Evening star., 1921-10-28
Action on Rules to
Come First Before
u. S. Labor Board.
BIG FIVE LEADERS
CLAIM A VICTORY
Railroad Board Mem
bers Rejoice in Avert
ing of Tie-Up.

UerS NeJOlCe IN AVeFt-
ing of Tie-Up.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 2S.-The official
recall Of the rail strike orders is
sued by the switchmen, trainmen.
conductors, engineers and iiremcn
was dispatched today, when leaders
of the big five flashed code mes
sages to their general chairman. The
chairmen will submit the messages
! to the locals and the official order
recalling the strike Will thus per
meate the country III Il few hours
Rail Labor Bonrd Relieved.
Smiles of relief were written ON
the faces Of members OF the L ulted
States Railroad Labor Board when
they met today to clean UP the mahF
details Of ihc Cancelled railroad
strike hundreds of curSratulatof%
I. il grams began to pour into The
boards Offices. John Higgins. chair
man Of the Western Association oi
hallway Executives. called i'll person
/ to congratulate the board memb"rS
Oh their success in arrriln5 the
strike.
Railroad brotherhood chiefs said
today that their resolution adopted
last night calling OFF tn" strike en-
phaSizcd TWO points as evidence oi
victory for the men.
These points were, first, that ac-
tion of the Railroad Labor Board ON
further Wage cuts that tn" rallroauS
may ask Will receive consideration
only after pending questions before
the board are cleared. thereby posi-
bly, postponi,Ig the question of IA new
wage revision for nearly a year. gh"
, second point WAS that action on rules.
which the orSa1uZ:t WiSh 10 mann
tain. lik-wi would take its place on
I the regular calendar of tn" board.
, with the question not likely to be-
come an Immediate issue.
Hooper Turns Tide.
! The vote ending the strike came
late last night after all-day sessions
| Of the union leaders. Early in the
day general chairmcn of each of the
! i've organizations conferred sepa-
F., ,,rately. In the afternoon y juiut ses-
. sion was held. which wax addressed
| by Ben. w. Hooper OF the Labor
| Board. Mr.. Hooper's appearance be-
| fore the board is said by union lead
rrs 10 have marked the turning point
! which led to the final decision.
Mr.. Hooper iS said 10 have stressed
The boards announcement that no fur
! ther wage cuts for any class Of en-
! ployes will lie considered until working
conditions for that class of employees
| have been settled. He is also SAID to
the rail executives made at Wcdnes-
days hearings that no changes in either
wage or working conditions viii be
/ sought, except through the Labor
/ Board, aS provided by law.
Sec Year Before More Cuts.
| Union mon said they construed Mr..
| Hoopers remarks as indicating that
rearly a year must cIapse before FUR
ther wage cuts could b" made effec-
tive, even if the roads should apply
| for them at once and the board should
Eventually approve them.
| Both points are said to have been
highly Instrumental in determining the
! final decision of the union men. who ad-
journed the afternoon session TO hold
i long night meeting.
While tie vote 10y organizations was
said t. have been unanimous. union
! men asserted today that IN" vote in the
! various unions was close and that the
| firenlen. in particular. long remained
! obdurate.
The final decision seemed pleasing
to union men, rail executives and the
Labor Board alike. Union leaders
pointed out that they had determined
that they could not strike without
opposing both the Labor Board and
! the administration, while they as
serted their real quarrel was with the
+, roads.
Terrible Struggle Aycrted.
Railroad executives expressed sat
isfaction over the decision, while
members of the LA bor Board charac-
terized the action as one the union Will
never regret and which has averted
inconceivable hardship and an internal
Industrial dispute on the eve of the
| international confidence at Washing
ton on limitation of armament.
| Labor chieftains today asserted
| that their action of yesterday marked
the end of all danger of a strike as
the result of the strike vote taken by
the unions, no walk-out now being ef-
fective until new vote is taken. No
plans are being made for a new strike
vote, w. G. Lee. chief of the train
men, said.
| ..Strike on, Boys!" Said Lee.
The first announcement of the exec
utives' action was made by Mr.. Lee.
Rushing to the floor below the hotel
meeting room. where dozens of news
paper reporters were congregated, he
smilingly shouted:
THE strike is off. boys. but I've
only got one copy of the resolution
and I'll show that TO you tomorrow"
{ All of the union men We're smiling
as they came out and many. of them
jocularly pushed and showed each
other down the stairs. To all queries
most of them merely replied:
IT'S all settled. See you tomor-
row.
Thanks God for Settlement.
81 shall get down on my knees and
thank God that the catastrophe has
been averted." said Mr.. Lee in a state
ment discussing the strike settlement.
| Il have on my desk thousands of
letters from wives and children of
railroad employees asking me to do
everything possible to prevent
strike.
when l think of the suffering a
strike would have caused these peo-
pie, when l think of the disaster it
might have brought to this country,
] say again that l thank God we took
the action we did tonight"
! Public Opinion Killed strike.
/ L. E. Sheppard. president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, said
that the unions had decided to call
off the strike because of the grow
ing public opinion that the strike
would be against the Labor Board. and
consequently the government, and not
against the railroads.
at was evident also that the entire
Washington administration was op-
n his and that we have had