The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-18

Scheduled M e citing OF
Union Chiefs Called
OFF.
BULLETIN.

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Orders will be placed in the
mails here before the day ST
over calling out about 5000
trainmen on the Pennsylvania
Lines, West of Pittsburgh. ae-
cOrding to an announcement at
the trainmen'S headquarters
this afternoon. The order, it
was added, will become opera
tive at 6 o'clock, the morning of
Nov. ).
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 1S.-(By the
Associated Press. "A scheduled
meeting here today of the Rig
Five" transportation brotherhoods
was cancelled this morning when
the five executives were requested
by the railroad labor board to meet
with the board in Chicago at 2 D.
m Thursday, Warren S. Stone,
president of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers, announced.
Union Leaders in Dark.
The message from the labor
board reached Mr.. Stone in his Of
fee here during the morning. He
declared he had no intimatiOn OF
what the board wished to discuss
with the leaders of the railroad
workers, but said all scheduled con-
ferences here would be postponed
until after the Chicago meeting.
T. C. Cashen, president of the
Switchmen's union of North Ameri-
ca, and l. E. Sheppard, president
of the Order of Railway CSS7aia;, CSS7i Ig1fCt0TE,
-r estiII IN will hn.
Joined there probably on Wednes-
day night by Mr.. Stone, W. G. Lee,
president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, and w. S. Car
ter, head of the Brotherhood of LO-
comotive FIremen and Enginemen.
Lee Confirms Announcement
W. Lee, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen. con-
frmed the receipt of a telegram (
from the Railroad Labor board, at {
Chicago, requesting him to meet
with the four other members OF
he railroad transportation brother
hoods in a conference with the
BOARD at Chicago Thursday.
Mr.. Lees telegram said the con-
'erence would be held at p. m.
Neither Mr.. Stone nor Mr.. Lee
would comment on the proposed
meeting except that they had no
ntimation of what was to be taken
lp.
Sheppard Gets No Notice.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct Isl.
.. Sheppard, president of the Order
If Railway Conductors, mad receiY-
ID no notice at 10 a. m. of the con-
'erence between the chiefs of the
Big Five brotherhoods and the Rail
way Labor Wage board, he said. He
S prepared to leave for Cleveland
his afternoon and says he will step
n Chicago on his way to that city.
New York, Oct. 18-At least $50
air craft are available
throughout the country for trans
porting passengers, mail and eE-
press in the event of railroad
strike, the Manufacturers Aircraft
association has informed Secretary
Hoover in a telegram. The craft
carry from two to u persons or
their equivalent in weight and have
a nonstop range of flight from 200
to 500 miles.
Roads Advertise Jobs.
Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 1S.-Ad-
vertisements ordered by the Erie
railroad, to be published on Thurs
day, were being set up in neWspa-
per offices here today, saying that
for places as engineers,
fremen, conductors S brakemen and
yardmen will be considered on Oct.
30. The advertisement is to be pub
lfshed in 56 New York, Pennsyi-
yania and Ohio newspapers it is
understood.
Jersey City, n. j, Oct. 1S.-News-
papers in many cities in New Jersey
today carried advertisements from
the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey announcing that permanent
positions would be guaranteed sue
cessful applicants as locomotive
fremen, conductors,
-arinmen and yardmen TO fill va
cancies as they occur" or vacancies
caused by such men as may leave
he service"