THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1921
CONFERENCE CALL
ACCEPTED BY LABOR
Official Order Not Yet
ceived in Cleveland.
Re
LITTLE COMMENT MADE
; Sir. Lee Issues Statement Outlining
Attitude on Demands That
v - Teeth Be Tut In Law.
CX.EVELAND, O.. Oct. 41. (By the
Associated Press.) Although the of
' tlclal order citing the railroad broth
erhood chiefs and railroad executives
- to appear before the railroad labor
.' board Wednesday had not been re-
- ceived. local brotherhood executives
t tonight said they would respond to
,. the citation. W. O. Lee, president of
the trainmen, said: "I am perfectly
willing to recognise any order from
', the board or any other proper au-
thorlty that will tend to prevent the
strike."
2 W. S. Stone, president of the ngi
i neers. said: "I certainly will be theM
If ordered." adding that all the other
- chief executives of the railroad trsn-
portatlon organizations also "will so
anywhere they are ordered to appear
In connection with a settlement of
the strike."
i None of the "local brotherhood
chiefs would make other comment on
today's developments.
Statement Is Issued.
Mr. Lee tonight Issued a statement
. rutllnlng his posttlon on alleged de
' manda that teeth be put Into the
transportation act. In which he as-
serted those making the demand
should also demand a law for the
"regulation of his own business that
will establish the same relations be
tween himself and his employes be
demands for railway employes."
The statement follows:
"There Is a demand for congres-
atonal action that will put teeth In
the decisions of the railroad labor
board. But there is no demand from
' other business that teeth be put into
a law to regulate their right to bar
gain with their employes. Freedom
. of contract, the right to hire andi fire,
j Is the platform of every business that
unites In the demand for an enforc-
able law regulating those same rights
I of railways and their employes. The
i right to strike has been conceded by
the chief justice of the United States
supreme court. Is It right, then, to
J deny the railway employes the same
leg:il rights conceded every other
oiats of labor?
V Juatlfleatloa Is Asked.
"Wherein Is there justification for
' a demand that proposes to compel
, transportation employes to work un
der unsatisfactory conditions that do
not Include every class of employers
; and em-ployes?
V "The plali fact of the matter is that
the railway organisations have obeyed
r. the labor sections of the transporta
tion act; and If they leave the service
, because of their dissatisfaction with
i the award of July 1. they are not in
violation of the law, but in full ac
J cord with every one of Its requlre-
ments. They have a right to refuse
j service that Is equal to the railway
right to refuse to accept provisions ot
an nward.
; "That in many Instances the rall
j ways have not obeyed the provisions
of the law cannot be questioned. The
attitude of many railroads has been
7 that of agreement with the decisions
of the board If they answered their
purpose and disagreement when they
did not suit. The railroads have
flaunted the lmpotency of the board
to enforce Its decisions in Its face,
but there has been no public demand
that the railroads be forced to obey
orders of the board,
j "The attitude of the roads at best
; has been that of Insolent Indifference
i while the organisations have obeyed
the law and if they leave the service
U will not be in violation of the act."
WAR POWER USE URGED
(Vntlnuef1 From first Page.)
fly-would be expected to follow only
in case the union leaders disregard
official notice from the railroad labor
board and bring on a strike of such
proportions that the railway com
panies themselves could not keep the
centers of population properly sup
plied with the necessaries of life.
In the absence of any indication
that the administration was consld-
ering mandatory control of the rail
roads, action of the labor board in
citing union heads and ral chiefs to
the controversy to appear before it
was Interpreted here as showing that
the board had received assurances
from Washington that Its supervision
of the situation had been unaffected.
The board's Intention, as understood
bere. waa to determine whether the
brotherhood chiefs or the railroad ex
ec utives or both had not already con
travened provisions of the transpor
tation act.
..'In administrative circles It was re
Iterated that it was "still the labor
boards affair." While the president
had not been advlwed officially of the
board's action at a late houf. it was
understood he approved the move.
Adequate Authority Kx latent.
Although definite decision against
invocation of wsr-tlme powers was
reached today, no doubt was expressed
In official quarters that adequate au
thority was existent andi could be
employed, should the period of nego
tiation prove fruitless. An amend
ment carried by the army appropria
tion bill of August 29, 1916, authorised
the president specifically to take over
transportation for the movement of
troops and to continue such control
"In an emergency." Supplementing
this authority, it was said, were sec
tions of the national defense act and
other statutes. Department of justice
officials were understood to have pre
pared for the president a memoran
dum on the suhject.
Should a situation arise necessitat
ing reversion to war powers, or other
methods of temporary government
control, the war department would
become the focal point. It was ex
plained. The army already has Its
personnel listed by occupations and
is ready to put some aboard trains
and man Its fleets of some 30,000
motor trucks.
A decision from the Interstate com
merce commission on cases involving
requests for freight rate reductions
may be expected soon. It was again
Indicated at the commission.
Four Killed In Tunnel.
TVIVXIPKO. Msn., Oct. 21 Four
men were killed sod two Injured when
a Canadian Pacific railway freight
was caught by falling rock In a tun
net one mile east of Palllser, B. C
last night, according to advices re
ceived here today.
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Adv. .
KANSAS TO RUN TRAINS WHEN
NEEDED, SAYS GOVERNOR
Rail Managers to Get Opportunity
Executive Industrial Law .
TOPEKA. Kan.. Oct. 21. In event a
railroad strike becomes effective
the stats government in Kansas
will operate the lines within the state
if it beoomes necessary, under the
Kansas industrial eourt law. Gover
nor Allen announced today. First,
however, the railroad managers will
be given an opportunity to operate
the roads.
Governor Allen said he is making a
survey to determine how many ex
perienced railroad workers would be
available in an emergency. The re
sponse has been gratifying, he added.
"The industrial court act of Kan
sas prohibits any men engaged in
transportation from conspiring to de
prive the public of this essential util
ity," he -stated. "It prohibits railroad
managers from closing their trans
portation lines or from entering Into
any conspiracy to deprive the public
of this utility.
"The Kansas law provides) that all
controversies between the railroads
and their employes relating to wages
or working conditions shall be ad
judicated in the court of industrial
relations. In the meantime, ths
lines shall continue to function," . '.
HOUSTON. Tex., Oct. "If the
men pay any attention to the orders
01 the rail labor board there will be
no strike on the International & Great
Northern lines Saturday," H.-A. Fay,
executive officer of the railroad, said
today. He stated he bad been in com
munication with Chairman Barton of
F.-
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FRIDAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN RAILROAD STRIKE
SITUATION.
(By the Aasociated Press.)
Ch'cago Labor board announces it has assumed jurisdiction In
the rail crisis, orders workers not to walk out and cites union chiefs
and railroad heads to appear before it October 28 for a conference,
which board members said should avert a strike. Both sides
announce they will appear for conference.
Maintenance of way union, with more than 375,000 members, and
stationary firemen, numbering 25,000, announce overwhelming strike
votes and prepare for a walkout. Others of the 11 "standard"
unions expect to announce their decisions Saturday or Sunday.
Heads of roads entering Chicago discuss plans to combat strike.
Packers begin storing all available meat supplies in preparation
for strike.
Cleveland; W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen's union. In a state
ment following labor board citation, asked by what authority
anyone can compel a man to work, pointing out that the United
States supreme court has upheld the right to strike.
Washington Learned that possibility of President Harding
exercising war-time powers to run roads In case of strike was '
discussed officially, but such action not yet contemplated.
San Antonio Trainmen on the International and Great Northern
prepare to carry out plana for walkout Saturday, despite labor
board's announcement.
St. Louis Heads of southwestern, lines announce everything
legally possible will be done to operate roads if there is a strike.
Hazelton, Pa. Anthracite mines pushed at full speed in prepara-
tlon for strike.
the labor board and had been advised
the International & Great Northern
was receiving consideration.
PALESTINE. .Tex.. Oct. 21. Belief
that the International A Great North
ern will be able to maintain train
service in event its trainmen strike
tomorrow was expressed today by
E. G. Goforth. general manager of the
road. The service may be abbreviated
a few days, he said, but the road
"has enough men who will remain
loyal to run trains."
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Chicago Associa
tion of Commerce tonight sent a tele
gram to President Harding stating
that t believe! it "better to have a
rail strike now and th issue settled
correctly rather than to accept any
compromise or sacrifice any principle
that would postpone the settlement
of this great question."
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The Lighter
Captains' union, which has 2800
members and is affiliated with the
International longshoremen s associa
tion, has voted to remain at work in
the event of a railroad strike.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Oct. 21. "We will
run trains on the International A
Great Northern If given the necessary
protection," declared Thornwell Fay,
executive officer of the International
& Great Northern, this morning, com
menting on the announcement that
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, embracing the brakemen and
switchmen of the system, would walk
out at noon Saturday, t.
DALLAS. Tex'.. Oct. 21. The Inter
national Great Northern railroad,
whose 600 trainmen are to strike
Saturday, operates wholly within
Texas. Its main line starts at Ixmg
vlew and extends south westward, 494
miles to Laredo, passing " through
Palestine, where its headquarters are
located. Austin and San Antonio.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 21. F. H.
Nemitz, a vice-president of the Order
of Hallway Conductors, who was
named by the big four- brotherhoods
to direct the proposed railroad strike
here, established headquarters here
today following his arrival from
Chicago.
With the exception of the Southern
Pacific company, the transcontinental
railroads entering California appeared
today to have decided to announce no
definite action in contemplation of
the stnike until it has been definitely
determined what the eastern efforts
to halt the threatened disturbance will
amount to. The Western Pacific Rail
road company announced today that it
will do nothing, at least until the
first of the week.
The Southern Pacific advertised to
day for workers to take the place ot
the prospective strikers.
While the headquarters of the 9th
corps area of the United States army
here Is mapping out a pla:. of action
in the event of a strike, no particular
action is contemplated, Major-General
William M. Wright, commanding the
area, said. -- -'.."
OLMPIA. Wash., Oct." 21. While
the national guard of Washington is
always ready in case of emergency,
there have been no preparations made
for calling out the troops in event
of a railroad strike, according to
Acting Governor William J. Coyle.
Only extreme necessity would bring
about any such action, he declared
today, adding that the matter had
not even been discussed.
"I have nothing to say In the mat
ter," the acting governor. aaid. "fur
ther than that I wfll not authorise
the calling out of the national guard
except In the case of grave emer
gency vhere I would deem such ac
tion absolutely necessary.".
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 21. R. D.
Frame, general chairman of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
members employed by the Interna
tional Great Northern railroad,
an all-Texas line, tonight Issued final
instructions to the 600 members of
the organisation concerning the strike
called to begin at noon tomorrow. He
predicted that the walkout would be
100 per eent complete.
J. R. Jones, superintendent of the
LAG. N., said that the company
waa prepared to move its trains.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 21. No
plans for calling out national guard
troops in Washington In the event
of a general railroad strike have been
formulated, but staff officers at the
r
First, However, According, to
Provides Authority.
direction, of Adjutant General Mau
rice Thompson have "made a study of
any situations that are likely to oc
cur and are prepared to meet them,"
General Thompson said today.
"We have received no orders to pre
pare for strike duty." General Thomp
son said, "but in accordance with
military practice we have made plans
for .meeting the emergencies that may
arise. No mobilization orders have
been issued, nor will they be issued
until ' directions ara received from
higher authorities." -
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 21. Follow
ing a meeting here today of officials
of. the Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy
lines west Of the Missouri river, W.
Thteoff, general manager, said if
a strike comes every part of the
road's machinery will be centere'd in
the operating department in an effort
move mail and express and give
limited passenger service, with such
freight movement as is necessary to
carry food and fuel. "In other words."
said Mr. Thieoff, "from the start the
Orders will be to move all trains pos
sible, and 'we believe we can move
them."
ET. LOUIS, Oct. 21. Means of ope
rating the lines and giving service,
in event of a railroad strike, were
considered today at a conference ot
executives of 21 railroads in the
southwest.
J. M. Kurn. president of the St.
Louis A San Francisco, said:
"We shall try to operate trains by
all meana" He added, "Should con
ductors, engineers, firemen and
brakemen walk out, we shMl attempt
to fill their places with new em
ployes. We shall need about 80O0
men of the four crafts should the
strike become effective."
Mr. Kurn said the executives of
the southeastern roads would attend
the conference called by the railroad
labor board for next Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Oct 21. New York
railroad officials today declared they
were firm in their contention that,
strike or no strike, trains would run,
while labor leaders were equally as
positive that scarcely a wheel would
turn.-
Executives were taking a poll of
employes to determine how many
men intended obeying ' the strike
order.
W. I. Orr. special organizer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, scoffed at a suggestion that
the strike 'might be called off.
"Any one who thinks our organiza
tion la bluffing Is due for a big sur
prise," he declared.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 21. Repre
sentatives of 21 railroads, including
practically every line In the south
east at a meeting today laid plans
to meet the threatened strike and
adopted resolutions indorsing the de
cision of the Association of Railway
Executives at its meerting In Chicago
to seek a 10 per cent reduction in
wages.
The Southern railway system took
no part in the Chicago meeting and
waa not represented here today.
CHICAGO, Oct 21. In a reply t
letter of a conductor published
In a local newspaper, Marvin Hughltt,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Chicago & Northwestern rail
roads tonight declared there will be
no reduction in the compensation of
any employes coming under the juris
diction of the labor board without the
approval of that body.
Asked whether railroads will con
tinue plans to combat a strike in
view of the labor board pronounce
ment that the ra.il situation should
remain In status quo, Samuel Felton,
president of the Chicago Great West
ern, toni'ght said:
"We will obey that order as well
as the one citing us to appear before
the board on Wednesday."
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