South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-15
NON STRIKING
RAIL LEADERS
ACT FOR PEACE
Union Heads Hold Two and
One-Half Hour Confer
ence with President.
NO STATEMENT IS MADE
Order Men to Remain at Work
Unless Poor Equipment
Endangers Lives.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 14-(By A.
p - Organizations not on strike
cor their attempts 70 mediate the
strikes OF shopmen and other crafts
- the transportation service back
before Pres't Harding Monday and
after a two and one-half hour white
house conference declared they in
tended 10 te-approach railway exec
Ltives
T.. r. Sheppard. president OF the
order Of Railway Conductors and
Spokesman for the entire group. de-
ciared on leaving the white house
the striking unions would leave
their case iu the hands" Of himself
and his associates. while as 10 the
sporadic walkouts OF brotherhood
members in various parts OF the
country, he said "the president does
not intend 20 make any issue against
men who leave unsafe engines"
Mr.. Sheppard like the other un-
ion officials, refrained from specific
ely Indicating what basis was being
considered for further compromise
attempts The meeting with the
president was arranged by Sec'y OF
Labor Davis. after all the union
chiefs including those on strike had
been in one Of their general exec
utive session TO consider policy
Tt has been much the same story.
we have been discussing the whole
situation from top TO bottom. and
now we are going 20 look for some
body 20 give us help IN our media
ton attempts" Mr Sheppard de-
clared THAT means some railway
executives, not 80 tenacious Of their
points as those we have seen. We
shall talk over the matter Of who
might help with all the union off,
cials tomorrow.
We have found the president de-
Atermined 10 give the workers the
Same consideration as the employ
ers. We do not understand that he
IS going 20 make further advances
10 the executives
Newspaper Talk"
The situation as &C. local walk
outs OF other crafts is clear. It's
all newspaper talk that people have
Teen 'marooned' In the deserts. Our
men have taken every TRAIN into
the terminals, and the passengers
have been left az places where rail-
way men live.
All our discussion now relates 20
the fundamental rights Of men who
are on strike The railroad labor
beard takes the position that they
r.s. rr.--r e TO
Lots OF lawyers hold with us that
their rights are only suspended
We've made a basketful OF propOsi-
tlons, I can't tell you all OF them
RevertinE to the policy of his
own union men, Mr. Sheppard said
that Officers of our order are or
their way 90 get men back at many
points where walkouts are not JUS
t.hed"
"Our orders are that men are "a
stay az work unless their lives are
endangered" he added. and "a
make an honest effort 10 maintain
transportation service. with equip
ment that is safe"
An announcement of a similar
nature was made by w G.. Lee
president OF the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen. during the day
in Cleveland.
Issue Statement
y Representative of the railwa!
managers apparently were not In
volved I'm the continued union medi
alton efforts and Fairfax Harrison
president OF the Southern. issued Z
statement from the roads genera
headquarters thar MS companl
would now attempt TO break tn
strike by employing new men. Act