The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-13

'oard.
 Immediately after reaching m
 agreement with the heads of the
 DIE Tour" brOtherhoods not tO
 require their members to do any
 of the work of striking ahop-
 men, the executives began com
 sidcrntion of peace program
 submitted to them by Hen w.
 Hooper, chairman of the labor
 bonrd, after n conference with
 II. M. Jewell, head of the strik-
 ing shopmen.
 Their answer. In the form of a let ter addressed to Mir Hooper who said that he was acting in a per- sonal capacity, In initiating the ne- sotiations, asserted that the strike was called in defiance of the board and that therefore any conference between the executives and the strik- CTS would not be permissible or tolerabie" as 1t would place the car rlers Tn the position of seeking To lind means to subvert the decision of the board
 Conference Possible
 prompt recall of the strike or der" the letter added. however, would permit the resumption of for mer methods of conference and per init the consideration of any matters
 
 might desire to submit"
 The willingness of the roads, however to respond promptly to any summons of the labor board to any further hearing that may be ca;I-d in connection with this subject in the event that the hoard should ie- termine upon that course, was ex- pressed in closing by the executives. The letter was signed by Samuel M. I al ffn C .t.a Great Western; l.. F. Loree. of Inc Delaware and Hudson; B F. Bush. Of tho Missouri Pacific. and whitforJ K. Cole, of the Nashville. Chat;a- nooga and St. Louis.
 It means flatly, no declared Mir. felton when asked regarding tne de- cision reached by the executives as he left the conference room.
 Jewell Waiting
 Tt may be final. but 1t IS only final for today" declared Mir Jewell when the text of the letter was read to him over the telephone. He re- fused further comment. declaring he would not speak until he had hearl from Mfr. Hooper. who had opene, negotiations with him
 In railway circles the better
 was expressed thnt the mere
 opening of negotiations sa.
 iouE step toward peaceful set-
 tinHtent and tbnt the moves ot
 the day hnd resulted In throwing
 the case back Into the lap of thr
 inbor board In the exact position
 it hnd rested when Mir. Jcweii
 bnd allowed n strike order to gu
 into effect on July 1 nfter fgnor-
 Ing summons to appear before
 the bonrd with the railwn,
 executives and explain his action.
 He later declared. however. that
 his apparent defiance of the
 board was due to the fact that
 the netting was held too late to
 allow him to withdraw his strike
 order.
 Authoritative reports declared that the shopmen's program for settle ment of the strike includes an agree ment to abolish the farming out of shop work to contractors the re- vision of pay schedules in respect to overtime, permission for n reheur- ing of the whole wage controversy by the labor board and the creation by the railways of boards of ad- justment provided for in the trans- portation act
 Contracting Stopped
 Railway men asserted that the roads practically had all agreed to stop the practice of outside contract Ing on orders from the labor board and that an agreement by the board to grant immediate hearings to re- quests for pay increases retroactive until July l, when the latest de- crease became effective, on the ground that government figures showed an increase in the cost of living since the board rendered US decision, had averted threatened tx 1trnf1t h( Am mn inf ance of way men who suffered equally with the shopmen. The be- lief also was strongly expressed that the question of overtime would not be permitted to stand in the way of settlement when the conferences stage was reached.
 Meanwhile violent outbreaks re- tween strike sympa thizers. railway guards and federal marshals Is going on in increasing numbers and an- nullment of trains continued in many . sections of the country. One man was killed, several were severely injured and score more kidnapped and beaten in these outbreaks.
 The most serious outbreak was al Dcnlson Texas, where 51 men were a ttacked by mob early today. in- cludng AS being brought to Denison to be sworn in as federal marshals. The attack occurred while the men were marching from the train tn which they had arrived from Dallas to the M.. K. and T. shops.
 Conference IntoIerabIe
 Asserting that the strike was re- fusal to accept the results of the ar bitratl 3n of the labor board. the letter declared that no conferences contingent on the abandonment If the decision of the board was per- missible nor tolerable. because U would place the carriers participant ing therein in apparent cooperation with those on strike In seeking to find means to subvert the decision ot the labor board.
 The letter added. however, that "a prompt recall of the strike order
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