The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28
BIG FIVE
PUTS CURB
ONWALKOUT
Official Recall Orders Are
Flashed to All Cen
eral Chairmen.
BULLETIN,

st. Louis, Mo- Oct. 2S.-CBy
the Associated PreSs.l .l-E. J.
ManfOn. president of tho Order
of Railroad Telegraphers, at
$3.50 a- m. today sent coded
telegrams to general ehairmen
of the order on the various
roads, informing them officially
that the strike, scheduled for
Oct. 30, had been called off.
Cleveland. Ohio, Oct. 28.-(By
The Associated Press. Secret mes
sages to general chairmen by which
they are directed to notify local
chairmen that the proposed railroad
strike has been called off were sent
out early today from the general
offices here of the brotherhoods of
trafnmen, engineers and firemen.
Chicago, Oct. 2S.-(By The Asso-
ciated ess.)-The official recall Of
the rail strike orders issued by the
switchmen, trainmen, conductors,
engineers and firemen, were dis
patched today when leaders of the
big Five" flashed code messages
to their general chairmen. The
chairmen will submit the messages
to the locals and the official order
recalling the strike will thus per-
meate the country in few hours.
Telegraphers Next
Similar orders probably win be
dispatched today by the teleg
raphers' organization, the only
other union that had voted to par
ticipate in the strike, scheduled TO
begin Sunday, and which had
threatened to tie up the nations
transportation facilities.
While these orders are being cir
culated the United States railroad
labor board, which played an i'm
portant part in the final decision of
the unions, will today announce its
findings as a result of the public
hearing Wednesday, at which union
ieaGers and railroad executives tes-
titled This declaration, it was ex-
planned, would anaIyze the situation
and its outcome, the board, accord
ing to one member, feeling the mat
ter was now out of its hands.
Leaders Go Home.
With the announcement this
recalling the strike order, uni1sl
leaders, assembled here for the
labor boards hearings. and who re
mained to take the action endi9g
the threatened strike, were prepar-
ing to depart for their homes.
The vote ending the strike came
late last night, after all-day sessions
of the union leaders. Early in the
day general chairmen of each of the
five organizations conferred sepa-
rately In the afternoon joint se5-
sion was held which was addressed
by Ben W Hooper of the labor
board. MFR. Hooper's appearance be
fore the board is said by union lead
ers to have marked the turning
point which led to the final deci-
sion
No Wage Cuts.
Mr.. Hooper is said to have stress
ed the boards announcement that
no further wage cuts for any class
of employees will be considered until
working conditions for that class OF
employees have been settled. He IS
also said to have emphasized tn
announcement of the rail eZecu-
| tives, made at Wednesday, hearing,
+ that no changes in either wages or
working conditions will be sought
except through the labor board, as
provided by law. Union men said
/ they construed Mr.. Hooper's re
marks as indicating that nearly a
/ year must eiapse before further
wage cuts could be made effective
/ even if the roads should apply for
CONTINUED on Page Fifteen-)