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Show MIL WORKERS VOTETOSTRIKE Brotherhood Head Declares Walkout Is Wholly Unauthorized. WASHINGTON', Oft. :s. Strike or trainmen in LI j e Cliicaso switching district, dis-trict, called by local union leaders for Thursday unless certain tv;ir;rt demands are granted "in full." Tvould L-e " wholly unauthorized and without the sanction of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen." j! was said here toniant by W. G. iee. president of the- brotherhood. Tiie proposed strike, J r. T.ee said, "was nothing more than ;m attempt to discredit dis-credit tiie lirothorhood of Railroad Trainmen." Train-men." Mr. L-er said two officials of the brotherhood broth-erhood attended rlic moft ii:c id to have been held Pun day niuiit and at which it was announced by local union loader? 1he s'rike wan decided on. These j (Continued on Page 4. Column 4.) road administration and other administration adminis-tration officials would be awaited. Other brotherhood officials could not be found tonight and the exact status of tho strike call seemed uncertain, notwithstanding notwith-standing the announcement made in reports re-ports yesterday that the strike w'ild go into effect Thursday unicss the demands, including a minimum wage of $150 a month, were granted "in full." i , , 3n view of President Lee's statement in Washington that such a strike would be unauthorized, one local railroad official offi-cial predicted tonight that in the event of the strike trains would be opera ; cd In some manner. That official took the attitude that such an unauthorized strike would make it incumbent upon tlie grand lodge officers of the trainmen's brotherhood brother-hood to fill the places of strikers. Rill HERS VOTE 10 STRIKE (Continued From Pago One.) officials, however, Mr. Le paid, had no knowledge of any decision to call a strike. WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. President W. G. L-fe. and the general committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, confer tomorrow with Dlreclor General Gen-eral Mines on the union's wage demands which are about to be decided. Mr. nines has had the recommendations of the board of railway wages before him for two weeks, hul whether he has been able ! o reach a decision In tlie rush of work incident to the threatened coal strike has not been revealed. It was agreed when the demand.-? were presented last July that the officials of Ihe railroad administration adminis-tration and Ihe union wou'd confer before be-fore tho award was made public, which accounts for tomorrow's meeting. Tt is considered certain that the union's request for a general wage Increase will be refuse'!. Mr. Mines will act on the demands Independently of President Wilson, Wil-son, it was learned authoritatively today, but the presiden 1b genera I policy la id down at t he time the shopmen were denied de-nied a general increase, but given an adjustment ad-justment of inequali tir'S compared with fii'r union members, will govern his decision. de-cision. Mr. Lee and his commit tec conferred today, but said t here was not h Ing to be uia d ruhMe concerning I heir d iscussion. Asked if a refusal of wage increflse meant a strike. Mr. Lee pointed out that ihe union hud expressed a willingness to let the government show what could be dom to reduce pricey as a means of relieving re-lieving the economic pressure on the men. He ndded lha t h hhw very lit Ho rphef as yet. Ho said that whatever .o-tinn .o-tinn was taken would be In harmony with the other t hre brot herhoods, a f I er consultation with thorn. The most Important question nrcsented 1 by the union's dema nds Is that of time j and a half for overtime, w hich has been po ught for several years as a "punil i ve mcaiiure" to eurtai I (lie long hours of work. If granted it would he the most Important victory gained by railroad employees em-ployees since the eight-hour law became effective. ("-HfAGO. Oci. riffu:iaji nf ?ttm. of the fourteen lodces of the Brol'nrrhood of Railroad Tra In men lha t i ot ed a t Fcrt men in? Sunday I o si rf ke ( ci obr SO unless their was- deum nds presen i r' lo the railroad a 'I mi nist ra t Ion's bo rd of hi?ps and workins: conditions wer granted In full today denied that ihi strike would po into effect without ne-potiatlons. ne-potiatlons. (Mlier offi'-ialv weri nb-nt from the city mid the opposlin? evpres-yinns evpres-yinns left the strike situation nliseuie. Some lo'-al nffteials of brot herlmnd nf, shhI no ptviko would h entered into hnstity and thwt the outcome of r-mi-fereiTe! Mr. I ' ha vr I on.firrr.w with Lilrcrmr (.icncral Ilinrn of the r;iil- |
