Arizona republican., 1921-10-22

The acton was taken rOiiOW1ng re- ceipt from Washington of information that every interested branch Of the government would back the board in it's attempt to settle the rail difficul- ties, members declared.
 While both carriers and unions promptly announced they would com ply with the order citing them to ap- pear before the board Wednesday, w. c. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, one of the or ganizations which has called 8 strike in a statement given out in Cleveland, asked by what authority anyone could compel a man to work and pointed out that the right to strike had been upheld by the United States supreme court.
 Trainmen on the International & Great Northern, a Texas road. pre- pared to carry out plans to strike to- morrow and the maintenance Of way and the firemen's unions. representing 100000 rail workers. announced that they would join the proposed walkout Oct. 30. These two groups are part of the II unions numbering three fourths of the rail employees, which had voted to strike but had not issued a strike call.
 Next Move From Capitol
 Beside stepping into the breach be- tween the carriers and the five unions which have called a strike-the train men, switchmen, engineers. firemen and the conductors-the labor board summarily ordered the Fremont & Gulf railroad, 67-mile line in Louisi- ana. to rescind it's order installing an open shop effective tonight.
 If the unions choose to carry | through strike plans which the board ask ed them to defer. members of the board said that the next move would | have to come from Washington, inti- mating today's action exhausted their attempts to furnish the teeth which | the transportation act. creating the | board, was said by many to lack. At | the same time it was pointed out that the transportation act gives the board power to cite the interested parties for alleged violation of its rulings, as 1t did In calling neXi Wednesdays conference. but provides no penalties for violation of its de crees.
 In connection with the labor board order to defer strike action. 1t was pointed out that the "big five unioI l chiefs yesterday informed the board 1 that the strike could not be post | poned. as no arrangements for such 2 AAS'o hSSli -N-AO ~aes-
 it could be settled.
 The boards announcement came a: one of the most sensational develop
 ments in the rail strike. It was is
 sued virtually without warning ant at a time when the consensus hat been that this governmental agencl
 had met an impasse in it's attempts t'
 settle the crisis when its conference
 yesterday with union chiefs was ad
 journed with the announcement tha
 no results had been attained. Coming as the first instance where the board so decisively expressed authorit, which many railroad and labor mel
 had maintained it did not possess, tn
 boards action found most of the in
 terested leaders too astounded t comment. w
 Carriers Non CommittaI Tonight local railroad president ] refused to discuss the pronounce
 ment other than to say that it woul
 be compiled with by them. They de
 clared that they had not violated tn
 boards decision and took the attitud
 that the citation really was directe
 at the unions alone. saying that ear , riers were called in simply because was necessary to have both sides rep D resented. Under such conditions Q they said. it would be une;hical 1 p comment on the announcement or [ | attempt to interprR it.
 Action of the United Brotherhoo of Maintenance of Way Empioye 0 and the International Brotherhood O Q Stationary Bremen and Oilers in an % nouncing that they would join d walkout. was looked on by labo S leaders as especially significant, on - chief protesting to see in it pos d sible healing of any breaks whic might have existed between the l