Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-29

brotherhood OF ItniirOad TrninIncn.
CHICAGO, oct. aS.--Railroad heads
tonight declared the nations carriers
would go ahead with th"!r plans To
seek new ware cuts through Railroad
Labor Board hearings despite the an
rounccinent from the unionn tha'
their action In calling off the strike
scheduled for October 80 had been
influenced by the boards announce
rncnt that pay reduction petitions for
any class would not be considered un-
Ill working conditions for tha. class
had been settled.
The calling az; or the strike vii!
have no effect on tho plans an
nounced Is the carriers October -
to sc.,; Immediate wage reductions
50 that rates could he reduced, SAID
Sarluc! FELTON,. president ot the CHI
caso Great Western and chairman
o: the Association OF western Rli!-
road Executives.
VIII Seek Cuts.
II don't i;now how long Under the
boa-d'm ruling !, will take 20 reach
decision on any pay cut petition, bat
these petitions undoubtedly VIII be
|, viii bc uy TO the board then 70 de-
eide when action should be- taken.
II want il made plain. however,
that wc Win seek these reductions Ia
accorLauc" with the law. posting no
;iccs Of crts. then discussing them
with the employees. and II no agree
,ncnt j. reached. appealing 10 the
board to set,ic the dispute
Sir. Fcltcn's statements were ochoed
l. ySu-ruc! iNunn sIitor ot Hallway
ASe. who In an address al q iunch-
con %. the local railroad executives
declared that "thr unions action
settles only one ,hins-,hat there
Mil be 10 strife"
Dor. Sut settle Qn..iion.
.it does no, settle the question OF
further wasr reductions or OF rate
reductions" lie continued.
The roads are going right ahead
with tho plans 20 get further pay
cuts and thus reduce rates. Tu; II
the Interstate Commerce Commission
reduces rates and the labor board re-
fuses To reduce wages. the roads will
be in disastrous condition."
With the code messages officially
calling or the strike sent out today.
only one echo remained of the rail-
road crisis which for two weeks
threatened to develop into Il Ecner-
nl rail strike. The situation was cn-
changed oil the International and
Great Northern, the Texas line, where
SEQ trainmcnt started u wallSout last
saturday. No order to call off the
strike was sent these men. w. G..
Ice. president of the trainmcn, say
ing that the matter "is in the hands
o: the union officials down there"
Lee Confcrs with hoard.
Mr. Lee, however, conferred with
known tina, nc s making every ef-
fort 10 bring settlement OF that
strike which will be satisfactory to
The employees.
,The chiefs Of the "big five" left
for their homes today. and tonight
by midnight scarcely an out-ot-town
union man was in the city.
Tho labor board continued it's
work on its decision on Wednesdays
hearing, and probably will render 1t
tomorrow.
The board tonight received n tele-
gram from Alton Il. Parker, of New
York. president OF tho National Civic
Association. congratulating It's mem
bers on procuring an annulment Of
the strike order and declaring that
the labor leaders announcement that
they could not fight the govern
mcnt" showed the difference between
American and European labor.
Board members were particularly
interested in dispatches from Wash
ington. scanning every line In their
efforts to determine how government
officials looked on the strike-averting
efforts. No word had been received
by the board from any government
official.