The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-27
ISSUANCE
Of THE ORDER
IS WITHHELD
, BrotherhOOds Silent On Re-
ported Order Hating Pro-
posed Strike
faY LUTHER A. HUSTON,

states States Railway Labor Board has
prepared an order declaring the strike
0f the big Five" Railway Brotherhood
set for October 80, illegal and direct
ing the heads OF the Brotherhoods TO
call Off the strike, 1t authoritatiyely
learned today.
ORDER HELD IN OBEYANCE
Issuance OF tho order will be with
held pending tho outcome OF the con-
ference to be held today by the exc
.uttve committees of the Brotherhoods 5
The brotherhood chiefs will be given
an opportunity TO withdraw the strike
order before the Labor Board issues its
mandate that the strike is illegal and
must be called on.
Members of the board unoficiaily
predicted today that peace is near.
Fhey believed that their announce
rnent that no further wage cuts will be
considered until the controversies over
working rules are disposed of, together
With the statement OF T. Dewitt Guy
Ter, chairman of the standing commit
tee OF the association of American OF
American Railway executives. that the
railroads Will not make any chang es
through the regular procedure before
the board paves the way for the Broth
erhoods to Withdraw their strike or
der.
BOARD NOTIFIES WASHINGTON
It Is understood that the board has
notified Washington OF Its findings and
OF its preparations to issue an order
intended to halt the strike. Accord
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the department Of justice has been set
IN motion to invoke the aid of the
courts TO prevent the strike unless it
is called or by the Brotherhood
II was learned that some sort OF a
communication Will be sent to the
meeting of the Brotherhood executives
today by the Labor Board. There was
a strong belief that the Boards state |
ment would point out to the Brother
hoods that assurances given by the
board regarding future wage cuts and
working rules afford the unions ample /
justification for calling of the strike. |
CONFERENCES END ABRUPTLY
1t was reported that these confer !
enoes OF the Brotnerhoods' executive /
committee had been instlgated by the
Railway Labor Board following the
peace conference" which ended alb
ruptly last night. The prevailing i'm I
preston WIS that the executive COM
r11ittee would consider tho stu alton in /
the light OF yesterdays hearing and (
decide II assurances given by the labor
board that there would be no immedi- /
ale action upon any further applica-
lions for wage cuts that the roads may
make constituted adequate grounds for
withdrawing the strike order.
mot SATISFACTORY"
Throughout the lively session OF the
Labor Boards conference yesterday the
union leaders emphatically stated that
the memberships of the unions would
obey no order halting the strike that
did not embrace satisfactory set
t.ement.'
II was reported but not confirmed
that the heads OF the Brotherhoods
", ould submit to the executive commit
lees a proposition that they call OF
the strike and give the Labor Board
an opportunity to make good" on it's
assurances with regard to future wage
cuts and rules governing working con
ditions Whether the executive COM
s,ittees would concur in any ouch rec
ommendation, If 1t Is made. remained
TO be seen.
WILL WAIT on BOARD
The railway executives, through T.
Dewitt Culver. president OF the AS
sociat5on Of American Railway exc q
cutives. gave assurance that the car
riers do not intend to make additional
changes in wage schedules without the
authorization OF the labor board.
Another report said the conferences
Of the executive committees would ,
consider plans for carrying out the
strike instead OF proposals for its set
tIement. This report. however, was
without combination and members OF
the committee and the heads or the
Brotherhoods refused to discuss their
plans.
MAY SEEK INJUNCTION
The Labor Board. on the other hand.
was expected to announce any decis- I
ion it may reach a result OF yester-
DAYS hearings some time today or to-
morrow. There was no accurate fore ,
cast OF what action the board would
take but the impression prevailed that
the Board hold the strike unlawful and
a violation OF the transportation act
Whether a fiat order to the union
chiefs directing them to call off the q
sirike would be issued could not be c
learned. r
IL such a course Is followed. II was n
believed. Injunction proceedings in the
courts against the union leaders would n
be instituted by the department. OF JUS {,
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