New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-06
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Hooper's Conciliatory Re-
ply to Jewell's Attack
Expresses Hope Shop.
menAccept Jurisdiction
None Outlawed,
Except by Selves
Union Chief Says Work.
ers Are Ready to Nego.
tiate on Amy Proposal
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


CHICAGO, July 5.-Efforts to end
the strike of 100000 railroad shopmen
which went into effect last Saturday
and prevent threatened extension of
the transportation crisis through a
walk-out of signal men, occupied mem
pers of the Railroad Labor Board to-
day.
With reports from all parts Of the
country indicating that shopmen are
drifting back to their jobs, Ben w
Hooper, chairman of the Labor Board
wrote "a personal reply" to B. M
Jewell, president of the railway en-
ployees department of the American
Federation of Labor and spokesman
for the strikers, saying that the board
mad never "outlawed" the strikers, but
had only accepted the union leaders
statement that they were no longer
employees of any railroad and hence
were outside the jurisdiction of the
board. His letter added:
II am yet hopeful that your orcani.
zatlon will recover their equilibrium
and discern that it is better for them
TO g, along with the Railroad Labor
hoard, patiently when it makes mis-
takes, but confidently at all times that
1t profoundly desires to do justice to
the men, the roads and the public with
OUT Tear, favor or affection"
Union Ready tor Proposals
Mr.. Jewell accepted the letter from
Mr.. Hooper as conciliatory and de.
CiarpH that tho CT
consider any negotiations with anv
one in authority for settlement of the
strike" He said that if the Labor
Board were to advance any proposals
the men would consider them.
Disorders in the shipments strik,
were reported from various cities, par.
ticularly Slater, Mo-, and Havelock
Neb. The first cali for troops since
the strike began came from Slater
where crowd of 800 strikers drove
eighteen men out Of town. The nler
mad been recruited for the Chicago &
Alton shops at that place. Only three
OF the strike breakers remained. Afte,
this outburst railway officials re.
quested Governor Arthur M. HYDE tc
send troops to protect the workmen
Railroad officials charge that the
county sheriff had failed in his duty
70 project the shops.
AT Havelock thirteen men attemptine
to enter, the Chicago, Burlington &
quincy shops were waylaid and forced
TO leave town. Some of them were
seriously beaten. Warrants have been
issued for the leaders of the strikers
Passenger Cars Stoned
=, A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., said
that several passenger cars which had
been used to carry non-union workers
had been sent to the shops there for re-
pairs. AS the trains passed through
railroad division points where men are
on strike the cars were stoned. Win.
doWs had been smashed and the sides
OF the cars battered.
AT Herrin, Ill, three non-union men
imported by the Missouri Pacific Rail.
road decided not to dsembark from
the train. When the train which car
rled them arrived at Herrin three brass
bands on the station platform were
playing funeral marches and great
crowd of striking coal miners had
gathered.
Appeals for Illinois Troops
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, 200 strikers of
the same road surrounded truck th ~
was carrying lumber with which it was
intended to erect shelter for strike
breakers. Because of the demonstra
ton, Sheriff Morrison tonight called
upon Governor Small for troops.
The Labor Boards effort TO-DAY in
cluded an all-day conference between
W.. l.. McMenimen, one of the three
members of the boards labor group,
and D. W. Helt, chief of the railroad
slgnalmen, who are reported to have
taken strike vote on about one-third
OF the POI Glass A roads of the country
No announcement as to the outcome
OF this session was Forthcoming, but
Mr.. Helt announced no strike orders
had yet gone out. Mr.. Helt is sched-
uled to meet Mr.. McMenimen again to-
morrow
Predictions in some quarters were
that both President Heit and E. Fl
Fitzgerald, head of the railway clerks
and freight handlers, who have polled
a strike vote on sixty roads, would
follow the peaceable course of the
maintenance of-way brotherhood, which
yesterday postponed ITS strike in
definitely.
The first definite announcement as to
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