Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-02 | Page 1 | Nearly 80 Ogden Men on Strike

NEARLY 800 OGDEN MEN ON STRIKE SHOPMEN TO HOLD MEETING AT PARK TODAY I ! Statement Declares Federation Federa-tion Is Pleased With Strength of Walkout WILL DRAW BENEFITS i Strikers Declare Trains Already Al-ready Are Being Delayed In Terminal i I There are 770 Ogden railway em- j I ployes registered as being on strike. I according to a statement Issued last , night by the official publicity com- ' mlttqe of the sh..pcrafts federation 'n n;(on. The committee said that this makes tho strike about 90 per cent effective in Ogden und the belief v. n expressed that tho number of strik- I ers would Increase in the next d iy i or s'o. There was no statement from the railroad company as to the number of men striking MEETING TODAY. The strikers will hold an open air meeting in the City Hall grounds if 10 o'clock today. Local strike headquarters head-quarters will bS provided. It was stated. Union members will draw strike benefits from their treasuries j throughout the strike or until the treasuries are exhausted. The weekly week-ly sum" will range from $12 a week for the machinists, sheet metal work- rfc r.tp , ,-, t A ., ti- . . a L- f,.r nr,rir.n tlces. ST ATFMI NT lss I 1) "We are satisfied with the strength! j of the walkout In Ogden. Not' only I I dUl the union members leave their J IcJjs but nearly every man who does I not hold membership In the union went out. with lis Those men whoi are nearing the retirement point and those with life Jobs were not asked nor expected to go out. "The sentiment of the employes may be judged by Ihe fact that a group of Japanese, who were not j uskej nor expected to strike, insisted I upon going out and slgn'ng the strike register. CLAIM I RAIN 1 1 1 LAYED "A news dispatch says the public I will not fee) the strike perhaps for! some time. The strike already has' been effective In the delaying afj trains in Ogden. The sw itchmen or I train crew of a train today refused to do the work which a carman could have done In a few seconds and the result was a considerable delay in the departure of tho train. "Not one man went to work today on the 2:30 o'clock shift Pickets on duty at quitting time found only ; seven men leaving the yards."