The sun., 1919-10-04
INDUSTRIAL FARLEY
STARTS ON MONDAY
Presidents Illness Not to In
terfere With Conference in
Washington Next Week.
PLACATING RAIL UNIONS
Hines Suggests Solution of
Representation Objection
Made by the Big Four.

WASHINGTON, Oct Stiffness of Presi-
dent Wilson will not interfere with the
plans for holding the Industrial Confer
ence, which will open here on Monday, 1t
was announced officially to-day. In the
event that President Wilson IL not able
to address, q communication to the
gathering Secretary Tumulty Will notify
the delegates of the Presidents desires
regarding the selection OF 4 permanent
| presiding officer.
The conference win begin at 2:30
American Building. John Barrett. Dr.
rector General of the Pan-American
Union. will welcome the delegates and
| turn over to them the use of the build
ing. Secretary Wilson Of the Depart
nent of Labor, It was announced to-day,
will open the conference. The body will
prescribe its own rules, and In the alb
sence OF suggestions from the President
will elect Its own permanent chairman,
Amicable settlement of the dispute
over the railroad unions representation
in the conference appeared possible to-
| night. A new suggestion transmitted
by Director-General Hines was under
confederation by the unipns, with opti-
mism frankly express<f in official cir
| cles that 1t would be accepted.
Timothy Shea of the firemen. who an
nounced to-day that the four brother
hoods did not expect to have delegates
at the conference because the basis of
representation offered to the unions was
unsatisfactory, said he was in COM
munication with the chiefs Of the three
| other brotherhoods and with the unions
| affiliated with the American Federation
! of Labor, but that no decision was pos
| sible before tomorrow. He declined to
state what the Railroad Administration
had offered until the proposal was acted
upon finally.
Appointment May End Friction.
| Appointment of b. NJ. Jewell, acting
president of the Railway Employees
Department of the Federation as one
of the representatives Of the public in
the conference. was expected to be a
conciliaiory factor In the dispute.
The trouble arose when the railroad
unions were asked to appoint four dele
gates to the conference. The four broth
erhoods desired to name all four men,
claiming that the American Federation
of Labor delegates would represent the
unions affiliated with that organization.
These unions, however. insisted that they
should be allowed to participate In Sc
llecting the four men representing the
railroad employees especially, and when
an agreement seemed Impossible the
unions joined in suggesting to Mr. Hines
to change the basis of union representa-
ton by allowing the heads of all recog-
lnized labor organizations to participate.
As this was impossible. owing to the
short time remaining before the confer
ence opens, the counter suggestion was
made which it was hoped would end the
trouble.
Appointment of Mr.. Jewell, announced
by the Labor Department and not by
the White House, gives the railroad
unions a special delegate outside of the
four big brotherhoods which meets their
demands. Considerable surprise was
occasioned in some quarters, however
by the Inclusion of one of the most
active of federation officials. who has
been leader in the movement FOR
higher wages during the reconstruction
period. as one of the representatives OF
the unorganized public. 1t was said hs
took the place OF Charles G, Dawes OF
Chicago, who declined to serve.
Railroad executives will have only tive
representatives in the conference. Mr.
Hines announced that he had appointed
, Carl Gray. president of the Western
Maryland, and r. H. Ashton, regiona
. director for the Northwestern Region, IL
that capacity.
Women Chosen Delegates.
Three women were added to the lis
of representatives of the general publis
! at the conference, bringing the tota
number OF delegates expected to be pres
ent up to ffty-eight. The women named
are Miss Ida Tarbell, writer; Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait. president of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso
citation, and Miss Gertrude Narum o.
Chicago, who during the war was as
sistant to the Director of the Bureau OF
! Investigation and Inspection of the De
, partment OF Labor.
The Investment Bankers Association
announced to-day that its representa-
tives will be Edgar L. Marsten of Blai.
& Co., New York, and Howard w. Fen
ten, vice-presdent of the Harris Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago. The Ma.
tional Industrial Board has not yet mads
public the names of its five delegates