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Show WEnIiir WORKERS LOOMS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MOVES FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO COM. 'BAT'WAQE REDUCTION Jswell Says Great Struggle Is Pes. slble If Railways Put Preposwl Wage Cuts Into Operation As Planned Detroit, !lich. -Tho executive council coun-cil of the United Brotherhood of Malntcnanco of Way Employees ana Hallway Shop Laborers Tuesday af ternoon unanimously adopted a reso lutoa Instructlag B, ,'F. Grable, the president, to send out strike ballots to nil members of the organization and to all nonunion workers In the craft affe'eted by the wage cut order ed by the United States railway labor board Sunday. President Grable announced the ballots bal-lots would be sent out immediately aad that If the workers decided to strike In protest against the cut the walkout would be effective about July 5. He estimated that 478,000 members of the union flnd about 72,000 nonunion workers work-ers would be asked to vote oa the matter, virtually every railroad la the comtry, with the exception of short lines and electric roads, being affect, ed. The resolution adopted by the executive' execu-tive' council, which Is composed of the officers of tho union, specified tho ballots bal-lots should ask whether or not the workers were willing to accept the cut, and declared If they were not "the unioa will use the full economic powers of the organization to resist the reduction of wages ordered by the labor board." President Grable jald afterward that he expocted the returns would be ta by July 1, explaining that In case of a strike vote he was empowered to call the men out lie fixed July 0 aa the tentative date by which arrangements could be completed to put tho strike in effect The wage, cut Is effective July 1 under un-der the labor board order. Mr. Grablo expressed tho belief that other railroad brotherhoods also would conduct strike referendums within the near future, and declared If the others voted to strike, the maintenance of way men would Join them In the event the members of his organization favored favor-ed such action. Tho brothorhood'a financial coadl. tloa Is tho best It ever has been and sufficient funds ore avnllablo to con. duct a strike, tho president said. A strlko on tho part of tho brother, hood would, according to the president affect all mechanics, maintenance of way men, track men, brldgo builders, painters, coal chute men, clndoi pit men and carpenters on all the chief railroads of tho country. Mr. Grablo said he basod his belief that other unions might take n strike vote ontho nttltudo shown nt tho recent re-cent meeting In Chicago of representatives represen-tatives of tho railway department of the American Federation of Labor, at which, ho snld, scntlmont was favor ablo for n strike vote in the event of wngo reductions. |