Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-07-02 | Page 12 | Brotherhood Votes Twice on Strike

BROTHERHOOD VOTES TWICE-ON TWICE-ON STRIKE Maintenance of Way Men Hare Stormy Career Orer Disputes' DETROIT, Mich., Jutjr l. Th prof-naa prof-naa of tha United Brotherhood of Maintenance) Main-tenance) of War Employ and Railroad Shop Laborora baa baan markd by "hua-drvda "hua-drvda of Btrikea, aocord.ria; to ranarml offlotra at tha bea4quartera of tha or-Vanlaatlos or-Vanlaatlos hara, but only twice in ita htetory baa a atiika rota of all tha mam-bera mam-bera baea taken. Tha first time waa In tha -rammer of 191, and after katponementa from Ta-rtoua Ta-rtoua cauaaa, tha atrlka waa called off Juet aa It waa about to TO In effect. Tha aecond atiika emll was authorised May ) laat, when the United Stales, railroad labor la-bor board ordered a general wave cut for tha malntenaaoa nen. approsiniatloa; U per cent. With few axceptlons. , accord! na: to an ton offlctala. tha at tike hav beam f mnor. lrjiportanoa, with . comparatively fair man a ffc taxi, ana tiv duratioa orally haa been brief. In nearly all Inataneee. It was e filalned, waa diamareemanta and tha lent they claim waa Instituted by railroads rail-roads to kaap tha man from oranl4na. wars raaponslbla for walkouts. The brotherhood, as now constituted, waa formed In lha early 'ttua and was th outgrowth of virtually foar ornnlsatlons, which sprans; up In tha Unitad States and tha province of Ontario, In 1887. Theaa organisations wera In two groups, on a each In this country and Canada. Kach of theaa troupe eon Lain ad two branches, one for foreman and certain mechanics, and one for laborers. With the flal amalgamation theaa lines of difference dif-ference wars swept away. TWO LINKS INVOLVED. The first bbj strike, accord Ins to union 1 records, and that ana that la considered ; by officials as tha moat Important In which the onrantsatlon participated, was In ltai. on tha s) nadlan Pacific and the Grand Trunk systems. Employes oa tha SEsss-K&saa time. In the spring of the year, and were out for four months. The trouble with the Canadian Pacific was compromised. It waa said, while the Grand Trunk strike, according to union officials, resulted re-sulted la a virtual victory for the strikers. strik-ers. Sporadic strikes continued to take place la the membership, according to officer, when the union waa attsmptlng to organise. In many instances men being be-ing discharged for belonging to the order. It waa claimed, and others striking la protect. It waa not until INT that any comparatively com-paratively large body of men waa affected. af-fected. At that time eOOO went out en the Illinois Central for a brief period, but aa amicable adjustment of the differences dif-ferences prompting ths walkout waa affected, af-fected, official, say. , la 1914 ths union struck on the Northern North-ern section of the Missouri Pacific UO men bains out about four months, and. In 117 the whole eystsm was affected by a strike of approxlmatsly 4000 or 400 mea. The. last walkout lasted only a month, however. In both instances satisfactory settlements were effected, according to records here. OgNCKAL aTRIKl IN tela. Th first concerted action by th union came In the summer of 11. when the raili-oada of the country ware under the ralb-oad administration, and th main, tenaace ma voted to strike for a 40 per cent wage Incream. In September c that year, however, at the convention of the order, It waa decided to hold off to give President Wilson an opportunity to take measures for reducing the coat af UVWhi th delay failed to prodae aat. Is factory results, general chalrmea of the organisation met here la February. and ordered the strike Into effect February Feb-ruary 17. On the eve of the strike brotherhood broth-erhood offlclsl. conferred with Preeldent WUeoa In Washington, and tt waa agreed not to strike, the jaea being given to -deretaad. tt was said. that matter would be adjusted to their eattefactloo Following the creation of the Lalted States railroad tabor board that year, the i anion, with other, participated la a gee-Orel gee-Orel wage advance. . The usloa la at sr saint mt etrfk. aa 1 tw read th Missouri North Arkan-aaa, Arkan-aaa, and the Atlanta.. Birmingham dt Alabama. In both tnetance the member-.hip member-.hip herinar Joined la a general walkout j af all crafta, , 1 I "