Arizona republican., 1921-10-27
Republican A. p. Leased WIre1


 CHICAGO, Oct. 26-Executives of the big four brotherhoods and the switchmens union after a day of verbal jockeying with the railroad labor board, declared late today no power save a satisfactory settle ment can prevent their men walking out beginning at 6 a. n-, Sunday.
 The declaration came after a day of fruitless questioning, when Judge R. NJ. Barton, chairman of the board. asked each union president four pre- pared questions:
 Who or what authority. in your labor organization can dithdraw the order to strike or stop a strike?
 Suppose you, the chief executive of labor organization, or your execu- tive committee issued an order or a statement that a strike should not occur, do you not believe the strike would be preVented2
 If the board shall declare a strike Is not justified and should not oc- cur and direct that the employees not strike. will that order be obeyed
 will you, as chief executive. use your power and influence to see that the orders of the board on the matter be obeyed?''
 The union chiefs. W. g. Stone of the engineers; w. G. Lee of the train men; L. F. Sheppard of the conduc- tors: W. $. Carter. of the firemen and T. C. Cashen of the switchmen- declared they had no power to can eel the strike order. expressed the in- dividual opinion that their men would not obey an order from them or the board to remain at work: ard re- iterated their previous declarations that only satisfactory settlement could avert the walkout.
 Such a settlement. they said. would be a reconsideration by the move ment by the individual railroads tC confer with the unions and set aside the boards order.
 Want Wage RetoaetiVe.
 ". s. Carter. declared a settlement should also reimburse the men foI the pay lost since July l. as result Of the wage cut.
 That the government contemplates injunction proceedings against the unions for violation of the Transpor- tation act was indicated by the trend of questioning, conducted by Ben w Hooper, public representative on the board.
 Hooper sought throughout his ex- animation of the five union leaders to bring out that their strike order was only in defiance of the July wage cut decision but by including other unsettled questions. violated that part of the transportation acl which says all disputes shall" be referred to the board for settlement
 Lee, of the trainmen. said his or ganization's ballot was based solely on the July l, wage cut, and declared he had withdrawn from the brothers hoods joint meeting and refused tc subscribe to their ballot The Ian guage of the joint ballot, he said. i'm piled other questions were involved
 Other leaders defended the joint ballot and asserted tkat the other questions referred to all had a bear ing on the frame of mind which led the employees to vote for a strike The question of time and one-haif for overtime and of a general revi- l sion of schedules were included in | the discussion preceding the strike i question proper on both the joint i ballot and that of the trainmen While all union chiefs maintained | that the strike question was techni- i caliy taken on the July wage cut, all admitted that the order questions would probably figure in any settle ment leading to calling off the strike Withhold Strike Vote The questioning brought out that a ] vote against the strike had been re- | turned on 23 roads by the conductors t on II by the trainmen. and on three ] roads by the firemen. Cashen said ! that the switchmen on every system voted for a strike. Stone. after q heated protest against furnishing