Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-22
CALLS RAILROAD
AND BROTHERHOOD
HEADS TO MEETING
Directs Walkout Be De.
ferred Pending Result
of New Conference.
FARLEY IN CHICAGO IS
SET FOR OCTOBER 26
Texas Road Workers Continu,
Plan for Quitting Duties
Today.
TWO niG GRours JOIN sTnIr<u
Mnintennncc of Way and Fircmen.s
"re .n'nations, Numbering 100000.
rake Affirmative Action.
rwo MIG GROUPS JON STRIKE
maintenance OF Way and Fircmen..
denominations. Numbering 100000.
Take Affirmative Action.
[ny Associated prcss

CHICAGO, Oct. 21-Thc poyor,
ment today moved to prevent n rail-
road strike and to enforce obed,e,
py hoth unions ANDY roads OF decrces
OF the United States Railroad Labor
board, the board formally announc.
ing That 1t had assumed full turis,
oiction in the rail crisis and order
ing the workers not to strike. neph.
ing conference OF union heads and
ran chiefs. which 1t called for Oc.
tober 90.
\ decision from this conreranc.
VIII not be announced until after
october 80. the scheduled strike date
BOARD members said. declaring that
IN this way, waikout would bo
aVertSd unless the unions defied lilo
board's-orders5 not to strike pending r
ruling. -
The action was taken folIowin,.
receipt from Washington OF informo-
ton that every Interested branch or
inc government would back tho
BOARD In Its attempts to settle tho
rail- difllcnltles, members declared
Lee Says Cannot Make Mnn work
while both carriers ana unions
promptly announced they would COM
ply with tho order citing them 10
appear before the board next we'd
p..u!, w. d' Lee, president of the
brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
one OF the organizations which hos
caiieu strike, In a statement given
out IN Cleveland, asked by what au
thority any one could compel n man
10 works and pointed out that the
t,Sht 10 strike had been upheld by
the United States Supreme C,onrt
Al the same time trainmen on tha
International and Great Northern n
IeNas road, prepared to carry our
tneir plans to strike tomorrow, and
the maintenance of way ana tho
nrcmen's unions. representing 400
ouo rail- workers. announced that
eneS would join the proposed walk
out october 80. These two Croups
are part of the eleven unions num-
herring three -fourths of the unions,
ran employees. which had voted TO
strike but had not issued n strike
Hats Rond's Open-shop Plan.
Besides stepping into the breach
between the carriers and the five
unions which have called a strikc-
the trainmen. the switchmen. the en-
glheers. the firemen and the conduc-
tors-the labor board summarily orr
dered the fremont and Gulf Roji.
road. siXty-seven- mile line In
Louisiana,Nto rescind it's order in
stating an open- shop, effective at
L. NJ tonight.
II the unions choose to carry
through strike plans, which the board
asked them to defer, members ~
the board said that the next moyo
would have to come from Washinr-
ton, intimatinS that todaSs action
exhausted their attempts to furn-
ish tho teeth which the transporta.
tion act, creating the board was said
by many to lack. At tho same time
1t was pointed out that tho trans.
portation act gives the board power
10 cite the interested parties for al
legged violation of its rulings. as is
did today in calling next Wednes-
days conference. but provides no
penalties for violation OF its DEGREES.
IN connection with the labor board
order to defer strike action, II was
pointed out the big five" union
chiefs yesterday informed tho board
that the strike. could not he post-
poncd. as no arrangements for such
contingency had been made, al-
though 1t could be settled.
Rail chiefs. = -
The boards announcement today
came rs one of the most sensational
ucNelopments In the rail crisis since
the big five" unions lot 1t become
known that they were formally send
ing out authorization for a strike. It
was issued virtually without warning,
and at n time when tho consensus had
been that this governmental agency
had met an impnsse I'm It's attempts
to settle the crisis when its confer-
ence yesterday with union chiefs was
adjourned with tho announcement
that no results had been attained.
Coming as the first instance where
the board so decisively expressed au-
thority. which many railroad and la
Dor men had maintained il did not
possess. the boards action found mosr
of the interested leaders too astound,
cd to comment.
Tonight local railroad presidents
refused 20 discuss the pronouncement
other than to say that IL would no
complied with 20 far as they were
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