South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-20
Claim Ruling
Will Prevent
Rail Tie-Ups
Brotherhood Leaders and Rail
road Commission Meet
in Chicago Today.

for the various moves through which
il is hoped the threatened rail strike
will be averted were completed
Wednesday and Thursday the peace
efforts will be IN full swing.
Wednesday night heads of the un-
ions and Of the carriers were silently
alert with-figuratively speaking -
one eye on the conferences Thurs
day between the big five rail union
leaders and the railroad labor board.
and the other on meetings OF Off
Gals OF Il unions which have not
yet joined the conductors. engine
men, trainmen, firemen and switch
men IN a strike order, for both sides
were agreed that out OF these con-
ferences would come the final deci-
sion as 10 whether a general walkout
of rail employees would materialize-
May Cancel Orders.
In the conference with the labor
board rested the possibility OF the
big five" being persuaded TO can
Gel their order for a walkOut, while
in the meetings Of the II unions,
which actually started Wednesday,,
was 10 be decided whether these or
CARNATIONS, holding the balance Of
man-power through numbering
three-fourths of the nearly 100000
rail workers in their membership.
would join the big five" n they
walked out Oct 80, "a planned
Warren s. Stone. president OF the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers; w. C. Lee. president Of the
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen;
w. s. Carter, president Of the Broth
erhood OF Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen: r. c. Cashier, president
OF the Switchmen's Union Of North
America, and +. 2. Curtis, vice pres
iden. OF the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors, left cleveland Wednesday
night for Chicago to meet with the
labor board at the latters request
E L. Sheppard, president Of the
conductors organization, also is eX-
pected to be here Thursday.
Important Moves.
While this conference was looked
on as the most important of the
peace moves, railroad men professed
to see signs of a peaceful settlement
OF the difficulties in the attitude OF
3. NJ. Jewell, head Of the $4,000
members Of the six railway shop
rraft organizations, and Of J. c,
Smock, vice president of the Main
tenance Of Way union, which num-
beers 100000 men.
The shop crafts executive council
met Wednesday but took no action
other than to call in the conference
committee OF 100. The committee,
while having power TO call a strike,
also is expected to defer action by
calling in the 900 general chair
men for a meeting Friday when the
final attitude OF these groups prob
ably will be made known.
The Maintenance OF Way executive
council met only informally Wednes-
day, the formal meeting coming
Thursday when all Of the members
are expected to be present.
q cannot speak for my entire or
ganization now. but personally viii
say that we do not want a strike,
that we would never strike on the
wage question unless forced 10, and
that we Will not go into any walkout
with the brotherhoods unless we
have definite promises of co-opera-
ton which so far have not been
forthcoming from them. said j. g.
Smock. Maintenance of Way vice
president Wednesday night.
Jewell silent.
Mr. Jewell repeated his statements
that he was opposed TO the strike
The labor board viii go into the
conference with ASSURANCE of ful.
support from every interested gov
ornamental department. It's members
said Wednesday night following an
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