Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-28
UNION CHIEFS
ACTED BEFORE
TIME EXPIRED
labor Heads Warned by
Board That 1t Would
Act friday Morning.
Conditions Materially
Changed During Day
h Claims President Lee.

, Chicago, Oct. 27.-By The
Associated Press.)-A day OF
rail union meetings, sessions
of the United States Railroad
Labor board and conferences
between representatives Of the
two groups Thursday night
found the strike situation out
wardly unchanged, but high
officials Of the employees or
ganizations declaring the
walkout might be called off by
morning" and the board in
forming them that unless
peace came by then it would
IDEAL with the unions with un
qloved hands" in its attempts
to prevent an October 30
walkout. ss.ss ss-4a@..s .ss.
The statement from the labor board
was delivered to union committees
which called on the board during the
day to report progress of the JOINT con-
ference Of chieftains Of the switchmen,
trainmen, conductors, engineers anu
firemen, which was forced to adjourn
late Thursday without taking action be-
cause the lease on the meeting rooms
had run out. The session was continu-
ed at hotel, however.
just before entering the night meet
ing, w. G. Lee, president of the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen, gave the
following statement to The Associated
Press:
There is every reason to believe
that certain arrangements will be made
tonight whereby the strike schedule for
October 30 will be called off.
II am not at liberty now to say what
these arrangements will be but | will
say that certain conditions resulted
from Thursdays meeting which have
materially changed the situation and
which lead me to believe that the meet
ings Thursday night will result in there
being no strike
Warren S. Stone, president of the
engineers, said as he entered the night
meeting:
Something Going to Break
Something is going to break. / can't
tell you what. though
According to several members of the
board, the labor committees which con-
ferred with it were told that the board
would defer until Friday it's decision
on the hearing Wednesday to which the
carriers and the unions were cited to
find out if the transportation act had
been violated in the strike activities.
The labor men We're informed that
unless the crisis were settled Friday
the board would take it's most drastic
has f.,,, hat - Ill
assurances from Washington that the
full force of the government would be
behind it in any action taken or in
preventing an interruption of transpor-
tation through strike.
Statements that peace probably would |
result from conferences of the union !
leaders also were made by several chief |
tains who heretofore have been termed |
extremists by their cohorts and who |
have always been among the first to |
advocate strike.
Indications that the conference would ;
De long one were seen, however. in |
the action of many rail labor leaders
in cancelling reservations that had been
made on outgoing trains during the |
evening
Smashes Camera
The afternoon union meeting was
enlivened when MIR. Stone smashed the
camera Of photographer who attempt
ed to take his picture as he came out of
the meeting room. Mr.. Stone chased
Il photographer several blocks when
he attempted to snap the brotherhood
chief. MIR. Stone cut one hand badly
in hitting at the photographer Thurs
day.
Il. ]. Manion. president of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers, the only or
ganization aside from the big five, to
call strike, remained outside the con-
ference room through the evening
awaiting results.
Il will follow in the footsteps of
the five organizations in conference"
he said. IF they call off the strike, I
will call off walkout by the telegra-
piers. II the big five go out, wen
60 with them Il