Show MAY AY STRIKE WALKOUT WAlK J iN IN M MOTH s I Grand Gran Vice j e President of I Brotherhood D Declares clares Higher Wages Must I Be Granted Workers ASHINGTON Jan n. n 2 A A AW W W vy strike of ra railroad roa I maintenance ma e of o way and shop laborers is is' is H imminent within a a J sS diate date step j- j jare are r tak taken n to increase se sewages wages or to reduce the reduce the living according to to a statement m d today i. i iby by J J. B. B Malloy grand vice p president I of the Brotherhood of Railway Maintenance Maintenance Main Main- of Way and Shop I Laborers Labore s. s STARVING ON N JOB It is a question of or the men starving on the job or starving on on a strike e said Malloy Many of f t them em are making making mak mak- ing lug as low Jow as 28 cents an hour and Itis it itis is impossible to live on such wag wages s. s The union toOk a strike vote and I decided on a strike November 1 last I The strike action was postponed for sixty days o on th promise that the host cost of living living- would be reduced low oW the I government n must us either show activity to lower price cost or give the the men men mean a I decent living wage wag or we cannot hold the men another month HINES MINES TO ANSWER w Director Gener General l Hines limes promised Allea Al- Al Al Allen len lea Barker Bark r president of the union that he would give gEve answer to the wage sage wage demands of th the men mn men within a few days lays Malloy indicated d the men would brook no no delay if the answer answer was riot not forthcoming ming at the time promised The union represents 85 p per pr r. r cent of all the tra track lt men ro round nd house laborers labor labor- ers rs and other maintenance e of way way and shop laborers on oh the railroads Malloy stated A strike of the union men he said aid would practically tie up the tho railroad railroad rail rail- road oad systems as in many sections it would ouIa be impossible to till fill the vacancies vacancies cies ties caused by the walkout Members of f other union crafts would refuse to todo todo toto do to the work that the maintenance of way vay and shop laborers now do and engines could not move without this thAs york work being performed |