, 1921-10-28
WILLING TO
ACCEPT DECISION.

CHICAGO. Oct. eS.-The men of the
union will willingly accept the de
cision OF their officers in recalling the
strike order. w. c.. Lee. president OF
the Brotherhood OF Railroad Train
men. said in a statement today.
Il expect the unions TO follow the
counsel Of the committees so that
there will be no Sporadic outbursts IN
any quarters" said Mr.. Lee.
Last year there were such spo-
radio outbursts but as a result the
charters OF es locals were withdrawn
and more than $4,000 men suspend
ed. The men know that the commit
tees here would accept nothing that
was not for the best interest OF the
organization.
7 am very happy hat this has
been settled. But so far as / am con-
eerned all credit for settlement Is due
to Governor Hooper and the manner
IN which he conferred with us.
when 1 think OF the hundreds OF
letters on my desk from old members
Of the brotherhood, from their wives
and children asking me TO do every
thing In my power TO avert = strike.
1 am glad that they have been spared
the suffering thai would have re-
suited. There Is no doubt that IL the
settlement had not been made the
men would have left their Jobs and
some would never have returned"
Ben W. Hooper. public member OF
the board, said:
There are some people who hold
TO h idea that the brotherhoods had
no real intention OF striking. This
Is a mistake. If conciliatory meth
DDS had not been used. there would
undoubtedly ave been a most disas-
trous strike. Not that the men real
" wanted to strike. 1t was rather
like this: 1 have seen two boys begin
bantering each other with but little
intention OF fighting. but after one
had knocked on the others hat and
h other had reciprocated by spit
ting on his foot. the fight was on.
It required only a small degree Of
ordinary common sense TO avert the
strike. Now that II IL out Of the way.
there r many lessons the public
should learn from this situation, rela-
tive to the transportation act. and the
absolute right that the people hav.
10 be protected from the recurrence
OF these periodical transportation dis
turbances."
In a statement issued today, l.. f.
Sheppard. president of the conduct
ors' union, said:
There were several factors which
contributed 70 bring about a peaceful
settlement of the controversy, nota-
bly, h promise of the representative
of the railroads, Mr.. Cuyler, before
the United States railroad labor
board, TO the effect that there would
be no arbitrary cancellation of SEIZED
ules and working conditions or furth-
er requests for wage reductions ex-
cept in the natural process of events
and after due process. This means
attempted negotiations between the
representatives of the men and the
respective lines or by collective eff.
fort, should h latter be agreed upon
and thai IL failure to agree results,
the questions would be referred to
the board for action in connection
with the boards announced proceed.
ure. We learned of this procedure
for tho first time the day after the
meeting in the Coliseum. It was fully
explained to all concerned by ex-Goy.
ernor Hope, a member OF the labor
board.
Another point became more evi.
dent from day to day and that was
that the fight had drifted to a fight
between the brotherhoods and the
government"