Show TO 9 U Us S SOLOi SOLDIERS EBi i THREATS AHE RE MADE OF CW STRIKE IF GUARDS ARE KEPT i leaders of big four decare mn men art ar justified in quitting work if their lives are bendlin bendan dang dangerud ered chicago throaty ly by railroad broth ergood chieftains that there will be similar cases to the tie up on the elgin jolliet and eastern where engineers gi firemen conductors and ana train men refused to work because of the tha presence 0 troops in the joliet III yards further complicated the railroad strike situation thursday leaders of the bis ig tour four left to the train serice sen ice men the right to deide decide tor for themselves es whether working conditions at terminals were object tic pable warren ts 8 blone president pr e 81 den t or of the brotherhood of locomotive un onders dec declared laica at cleveland cleneland that tae th e walkout of trainmen on the I 1 J E did not require any our men are not required to work under tinder conditions as now prevail at many railroad terminals he said 1 I am telling them that wherever he reNer their ilves are endangered by guards they should go home and stay there troops remained on guard in joliet and nd the I 1 E J L U outer belt line lina of the chicago nas asas tied up in a traffic knot by the suspension of work by the trainmen disorders in connection with tile tho strike as aa important developments approached pro ached were few and widely scattered an explanation toy by S II 11 felton chairman of the wc stein committee on public relations ioni of 0 the association of railway executives of trie alie railroad view of president Ilar dings aings proposals and the position of leaders of the shop mens strike made public said that a large majority of the public bubli had been misled regarding tho the stand of union leaders and i that there Is considerable confusion over the prest dents proposal with respect to the seniority senio seni ity olty questions with respect to seniority there still seems to be contusion confusion in many peoples minds as to exactly what lie he president originally proposed lie ile proposed simply that the lie employees who he struck be taken back with nith the same seniority rights that they had before they struck this meant that strikers who formerly had seniority over employees who stayed at work would woid recover their seniority over oer these men and that they would be given ien seniority over all new men who have been employed since the strike began this would mean that practically every enit em who was low on the seniority 11 list and stayed at work would be put back in his former position on the seniority list where he would be given regular employment |