Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-17
HARDING MAY HALT
CONGRESS ADDRESS
FOR PARLEY IN N. Y.
President Questions Desin
ability Of Making His
Expected Report.
PLANS FOR RECEPTION
LIKELY TO BE REVISED
Heads of Rail Labor Organi.
cations Meet Other Union
Officials.
ALL To ATTEND CONFERENCE
brotherhood omcinIa Assert They
VIII Not Prrsent Prepared
Proposition.
PLANS FOR RECEPTION
LIKELY TO BE REVISED
ALL ro ArrsSp CONFERENCE
brotherhood Omcinls Assert They
VIII Not Present Prepared
Proposition.
tBy Associated Press.J

WASHINGTON. Aug. 16-AEree-
ment between railroad executive. and
railroad labor organization leaders
to hold another conference tomorrow
in Now York to seek n settlement OF
tho shipments strike, II was said to-
day. had resulted in President Har-
ding questioning the dssrability OF
making his expected report to Con-
gress and the country on the strike
situation within tho next few hourA
Plans made for the reception of his
communication tomorrow at a 1oint
session OF the House and Senate con-
sequently were understood TO be on
the verge of a revision tonight as
the President was represented as being
desirous OF withholding his state
ment Of the case II the unions chiefa
and the railroad presidents could hold
out any prospect, OF a mutually sat-
isfac,ory settlement.
Heads Of the seven railroad labor
organizations on strike met today
with tho officials of unions not in
volHed In the controversy and aft.r
some delay reached decision to
take almost the entire. group to New
York for the discussions with the
executives. Though officers OF tho
fve organizations OF train service
employees the engineers. firement,
conductors. brakeman and switch
men. will be the only ones actually
to meet with the committee OF Tail-
way executives their chairman. War
rem S. Stone. declared they desired
close at hand all the strike leaders
and the spokesman for all the othor
railroad unions. Some objection 10
this plan developed among the st-ik.
leaders but they finally arranged 10
send most OF their group, includ
ing r. NJ. Jewell. their chairman !,
New York and TO call in nil cou-
ccrned in case any settlement pro-
posaIs emerged from the discussions.
No Prepared Proposition.
MT. stone and the brotherhood Of,
hcials who will meet with the raj,
executives declared they vera po,
taxing any prepared proposition to
the meeting with the management.
wouldn't be fool enough to nut
IL IN the newspapers il 1 had one.
anyway. MIR. Stone remarked
L. 4. Sheppard. president OF TN,
order OF Conductors. said the de-
mand OF the strikers for fun scninf-
lty Status in case of their retur,
TO work could not be modified and
the views OF the strike leaders an
peared TO coincide entirely with this
position. The seniority question has
neen the crucial issue in the strike
situation ever since the organizations
now out Of service agreed to order
their mon back pending renearin
before tho Railroad Labor Board ~
wage cuts which went into eNacr
July I.
President Harrison. OF the South.
ern Railway, who announced earjY
this week. after attempting upsuc-
cessfully 10 deal separately with In,
StrihihS unions on the basis OF
granting them the seniority demand.
that the southern would proceed 10
employ outside men. issued a state
mrnt today declaring that 'peopl,
all over the South now danan,i
that this strike be fought out. puh.
lie opinion could restore NORMAL
transportation" he said. but II i,
supports the determination of IN,
striking shopmcn to disregard m.
tribunal set up by Congress to d.,
thcm justice, and agrees that thev
may write their own pay checks.
'"en there may be resumption OF
work on that basis. but freight ratcs
must be again incrca sed"
Confers with Lodge.
President Harding. who w,x ~,
derstood to be preparing his mes
sage to Congress. held discussions
concerning 1t during tho day with
Senator Lodge. the Republican leader
In the Senate. II was considered
certain advisers said. that he would