The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-12
STRIKE LEADERS MEET IN CHICAGO;
 REFUSE ID TALK
Jewell AnnnouCes "A Propo- Sition" Is Being Discussed at Session of Policy
 Committee
RxAnsocinted Prsan

Chicago, September 11.-After ar all day session the policy commit tee of ninety and the international presidents of the striking railway railway shop crafts adjourned late today to reconvene at 9 o'clock to- morrow morning to continue the dis cussions of the strike situation, ac. cording to B. M. Jewell, head of the strikers.
 At the conclusion of the session, MT. Jewell dictated statement to newspaper men. which he said would cover all points he cared to discuss, "A proposition has been offered for consideration" said Mir. Jewell. Our meeting has adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. There was a gen eral discussion of the proposition this afternoon"
 Just what this proposition was. Mir. Jewell declined to announce. He said that 1t would not be made public until after adjournment of the final session of the union leaders and pre- dicted 1t would come late tomorrow Todays meeting was scheduled for 10 o'clock. Shortly after that hour
 Mir. Jewell, W. H. Johnston of Wash ington, international president of the 1 machinists. and number of policy committee members appeared. News. paper men gathered around in the
 group. but all questions were mel
 with the same answer: T have noth.
 ing to say.2
 Lenders Retire
 With the arrival of the remainder of the executive committee. Martin Ryan. head of the car men; Joseph Franklin, head of the boilermakers
 J. P. Noonan, head of tho electrical
 workers; James Burns of the sheet
 metal workers; J. w. Klein, head oi i the blacksmiths, Mir. Jewell retired with them to small ante room where they were in session until
 noon. While this meeting was in
 progress, members of the policy com mittee gathered in small groups in the conference chambers and in the hallway outside.
 At 1 o'clock the policy commit tee members with the exception oi few stragglers. went into session while the executive council resumed it's deliberations in a small anteroom Within a few minutes the executive committee reported and then began general discussion of the prop
 osition' which. policy committed
 members said was led by Mir. Jewell An impenetrable wall of secrecy l supplemented by watchful guards kept the curious from close approach to the conference room. Even dele gates were subjected to the closest scrutiny.
 Earlier in the day Mir. Jewell told | newspapermen that he had two statements prepared. He said one of these would be released as soon as any definite action was decided upon. This was taken to mean that the statements were prepared to cover either contingency--rej jection or accpetance of the executive coun- cils proposition.
 One official action of the execu- tive committee. 1t was said. was to order the Canadian boilermakers of the Michigan Central at St. Thomas Ont, who had voted to strike tc remain at work pending the,outcome of the conference here.
 R. J. Tallon. head of the shop crafts of the Canadian roads attend ed the sessions today. At the in- stance of the executive committe he has postponed a strike call of his men pending the decision of the pol icy committee.