Show RAIL CRISIS qs 4 PASSES Jl e J t t WAGE BOARD AWARDS TO TOBE BE AWAITED Decision on Demands Of tf Men len Will Be Made I Before or On Jt July y 20 Is Promise e eI I Given Workers' Workers Chiefs By fly A Associated d Press i June A A decision on the tho demands of railroad for wage increase will be made on or r before July 20 by the railway labor board Judge R. R M. M r. r Barton chairman said in a statement late today The award will be retroactive to toMay toMay toMay May 1 the stat statement ment said According to W. W G. G Lee president of t tho Brotherhood of ot R Railroad TraInmen Trainmen Trainmen Train TraIn- men and spokesman for Zor union leaders who gathered here toda today the tho boards board's declaration would end all alI danger of ot u n general railroad strike 0 4 ii 1 n. n Mr Leo Lc said that secret plans Ians had been made by a a. disaffected ted union element element ele tie ment ment to spread the strike throughout U the B country countr because of the continue l dela announcing the wage wago ruling The men would have o quit at midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night night Mr r. r L Lee e said It Il was Impossible to hoW hold them lon long long- er cr Men of or my organization have been waiting patiently for Cor nearly a a. year ear Tho railway boards board's statement de declared de- de e- e dared that an agreement on a method of oC working out tho the wage problems had been arrived at and that no time would bo lost in reaching a conclusion Men len Will Be De Satisfied Leo and other representatives of ot the recognized railroad brotherhoods who met here today to discuss tho the railroad railroad rail rail- road wa wage wae e situation said there was no doubt Urn the men would be satisfied with tho promise of oC a decision to relIeve re re- re lIeve their impatience Was the thc decision tho the result of or a warning of ot a a. probable strike brought by you and your associates to the tho board Leo was asked You can draw your our own conclusions as to that Leo answered In a n. later statement Mr Lee Lee de declared de- de dared that even eren the most conser a time members of oC these organizations lately have been bitterly complaining of or the tho delays and Insist upon a deci sion Pledges to o B De Be Carr Carried ed Ont Oct Now ow that It has been definitely definitely- de decided de- de that the tho award will 11 be he handed down not later than July 20 0 O the statement continues we urge ure our members to continue to carry out out their obligations to to their organizatIon organizations tIon and the contract Ct relations with the a as tho the most effective means of or helping the situation General chairmen of ot tho the recognized 1 railroad organizations will meet In la Chicago soon to pass upon the aw awards rda of the thc board It was announced We 0 came hero to prevent a a. strike and at the same time to obtain full satisfaction for tho the men said Timothy Shea president of ot the Brotherhood of t Locomotive e Firemen In commenting on the boards board's announcement Wo We o have havo held oui our men back for tor three months ever since tho the outlaw strike beg began We have havo lost sixty thousand men by ro charters charters of o Continued on Pa Page Pago o 2 S I CRISIS IN RAILROAD SITUATION IS PASSED Continued d From Page e 1 unions which called walkouts We could not hold tho the others another week if It tho the board had promised us to announce its decision in tho the Immediate immediato Immedi immedi- ate ato future Yardmen Auk Ask S Seniority I Right flights Resolutions reiterating statements of 01 the tho Chicago o Yardmen's association that tha its members who were first to start tho the vacation walkouts would not nol return re- re return ro- ro turn to work until their full tuB seniority rights were restored were adopted ata ata at ata a mass meeting called b by the tho association association association pose tion tonight of for ti tho the t 1 announced pur- pur vi proven LUCIe- LUCIe side of OL 01 the me c case caso e to tho the public Tho The resolutions appeal to the tho press and various civic lc and commercial organizations or organizations or- or to lo urge tho the interstate commerce com com- merce merco commission to restore their seniority sen sen- rl rights Copies will Ill be bo sent t to the Democratic national convention at San Francisco John Grunau president of oC tho or organization organization or- or J in his address charged that all present labor difficulties In the railroad industry are aro due to tho the Inefficiency inefficiency of ot the old lino line railroad brother brother- hoods a But Tut for tor tho the inefficiency of oC tho the men menat n nat at the thc head of or tho the railroad ra brotherhoods brotherhoods brother brother- hoods tho the difficulties between n the men mon monand and th the roads would havo have been settled within t two vo weeks Gronau continued Youths Youth Learn Railroading Because the brotherhoods failed us more than men now h have ha u e left lert tho the roads and their places are ore being token taken h b by year old youths in violation violation vio vio- lation of oC the law v of ot tho land As a result of oC tho the Inefficiency of ot these boys boss daily dally murder Is being boing committed tho hospitals are aro filling with Ith Ic legless and armless m men n and millions million of or dollars worth of ot equipment Is being destroyed The brotherhoods approved the tho an announcement an- an I of oC the railroad hoard board that thal its decision would bo be made July Tuly 20 29 butter butter butler to save their own bread and in the the they know nearly every even man mon service would Join us unless the they took prompt action to stop top it ft Sixty per pcr percent percent cent of or the tho railroad workers have o taken taken taken tak tak- en other Jobs since we wc organized and they will never go KO back baek until seniority seniority senior senior- It ity rights and higher pay are aro granted We Wo are arc not to be bo starved d out oot S Strikers to Return Leaders' Leaders Belief Washington ton June 2 23 Announce Announce Announcement mont ment b by the railroad labor board in Chicago today that its award in th the tho pending wage wara controversy would be he given on or before JUl July 20 O is expected both b by government officials and railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road union heads to exercise a n. powerful power power- powerful ful influence In alleviating unrest I among the worKers Setting of oC a definite date for tor announcing announcing an- an the award was wa-s received eel with undisguised satisfaction h by union heads who were plainly worried bythe b by bythe the periodic strikes In Baltimore Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia and other eastern railroad centers They said tonight that not only could the tho announcement b by the tho board be he expected to prevent the spread of oC the walkouts but it would undoubtedly tend to bring about the tho return of OCi workers no now put out |