The New York herald., 1921-10-21
Union Leaders After Chi
cago Meeting Say Plans
Are Made for Walk
out Oh October 80.
BLAME Is LAID ON LAW
Labor Board Members AS
sert They Went to Legal
Limit in Proposals to
Big Five Chiefs.
LOOKING TO WASHINGTON
BrotherhOods Contend They
Proved They Are Not Bluff
ing. as Rail Executives
Appeared to Believe.

CHICAGO, Oct 20.-Efforts by the
Railroad Labor Board to avert the
threatened railroad strike through
conferences with heads of the five
unions which have ordered a walkout
effective October 30 failed when the
meeting adjourned tonight.
There has been a full and frank
discussion OF the situation said a
statement given out by Ben w.
Hooper, vice-chairman of the board.
The labor board and the brother
hood chiefs exchanged views in a
perfectly pleasant way. The inter
view was beneficial, but we cannot
say that any definite results were OBJ
tained.'
Gloom Among Railroad Heads.
The labor boards failure to settle
the strike question means that the
railroads in this section will redouble
their preparations for a strike, presi.
Cents OF several roads said tonight.
1T looks as though an impasse had
been reached" said William II. Fin.
ley. president OF the Chicago and
Northwestern. "The matter will be
taken up fully tomorrow at meet.
ing of Western railroad executives
and undoubtedly the preparations TO
combat a strike will be pushed with
redopbIed vigor."
Samuel FELTON,, president of the
Chicago Great Western, said that
things looked bad"
Hale Holden, president Of the Chi.
cago. Burlington and Quincy. and
other presidents refused to comment
formally although a majority re-
marked that they had hoped for
settlement" but that the situation
certainly was not improved any"
The five union presidents departed
| for their organization headquarters to-
night with the announcement that
plans for the proposed strike would go
right ahead.
'The adjournment is final" Chair
man r. NJ. Barton of the Labor Beard
announced. I'VE DO not plan any
| further conferences with the labor
leaders. nor do we plan at present 10
| call in the railroad presidents. I can
not say what our next step might be-"
soiemniry Follows Smiles.
yvl,fia Tim hoard ,,,ar,hore car.o o,,<
OF the afternoon session smiling and
in jovial mood, they left the night
meeting with solemn faces and re-
fused TO discuss the session. aside from
the statements by Chairman Barton
and Vice-Chairman Hooper.
Union leaders said the board had
not presented anything that they
looked on as IN any way a tan nyibe
proposition.
| TITS somebody's move next" said
J the head OF one OF the largest OF the
five organizations. Whether it's ours.
the boards or the roads don't know.
I only know that the board brought
/ US here and talked four hours without
presenting anything which we could
even consider as a compromise. The
meeting was absolutely without re-
suits.
! I'VE are going back to our head
quarters There is nothing scheduled
immediately except to go right ahead
with the plans for a strike
Unions In Earnest, They Say.
Union heads expressed the opinion
that 'if there are any concrete results
of the conference they lie II tte .sr.
that the minds OF the Labor Board meri-
hors were disabused OF the idea that tho
unions were not since in calling
strike"
"When we went in there. said one
chief. "thc board seemed to be OF the
opinion that we had been blufi'ng and
were Just waiting Cor some ore 20 dis
suade us from carrying out the strife
order.
Believing this. the board had viz
tualy nothing 70 offer IN the way OF n
settlement plan It's members talked n
lot. but actually had little TO say OF any
/ impcrta nce. merely trying TO get us 10
change our stand.
They seemed 10 think that we could
postpone the strike until we made Il
/ plain that that could not even be con-
sidercd and that there must be settle
ment satisfactory TO us or the walkout
will begin at a. NJ. October 80.
1--WE hope some angel will appear with
A. plan 10 avert tho strike. but there
were no such angels at to-day's meet
ings.
"The chief result OF the conference
; was that the Labor Board knows we ara