New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-25
No Truce Until
Board Retracts
Rail Men Insist
Order of July 3, Regarded
as "0utlawing'' strik kssa
Is Declared To Be Fs,sii
Obstacle to Comnro,,a,:'a'
Might ''Save Roads Face,
Union Leaders Hint Cha,..
to Relax Seniority Rn,
ing Would Be Weleomaa raj
By Gilman Parker

CHICAGO, July 24-There c.r
settlement Of the strike Of y,, !. 70
shopQen until the United State. p 's'
road Labor Board takes sctio, ..~ '''''
mount to a reputation of the ,a,a,
tons it adopted on July 3. hAr.,a.s :.
that time as "outlawingp ans 100 80 a'
it was disclosed here tonight tb,arr
sounding out Of authoritative ~
views as the latter regard the .;4m.
ton at the present time.
1t is these resolutions. accora
the results Of these inquiries vs,.s
have made it possible for the railroaI.
to take the stand they have assnr,.s
on the question Of restoring senior,t.
rights 30 strikers-the msin ;..m
standing in the way to peace--s,d :.
less they are so interpreted Nv ~. "a.
Labor Board as to make II clssy aus sas
the governmental tribunal had ro =
tention, even Of implying that u. -
shopmen lost their seniority rigb,, ' ~
striking, the walkout must be ean.; -
ued indefinitely. ''''A'
Further, It is the union visw A..
the whole question resolves jtsei, NO; ;-ss
the nutshell of one man publicly i,
hitting what ne Is declared 70 bsv.
privately conceded-tnat the ba.,s
acted somewhat hastily in pror,rgs..
ton Of the resolutions and was :.
fault in the declarations made in -
least certain parts of the latter n.
man named was Ben W. Hooper. ebs;,.
man of the board. '''N'''
For the board to accede Ia tbs u,.,..
viewpoint, it was revealed, would yirs
the railroads the opportunity. wSiss
they were said 70 be seeking ~
"savisg their faces" on the san;s,;..
stand, and after the conclusion ~
settlement would eliminate anv IL.
bilities they otherwise might i,en,
through the fling of damage suits y
strike breakers now possessing nIsSss,
from the roads Of permanent empIo7-
ment and the retention Of seaioriy
rights.
The inquiries which produced tsh
information were made soon aipr
further secret conferences bearing n
peace negotiations held by CERTAIN d
the union leaders with Mr.. Hoousr
who, despite his pessimistic assertions
yesterday that the Labor Board lad
abandoned its settlement efforts b
the present, continued his setivitie,
unofiiclalIy along that line. Wkeths,
B. NJ. Jewell, chief leader Of TIA
strikers, attended the conferences VEG
not learned definitely, but one rsvor.
was that he was present.
Emphatic denial vas made By rrssu
leaders to-day that there vss lie
slightest inclination among tie sssc.
men to enter into separate agreements
with any Of the roads, a course yti.a
was termed Suicidal" Failure was
predicted for the efforts Of the Bali.
more & Ohio and other roads along
that line.
Likewise it was foreeas. in union
circles that the two greater mu7es for
company unions" composed Of strike
breakers-headed by I. F. Loree, presi-
dent of the Delaware & Hudson, for
the Eastern roads, and By Samuel II.
teiton, president Of the Chitsgc
Great Western, on behalf Of the West.
ern lines-"are already doomed 70
failure"
". J. Noone, president Of the Order
of Railroad Station Agents, advissa
the Labor Board that the ie,0M men-
bers of his organization you'd Rot
go on strike, on assurances from tas
Labor Board members that it wcrd
not permit the roads to require The
station agents TO perform the vo's
OF the striking shopmen.
Comparatively little violence ct-
CURED during the day in connscass
with the strike, the worst ins.ssss
being reported from Memphis, were
a negro employee was killed and ~
policemen injured in an exchanges
shots with strikers.