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18
RAIL HEADS
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TO WIN BIG SHE
Motertrucks and Unemploy
ment Seen as Allies of
Reid3 in Struggle
CITE UNIONS' DISSENSION
New Yerlt. Oct. 17 The national
rnllrend strike ..ften threatened In re
Cent j ears, w 1 a tinl'v o-e ir this time,
accord nit te t' e nialer tv of the ral'rend
effielnl who were interviewed here yes
tcrdav. ,, , ,
If there is n strike the ytn'reniN will
Win "'land'-, down" In a week s time
..i... ... t P T.nree. monlent of
wvvui.ii.i, 1. 1 ii - Tl1- 1 t
the Delaware anil Hudsen iwui -I'.i'i mngi;r no neiu in rue. i n unir souk's seuk's
Other executives snld that the strike men. it was s!ild. The President alone
would he beaten In less than a metitu. I . old avert the disii-ter of a national
In Its cffe-t-i a mil n? te Mr. l.erec rai read spike
n"d ether- It'weuM he cemp-nble with j In tin .whir hark te the ral'ren.l. tne
the "outlaw strike" of ' '" Jnther -.ingestion they v- ! -e bet or .. ihed
than with the 1ct e eat railrea 1 strike M urge further wage icduetieus li thev
which occur cd in ll J Art brought about .ate decreases. ,i,.
The reasons set forth f.-r the belief Pable Croup was regarde-l ns linvlns
W n wti'ki Is ' keh this time. treugli
man
hnv
the
cences1
the
thel
At Issue Will (leveniment
Tlie reasons het forth by railroad of
ficials for believing that thev will will
the strike, and win it quickl) . uie as
fellows
The thn atoned -trike. as the Mew
it. u nn ,,iii!i4t the r.ulreads. but
ngVinst a legaldeoisien of the Railroad
Laber II ard. se that the -sue Is net
between the rni'read empie.vi- an i iu
railroads hu- between the raiirenu em em
pleves and the I'nited States
The strikers, the executives believe,
will ".nd arrayed nwainst them the C.ov C.ev
ernment. the railmads and the public
eentl'ucnt of the t'nlted States.
Hundreds of thousands "f y0,'":,n
rallre.il nmplnxe. they nsseit. will ills ills
ebev the strike e.ill re'u-lng te ei.dan
cer their pension pr vileges nnd seniority
prlvi c-res in the adventure ordered by
the'r leader
At present one railroad man or mere
in out of work, it Is asserted, for everv
rnllread man at work It was pre
dieted that Hen would he a rush In
lnid-eff men t.. cot their .p-''"-Berne
railroads, at lea-t ,wll,tm.n;n
aggressive fight aeain-t the stride and
Will cmp'e.v Mtriko-brral;er.
Doubt if All Will tstrllie
Further than thnt. It was predicted
that n great number of local led.-es of
the Brotherhoods would efliciall.v deny
the vallditv of the strike order and in
etntet their men te remain nt werl:.
Kal read emple.ves. it was also con
tended, de net possess the all-powerful
weapon thev had in ether strikes, he
cniiM the development of the automobile
nnd automobile truck has Insured the
ceuntrv of its feed - tpnly. even if the
railroad strike were W per cent mic
cessful .. , , , , .. ,
Ac-online te V. II Trues.l.i'e ..f ;'
Delaware and I.n. kavvanna. the isaiie lb
between the Railroad Laber Heard -m I
the men who threaten te strike ngatnst
its decision He snid he could net un
derstand hew the prpnfil of the Pub
lic Oreiip, hi It was explained te him.
nrevlded nny solution.
Railroads Urged
te Avert Walkout
CenttnntsI from l'nir One
partment. however, that there ha I bee.i
Jie effiMal di'-"iissin of nn ire-.s,il In
cennei ten with the strike within the
deparfnent, and that ucli oenuleration
as had been given was .. result of of
fice routine requiring pre iminarv stuuv
in order that report as te what the
army could de would be quieklv forth
coming It called for b S cretary Weeks
Cuinntlns Meets Heard P.epresentatixes
Chairman P.urten Und the ether pub
lic reptesentntives en the Railroad La
hnr l'.nard conferred today wtth Cliair-
man 'ui.imln. of th- Senate Inter
state C'.mnierce Committee Several,
remedies were understood te nave dccd
suggested, hut it wa1- s-anl that no con
clusion had been reachid.
Scnuter Cununins w of the opinion
thnt Congress ciui make no move until
the Executive has exhausted ever.v i".s
Bible menus of averting n strike. There
xvns some disnisMen tedav of bringing
up the anti-btrike bill sponsored by
Senater Peindciter. Uepubli.au. Wash
ington, but it was suid theie would be
no Immediate action hv Ceiuiesa.
Official Washington tntei. t in the
impunding stnke is ceuteied in the ri ri
actien et rulivvnv exicutive and labor
lenders te the proposal of the public
group of the Uaiue.id Lilier Heard of
"euj fenslhle plan" te prevint t1 tie-
up uf the country s transpertatu a sjs
tni. In brief the beard proposed .
First That the ralheid-i imme
dltttel put into tffect ireigi.t redue
tiens cfluiviil.nt te h vu; r- lu tiens
liutherUi d la i .lulj .
Second 'Unit requests (n- f irth r
wage ii'dii'tluns b wiJiilriwu
Third Tin. t th" emplejes wltl. lr w
their strike order pindic; mtiun of Hi.
beard upon .inj request for further wag
reduction which the eunlers s i';s. -queutly
might file.
Expect Hajs te Tahe Action
Federal action in connection with the
strike hud teen cenlined up te tedav
te the conference arranged by President
Harding between the piihlie. preun of
the Laber Heard n.i.l the Interstate
Cemmeice Cerniii ssie.i. the Impression
being that the Piesidetit Int. tided te
leave the matter temporarily, in tie
hands of the two agencies created hv
law te suptivlsy rulre.id trnnspnr'..
tien.
Beth Mr Hiivn and Atteiuev (ieneinl
Dnughert.v have been busj m surveving
the sltuatiun general!, vvth n view t
luyitig icpeits before tlie ( nblnet at
the regular meeting tomorrow Mr
Daugherty's report would cover the au
thority of the Federal Government, it
was nld, and the proper procedure te
be followed if a decision was rear tied te
Utilize the power of the Government di
rectly In the (entiuvcrsv, while that or
Mr. Hays was te outline a tentative
plan for the maintenance of opei.itlen
of mull trains.
Proposal of Public Greup
Instead of sanctioning a further wtue
rcdllltlen of LI per t -nt. hrmii g tie
nggiegatc te -- ii cent the kvel
Which cxis'ed pilur te the .Jtilx, lDLi.
Jncrctises and u fieiyut iatc cut )f id
per cent, the Public (ireup offered as a
euntcr-pr i M.sul te the Piesidenl
rjsn lm' there lie -m immediate trim
iatien of wage reductions already ail
ther.ed Inte low. tieigiit tnrni
The I'uM.c Greup le.eved. nml I'r si
dent llanliug is s.iid te have ci n urinl
tliat 'the threaten' il nation-wide run run
lead strike hiiw might be averted.
The Public (ireup gave exj p-wdnn t
the view (hut if the ru Iread ixeuitivis
would ''imuiedlatelv and in go.-' faith"
idepfr Its ciiggrstinn the tr.nMtened
Hrikb Kltuattint could "be cleared up,
fblbu tetca reduced te ehipptrs, tlu
H of 1KC reduced te ceiuincrd end
v slrr.rar tnie.ts in ..-., ."; ? . ' ' , ;' , ,,, ,;.,.. ' tfl follews: New Yerk. New Iliven
e net result-d in -triK.-s. arc ... w m n." - '""" " " i" p... ', LVi. ''! Hartxvd Delaware and Hudsen,
lenders of the ratlnui-i men in " i " . ' '",',;, .,,"" Chicago and Kastern Illinois. St. I.euli
mt thenisc'ves in a peMticn iron .n,i .. " "' "f ", 0(.utlvrs. ",., ,1 nnd San PraneiVe fentlre system),
t is difficult te retreat and hat no -, ?l; Bw", ! I-'.isvllle and Naslnllle. Nteke'Plate.
ices-ions are mseiy n lH" ,"l,,"-l !. , , .V ,f fvn-cd tacitly In his most ' hrie Itailvvav Svstem. Atchiseu. Topeka
rnllmndsortheOeNcrnment teniake Uii'jir K. ;''"' and Santa Fe (entire svsfem). Atlantic
r retreat easier. Ul ' ' Coast Line Tluffale. Kechestcr and
, r
stimulating effect exerted upon all
business,'
Want Further Pay Cut Postponed
Instead of Insisting en further wage
eductiens te bring the wage scale te
til level which cs(cd prier te the
vv.ige ndvantes of .July, 15)20, the Pub
ue (ireup, in the. Intciest of harmony . I
ii mild lti n tlm ftit.fmul iiiitiiiitli lu
withdraw their request for a fmtlicrj
age cut of 10 per eeut -te make the '
urfrcBnt- 22 per cut until freight
laic uei rentes niui eccii mmu;hci.u.
The Public (Ire i viewed the strike
thieat as a iiatlnJiul iiicn.i e They did
net shmu the hell f vvlilch gained wide wide
spiead rii'deine In Washington that
the lailread uuieiiM and brotherhoods
were "pulling a lnenunieiital bluff."
President Harding was advised by
members of the Public vlreup that thej
del lev (1 the strike movement had
passed bevind the "bhilliu" stage. He
im rned that until Friday of last week
there was no stuh menace te the na
tional ue'f-ire as new has arisen. He
was told that conservative opinion in
t.'iih with the 'Inner councils" be
ecd the whole thing had get beyond
t'-e iijiitrel of the brotherhoods and
unl n Icndeis. The men eeuld no
i ill ... -I.... t I... l.-l- I
a-teu in a innj ......,u .m- .... ...n-i.
RAILROAD CHIEFS
MEET IN A'EIF YORK
Nto Yerk. Oct 17 (Hy A. P)
M. ...hers of t',c National As
Hmiway Executives were call
National Association of .
, , . ,,,
cd toether
m,n te make plans te meet the ,
threatened railroad strike. Manx of 'he j
member-, were at the meeting in C n-
..i' en the question ei an niniiiii-na
wage i eductien, which precipitate i ue
s'rlke order, but all had left that citv
before the detlslen te order a stiike
was nnneuneed.
Rebert S Ulnkerd. assistant te the
president of the association, said a
statement probably would be Ksued
after the neetir1:. He lUdined te dis.
. i'i. the situation in udvnnce of the
icer ting.
An optimistic note as te railroad
t ri'hlens has been sounded bv Colonel
( linrlcs Ilines. .issf.tnnt te I'dwnnl ,1
Pearson, president of the New Yerk,
New Haven nnd Hartferd Railroad, in
a speech te "CO of the read's emple.vet
Speaking last night at the annual
''inn.r of the Cable Club, most of the
members of which belong te brother
hoods which have threatened te strike,
he said he was "nn incorrigible op
timist" nnd expressed the belief that
"the associations of rnilreul men are
sane enough te find a solution and te
cope with any problems that may face
them "
"Communications must he kept up
w'ntever happens." he added.
Necessary steps te continue imli'ic
service in anv emergency will be taken
' the Southern Piulf.e line, according
te a telegram sent te the New Yeti;
Herald teda; from N w Canaan. Conn .
'.v Julius Kruttsehnitr cl alrmin of the
Txeeutive Committee. The telegram
fellows :
"The three presidents of the South
ern Pacific lines charged with th"ir
operation may be relied en te take all
nccssary steps te continue putille serv -ice
In anv emergency that may nrise.
The labor leaders have raised a sharp
ivsne whether a small mlneritv or the
m.is.s of the American peep'e shill pev.
ern our ceuntrv and make its laws.
"Ra"read officers understand the na
ture of their obligation- te the public
end the sooner nil organized and un
irganired empleyes also recognize the
public nature of their service the sooner
we shall have industrial peace."
N.Y. OFFICIALS PLAN
GREAT MOTOR FLEET
New Yerii. Oct. 17. 'By A. P.1
A fleet of riT.HOO motertrucks, or as
many of them ns are found neecsary.
will b" mobilized in the event of n pro
tracted seneral railroad strike, te bring
New Yerk its daily quetn of ir.00 car
loads of feedstuffs. Health Commissi,,,
er Cepelnnd announced tedny.
There nre adequate supplies In stor
age, be said, te ration the city through
ii rail tle-un of three weeks, but Imner-
tatlen of milk by trucks would have te
begin ar once
The coal situation, he said, was
Bm-l,,t le. fnrnrnhln elrn- n fhn
fact that coal companies have sennt
storage space In which te build up a re
serve. Lffertn are being made te in
duce large consumers te fill their bins
at uce se that the dealers may stock un
again for small consumers before he
date set for the strike.
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i
. .. i I'l.... ......in it it .. nmii in iinvii Till. nil n
EVENINQ PUBLIC
rvrniir
irL 111 15 LM5!
ON NOV. 1 AND 3
,
Pennsylvania Net Included
in
Greup of These First
Affected
SECOND LIST GIVEN OUT
Ry the Associated Press
Oilraw, Oct. 17. Hnstern railroads
are ntnenj these affected liv the selied
uled walkout of the Rig Five llrother llrether llrother
heods (in the second nml third groups
of carriers, it heeaine known today.
Railroads In the secmd "reup in
'"'ude thn New Yerk. New Haven and
M
Mfnrd and the Delaware and Hud-M,,.,
son.
Ylko the first group, the walkout en
the sec ad division of reads will affect
cvcm vrt!nn of the country, but hlte
the l.'nt hardest a section of the conn cenn
tr, left virtuallv untouched en the tirs.
'at. The scorn group wa'keut wi'I
enie nt 0 A. M. local standard time.
November 1 .
The ellii inl list of reads in group
Pittsburgh, Delaware. Lackawannn and
Western. Lehigh Vallev. Nashville.
( linttanoesa nnd St. Leuis.
Third Greup Strikes Nex ember 3
Three of tin; remaining largest reads
in the ceuntrv are in ludd in the tl i l
"'"P;, wuicn tne strine is set ter
i" -v. ii. ini-ii sinnuani nine. .otcuieci
i -i n-i ..-..- i. ....:.... .,
't
New Yerk Cent-nil (Hues Frist nnd
a lie lllllt' 1)111 illlKI "II !,H ill Uir
Westl, and the entire sstem of the
Halflmere and Ohie are among these
which will feel the strike blew .Q-
vemher .1 The balance of the third and
the fourth groups Include the remaining
reads in the country.
The reads listed today include all
these announced ns definlteh grouped.
With the retnninder of the Ihlrd cmun
the railroads affected by the first three
wa'keuts will teta' anrreximntelv liftv.
per,! eMhe large reads with the des-
ignallen "entire svstem or "lines Last
nnd Wst" Including numerous smaller
linns
It was expected that all the princi
pal reads of the country would feel
the effect of the walkout by November
.'I wh-n the men en the third group
nre scheduled te leave work. Tb" re
maining reads of the country will be
included in the wa'keut November 5.
(The Pennsylvania system, originally
included in the first group, striking Oc
tober .10. has been withdrawn from that
list nnd prcsunmblv will be one of the
lines affected November S.I
Knit Unions at Odds
While heads of the big four brother
heeds and of the switchmen's union
prepare t me?t in Cleveland tomorrow I'-ieWe. St. Leuis Southwestern cot cot
te (emplete plans for the strike, union tn belt I. International and viieat
due's tedav said that leaders of son i Northern. Telas nnd Pacific. Southern
of the eleven ether railroad labor or- Pacific (Atlantic Svstem, including
gunbatiens still were opposing a walk- Housten, Last and est. Texas and
out and would attempt te keep then Housten. Texas Central). Southern
men from joining with the five ergan'ra- Pacific (Pacific System). San Diege
tlens which have definitely committed and Arizenn, nucuge and Northwest
themselves te a strike. cm. Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
The "b'tr five" membership number", (except Chicago, lerre Haute and
enlv 400.000 of the 'J.OOO.OOO railroad Southeastern). Northern Pacific.
empleyes. ,s"",h''rnc I,tn!1,v,n . '"tT hlf1 , 1n"
A hethcr the opposition of .these , lea -
rs will result in n break between tie
we groups wi'I net he fullv sett'ed until
ers
tun tfrfltl
the meeting of the general chairmen of
the eleven un ens here sonic time this
week, when issuance of a formal stiike'
call will he voted en fermallv. Seve-a'
r.illread labor chieftains tedav said,
however tl at they hel'eved the mnior mnier
ity would rule, niid that it would .he ii
case of 'maleritv strike, all strike " .
They prophesied litt'e ehnnee of a break i
I enders of eleven railroad lnbei j
unions net identified with the brother-
heeds it n meeting Inst week informally I
pledged themsilves te support the'
Irntherhoeds in a strike, and since then
have bpen going ahead with their plans!
for a walkout, although deferring is-
suanee of the nctual strike call
Seme Postpone Decisions
Heads of several of the. eleven organi
zations have announced that thej vvil'
order the wnlkeut, while etherb were
mere conservative in their statements
i: ,T Munien, president of the Order of
Rnllread Telegraphers, in St. Leuis last
Pn ' ,CV "idenL that IttaTb,
.i,.t.i . n ' , jnk kIir. i
night denied the assertion et l nemas .u
' ' '" "T''.1".' "" ",- ..' ..",, ul "'L
P ''"' "lr 'lueswen weu.u nui ur -cl
tied until the meeting here.
K T (Jrable. head of the 2e0.000
maintenance of vvay empleyes ; Timethy
Hialv. leader of the stationary firemen;
F H Fitzgerald, president of the
'rneRrnpners, civxk nnu irciKei nan
ers' union, and ethers expressed the
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''AH.
LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
trillion thnt virtually nethlnf could
avert the strike.
11. St. Jewell, head' of the shop rrnftH,
numbering 470,000 members, has vig
orously opposed a atrlkc en the wnge
question nlenc, but paid today, that he.
feared It was tee late te step a walk
cut, and that he doubted If hlf wen
could he held back. Mr. .lewell Mild he
would prefer te have, liln men utrikc en
the rules and working condltienu ques
tion, together with the wngu matter,
hut refused te pay d finitely that lie
would try te held back hlrt men.
The differences ever the advisability
of n strike have eriwn primarily
through failure of the brotherhoods and
the ethev iivcn te reach n satisfactory
agreement jii the durntlen of the strike,
biher lenders said. One union uresU
Klent aid that, while he was certain
the brotherhoods would have tin sup
I ort of the ethers In the actual walkout
the heads of the eleven organization"
were net pledged te slay out after their
differences were fettled and might re
ti.rn te wcik whenever they saw lit.
Anether official snld thnt it wiih feared
the hrot'iiirheods mlsht return te work
and leave the unskilled workers "held-
tnc baa."
The brotherhoods nre net members
of the American Federation of Laber,
while the shop crnfts organizations are,
and it is because of this tuct that they
have net always worried in complcte
harmony, nltheiigh net actually tppos tppes
lng each ether, according te union men.
Train Dispatchers Demur
Ttvs. sitlm.- IntiAi- nT-c-nnfzfltlen OUtslde
I the sixteen standard bodies announced
thnt no htrikc votes had been taken, u.
.1. Luhrscn, president of the American
Train Dispatchers' Association, which
claims n membership of (18 per cent of
the country's train dispatchers, said
his organization was going te "keep its
skirts clear." .
"We leek te the law te take care of
the situation," Mr. Luhrscn snld, "un
til it is proved Inadequate, we den t
wnnt te net in defiance. We hnvc many
prlevnliceq In which we thilllt the TOadS
have disobeyed the law, but until forced
te it, we will net net. The ethers no
doubt hne full justllicatien ler ineir
action, but we will net go with them
nt this time."
The Teledo convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Railroad erkcrs.
an organization claiming fiO.OOO mem
bers, will decide the strike question for
that body when the convention opens
tomorrow. At headquarters here it was
said ue strike vote had been taken.
Under the by-laws the convention has
full power te net.
Frem the railroads assurances con
tinued te ceme thnt n strike would
- " -' Midle'wVsV nsted
"'"'J ' ' ' " ..... Hnn.pr fn fi1(. rCst
net tie up transportation, vvinic muus
l.n thorn wns tittle dancer te the rest
of the larger Industries and virtually
no chance of u serious feed shortage,
although the meat packing plants have
very little surplus en hand, nnd would
bate te close within three weeks after
the stert of nn effective- strike, according
te their officials.
Hernia of all the railroads entering
Chlcnge met today in their regular
weekly meeting and went ever the rail
situation fully.
netecd List of Greup 1
The following is the list of carriers
selected bv thfl union leaders ns (Jreup
Ne. 1. eh which the walkout is lirst
scheduled te take place:
Kansas City Southern, Missouri
j,,,,,,, CUmf.0 (!rrat Western.
rhicnK0 Kec5 Ibien(i nnd Pacific,
"
The SPOTLIGHT
of theverld Is en the Far l'.at
and Disaimamcnt. Fer the iv id
setting of this drama of the
roles that the Philippines. Japan,
China and the United States will
play in it read tTilliam. Hard,
iiiteiprcting the Disarmament
Conference; Gertrude Emersen,
writing from the Philippines
after a six, month's tour; PaulS.
Hcinsch, cx-Miniter te Ciiua,
starting his dramatic etery of se
cret diplomacy, in the November
Special Philippine
Number
The Amerlciu MAGAZINE en the Orient
'
Out today nil newsstands-Je cent
iiii.'i-i
-i-r.
a m a
ROADS AND UNIONS
HEREJTAND FIRM
Leaders en Each Side Refuse
te Budge in Views en
Threatened Strike
TELL OF RATE REDUCTIONS
Railroad officials nnd labor leader
here, from their onpeslte viewpoints
"inve nn unbending nttltudn toward the
progressive wnlls-gut of railway worker
ordered te begin October .10.
The officials say thnt the ia per rent
cut In wnges several months age ha
been offset bv freight rnte reduction -
a wide variety of westbound nnd east
bound commodities.
The union men, objecting te n pro
posed 10 per cent pay cut. assert their
Intention te tle up the country's rail
lines. The walkout en the Pennsyl
vania Railroad is te begin November .'1
Ne date has been nnneuneed for the
Urikc en the Heading nnd the Haiti Haiti
mere nnd Ohie.
Railroad' Hiul Pat
T. DnWitt (' chairman of the
Association of Ral ay Fiecutlves, said
here today the railroads de net intend
te tnkc nny further action for the
present.
Mr. Cuyler was nsked his views en
the propesnls from Washington sug
gesting n compromise.
"I will net talk about that." he re
plied. "As far as the railway cco cce
utivcB nre concerned we will stand en
the statement we made In Chicago.
There have been no further meetings of
the association, but we cannot tell from
day te day what may turn up."
Anether rnllread official, discussing
thn freight reductions en nil reads made
ulnce September I. 1020, said their
total, up te .Tune 28 of this year, cev
jp mammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamamKmmmmmMm
fft-rWrftrrfl-illil!llLl;il'il..l.V4.I.CnT4gggfeBrr:fflt
Jziiiu fr TTffl'' 'iffrfrrrt j! I "Ht-- f" 1t mtt" tttl
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OCTOBER 17, 1921
ered 150,711 classifications. He tabu
ntcd the reductions In this way :
WEST-DOUNI) DOMESTIC P.ATEH
. of Uivle
rommeitly Deductions
Drain nnd nrnln products
I'm-lilng houje preducti
oil iiiul oil products
Tin plnte en dtorne plute
MlnctllHneeus
41S
BSS
27
7T
1311
EAST-MOUND DOMESTIC n.VTES
Ne of Hnlc
Commodity Hiilucllnnii
I pr ducts 1'ID
Hides, dry. nnd hep polls ... :
iimticrn, nhlnalts. etc IDJ.Siis
Oils 2J
MKcsllnnceun commodities ....... 2 IS
Kpert Rates Cut
Fxpeit rate lcductlens, he said, to
taled (13 en niiseel nnctus commodities
by vvtiv of I'n 'Hie Const ports, while
the rrdtrtiniit of import rates by wuj
( f the same ports totaled 57.
In addition te the into reductions
named, the oflielnl stated that en Oc
'ber 7 the Pennsylvania Rnllread np
"lied te tlie Interstate Commerce Com Cem Com
nlsslen for a "S per cent reduction en
ion ere te continue until the end of the
present vrar.
On July 2S. he continued, the Penn
sylvania Railroad nMictl for a reduc
tion of '2? yer cent en expert rates of
vhcat, "ern nnd rye.
I'nlnn Men Confer
President Harding's efforts e pre
vent n general rail strike are only add
ing fuel te the iiames, II. K. Cere,
chairman of the General Committee
of the Rrotherheod of Locomotive Fire
men, said here today.
Mr. Cere nunc te this city for in
formal conferences with ether llrother llrether llrother
heod lenders. They are discussing local
plans for the progressive wnlkeut.
"The President's propesn! te delny
notion en the wage issue is merely pro
longing the agony," said Mr. Cere. "If
we must meet the Issue we should meet
It new. We may as well die with our
beets en ns te take up a light when we
are half starved."
Mr. Cere added thnt the pny increases
te rail workers were given ever n period
from lfMft te 1010 vvherens the de
creases are being made "with tee great
frequency." He taid the last pay cut
occurred three months age.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials say
ew its
mUdHaA
Touch the accelerator ever se lightly. You'll knew by
the response that today's Atlantic is quicker en ignition.
Take some familiar hill that with ordinary fuel has taxed
your meter te the limit. You'll knew by the stronger
pull, the healthier punch, that today's Atlantic is greater
in calorific power.
Ride up te a traffic crossing and wait for the officer's
word. You'll knew by the quick getaway and the sure
footed pickup that today's Atlantic is finer in balance.
Use Atlantic regularly and you'll seen knew by the
diminished carbon accumulations that today's Atlantic is
mere complete in combustion.
All of which supports the announcement made last
spring that Atlantic engineers have succeeded in giving
you a still better Atlantic Qaseline a fuel for your engine
that is farther ahead thaA ever in the field of meter,
gaselines.
"There's an Atlantic Pump en the read
yen are traveling"
Puts Pep in
only -I.'! per cent of their men frtver u
strike.
This statement is disputed by Ilnrr
.'elfrey, heal of the shop craft
unions, who says that ill n recent stiike
vnte the balloting was I) te 1 for
wnlk-eut. Philadelphia'! feed supplies
are sold te he lanje enough for the nec'i
of the nearly 2,000,000 persons here
even In the event of n long struggle be
(ween the reads nnd their workers.
Thn coal supply, Jiewcver, is snld te
be comparatively slender. A cold snap
by suddenly increasing the demand
would dig deeply into the coal lcsetvcs
here, it is reported.
Union officials who will be en the
ground here te supervise a wnlk-eut if
the Rig Five brotherhoods' decision 1
carried nut te the limit, include .Tames
P. Casey, head of the local firemen's
brotherheod: William Perk, of thn en
glnecrs brotherhood; C. M. Musser. of
the trainmen's union, tind H. K. CovVen
of tlie conductors' organization.
Threatened Complete Tle-lTp
The f-hopmen. headed bv Jeffrey, are
affiliated with the American Federation
of Laber. The nreat railroad brother
hoods are net. According te Jeffrey,
"we will tic up every train, both freight
nnd passcii3er; every ferryboat nnd
every rnilreid ahep, and net a wheel
will turn anywhere.
"Fer n long time the organizations
have been trying te get together with
representatives of the railroad compa
nies. Ry correspondence nnd conferences
they hnv tried te adjust their dlf
dices, but (hey ure new ns far apart
ns they were when they started.
"The total vote of all the railroad
workers throughout the country, taken
within the last thirty days, was 0 te 1
in favor of striking. On some reads,
where the men had fewer complaints
than most of them, the vote wns nearly
100 per cent in favor of striking.
Nearly nil of the organization men voted
thnt way. but the voting was net con
fined te the union men, nil the workers,
whether they were union or non-union,
nere nsked te register their choice, end
it wns the non-union men who voted
ngninst striking. It wi our Inck of
preparedness that made the world war
se costly. We believe in being pre
pared, nnd nre going ahead making pre
w$v jfa
Ye unMe t
liminary arrangements fr the htTT '
out. Tint Is part of the battle W,k4
At the offices 'df th &,,. f
Railroad the fellow lnfartjJjjJ S
"The meeting between t,
officials and the wpric" titl?mPX
men only took place "n cm!.0' th
Saturday, and we have no & I0"
formntien en the subject V . i. W !
Lines Here te Fight Move
According te executives of thn kM -sylvnnln
and the Reading ,,.,,
however, both will fight from the 5'
te keep the lines open. There I,
emergency schedule, always readv V
case of snevvfntln or nccldcnts that .1
up the reads, and this emergency Jy,!?
ulc would go into effect as seen u
strike was celled.
Neither the Pennsylvania nor ,.
Reading feel that any great properuW
of their men will obey a strike or!?
City Can Stand Feed Kie6
Concerning the feed situation a... .
Robinson, president of the (,u?J?nrt
Stores Company, snld that IMilladdnM8
Is in geed shape te held out, se fTii
staple feeds nre concerned f"a,,i.M'
strike naturally might cut off u.',
nmeunt of fresh goods," he said '.v'f
the great feed warehouses of thi, .,?'
are crammed te the doers with n , r
etlcs of staples and cold-sterate J 51'
It would require a tic-up of ft
and cemplctcnesu that Is IncenreltX
tetelng any danger of, want toTheclu!
Speaking upon the coal t.ItuaUen
Ceorge Kdinunds. secretary of J?I
Philadelphia Ceal Eichnngc, ,!? th
"There Is net as much coal of ..
kind in Philadelphia as there ULft
is nt this tlme of year. It S '?!&
virtually nil the wholesalers and rctai
ers ere well stocked, but there Is en u
ii small proportion compared with i
dinnrv yenrt. In the cellars of $$. '
and the piles of manufacturing plan"
"Large concerns like the United Gti
Improvement Company, the Phll,t.i'
nl.ln ltnnl.1 TrnnslV rL., ."."'?.'
heavy users of coal have, I btl.
enough en hand te get through eeverti
months without inconvenience."
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