The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-28

The first announcement of the execudves' action was made bY
 Mfr. Lee. RnshinE to the floor below the hotel meeting rocra.
 where doseus Of newspaper re- 1 porters were consrcgated, he smiIinsiy shortesf
 'sThe strike is off boys. but I've only 9ot one copy of the rcsofu-
 tion and I'll show you that to- morrow.-
 All of the union men were srnii : ing as they came out and many Of them jocularly pushed and showed each other down the stairs To all queries, most of them merely re- piled: Its All settled See you to- morrow"
 The code messages calling off the strike. arranged in advance. will be gent out tomorrow morning the union heads said. A code word will se sent to each general chairman of the unions and he will, in turn. forward the orders to each of the subordi- nate officials under him.
 Opposed by FiremeB. The voto in the individual unions was unusually close, however, the firemen particularly holding lengthv arguments before agreeing to can cellation of the strike order. tn u labor chieftains said. In some or the groups the ballot was described as 'the closest in history on sinij lar question"
 All of the differences were ironed out by the different unions, however. and final showdown found all of them casting their ballots for mo strike"
 L. E Sheppard. president of the Orr der of Railway Conductors. said that the unions had decided to call off the strike because of the growing public opinion that the strike woufd be against the labor board and con seouently the government, and nor against the railroads
 1t was evident. atgc, that the er~ tire Washingtons atninfstr1tton was opposed 10 us, and that we have had little chance of eainfng our ob1ec- eives." said Mr, Sheppard
 we called this strike to gain ceT- tain rights to which our men were entitled" Mr. Sheppard told the Asso- ciated Press.
 that the roads were succeeding i.i their misguiding propaganda to tho effect that we really would be strik- ing against the government"
 This railroad propaganda found it's way to the United States railroad labor board. This governmental agency told us that 1t would look on a strike as against it and the govern ment and not against the roads and that the full force of the government would be brought to bear against us If we walked out. Under such cir cumstances there was nothing to do hut ntrr rd dor 10 l~tn h~r 90 walkout. M
 Further Reduction Halted
 Union leaders said that the resoiu- ton adopted by the labor board an- nouncing that no further wage re- duction petitions for any one group of employees would be considered un- til rules and working conditions for that group had been settled, was "de- cidedly instrumentap' in bringing about the action calling off the walk out They declared that they believed under this resolution. It would be months before their pay again could be reduced.
 The union resolution Immediately was communicated to the labor board and proved particularly gratifying Co Walter McMenimen. member of the labor group. who was instrument tai in bringing about the settlement or the cflSlS.
 MT McMenimen, a personal friend of Mir Lees and former trainman, paved the way for conferences be- tween the board and union men
 T am immensely gratified." said Mir. McMenimen when informed of the employees decision
 "It takes great worry off myH mind and am sure 1t will be the best for all"
 Mir. Hooper expressed himself as "tickied to death over the decision would have been more disastrous than the Civil war" he said. .It would have brought on almost in conceivable hardships for everyone"
 Means Mild Decisicn
 Memberss of the labor board said that the action of the leaders meant that the boards decision on yester- days conference between the board, the unions and the railroads, to de- termtne if the transportation act had been violated in the strike activities would be decidedly mild"
 The board, which today informed the unions that this decision would handle them with ungioved hands" if { they did not call off the strike by morning, would take the attitude now that the dispute had been settled ana that consequently the matter again was out of its hands. members said.
 The decision. one member said probably would be recital of the events leading up to the conference, and then mere statement that the board sees nothing further to do,v members said. The decision probably will be Issued about 10 o'clock to- morrow immediately after the tele- grams calling off the strike are out sent out by the heads of the unions. These are scheduled to be filed about a. m
 Is Much Gratified
 J. H. Ellis of the railroad group of the labor board when informsA that there would be no strike at tAio time, said:
 T am very much gratified at the good judgment exhibited by the men. To say any more would just be shoot- Ing the bull
 William Finley. president of ths Chicago and Northwestern at his home at Wheaton. Ill, said; Y am
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