Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-04
Strike of Railway Brotherhoods
Called Off Because of Ger.
tain Failure.
COULDN'T FIGHT UNCLE SAM
Former Emperor kari's Second At
tempt on Throne of Hungary Ends
in His Capture-Dr. With
Forms a New German
Cabinet
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.
Railway strike called off,"

Railway strike called off"
The entire country heaved a sigh
Of relief Friday morning when it
read that headline in the papers.
Confronted with certain failure for
the walkout, and with arrest and pros
ecution by the government for them
selves on charges of conspiracy, the
heads of the five brotherhoods and the
railway telegraphers got together late
Thursday night and wisely concluded to
decide tnat the satisfactory agree
ment' which they required had been
reached. Almost unanimously, they
voted to call the strike off, and the
resembling order was wired to head
quarters in Cleveland and thence
throughout the country.
"We couldn't strike against the gov
ernment," said L. E. Sheppard, head
of the conductors. "As the situation
developed, we found that In striking
we would not be hitting the people we
wanted to hit, the railroads, but would
be fighting the government. 1t was
never our purpose to combat the gov
ernment."
The fact is that, without the sup
port of the standard" unions, refused
by ten Of the eleven, and with the
government determined to maintain
transportation and to prosecute the
leaders Of a strike, the movement was
doomed to ultimate collapse. More
over, the big five we're not wholly in
favor of striking, for the trainmen's
brotherhood preferred peace. The sat
isfactory agreement" consisted In the
statement of the railway labor board
that 1t had decided some time ago, that
''the submissions of carriers and en-
ployees on rules and working cOndi-
lions shall be completely disposed Of
as to any particular class Of employ
ees before a hearing is had on any
question of wages affecting said class
Of employees on any carrier covered
by Decision No. LAT.
1.-The rules governing any class of
employees will be deemed to have beer
completely disposed Of when the board
has passed upon all the submissions
HIIcCLluR 6dIu CldSSg liz W SNAoAO
of disputed rules or by referring them
back to a conference of the carrier
and employees"
Principal credit for averting a strike
which would have been disastrous
ever though not successful for the
workers is given to three men. These
are Ben w. Hooper and W. L. Nc
Menimen Of the labor board, the
former of the public group and the
latter Of the labor group, and W. G.
Lee. chief Of the trainmen. The two
board members worked like nailers
day and night to bring about peace,
and the public statements and private
arguments of Mr.. Lee did much to lead
his confreres to the stand they final
ly adopted.
Representative Thomas L. Blanton
Of Texas, who at various times has
made himself most Objectionable to
other members of congress, narrowly
escaped expulsion last week because,
under permission to print an undeliv-
cred speech, he had inserted In the
Congressional Record an affidavit con-
aiming vile and obscene language.
Congressman Mondell presented the
resolution of expulsion and 1t fell only
sight votes short of the requisite two
thirds. Then, on motion of Representa-
tive Garrett of Tennessee, the Texan
was publicly reprimanded by Speaker
gillett. Those who have had TIE dubi-
BUS privilege of reading the document
which Blanton had printed in the Rec
ord will think that he was let of with
less punishment than he deserved.