior
to July 1. restore working rules to
the former status. cancel all private
contracts and meet seven general
fundamental principles as q work
ing basis
2. No settlement will be accepted
at this proposed conference unless
the executives agree to a minimum
basis for permanent peace.
~No Pstched-up Truce
You can put this In your hat
he said when this strike is set
tied. IL will be no patched-up truce.
II will be a settlement that Will In
sure permanent economic peace or
the strike will 10 on.
Permanent peace can come only
through a general agreement fnsur-
ing workers q living wage. The re-
cent decisions OF the Labor Board
were made TO insure proper pro-
lection for the dollar invested IN
railroad property. No effort was
made to insure protection OF human
Il beings from starvation.
1T is well enough to say wages
are over the 1914 basis. But the
1914 basis did not insure an eonita-
BILE wage.
This strike win be settled on the
bass of the work man does and
how much Il costs him 10 live and
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