Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-21
UNION. HEADS
ORDERED TO
POSTPONE
STRIKE
Failure of Chicago Confer
ference to Agree on Rem
edy Followed by Curt De-
mand to Present Griev-
anceS.

CdH Dc pIdCeu dt us ulSpOSdI. CdIltu
upon all of the railroads OF the country
and the officers of the five big unions
10 appear here next week ard solemnly
warned the unions not TO strike until
the board has heard their grievances
and rendered decision.
This action practically means that
there will be no railroad strike OctO-
ber 30, unless the unions chose openly
to defy the government, for it is hard
ly probable that decision in the mat
ter can be- renderedrby the board be-
fore that Idate.y'} 511 i93re -. f. ~.
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CHICAGO. Oct. 81. Lack of any
provision by the unions for suspend
ing the railroad strike called for 0c-
tober 80, made it impossible to accept
the plan Offered by the railroad labor
board yesterday, it was said in union
circles today. 't'.,'. 80" '...
The labor board it is said presented
three proposals to the presidents of
the Big Four brotherhoods and the
Switchmen's union. They were:
/. The Railroads to- make reductions
in freight rates, corresponding to the
wage reduction Of July /, less reduc-
tons already made since then.
2. The railroads to refrain from ask
ing further wage reductions until the
last cut is translated into rate reduc-
tions.
3.TThe unions to suspend or with
draw the strike order.
The conference of the labor chiee.
and the members of the labor board
lasted until late hour last night.
The board announced that "while
the discussions were beneficial. no de-
finite results We're obtained"
Adjournment is final," Chairman
K. M. Barton of the labor board an
nounced. 1--WE do not plan any further
conferences with the union leaders, nor
do we plan at present to call in the
railroad presidents. | cannot say what
our next step might be-"
"There has been a full and frank
discussion of the situation" said a
statement given out by Ben w. Hoov-
er, vice chairman of the board. The
labor board and the brotherhood chiefs
exchanged views in a perfectly pleas
ant way. The interview was beneficial
but we cannot say that any definite
results were obtained"
The five union presidents Immediate
ly went into a secret conference with
the announcement that they probably
would go bac kto Cleveland tonight.
While the Board members came out
of the afternoon session smiling and ir
a joval mood. they left the night
meeting with solemn faces and refused
to publicly discuss the sesson--aside
from the statements by Chairman
Barton and Vice Chairman Hoover
Present at the union conference
were: Warren S. Stone, grand chief OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers; L. A. Sheppard, president OF
the Order of Railway Conductors: W
G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; w. 5. Carter
president of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Fremen and Enginemen. ant
r. C. Cashen, president of the Switch
mems Union of North America.
The board it was reported today as
sured the union leaders that the rall
roads could not get decision 10
months, even if they filed the proposed
request for 10 per cen- wage reduc
tion Immediately. The brotherhood
leaders, who had already declared th'
plan impossible, made no effort to con
ceal their disappointment that th'
board had nothing else to offer.
CLEVELAND. Oct. 21.-Upon hi
return from Chicago this morning w
G. Lee, president of the Trainmen'
organization, announced that tn