The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-28
Railroads Center On
Plans To Meet the
Walk-out = 100000
Men May Decide To
Go Out

Chicago, June 28.-(By the Asso.
ciated Press. )-The ultimatum sent by
b. Nj. Jewell, head of the Railway EN-
ployes' department of the American
Federation of Labor to T. Dewitt Guy
ler, chairman of the Association of
Railwau Executives that the 100000
shopmen of the nations railroads
would go on strike unless the deci-
sions of the railway labor board were
ignored and present wages main
tanned, today was met with silence
among the railway managers.
There was little Indication that the
railroads would seriously consider Mr..
JEWELS demands to hold back the
$60,OOO,OO0 wage cut and restore abol-
ished rules governing working condi-
tions in the shops.
Rail union heads today centered on
plans for the contemplated walkout
next month a sthey hastened towards
completion of the canvass of the
strike vote, which is said to have
been overwhelmingly in favor of
spsuension in protest against the
wage cuts and rules laid down under
edicts from the labor board.
Maintenance of way employees,
clerks, signal men and other classes
whose wages were slashed in recent
orders, would, in following the shop
men out on a strike, take more than
100000 employees out of the railroad
service.
In spite of this rail officials have
declared that the roads could con-
tinue to operate to a certain extent
with train employees and telegraphers
remaining on the job.
None of the big four" brotherhoods
are involved in the wage reductions
due July l and there is believed to
/ be little likelihood of the tranmen
! joining walkout.
One road is said to have 100 en-
gines repaired and tuned in its round
house ready to meet a strike emer-
gency.
Decision to call a strike came late
yesterday, after a lengthy discussion
by the executive committee of the six
| shopcrafts unions, based on the strike
vote of the men thus far tabulated.
should the rail heads arrange an
immediate conference, agreeing mean
while to continue present wages, re-
store working rules modified by the
railroad labor board and discontinue
farming out railroad work, however,
a walkout can be halted" the tele-
gram said "Otherwise sanction of
withdrawal from employment on July
/ /. 1922, rs voted by the employees,
will be unavoidable"
What the Men Demand
For this reason" the telegram
said lin behalf of. and by the author
ity of the executive council OF the
railway employees department, | am
informing the responsible heads of
the various railway systems inc Unit
ed States and also the Pullman Com
pany, most of which are represented
! in the association of railway eXecu-
tives, that unless an immediate ar
! rangement can be made:
"Q) To continue the payment OF
the wages at present in force.
"(2) To restore operation under
rules G, 10, ~, IA, Is, 46 and III. as
they existed prior to the amendments
thereof proposed in decision 222.
"(3) To discontinue the contracting
out of work and shops pending nego-
tions between the Association of
Railway Executives and the railway
employees department looking toward
/ adjustment of the existing disputes
upon these questions, sanction Of
withdrawal from employment on July
| l, 1922. as voted by the employees, will
! be unavoidable"