Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-28

The chieftains pointed out that the strike absolutely was off" and that walkout could not now be called until new vote had been taken.
 We are not making an plans now for a new vote" MT. Lee said,
 Rail unicn meeting. sessions of the United States Railroad Labor board and conferences between representatives of the two groups preceding tonight's meeting left the strike situation outwardly un- changed but the board informed the labor leaders that unless peace came by then it would deal with the union with un- gloved hands,
 The statement was delivered to union committees which called on the board during the day to report progress of the joint conference on chieftains of the switchmen, trainmen, conductors, engin- eers and fremen. This conference was forced % adjourn late ill the afternoon because the lease the meeting rooms had run out but the session was continued at hotel a short time later.
 According to several members of the board. the labor committees which con- ferred with 1t were told that the board would defer until ton,crr0w it's decision on the hearing yesterday to wa!ch the carriers and the unions were cited to find out if the transportation act had been violated in the strike activities.
 The labor men were informed that un- less the crisis were settled by tomorrow the board would take it's most drastic ac- ton thus far and that it had today re- | ceived assurance from Washington that the full force of the government would be behind it in any action taken or in preventing an interruption of transpor- | tation through a strike.
 Early in the day Ben w. Hooper, vice i chairman If the board, attended meetings of the union heads, and presented copies | of the boards recent resolutions not to consider wage reduction petitions for any | clas sof workers until rules and work ! ing conditions for that group lad beer settled MT Hooper also was reported | to have urged cancellation of the strike
 order pending formal hearings on wages
 by the board and to have outlined to the | unioans possible plans for aveTting the ! walk-out. He appeared before them in 3 purely personal capacity and not as 8 representative of the board. he explained
 Following MT Hoopers statements, the unions held individual conferences anc then went into a join conference. Late this afternp5n, Congressman at Large i William Burke of Pennsylvania, genera cnalrTuAn or BaiIlLnOTe anu ono Coll- ductors, and Peter Kilduff. an official ql the engineers organization, went to the board to request deferment Of the deci sion on yesterdays hearing. It was tt this committee that the board delivered
 it's ultimatum that the unions must ac hy t. morrow or the board would dea
 with them with ungloved hands" mem
 bers of the board said.
 hoard rnr1 iOp6 in executive SeS
 sion most of the day, awaiting word iron
 the unions and discussing it's statement on yesterdays hearing.
 1 The afternoon union meeting was en , livened when MT. Stone smashed the cam era of a photographer who attempted t
 take his picture as he came out of tn meeting room. MT. Stone chased a pho tographer several blocks yesterday whel he attempted to snap the brotherhoo chief MT. Stone badly cut one hand i
 hitting at the photographer today.