Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-02

present time, II the Stftke continues,
it nay become imperative To curtail
some of the service and revamp some
of the schedules.
hone that that will not be necessary
and we'll mark time for the present and
try to keep matters on an even keel
until some good ship comes sailing in
that will adjust the situation
A of the strike situation
as it now stands is contained in the
following communication which was re-
ceived by Mr.. Smith Saturday from
the general office of the Great North
ern at st. Paul:
The labor board held three hour
hearing at Chicago Friday at which
we were represented by our president,
Mr.. Budd. This company was compli-
mented on the spirit shown in at all
times cooperating with the board in
the handling of labor matters. Messrs.
Grabel. maintenance Of way employees.
Fitzgerald for the clerks and signal
men and Healy of the firemen and
others gave testimony. Jewell and the
president of the shop crafts did not
appear and Jewell evaded service of
an i%nstanter subpoena issued by the
labor board. At the conclusion of the
hearing Mr.. Hooper made rhe follow
ing statement:
Power to Compel Jewell
"Gentlemen of the board, and those
concerned here before the board, a
subpoena was issued for Mr.. Jewell
requesting him to appear here as a
witness or summoning him to appear in
connection with this hearing. As an
nounced at the outset, Mr.. Jewell,
without positively declining to come
before this subpoena was issued, mere
ly indicated that be was not coming.
in a very lengthy argument of a legal
nature, assuming that the board was
trying to interfere with the alleged
rights to strike and so forth. a thing
which the board is not doing. The
summons, the sergeant at arms reports,
has not been served on Mr.. Jewell.
The sergeant at arms reports he is
not able to ascertain his whereabouts,
having gone to his office and read the
summons to his secretary, and l under
stand to one of his associates there,
Mr.. MCGOWAN; also having made inquiry
at his home.
Taking these facts, in connection
with Mr.. JEWELS letter. we are per-
haps warranted in reaching the con-
clusion that Mr.. Jewell does o need
to come before the bord. Now, the
board has ample power to compel
JEWELS presence here as a witness,
not as a party to the controversy, but
as a witness to material facts involved
in this hearing. Tomorrow, according
to the letter of Mr.. Jewell and a pre-
vious notification read from hin. is
the day set for the strike of the or
ganization of the shop crafts which
he represents. This being the case.
it is not worth while for this board t.
adjourn this case over till tomorrow
to undertake to compel Mr.. Jewels
presence here. No practical purpose
could be subseryed by it.
jewell Fiouts Tribunal
"'The chair did want Mr.. Jewell to
understand that it has the power to
compel his attendance here and had he
been found proper steps would have
been taken to compel it. But connect
ed with the facts just mentioned that
tomorrow is the day set when he is
going to order the strike of the en-
ployes comprising his organizations.
this board feels that it has fully car
ried out the responsibility resting upon
1t under the transportation act to use
every available means to prevent labor
dlH''iI DaHCt Which might result III IN
terruptions of traffic.
The board having gone this far,
and tomorrow being the day set for
the strike, as | say, no practical pur-
pose can be subserved by an adjourn
nent of this hearing in order to get
his testimony. The board right here
might express its appreciation of the
course of conduct adopted by
IN" gentlemen representing the other
organizations of employees and also its
appreciation Of the very fine spirit
shown BY nearly all of the railroads.
In my mind | can think of but two
exceptions which | will not name.
SO far as Mr.. Jewell is concerned
let his blood be on his own head.
Mr.. Jewell has flouted a government
tribunal. charged with the duty and
responsibility 10 investigate this mat
ter not only in the interests of the
public but in the interests Of his own
organization, and the interest of the |
the railway transportation
system Of the country. He has shout
the responsibility of his own
and the board desires to persue