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Show CLAIM 300 AT WORKINSKOPS (Strikers Assert Their Confidence Con-fidence Strengthened By Situation. Statementrt from the Qrjdon federation federa-tion committee yesterday said that there were less than 300 men Working at the locat Southern Pacific shops Of the 600 men that struck at Sparks, Nov., the statement said, eight returned re-turned to work. "Before discussing the Injunctions, we wl.-h our readers to know the sentiment sen-timent that had taken root among the men. Some wit said that the wage board was composed of three members mem-bers representing labor, three representing repre-senting the railroads and three others representing the rallroaus (The above Is not a misprint.) The men b this time were of the opinion that this was u fact, but when tho wage hoard did give a derision favorahle to the men regarding the dummy contracts and the right of the men -on the Pennsylvania railroad to choose their own representatives rudgs Landls granted an injunction restraining the wage board from put- ! tlncr these derisions Into effect NUMEROUS DXJLA1 B "After numerous uelays which reached their cllRMX In thc removal of ithe United States district attorney, this 'injunction v. as finally brought to court and sustained by Judgn I'ae lie ruling rul-ing in effect that the wa. board had no power to enforce Its decision By this time the minds of the men wore In such con-fusion that they understood under-stood nothing except that they were losing everything thai tnev bad ever had and to all appearances this loss was legal. Vet an thing that mb'ht be confddi n d i gain for us was illegal il-legal unconstitutional or something I we could not understand, until flnal-ly flnal-ly we reasoned It out thus: The government gov-ernment got an Injunction against the government, restraining tho government govern-ment from doing anyWiing for the workers; on the othe, band, the gov- i ernment was behind the government when the government vook anything from us. "This reasoning was rather confusing confus-ing until we found the explanation in declarations of prominent senators on the floor of the United States senate that the government i3 located on Wall street "These Incidents caused further desertions de-sertions trom the ranks of the unions which was added proof to the union leaders that their conciliatory policy was most emphatically renented. j CI a Ml U I.Vtl) "ITV "The railway executives, drunk with : their porter again showed stupidity by clamoring to the wage board for further fur-ther reduction In wages and again the wage board in the fuce of overwhelming overwhelm-ing evidence, accommodatingly compiled com-piled with their demands, 'The press claimed that no one but the officers wanted a strike, while Uhe actual fact is that the officers were forced to sanction this walkout bo-. bo-. w ,. their own Individual position? were threatened. The ioen who had dropped out of the organisations as herein explained, answered the strike call to a man. In the face of the foregoing the public was Informed that this strike Is against the government, not the railroad executives and the men accepted ac-cepted this statement as a public declaration dec-laration of the exci iinven who are a part of Wall stret, that they, tho executives, ex-ecutives, arc the government. This but confirms our previous hellof, but wo did not think thepe gentlemen would have tho temerity to flout-this fact In the faco of the American pco-I pco-I pie yur oinccrs nave roqnu no cause to j complain of the lightness of the vote I' cast this time, that vote being so overwhelmingly over-whelmingly In favor of our present action ac-tion that to have taken any other course would have proven beyond 'doubt that they were traitors to the cause of the men 'We started with unlimited faith In J the railroad administration. Its actions ac-tions forfeited that fatlh. Wo then Hons forfeited that fatlh. Wc then pinned our hope to th? president. That hope was shattered. The action of the swltr hm- n turn hed grounds for faith In the wage board. Those grounds were uteri dissolved when that in its first decision eliminated the men who had forced Its creation. The faith in our officers started to go when they deserted the switchmen; more faith went wi'-n ih--; accepted h- abrogation abroga-tion of tin national agreement and still more when the reduction of 1921 was accepted. t SI it Iv li ) iJJSW BBUU "Hut ever portion of that fatlh is I again assembled and utrengt henod ana plar, .1 ithouf reserve ln our present i loaderi B M. Jewell whose actions ore dally commanding our respect and admiration ad-miration We believe that we now ' have a man who cannot be swayed ' from the path of justii .- !-"nould he :slip, the idea is fast forming that our only course will be as some have put lit "Send for Bill Heywood and end I this d thing once for all. I'Iiiiin for lie- 'trll.ers heriefit dance JTuly 13. are well under way and ad-van, ad-van, e sale of tickets leads to believe It will be one ,,f the most successful entertainments en-tertainments of the season, despite the I advance In prices. "We are ln a position to assert that I there were less tban 3 'i o working at tho Ogden shops In the iA hours end-! end-! ing at 4 p m. Friday. This Includes I foremen, store department, malnte- 1 nan f way hostlers and helpers and I guards for three shifts. None of thean men an- on strike. "Six hundred men went out at Sparks, Nev , company officials claim, eight men returned to service at that point We are disposed to accept this report as true. "If this strike were six months old and Its effect was Ihen as noticeable. ! as it Is now at the end of the flr:.t .week, we -would then consider oui-I oui-I selves ln o commanding position "LOCAL FEDERATION ITBI.l-CITY ITBI.l-CITY COMMITTEE " |