New-York tribune., 1921-10-21
Conference Called Of
After 4-Hour Discus
sion, 'sNo Definite Re-
sults,'' Hooper Reports
Board to Consider
Next Step To-day
Brotherhoods sInhexible.'
Insist Carriers Are Re.
sponsible for Crisis

CHICAGO, Oct. 20 BY The Asso-
ciated Press) Efforts by the Rail-
road Labor Beard to avert the
threatened railroad strike through
conferences with heads of the five
unions that have ordered walk-out,
effective October 80, failed when the
meeting ad. ourned tonight The
announcement was made by the
board that while the discussions
were beneficial, no definite results
were obtained"
"The adjournment Is final," Chair
man R. NJ. Bal ION of the Labor
Board announced. 1--WE do not plan
any further conferences with the
labor leaders nor do we plan, at
present, to call n the railroad pres
idents. | cannot say what our next
step might be-"
While tie card members came out
of the afternoon session smiling and
in jovial mood, they left the night
meeting with solemn faces.
No Results, Says Hooper
There has been a full and frank
discussion of the situation" said q
statement given ont by Ben w. Hooper,
vice-chairman of the board. "The La.
Dor Board and the brotherhood chiefs
exchanged views in perfectly pleas
ant way. The interview was beneficial,
but we cannot say that any definite re-
suits were obtained"
Union leaders said the beard hid not
presented anything which they loSked
on as in any way a tangible PROPOSE
ton.
Its somebody's move next" sid the
head of one of the largest cf the five
organizations. whether it's ours, the
boards or the ais', don't know.
only know that the board brought US
here and talked four hours without
presenting anything which we could
even consider as compromise. The
meeting was absolutely without re.
suits.
I'VE are going back to our headquar~
ters. There is nothing scheduled i'm
mediately except 70 60 right ahead
with the plans for a strike"
Union heads expressed the opinion
that "if there were any concrete re-
suits of the conference they lay in the
TACT that minds of the Labor Board
members were disabused of the idea
that the unions were not sincere In
calling a strike"
when we went in there" said one
chief, "the board seemed to be of the
opinion tkat we had been blufiing and
were just waiting for some one to dis
suade US from carrying out the strike
order,
"Ta'ked q Lot, Said Llttle''
believing this, the board had viz
tual y not ing to offer in the way OF
a settlement plan. It's members talked
q lot, but actually had little to say OF
any Importance. mercy trying to get
US to change our stand.
"They seemed 70 think that we could
postpone the strike, until we made It
n'"in that that could not even be con-
sidered and that there must be o set
t ement satisfactory to US or the walk
out Will begin at a. m. October 80
I'VE hope some argel viii appear
with a plan to avert the strike, but
there were no such angels at to-day's
NEE ings.
"The chief result of the conference
are not bluffng and we know that they
had no real plan to offer"
Warren S. Stone, president of the
engineers William G. Lee, president
of the trainmen, and w. S. Carter,
oresieen- O. the fremen, returned to
Cleveland tonight. L. e. Sheppard,
head of the conductors, left for his
organizati MS headquarters in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, while T. C. Cashen, OF
tho tch hy,,ap tool In; ;erl.@
for Buffalo, where headquarters OF tbs
Switchmens Union is located.
Lock to Washington Now
While the scene of the strike activ-
| ties shifted back to Cleveland with
the ending of to-nig'.t's conference,
union man close to the brotherhood
chiefs said he expected the next step
to be taken will be from Washington.
"The Labor Board has, o. course,
forwarded full report of tAe con-
ference t. w ehincten." he id. az
there are further steps towards con-
Citation they viii be token there. The
un ns viii do not ing fust,er"
The eleven standard" unions which
! have w ca for a aiIe. bat have not
! called one, merely marked tine to-day.
tax ns no acti n pending the outcome
CT the Labor Board c,nferenre. They
wiz nee 8gsin tomorrow, bit there
is little likelihood of decisi n before
Salu day cr Sunday, it was said.
Chefs Of these orglnizetions ex-
! pressed keen interest in the Labor
Board conference, but refused to COM
ment on it
The failure of the board to sett's
4 TIE question means taat the railroads
in this section viii redoublc their
preparations for strike, presidents
of several roads said tonight when in
formed that the conference hsd ad.
journed with no definite results"
Impasse Reached, Says Finley
at looks like an impasse had been
reached" said w liam II. Finley. presi.
dent of TIE Chicago & Northwestern.
THE matter viii be taken IN fully to-
morrow et meeting OF Western raiis
road executives ana undoubtedly ths
preparations 60 combat strike will bs
pushed with redoubed sseor.r
Samuel FELTON,, president OF the Chi.
cago Great Western, said thing,