Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-20
RAILROAD STRIKERS 10 PRESS DEMANDS
 UPON l. .A!b0R BOARD
Outlaws Undeterred by the Body's Refusal to Hear Them
TO PROCEED WITH
 OLD WAGE CONTROVERSY
Heads of Brotherhoods and Chair men of Executives Association to Attend-Shea Predicts
 Speedy Settlement

Washington, April 19.-Undeterret
 by the refusal of the railroad labo
 board to hear them today, represen
 tatives. of the railroad strikers an
 nounced that they would presen written complaints, together witf demands for diving wage" to tho board which tomorrow will begin for mai hearings on the big wage con troversy.
 | The board today flatly refused tt receive, entertain or consider" com. plaints from strikers, declaring ii would only hear those who were adopting every reasonable means of avoiding interference of railroad service.
 The board will proceed with the wage dispute involving claims of nearly two million me, which failed of adjustment, when the bi-pa artisan board ceased to function April 1 Heads of the four brotherhoods and the chairman of the association of railway executives, all of whom were present today, will attend.
 Timothy Shea, president of the brotherhood of railway firemen and enginemen, said tonight that speedy settlement would be urged. Refusal of the board to hear strikers, Shea said, would have the effect of send ing all of the strikers back to work. many of whom had been led astrav, he thought, in the belief that the board might recognize them
 Delegations claiming to represent railroad men of all crafts in var ious cities who "have quit work" ap- peared at the offices of the board today demanding assurances of a substantial guarantee of increased wages" which they said would send strikers back to work. They com- posed an unorganized association, said, known as the railroad workers of America, insisting that they still retained their membership in the rec ognized unions. since they had not struck, but had "only gone on a va cation."
 Yardmen Displeased.
 After adopting rules of procedure for hearing disputes, the board ad- mitted several delegations.
 Immediate protest was entered by w. N. Doak, vice president of the brotherhood of railway tranmen. who contended that the officers of the IS railroad organizations pres ent represented the men unless they had quit their jobs, in which case they were no longer employees of the railroads, or members of the recog- niZed unions.
 General dissatisfaction with the boards action was expressed by the railroad workers. Edward McHugh, representing strikers in New York and New Jersey, declared that he would continue his efforts to obtain some assurance of an increase from the board, adding that 5000 men in the New York district would not go back to work until such assur- ance was received.
 The railroad workers envoy de- .clared they would not return until they had "iron clad" assurances of adjustment of their grievances. They would present their formal de- mands, they said. and then go to their men and await decision grant ing increased wages. Vigorous ob- JectlOn was expressed Dy these rep resentatives to the term striker" Theiy claim the yhave not struck as there has been no order from the officials of their unions adopted by referendum vote, but that they had merely laid down their tools until they get more pay.
 Yardmen from St. Louis claimed they are not sufficiently represent ed before the board bv the recog nized unions and demanded that they be allowed to legislate for them selves.