Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-10-27
Labor Board : Brotherhood ses-
sion Adjourns Accomplishing
No Definite Results.
UNION CHIEFS { 5 firm.
Says Prsssnt Fight 10 One For the Life
Of Their rsanixatlon Claim
Many Railroads Had Violated
Orders Of Board.

ordered walkout, effective October
80, failed when the meeting adjourned
with the announcement by the Board
that while the discussions were ben.
eflcial, no definite results were oh.
tanned"
"The adjournment is final" Chair.
man R. M. Barton of the Labor Board
announced. I'VE do not plan any fur
Their conferences with the labor lead.
lers. nor do we plan, at present, to call
In the railroad presidents. 4 cannot
say what our next step might be-"
There has been q full and frank dis.
cussion Of the situation said state.
ment given out by Ben w. Hooper,
vice-chairman Of the board. The La.
Dor board and the brotherhood chiefs
exchanged views in q perfectly pleas.
ant way. The interview was beneficial
but we cannot say that any definite
results were obtained"
The five union presidents departed
for their organization headquarters
with the announcement that plans for
the proposed strike would 90 right
ahead" ss
While the board members came out
Of the afternoon session smiling and
In a jovfal 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 tangible proposition.
Its somebody's move next" said
the head Of one Of the larger OF the
five organizations Whether it's ours,
the boards, or the roads. I don't know.
only know that the board brought us
here and talked for hours without pre-.
senting anything which we could even
consider as 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 he held be.
fore the date Of the scheduled walkout
arrives.
s00Vs SUJSJ8 UuU0NlUISs
"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.
T Board members said that the labor
chiefs remained inflexible in maintain.
ing that the present fight was fight
for the life Of thar organization. The
difficulties in the present, crisis were
declared by the union men, 1t 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-i
tions the fault Of the board but due
to the fact that the transportation act.
'had no teeth $s
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. N
Prior statements Of the brotherhood
leaders have repeatedly asserted that;
the question OF working rules which,
they said, they had been years III
working up, was the crux of the whole
situation. 3 $Ff
Practically nothing was said in the
conference about the 10 per cent wage
reduction Of last July 1, which was the.
technical basis on which the strike
was called, 1t was learned. ,Si5s
Members Of the board said they did
not consider that the board had ex-.
hausted its powers and that an; execu.3
tive session would be held, when fun
Their procedure would be determined