The Washington herald., 1921-10-29
HEADS
Still DEMAND
MOREPAY0JTS
Will Press Proposal for
10 Per Cent Reduction
Asked October IA.
UNION MEN RELY.
ON LABOR BOARD
Lee Gives Hooper Credit
For Assurances That
Averted Strike.
Especial 10 m. w..Ainston Herald,

CHICAGO, oct 2S.-Peace reigns
in railway circles, but the issues
which threatened war are yet to be
| disposed of.
The rail strike scheduled to start
| Sunday morning was called of
shortly before midnight Thursday
Less than twelve hours later, how
ever. railroad executives declared
Cheir intention to press the 10 per
cent additional wage reduction pre-
posal which, added to other griev-
| ances, provoked the walSout order
Our program for the immediate
| future, as announced October IA,
remains unchanged" said Samuel
M. FELTON,. president of the Chicago
Great Western Railway and chair
man OF the Western railroad execu-
tives' committee. only a further
reduction Of wages will restore
prosperity"
Rely on Boards Assurance. ,.
Samuel o. Dunn. editor of the
Railway Age. supported this con-
| tention.
But the plans Of the railroads as
thus revealed seemingly were no
surprise to the heads of the big
Five" brotherheods. They said
1
ments, but were resting easy In
what they believed to be assurance
from the United States Railroad
Labor Board that no action will be
taken for some tine. And the pledge
of railway executives not to move
without authority of the board.
added to the sense of security, the
union chiefs said.
W. G. Lee, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen and
chief among the brotherhood lead
ers as a proponent of peace, said
tonight:
so far as ] am concerned. when
| addressed the joint meeting of
brotherhood general chairmen
| Thursday night and urged adoption
| of the resolution declaring the
strike of, acted with full knowl-
edge of what the future attitude
| Of the railway executives, would be.
Sees Action Unlikely Now.
"0f course they will oontinue 10
ask for the 10 per cent wage reduce
ton. We expect that. but Ben w
Hooper, in the statement issued
| Tuesday night, said the Labor
Board docket Of cases is crowded
and that there was no danger of
immediate action. This assurance
was sufficient to avert a threatened
calamity; the same assurance Is
| adequate now"
As arranged at the peace con-
ference" in the Morrison Hotel on
Thursday night, the code messages
| to brotherhood general ohairmen
throughout the country declaring a
| satisfactory settlement had been
reached and eancelling strike or.
ders, were dispatched this morning
from Cleveland, brotherhood head
quarters.
No doubt that these will serve
their purpose was expressed in any
quarter.
Il expect the unions to follow the
counsel of the committees so that
there will be no sporadic outbursts
in any quarter" said President Lee
| of the Trainmen. Last year dur
| ing the unauthorized switchmen's
outbursts, but, as a result, the char
tiers of ninety-three locals were
I withdrawn and more than $4,000
men suspended.
Gives Credit to Hooper.
The men know the committees
here would accept nothing that was
not for the best interest of the Or
ganization.
'T am very happy that this has
| been settled, but, SO far as / am
| concerned. all the credit for settle
ment is due to Gov. Hooper and the
manner IN which he conferred with
US.
When think Of the hundreds of
letters on my desk from old MEM
| bers of the brotherhood, from their
wives and children asking me to
do everything in my rover to avert
a strike, am glad they have been
spared the suffering that would
have resulted.
There is doubt that, il the
settlement had not been made, the
men would have left their jobs and
some would never have returned"
Mr.. Lee was asked concerning the
strike of the 500 trainmen of the
International and Great Northern, a
Texas railway, who walked out last
Saturday.
May Be Taken Back.
II have no authority in that mat
ter" he replied, but am hopeful
full it Will end to the satisfaction
of all concerned" -
From other sources II was learned
these men, described in railway
circles as "out on a limb" will be
given opportunity to return to work
without prejudice. Efforts to this
end. it was said, were being made
both by members of the Railroad
Labor Board, acting unofficially,
and executives of several trunk
lines. The /. and G. N. is under re-
ceivership' and may be regarded as
beyond the Labor Boards turisdic-
ton.
IF the Texas strikers are per-
mitted to return in good standing,
much will be done to promote good
feeling between carriers and their
employees" said one railway presi-