Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-10-27
Labor Board : Brotherhood Ses-
sion Adjourns Accomplishing
No Definite Results.
union CHIEFS FIRM
Gays Prese ut Fight 10 One For the Life
Of Their organization-claIm
Many Railroads Had Violated
Orders of Board.

Chicago-Eforts by the Railroad La
Dor 3oard to avert the threatened rail-
road strike through conferences with
heads of the five unions which have
ordered walkout, effective October
80, failed when the meeting adjourned
with the announcement by the Board
that while the discussions were ben.
efcial, no definite results were OBJ
tanned"
1.-THE adjournment is fnal," Chair.
man r. M. Barton of the Labor Board
announced. I'VE do not plan any fur.
ther conferences with the labor lead
ers, nor do we plan, at present, to call
in the railroad presidents. l cannot
say what our next step might be-"
There has been full and frank dis
cussion of the situation" said state
ment given out 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
results were obtained"
The five union presidents departed
for their organization headquarters
with the announcement that plans for
the proposed strike would 60 right
ahead"
While the board members came out
of the afternoon session smiling and
in a jovial mood, they left the night
meeting with solemn faces and refused
to publicly discuss the session, aside
from the statements by Chairman Bar
ton and Vice-Chairman Hooper.
Meeting Without Results.
Union leaders said the board had not
presented anything which they regard.
ed as a tangible proposition.
Its somebody's move next" said
the head of one, of the larger of the
five organizations whether it's ours,
the boards, or the roads, don't know.
l only know that the board brought us
! here and talked for hours without pre-
senting anything which we could even
consider as compromise. The meet.
ing was absolutely without results.
Members of the board said that
while the conference had ended and
no immediate plans had been made Il
still was possible further meetings
with the labor men would be held be.
| fore the date of the scheduled walkout
arrives. ~
Labor Chiefs "Inflexibie."
"The entire board feels that it is
much better informed on the situation
and we hope that some good may yet
result from an inquiry" said this mem.
Der.
Board members said that the labor
chiefs remained infexible in maintain
ing that the present fight was q .figh,
for the life of their oH26nixation. The
difficulties in the present crisis were
declared by the union men, it was said
to be entirely the fault of the carriers
the brotherhood men taking the posi-
ton that many railroads had violated
the boards orders. They made it clea,
to the board, however, members said
that they did not consider these viola
tions the fault of the board but due
to the fact that the transportation &C
chad no teeth"
Nothing Said Of Cut.
Continual alleged violations of tn,
boards orders had convinced the EN-
ployes, they were quoted as telling tn,
board, that there would be no end t,
Entertainments on what the railroa,
workers considered their rights.
Prior statements of the brotherhood
leaders have repeatedly asserted tia
the question of working rules which
they said, they had been years 4
working up, was the crux Of the who'll
situation.
Practically nothing was said in tn
conference about the IL per cent wag
reduction of last July /, which was til
technical basis on which the strik
was called, 1t was learned.
Members Of the board said they di
not consider that the board had 81
hausted its powers and that an exec,
tive session would be held, when fu
Their procedure would be determine,