Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-07-03
SH0PmEN HIT IN
ORDER ISSUED BY
u. S. LABOR BOARD
Chicago, July 3.-The six railway crafts
unions which went on strike Saturday were out
lawed by the United States railway labor board to-
day.
In a formal resolution
I.he board declared that

I:he board declared that
the unions by their actions forfeited
all rights before the board as railway
employees and that new organizations
of shopmen taking the striking mems
Jobs should be formed to represent
the shop employees in disputes before
the board.
The boards pronouncement for
mally seconded the statement of the
chairman, Ben W. Hooper, on Satur-
day thai men remaining at work
should not be called "scabs" or be
considered "strikebreakers." THE
resolution said such men were with
in their rights and have the moral
as well as the legal right to engage
in such service of the American pub
lie to avoid interruption of indispen-
sable railway transportation. Such
men are entitled to the protection of
every department and branch of the
state and national, the
resolution continued.
Both Sides Stand Pat
Chicago, July 3.-With striking rail-
road shopmen formally outlawed by
the United States railroad labor
board, both the strikers and the roads
We're standing pat all over the country
in an unyielding position today. Head
quarters for the shopmen reported a
complete walkout Most of the roads.
in the absence of details, declined To
make any statement
Interest in the situation centered
mainly in Detroit, where the mainte-
nance Of way employees and railroad
shop laborers were to decide today
whether they would cast their lot
with the six striking shop unions.
Meanwhile slight disturbances crop
ped out at Perry, Iowa, in the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and st Paul round
house and the Baltimore and Ohio
shops in Chicago. Some stone throw
ing resulted in a few broken windows,
but no one was seriously hurt.
Picketing was being taken up a,
many places over the country and
few shops were reported to be hiring
new men.
Strikers Stone Imported Laborers.
Perry Iowa. July 3.-Twenty labor
ars. brought here from Chicago, pre-
sumably to work in the Chicago, Nil,
waukee and St Paul local shops, were
stoned and chased out Of town here
night by Il band Of strike
symnthi2ers.
Electric Trainmen Strike.
Chicago. July 3.-Trainmen 9. Of the
Chicago. North Shore and Milwaukee
Electric railway voted last night, Az
to T. to Walk out ut midnight tonight
unless the mauag ment grants an I'M
mediate r per cent increase to the
present wage scale OF - cents an
lour,
Count Strike Ballots.
Chicago. July 3.-(AP.l-Railway
strike interest which centered over
the week end on the shipments walk
cut Saturday, today turned to deVeI-
1pmeuts dependent on the canvass
at Detroit Of the strike vote of 400
)00 maiutence Of way employees and
action by their union officials.
A potential railroad crisis far
more acute than any fOreseen threat
to traffic by a strike of shopcrafts
alone, hinged on the course taken by
The maintenance of way men.
A strike of maintenance of way
would double the number
Of railway strikers and more than
double the effectiveness Of the sus'
pension,
Should the clerks, freight handlers
and signal men join the walkout, the
total number of railway employees
called off their Jobs would aggregate
| 100000.
Advertises for Help.
Chicago. July 3.-The New York
Central today advertised in newspa-
oers for men to replace shopmen who
went out on strike Saturday, In its
advertisements said:
con account of the action of num-
Of our shop and engine house en-
Dloyes. who left the service in de-
fance of the United States railroad
labor board. the New York Central
is in need of machiuists and helpers:
and helpers; pipe nit
ters and helpers; electricians and
helpers, tank repairers and helpers:
boiler washers; qualified car repair
men and inspectors
Board and sanitary housing will
be furnished, and ample police protec-
Lion provided at all times.
"The United States labor board di.
rects that all men taken in the place
of strikers are to understand they
will not be considered strikel break
ers. and will be protected in their po-