The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-13
ey EDWARD W. PickAao.

7 ABOR troubles, present and pros
IL psetive, continue to absorb much
Of The Interest oe the American public.
TIE railway shopmsu are out-psac-
Ideally all Of them. according to B. n.
Jewell, head Of the ax federated shop
esafts; not nearly all of them. accord
ing to the railway executives The
maintenance Of way workers. who
wsrs expected to strike last week. are
stu at work. Il. r. Cradle. president
sf their brotherhood, and six members
ef his executive council. held an all
day conference with the members OF
the railway labor board and then r.
sued q statement saying they had con-
GUIDED ''it u not wise for our mem.
bershlp to leave the service Of the
carriers until every resource has been
exhausted that affords hope Of peace
ful adjustment" The chairman On
each carrier 10 to take up at once with
the management all grievances and
controversies and such " cannot be
adjusted are to be- taken before the
labor board. Pending these efforts at
peaceful settlement the men are to
eoutinus work under the present wage
decision Of the labor board under
Protest.
Mr. Jewell celebrated bis Fourth Of
July BY putting forth . long statement
In which he bitterly arraigned the
labor board because It had "Outlawed'
the striking shopmen. He declared the
board had outlawed itself as the
friend Of the unions and had adopted
Q tragic attitude In attempting to CON.
pel American workers to accept .
wage scale below decent living" True,
the board had In effect declared the
strikers outiawed and had Invited re-
cruits to nll their places, promising
them protection and urging them to
form q new shoprnen's union within
the American Federation Of Labor.
But In \ day or two both Mr.. Jewell
and Chairman Hooper Of the board
became milder and the peace prospects
Frightened somewhat. The former
said he WAS not averxe to dealing with
any authorized person on any reason.
able basis" und the latter issued u
statement In which he undertook to
show that the board was protecting
the interests Of the striking shopmen
BY advising carriers against contract.
ing out shop work. and also wrote u
letter to Mr.. Jewell repudiating the
charge Of injustice on the part Of the
board and concluding:
II am yet quite hopeful that your
organization will recover their eQui.
librium and discern that II In vastly
better for them to 20 along with the
railroad labor board, patiently when II
makes mistakes, but confidently At all
times that It profoundly desires to do
Justice to the men. the carriers, and
the public, without fear. favor or
Affection"
Toward the end Of the week w. L
one Of the labor members
Of the board. held conferences with
the heads of the railway clerks and
freight handlers, and II was predicted
that those unions would follow the
Example set by the maintenance Of
way men.
Though most disorders last week
3ue to the shopmen's strike were Of
minor Importance. reports reached
In increasing numbers that
,trikers were interfering with the dis
,atch Of the United States mails In
,arious parts Of the country. The ad'
II disposed and prepared
. deal vigorously with any persons
whe hamper the movement Of the
lauA cestomcs Inspectors were ssae