Show RAIL SH VOTE 1 Unionists ts jn ju Move rove and Other Rail Men fen Make lake New D Demand mand Washl Washington lon Aug U 1 D By By Universal Service The Thc The railroad situation reached the cr critical q al stage to toda today today to- to I da day when it was announced ced a strike I of oC tiO r of r the Federated ate I Hal Railway Hallway way returnable el Se September Septem tem tem- ber C had b been en begun besun and amid that thit an at attempt attempt at- at tempt to pa pass the the Wilson HInes 1 legislation log leg for the creation ert of or a wage age board would would- bo ho met by a a. complete tie tie- up up ui- ui of or th tho ro roads ds B. B M. M Jewell Ui p president of ot tho the j ef a nt of ot the rt r F oC La Ia Labor bor or who d. d t VJ with reports Q of C tho JO- JO nl night hl made mado the a assertion that P 8 of tho wag e wage hoard board board lr program m would bo be followed b by an end cad to all r railroad ac ac- ac- ac up tip Predicted The Tho railroads will b be tied up uptight so so tight they'll never run again if that legislation le is passed he declared While hile this is the most drastic statement statement state state- ment thus far made b by any railroad union official on the present situation Mr Jewell declared that thal the opposition to the Wilson Hines proposition in included In- In all aJl the t fourteen railroad unions represented today at a meeting with Director General Hines and the six Mix organizations whose representatives cS called culled upon President Wilson Railroad men he said see only one ona solution of oC the he present problem and It ItIs itis Is 19 temporary relief relict through h Increased wa wages es and the adoption of ot the Plumb I plan The majority o of the thc railroad n a 1 h. h 11 n I t b i t tie i slon sion of tile the Plumb plan to the basic Industries chief of which would bo be coal steel and packing In Strike Here Twenty thousand railroad I are arc already on strike because of ot meager menI men mea ger goer wa wages eR Mr fr Jewell said and the I union officials were unable to say whether or riot not the they could be persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- to r return turn to work The situation he explained d. d is one where the tile reins relm J got t out of oC our hands Ever Every time we e reach for them the they get set a little farther away The vote rote ordered for the tho asked d each worker whether he le Is willing to stick to the old claims ho the w wage we e demand made last January Januar and ind if it he favors the tho program of ot the tho President nt and tho the director tor general of ot railroads for tor the creation of a wage bon board K rd It Is apparent t asserted Mr tr Jewell that there will be e an overwhelming oto voto against the Wilson pro pro- gram Jewell said Id there were were mem- mem hors x rs of tho the union in the United States and arid In Canada Fr Handler Clo Close c on the heels of ot a threat b by the hopmen to strike came a a. statement from rom J J. J 3 Forrester grand rand president ot 01 the Ule Brotherhood of oC Railway and Steamship Fr Freight J ht Handlers and Station an organization numbering numbering- members whoso whose de demands demands de- de mands for fOt a 3 wage increase have he been en presented to the thc director general of ot railroads The latter Is If powerless to grant gant ant an I increase e Immediately because l h he lacks lacka authority to rr raife ra-ie rates If It the reply sent ont b by Mr fr Hines Is unsatisfactory the mon men undoubtedly will be called out outon outon outon on strike |