Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-28
NOOVERTUl
INDICATED
HALT WALky
Shop Crafts Demand Wags
Not Cut AS Labor Boar,
Ordered

i CHICAGO, June 2s.-(By Al
ciated Press THE railroad ma
ayers indicated today there would n
no peace overtures to the 100000
shopnen whose leaders declared inl
an ultirnatum last night that a strike
is certain to result from the failure
Of the roads to ignore the wage de-
eisions of the Railroad Labor Board
effective July j.
The strike announcement was
made through a telegram from B.
M. Jewell head Of the shopcrafts,
to the Association OF Railway Execu-
tiyes.
Decision to call strike came late
Tuesday after a lengthy discussion
by the executive committee TO the
six shopcrafts unions, based on tae
strike vote of the men thus far tab
ulated,
Should the rail heads arrange an
| immediate conference, agreeing
meanwhile to continue present wag-
es, restore working rules modified
by the Railroad Labor Board and dis
continue farming out railroad work,
however, walkout can be halted,
the telegram said Otherwise "a
sanction of withdrawal from employ
ment on July l, 1922, as voted by
the employees, will be unavoidable"
The $500 word telegram, address
ed to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the Association of Railway Exeeu-
tives, threw no light on the actual
strike vote beyond saying it was an
overwhelming majority"
In Session Two Days.
Six international union presidents,
forming the executive council Of the
mechanical section, railway employees
department Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, were responsible for
the strike decision. Closeted for two
days in secret session, they remained
silent on their action until last night.
Declaring that the railroads have
acted on common program to re-
due wages and obtain other advan-
tages to the carriers, President Jew
els message pointed out zone bene-
lit which may come to the carriers
and their employees and to the gem
eral public, from the fact that there
are national spokesmen of the con-
flicting interests who might be able
to halt nationwide withdrawal oil
men from employment in the rail-
way service. If the railway exeeu-
tiyes sincerely desired to avoid this
consequence Of their previous course
| of action"
''For this reason" the telegram
! said, "in behalf of and by the author
ity of the executive council of the
railway employees department, | am
I informing you and through your in
forming the responsible heads of the
various railway systems in the 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:
The Uitimatum.
"U) 70 continue the payment of
The wages at present in force.
"(2). 10 restore operation under
rules 6, 10, II, Ia, Is, 46 and III, as
they existed prior to the amendments
thereof proposed in decision number
222; and
"(3). To discontinue the contract
ing out of work and shops pending
negotiations between the Associa-
tion of Railway Executives and the
railway employees department look
ing toward adjustment of the exist
ing disputes upon these questions, a
sanction Of withdrawal from employ
nent on July I, 1922, as voted by
the employees, win be unavoidable"
The three points on which the
executives are asked to meet the em-
ployes' demands are identical with
the three questions on which the
unions are now completing their
strike ballot.
The first ballot covers the $780,
100000 wage cut ordered by The
board effective July /. The second
, ballot involves seven rules regarding
overtime and physical examinations,
fought principally because they wiped
out time and one half payment for
ocrti-Ae and Sunday work. The third
strike question involved the practice
of numerous roads in farming cut
certain work, declared to be in order
to avoid the ruling on wages and
working conditions by the Federal
Labor Board,