The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-11-03
EFFORTS ToAvERT
RAIL STRIkEFAILS
Labor Board Brotherhood Ses-
sion Adjourns Accomplishing
No Definite Results.
union CHIEFS FIRM
Gays Present Fight 10 One For the Life
Of Their orpanlxatlon-cIaIm
Many Railroads Had Violated
Orders OF Board.

many RAILROADS Had Violated
Orders Of Board.
Chicago-Enorts by the Railroad La.
Dor Board to avert the threatened rail.
road strike through conferences with
heads Of the five unions which have
ordered a walkout. effective October
80, failed when the meeting adjourned
with the announcement by the Board
that while the discussions were ben
ef1cial, no definite results were OBJ
tanned" s4% %
"The adjournment is dnal," Chair
man r. M. Barton of the Labor Board
announced. 1--WE do not plan any fur
Their conferences with the labor lead:
ers, nor do we plan, at present, to call
in the railroad presidents. I cannot
say what u next step might be-"
There has been a full and frank dis
cussion OF the situation" said a state
ment given out by Ben w. Hooper,
vice-chairman of the board. 1.-THE La
Dor board and the brotherhood chiefs
exchanged views in a perfectly pleas
ant way. The interview was beneficial
but we cannot say that any definite
results were obtained" ~ d
The five union presidents departed
for their organization headquarters
with the announcement that plans for
the proposed strike would go 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 n of the larger of the
five organizations . Whether it's ours,
the boards, or the roads, 1 don't know.
I only know that the board brought us
here and talked for hours without pre-
senting anything which we could even
consider as a 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 it
still was possible further meetings
with the labor men would be held be.
fore the date Of the scheduled walkout
arrives. 't*'' 'E
Labor Chiefs "lnfioxible."
."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. ~ n
Board members said that the labor
chiefs remained inflexible in maintain
ing that the present fight vas a fight
for the life of their organization. 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 clear
to the board, however, members said,
that they did not consider these viola
SASAo ~ rAoAAt VI LAC pOd1u Uut8 Ou0
to the fact that the transportation act
"had no teeth"
Nothing Said Of Cut.
Continual alleged violations Of the
boards orders had convinced the en-
ployes, they were quoted as telling the
board, that there would be no end to
Entertainments on . what the railroad
workers considered their rights.
Prior statements of the brotherhood
leaders have repeatedly asserted that
the question Of working rules which,
they said, they had been years in
working UP, was the crux Of the whole
situation .l....
Practically nothing was said in the
conference about the IL per cent wage
reduction Of last July l, which was the
technical basis on which the strike
was called, it was learned.
Members of the board said they did
not consider that the board had ex-
hausted its powers and that an execu-
tive session would be held, when fur
Their procedure would be determined.