Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-28
BIG FIVE DECIDE NOT
TO INSTITUTE GENERAL
WALK0UT OCTOBER 80
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uled for October 80 will be called
Off.
II am not at liberty now to say
what these arrangements will be,
but I will say certain conditions
resulted from today'S meetings
which have materially changed the
situation and which lead me to be-
lieve that the meetings tonight will
result in there being no strike"
w. S. Stone, president of the en-
gineers, said as he entefed the
night meeting:
Something is going to break to-
night. can't tell you what,
though"
According to several members of
the board, the labor committees
which conferred with 1t were told
that the board would defer until
tomorrow its decision on the hear
ing yesterday to which the car
riers and the unions were cited TO
find out II the transportation act
had been violated in the strike ac-
tivlties.
Labor men were informed that
, unless the crisis were settled to-
morrow the board would take its
most drastic action thus far and
that it had today received assur-
ances from Washington that the
full force of the government would
be behind it in any action taken or
in preventing an interruption of
transportation.
Statements that peace probably
would result from tonight's con-
ferences of the union leaders also
were made by several chieftains
who heretofore have been termed
extremists by their cohorts and
those who have always been
among the first to advocate "a
strike.
Indications that tonight's con-
ference would be a long one were
seen, however, in the action of
many rail labor leaders in cancell-
ing reservations they had made on
outgoing trains.
Early in the day Ben W. Hoop
er, vice chairman of the board. at
tended meetings Of the union
heads. and presented copies of the
boards recent resolutions not to
consider wage reduction petitions
OF any class of workers until rules
and working conditions for that
group had been settled. He also
was reported to have urged can
collation. of the strike order pend
ing formal hearings on wages by
the board and to have outlined to
the unions possible plans for
averting the walkout. He appeared
before them in a personal capacity
and not as a representative of the
board, he explained.
Following Mr.. Hooper's state
ments, the unions held individual
conferences and then went into q
joint conference to decide what
action, If any, would be taken.
Late this afternoon, Congressman
at large William Burke of Penn
sylvania, general chairman Of Bal
timore and Ohio conductors and
Peter Kilduff, an official of the
engineers organization, went to
the board to request deferment OF
the decision on yesterdays hear
ing. 1t was to this committee that
the board delivered its ultimatum
that the unions must act by to-
morrow, or the board would deal
with them with ungloved hands,"
members Of the board said.
These members declared that
they they told the committee the
railroad group of the board was in
sistent that immediate and en-
phatic" action be taken by it, and
that this action was being deferred
only at the counsel of tho public
and labor groups so that the unions
might have a chance to act first.
Another committee of three vice
chiefs of the engineers r1nferre /
several hours with Mr.. Hooper dur
ing the afternoon, and it was re-
ported this committee also was
informed Of the boards plans.
The board remained in executive
session most of the day, awaiting
word from the unions and discuss
ing as statements or yesterday y
hearing which probi ply will be is
sued tomorrow.
The afternoon union meeting was
enlivened when Mr.. Stone smashed
the camera of q photographer who
attempted to take his picture. Mr..
Stone chased the photographer
several blocks yesterday when an
attempt was made to snap him.