Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-15
B|G-4 HEADS WILL HANDLE
 UNIONS CASE
Non-Striking Union Chiefs, in Attempt to Mediate,
 Interview Harding

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-(By the Associated Press) Organizations not on strike got their attempts to medi- ate the strike of shopmen and other crafts in transportation service back before President Harding and after a two and one half hour White House conference declared they attended to re-approach railroad executives.
 l.. E. Sheppard, president of the Or der of Railway Conductors and spokes man for the entire group, declared on leaving the White House the strik- ing unions would leave their case in the hands" of himself and his asso- ciates, while as to the sporadic walk outs of brotherhood members in vari- ous parts of the country, he said" the president doesn't intend to make any issue against men who leave unsafe engines"
 2 MT. Sheppard, like the other union officials, refrained from specifically indicating what basis was being con- sidered for further compromise at tempts. The meeting with the presi- dent was arranged by Secretary of La Dor Davis. after all the union chiefs including those on strike had been in OHC Ol SSucIfl SGS- sions to consider policy
 Tt has been much the same story We have ben discussing the whole sit uation from top to bottom and now were going to look from somebody to give us help in our mediation attmpts. MT. Sheppard declared. ''That means sme railroad executives are not so tenacious of their points as those we have seen. We shall talk over the matter of who might help with all the union officials tomorrow.
 We have found the president de- termined to give the workers the same consideration as the employers. We do not understand that he is going to make further advances to the eXecu- tives.
 "The situation as to the local walk outs of other classes is clear.
 Its all newspaper talk that peo- pie have been 'marooned' in the des- erts. Our men have taken every train into the terminals. and the passen- gers have been left at places where railroad men live.
 'All our discussion now relates to the fundamental rights of men who are on strike. The railroad labor board takes the position they are not entitled to consideration. Lots of lawyers hold with us that their rights are only suspended. We've made a basketful of propositions; I can't tell you all of them''
 Reverting to the policy of his own union, MT. Shepaprd said that off cers of our order are on there only 10 get men back at points where walk outs are not justified"
 Representatives of the railroad man. agements apparently were not invol- ed in the continued union mediation efforts and Fla rfax ITarr' son, presi- dent J fthe Southern rail oad, issued a statement from the roads general headquarters that his company would now attempt to break the strike by em ploying new men. Acting apart from all other railroads, the Southern, he said. hitherto tried ito so operate our property that our men could honorably return to work" but had been unable to effect a compromise.
 We must now turn to employing others for the road must run" Mir Harrison concluded. eff it means war to run the Southern railway, then let us have it now-not later"