Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-08-18
Rail STRIKE is
FIGHT TO FINISH
Hope of Immediately Ending Tie
up Blasted When Harding's
Efforts Fail.
BIG TIEUP is NOW IN SIGHT
Both Railroad Executives and Labor
Union Chiefs Turn Down Presi-
dents Third Proposal for
Settlement.

Washington, Aug. 15.-Hope Of Inn
mediately ending the rail strike was
blasted here when the railroads and
the unions rejected President Hard
ing's third proposal for settlement OF
the trouble.
After A days of mediation and nego-
tiatiOn both sides declared there is
no possibility of arbitrating the ques-
ton of seniority and are prepared to
fight it out to a finish.
But instead of having only the rail-
way shopmen to deaf with the rail-
roads now have all of the railway
brotherhoods arrayed against them.
They will support the shopmen on
question that they declare to be the
"life blood of unionism" and are quite
willing to accept the def Of the rail-
way executives for 50 fight to fin
fish,"
There was hope hat the two parties
might find a common ground for ar
bitrating their differences. But when
the President had been told that his
proposal was untenable to the unions
and railroads alike, he telephoned Off
Gals that the ban of secrecy had been
lifted and they were at liberty to talk.
They revealed for the first time:
That neither party had at any time
remotely considered submitting their
differences to the railroad labor
board
That the railroads are still chafng
under provisions of the Adamson act
and welcome an opportunity to test
their strength with labor unions.
That the rail unions are confident
the time is ripe for the government to
assume control Of the railroads and
believe that this strike will demon
strate the necessity for it.
It also was revealed that the Presi-
dent knew that neither party would
let the railroad labor board decide
seniority in full and last night offered
an emergency proposal that the whole
question be left to an impartial tribu-
nal. This tribunal was to be named.
The railroads objected to this and re-
fused to bulge from the position out
lined in their reply to the President OF
the United States.
The committee of executives de-
clared that they had no authority to
consider counter-prOpOsals and that
unless the unions accepted what they
had to offer the men could not get
their positions back.
"There is only one real issue in
volved in this whole controversy said
a. spokesman for the railroads. 1.-THE
striking shopmen must recognize the
jurisdiction of the railroad labor
board. The board already lis ruled
that If it's decisions are ignored by
the calling of a strike, the efforts on
the part of the strikers to disregard
the boards decisions and intimidate
the government and the public will not
be successful"
Railroad executives left immediate
Iy for New York after making public
their refusal to accept the Presidents
proposal. They saw the President for
an hour during the morning.
Following this they went to the of
fee of the executives here where it
was finally decided to make their de-
cision public. AS the men filed from
the offices observers knew that the
truce plan had failed. T, Dewitt Guy
Ter, chairman of the executives, who
has favored the Presidents plan,
showed plainly his disappointment.
Gen. w. w. Atterbury of the Pennsyl-
vania, who has been irreconcilable,
danced a jig while holding to the arm
of A. II. Smith of the New York Cen
tral, and then did fox trot up and
down the lobby.
'It's all over as far as am con-
cerned," he said 1--WE are going back
now and run our railroads"
The rail officials declared that the
rolling stock of the country is not in
the bad shape which the bPotherhoods
declare it to be. 1t was officially
stated by the railway executives that
they can operate the railroads for one
year with the equipment they have
and without any assistance from the
shopmen.