Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-06

I'VE are Wiling 70 confer WIN
anybody authorized by the rail-
/. roads to bring peace proposals to
!" u.s." said Jewell. II include or ex-
clude, nobody, but if the labor
board, for instance, came to us
with a definite proposition we
would not hesitate to consider it,
Mr.. Jewell then made public for
the first time the exact figures on
the strike vote taken by the 400,-
600 members of the six shop
crafts. The vote was divided into
three separate ballots, the first on
accepting a s50,000,000 reduction
in wages ordered by the labor
board, the restoration of seven
working rules altered by the board,
and, third, the abolishment of out
side contracting by the roads.
A tabulation of the ballots, Mr..
Jewell said, showed 94.7 per cent
of the men had voted to strike on
the question of wages, the heaviest
vote for strike being on the ques-
tion of outside contract labor
which polled 97.1 per cent of the
vote cast. The ballot on rules
came second with 96.2 for strike.
Union leaders said that the vote in
dicated the relative importance at
tached to the three points at issue
by their membership.
Contract Work.
: In railroad circles it was de-
clared that the way had already
been cleared for afell. settlement
of the gravest issue--tEat of con-
tract work--by the agreement of
twelve roads to abolish outside con-
tracing at the labor board meeting
last Friday, when Mr.. Jewell ig-
nored an order to appear and ex-
plain his strike order.
Mr.. Jewell said that the inter-
vention of the board had come too
late and that the only way to pre-
vent disorders was for him virtu-
ally to defy the board and thus
let the rank and file of the six
shop crafts organizations involved
know that their leaders had their
hands on the brakes and were in
fun control of the situation. He
said that so far he had received
tlement and had made none. He
added that the strike vote was the
most representative ever taken.
Hooper Denies Charges.
Mr.. Hooper in his letter to Mr..
Jewell earlier in the day denied
the latters charge that the labor
board was unfriendly to the en-
ployes or that it had "outlawed"
the strikers. ut has only accepted
your own statement that the stri<-
ing men are not now employees of
the carriers" the letter said. ut
has not, however, used the rasping
word outlaw at any time"
1 Mr.. Jewell declared that his
statement was in the nature of an
explanation of labor's side of the
situation and that he was not re-
ceding from any of the original de-
mands made upon the railways.
The statement was interpreted in
railway circles, however, as
clearing a way to settlement by
negotiation, the previous under
standing being that Mr.. Jewell
would refuse to deal with the labor
board and would insist on negotia-
tion direct with the carriers. A
settlement along these lines, how
ever, was made difficult because of
the roads insistence that they had
no part in the dispute, declaring &
was entirely matter between the
government and the strikers, as the
walkout was directed against a de-
cision of the board"
Hope For u Settlement.
Labor leaders, members of the
labor board and railway executives
united tonight in the expression OF
hope that speedy settlement was
now in sight. declaring that the
most serious obstacles in the way
of peaceful agreement ALREADY had
: been removed. They pointed to
the successful negotiations between
Mr.. Hooper and w. L. McMenimen,
of the labor board, and Il. f. Gra-
BILE, president Of the United Broth
erhood of Maintenance of Way and
Railroad Shop Laborers, which yes
terday averted an immediate walk
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