Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-07-12
HOLD SECRET
R. R. PARLEY
Held Between Ben Hooper
and R. R. Labor Leaders
in Chicago
PRESIDENT IS ACTIVE
Talks Over Wire With Chicago
--ProcIamation is Issued
at Washington

CHICAGO. July II (By The As
sociated Press) A program for So
luton of the railroad shopmen
strike was drawn up by Chairman
Ben Hooper of the labor board after
a conference with representatives OF
the shopmen.
Chairman Hooper's program
which he says represents the mimi
mum, is acceptable to the shopmen.
When Chairman Hooper lefc the
labor board office for the meeting
with the four executives he said
some plan of settlement could be
reached rapidly. He said he eN-
pected to call President Harding
after the session.
The conference of Chairman
Hooper and the railway executives
is said to be the direct result of d
ten minutes conference between
President Harding and w. d. Nc
Meniman, the labor member of the
railroad labor board.
CHICAGO, July IL (By The As
soCiated Press) settlement of the
rail strike seemed possibly step
nearer today when it was disclosed
that secret conferences had been
held between Ben w. Hooper. chair
man of the United States Railroad
Labor Board, and leaders of the SIX
striking shopcrafts.
No definite conclusions were
reached as the result of the secret
Leace meeting, but disclosure of the
conferences raised hopes in the rail-
road world.
President Harding's Intervention
in the strike through his proclana-
ton calling for protection of trans
rorta ton and the mails was accepted
as significant and expectant eyes
were turned towards Washington in
anticipation of further develop
mentS.
A telephone call from Washinston
for w. l.. McMenimen. one of the
three labor leaders of the board, was
said by the Chicago Tribune to have
come from the President. The tele-
phone operator called the newspaper
In an effort to locate McMen;mer.
Fresh outbreaks at troubled
points, arrangements for a confer
ence today by the Big Four train
service brotherhood and an an
nouncement by B. NJ. Jewell head oe
the striking shop craft, that con-
ferences were planned with twenty
one northwestern railroads were
OlHeE utNtlCp-
ments in the rail strike today.
Additional injunctions were grant
ed to several roads. The situation
at Bloomington, H., remains tense
with troops holding the yards and
shops. Frequent shootings kept ma
tional guardsmen on constant vigil
lance. Meanwhile city and county
authorities were attempting 10 re-
establish civic government EnSi-
neers. firemen, trainmen and con.
ductors announced that they would
refuse to enter the Alton yards at
Bloomington to take out trains as
long as machine guns bristled in the
shops. They voted only to operate
mail trains unless trains were de-
livered to them outside the shop dis
trict during the encampment of the
troops in the yards.
d. w. Helt, president of the rail-
way signal, announced that no strike
would be called and the failure of
clerks. station employees and freight
handlera on the Norfolk and West
ern to respond to an official author
ization of strike.
Two hundred maintenance of way
men of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey at Wilkes-B Barre. Joined the
walkout and section men at Denni-
son, Ohio, went out on strike
The Baltimore e. Ohio and the
Erie sent some of their rolling stock
to outside shops for repairs, 81
trains were annulled by the Wa
bash.
Mr.. Jewell commenting on Presi-
dent Harding's proclamation, said
the way to end the strike was to tall
a conference of railroad executives
and shop-craft leaders. Neither Mr.
Jewell or Chairman Hooper lrdi-
Gated a tendency to yield much
from the position they took at the
outbreak of the strike.
Tentative proposals considered in
the peace conference included:
That the railroads abolish the con-
tract system of farming out work
to contractors.
That certain working rules gov
erning overtime pay be modified.
That the shop men be given an
other hearing on the wage issue.
That the railroad agree to estab-
lish boards of adjustment to hear all
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