Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-15

Washington. Aug. l4.-(By the A. P.) Organizations not on strike got their tttempt to mediate the strikes of shop men and other crafts in transportation BsrNico back before President Harding ic-iay and after a two and one-hslf hour White House conference declared they Intended 10 re-appr oach railroad executives.
 l.. F. Sheppard. president of the Order pr Railway Conductors, and spokesman Co rthe entire group. declared on ,eavIng he White House the striking unUJns Eould leave their case fin the hands of himself and his associates, while as to tne sporadic waIkouts of brotherhood members in various parts of tho country, hn said the president doesn't intend to make any issue against man who leave unsafe engines"
 Mir Sheppard. lil1s other union offi- sials. refrained from specifically indicat- Ing what basis was being considered for further compromise attemp:s. The meet lng with the president was arranged by Secretary of Labor Davis. after all union chiefs, including those an strike, had been In one Of ther genaral executive tsssion to consider policy.
 'It has been much the same story, we have been discussing the whols situation lrom top 10 bottom. and now We are go- lnE to look for somebody to give us help in our mediation attempts" Mir Sheppard declared. That means some railroad executives not So tenacious of their points as those we havs seen. We Ihau talk over the matter of whom might help with all the union officials tomorrow"
 We have found the president ,1lerm- tned Co give the workers the same con- alteration as the employers. We do not understand that he Is going to make further advances to the executives.
 The situation as to the wa1kvuts O. other crafts Is clear. It's all newspaper talk that people have been marooned in the desert. Our men have taken every trzin into the terminals. and the passeng CTS have been left at places where rah- road men live.
 -An Our discussion now relates to the fundamental rights of men who are on Erike. The railroad labor board takes ths position they are not entitled to con alteration. Lots of lawyers hold with us that their rights are only suspended. we've made a basket full of proposi- Hons; l can't tell you all of them
 EevertinE Co the policy of his own anion. 8Ir. Sheppard said that 'onicers sf our order are on their way to get msn back at any points where walk are not justified
 Our orders are that men are to stay 1t work unless their lives are endanger- id." he added. and 10 make an honest tiort to maintain transportation service Ei-h equipment that is safe"
 An announcement of similar nature vas made by ". G. Lee. president o he Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen turing tke day In Cleveland.
 Representatives Of the railroad man tEemsnts. apparently were not involved n the continued union mediation effort and Fairfax Harrison. president of tn, Eouthern. issued a statement from tn roads general headquarters that hi company would now attempt to breal ths strike by euploying new men Act tnE apart from all other railroads, tn Southern, he said. had hitherto tried t sEo operate our property that our mel touid honorably return 10 work" but ha, been unable 10 effect a compromise
 We must now turn to employinj ithsrs. for the road must run" Mir. liar fison concluded. IT 1t means war t run the Southern railway, then let u nave h now-not late=.n