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Show STRIKERS OBJECT TO U.SOLDIERS THREATS ARE MADE OF HEW STRIKE IF GUARDS ARE KEPT ON DUTY Leaders of Big Four Decare Mo Aro Justified In Quitting Work If Their Lives aro Endan. dangered Chicago Throats by railroad brotherhood broth-erhood chlottalnB that "thoro v111 bo 100 similar cases," to tho tlo-up on tho t;igln, Jolllot and Esatorn, where on-,'lnoors, on-,'lnoors, flrcmon, conductors and train-uon train-uon refused to work becauso of tho uresenco ot troops In tho Jollet, 111., yards furthor complicated tho railroad strike situation Thursday. Leaders ot tho "big four" left to tho train service men tho right to dc-'Ide dc-'Ide for thomsolves whother 'rorklnc onditlons at terminals woro objoc. tlonablo, Warren S. Stono, president it tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En-'incors En-'incors declared at Clovcland that the walkout of trainmen on tho E. J. & E. 'did not require any approval." "Our men are not required to work undor conditions as now prevail at many railroad terminals.' ho Bald. "1 am telling them that wherever' tholr tves are endangered by guards thoy ihould go homo and stay thoro." Troops remained on guard In Jollot and tho E. J. & E outor belt lino of tho Chicago district was tied up .n a traffic knot by tho suspension jf work by the trainmen. Disordors In connection with tho 3trlko as Important dovolopmcnts np-iroachcd np-iroachcd woro fow and wldoly scat-'.orcd. scat-'.orcd. An explanation by S. M. Folton. halrman of tho western commlttoo n public relations of tho Association )f railway executives, of tho railroad low of President Hardings proposals nnd the position of loaders of tho ihopmon's strlko, mado public, said hat a large majority of tho public md been misled regarding tho stand it union leaders and that there Is onslderablo confusion over tho presl- lent's proposal with respect to tho seniolty questions. "With rospoct to seniority, thoro still seems to bo confusion In many pooplo's minds as to exactly what tho president originally proposed. Ho pro-josod pro-josod simply that tho omployoes who struck bo taken back with tho samo seniority rights that thoy had bororo thoy struck. "This meant that strikers who formerly for-merly had seniority ovor omployoes who stayed at work would recover tholr seniority ovor theso men and (hat thoy would bo given seniority over ov-er all now men who havo beon om-ployed om-ployed slnco. tho strlko bogan. This would moan that practically ovory om. ployoo who was low on tho seniority list and stayed at work, would bo put back In his former position on tho seniority list whoro ho would bo given regular employment. |