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Show I Railroad Labor Board Declines to Hear Demands From Yardmen SHEA GIVES FACTS ON SHOE PRODUCTION Traffic in Chicago District Is Said to Be Much - CIEVEIAXD, April 26. Clinr- tcrs of 51 local lodges of Brotherhood Brother-hood of .Railroad Trainmen havo been revolted for participating in the unauthorized strike of switchmen, switch-men, W. G. Iajc, president of the organization, nnnounced toiluy. Tlie 51 lodges had a membership of nearly 18,000. Fully one-half of this number have been loyal and their memberships mem-berships will bo transferred to other lodges, Mr. LiCC said. WASHINGTON. April 26. The railroad labor board today refused to hear the wage demands of the Kansas City Yardmen's association on the ground that the application did not conform to the provisions of tho law. Hearings on demands of strikers in other districts previously had been re- Hr5 Replying to telegrams from cham- jEjpjS bcrs of commerce in various parts of WBm tho country, asking a speedy settle- ffidtt ment of the whole railway dispute, the WW board announced that it was proceed- Kjffef ing with all diligence to make an early ,gEwj( adjustment. Wan' Tne DOard today continued its hear- "vSj " nes on tne wafe demands of the Bgffi Brotherhoods. Timothy Shea, vice BBy president of the Brotherhood of L,oco- EW . aiotlvo -lbremen..-told itiie-jibon.rd.-iA.hat- at labor Is only a small item In tho cost $i of production. He declared that tne Hm tabor bill on shoes which now sell for ill 117 and $18 a pair is only SS cents, guv Chicago Situation. tfWj CHICAGO, April 26. Developments ijifj In tho strike of Insurgont railroad' workers In the Chicago district today Kj we're confined to the issuance of stato- ftd? ment3 by tho railroad managers and ttjjj strikers. The managers assorted 1,S'j2 fjm 1 men were at work yesterday, and thut 'jVl freight traffic was 90 per cent nor- gvl mal. The strikers asserted the nuni- WfI ber of men the railroads said were at WVM work was less than one-fifth the nor- fMR mal number, that the industrial sltua- Vma tion rapidly was growing worse, with jllH a numbeV of plants facing shutdowns wjlra becauso of lack of coal, and that &. jwalj compromise would bo forced sooner or Mfflj later. J j Elsewhere In the central and far I JUI west a gradual return to normal felght F movement was reported. 1 3Iany Arc Impelled, j NEW YORK, April 26. More than 'j ' 2,000 loca' railroad workers were es- pellod Sunday from tho Brotherhool ; of Railroad Trainmen for the pa.-t I they liavo taken in the unauthorized i striko in this district, according to I!d- ward McHugh. chairman, of tho strikers' executive committee. The charters of nine local unions wero re-i re-i voked, he said. The announcement was made at a meeting in Jersey City, attended by men employed in a large assortment of crafts, and was received : .vith mingled cheers and jeers. Fears of a black list which would bar them permanently .from employ- ! ment appeared to be one of the driv ing forces today behind the steady break of the railroad workers' strike reported by railroad officials. No hint of such a plan ha3 come irpm tho managers. Officials of the lines continued today to-day their optimistic statements of last week that traffic was fast returning to normal and that the effects of the striko would soon wholly disappear. |
