The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-20
Oy HOWARD W, PickARo

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G TRENUOUS efforts to bring to an
- sud the strike Of railway shopmen
were made last wesk By Chairman
Hooper and his colleagues Of the fed
eral labor board. but up to the time Of
writing these had been satirsly un-
succsssful and the status Of affairs
did not give much hope Of IN early
peace. Late Wednesday night the rail-
way executives took action that In the
minas of many placed on them the
burdsn oe blame for the failure OF nc
eotiatioaa They natly refused to en-
ter lnto . pariey with b. n. Jewell.
lsaAss oe, the striker. and their -.
ssas wses hss1 ~ ~. Hooper to- ~
IN the main quite insufficient. Thsy 1e-
manded that the shopmen abandon
their strike and then proceed to Get.
tie their grievances through the labor
board. They declined to meet Jewell
oa the ground that. the men having
struck In defiance Of the decision and
order Of tho hoard and the controlling
peovisions Of the transportation act.
''ths issue thus raised II not ono for
consideration between the carriers and
the representatives Of the organised
crafts On strike. except through the
further orderly processes before the
United States railroad labor board. as
contemplated BY the transportation
act"
Unbiased opinion Will agree with
Mr. Hooper's statement that the execu-
tive gaze no reason that would satisfy
the public. He continued: I'm 10 far
- the declination IL based on . desire
to preserve tho authority and dignity
of the railroad labor board. Il 10 super
nuous. The labor board will endeavor
to take care of itself In that regard.
TIE statement In the letter that
'ths strike IL q refusal to accept the
results Of the arbitration Of the rail.
Rad labor board" falls = little short
of accuracy. One Of the questions In
volved In the strife IL violation Of
the boards becisiona BY certain car.
riers. II 10 true nearly all Of the car
rises have discontinued this practice.
but some Of them have not"
Chairman Hooper intimated that
new peace plans Of the board involves
appeals to the railway lines indlvidu-
ally.
In many parts Of the country. es-
pecialiy the Middle West. Texas, and
"a the Pacific coast. the disorders due
to the strike became increasingly vio-
lent, and \ number Of men were killed.
In several states the militia was
called out. and In some localities.
notably Bloomington. ILL.,. the enEl-
neers, nremcn and truShmen rebelled
against working under military guard.
Sympathetic strikes were talked Of.
The leaders Of the brotherhoods held
several conferences and said their men
would continue TO opernte trims up
TO the point where the military occu.
patton began.
President Heit Of the railway siH-
nalmen announced that his organixa-
tiou had postponed striking pending
negotiations with the labor board
which are now under way. On one
Eastern road all the clerks struck.
Determined TO guard federal inter.
ests, the administration At Washing.
ton has been keeping close tnb on the
Developments, and President Hardin.
issued q proclamation directing all
I,ersons to refrain with all in,erfer-
soco with the lawful Efforts to main.
tain interstats transportation AMI the
carrying Of the United States malls"
Thls was deoe after Postmaster Gen.
eeal Work had submitted to the cab.
inet psnsrous instances Of interfer-
eusp with the transportation Of the
u,aiie and The information that mum.
~, - snaAa had hen forced to abAn.