Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-22

"A decision from Lno COnIor00cO wiz
not be announced until after Oct TO-
the scheduled strike date. board naem-
bers said, declaring that in this way .
walkout would be averted unless the
unions defied the boards orders not
to strike pending ruling.
The action was taken following ~
ceipt from Washington OF information
that every interested branch Of the
government would back the board in
its attempts to settle tho rail Difficult
ties, members declared. While both
carriers and unions promptly an
nounced they would comply with the
order citing them to appear before the
board Wednesday. w. G. Leo, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, one of the organizations
ment given out in Cleveland asked by
what authority any one to compel q
man to work and pointed out tho
right to strike had been upheld by the
United States supreme court
Trainmen on the international Great
carry out plans to strike tomorrow
and the Maintenance of Way and the
Ffremen's unions representing 100000
rail workers announced that they
would join the proposed walkout Oct.
80. These two groups are part of the
eleven unions numbering three-fourths
of the rail employees who had voted to
strike but had not issued strike call
Besides stepping into the breach be-
tween the carriers and the five unions
which have called strike, the train
men, swttchmen, engineers, firemen
and the conductors,-the labor board
summarily ordered the fremont and
Golf railroad, 67-mile line in Louis
open shop effective tonight. II the
unions choose to carry thru strike
plans which the board asked them to
defer. members of the board said that
the next move would have to come
sr9% 5 oenss soaa
the teeth, which the transportation
act. creating the board, was said by
many to lack.
At the same time II was pointed out
that the transportation act gives tho
board to cite the interested parties
for alleged violation of its rulings A.
it did in calling nsxt Wednesdays
conference but provides no penalties
for violation Of its DEGREES.
In connection with the labor hoard
pointed out that the big five" union
chiefs yesterday informed tho board
the strike could not be proposed. ~ no
for such contingency
had been made altho 1t could be set
tied.
In the absence of any indication that
the administration was Considering
control of the railroads.
action of the labor board in citing
union heads and rail chiefs to tho
controversy to appear before It was
here as ehowing that tho
board had received assurances from
that its supervision Of the
situation had been unaffected.
The boards intention, as Understood
here. was to determine whether tho
brotherhood chiefs or the railroad
executives or both had not already
contravened provisions of the trans
portation act. In administrative cir
cles. 1t was reiterated that 1t was still
the labor boards affair while the pres
ident had not been advised officially
of the boards action at a late hour.
1t was understood he approved the
move.
Altho definite decision against in
of wartime powers was
reached today, no doubt was express
ed in official quarters that adequate
was existent and could be
employed should the period OF nego-
tiation prove fruitless.
An amendment carried by the army
appropriation bill of Aug. 90, 1915.
the president specifically
TO take over transportation for the
movement of troops and to continue
such control I'm an emergency"
this authority, It was
said. were sections of the national de-
tense act and other statutes.
Department Of Justice officials were
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