The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-26
FIGHT
TO BE RESULT.
OF DEADLOCK
Rail Executives and Shop
Crafts Leaders Re-align
Forces for Long Battle
Both Sides Predict Victory.
BIG FIVE ARE REGRETFUL
fBy Associated Press,


NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-With the
peace effort launched by the Big Five
brotherhoods definitely abandoned
executives and shop crafts leaders to-
day re-aligned their forces for fin
ish fight in which both sides predicted
an early victory
We are going home to start the
real fight, whether it lasts for three
! weeks or three months" declared W.
F. Ryan, president of the Carmen's
National Brotherhood, as he prepared
to leave for Kansas City to direct
activities Of his branch of the shop
crafts.
Our organizations have plenty of
funds to conduct long fight, and our
men are willing to make the sacrifices
neeoed for a decisive victory" he
Jewell Confident
b. M. Jewell, head of the strike or.
eanlzatlon OF crafts was equally posi-.
i've OF the outcome of the battle.
winch he asserted the railroads left
the only course for the unions to pur-
sue. Before starting for Chicago to
PICK up the reins of strike leadership
4 where he dropped them when recent
D peace parleys began, he issued a
+ statement to his men in which he said
we have gone the full limit in the
interest of peace. If we must fight
: we viii show We know how. Now that
q the issue is again clearly defined and
Q raise hopes of an early peace dissipat
d ed the fight must be continued with
|. increased vigor and every man must
/ 90 MS part to bring it to an early
= ana successful conclusion"
0 Gentlemen," he concluded. "what
e VIII De your answer to the challenge %
Brotherhoods Sorry
The attitude of the brother chiefs.
whose t1reless efforts to promote a
K peaceful settlement proved so futile
h when negotiations collapsed Yesterday
l. was expressed by T. C. Cassen. presi,
o dent of the Switchmen's Union of
e, North America.
!; We are not so sorry for the strik
h ers," said he, ''as we are for the Amar
y lean public. They are going to be the
sufferers-more and more as the strike
N is prolonged
l., others of the Big Five leaders ex
d pressed great disappointment over
j. thelr failure to end hostilities, but re
Is newed assurances that the runnins
% trades would refrain from any svmpa
e theuc strike, illegal walkout or con
s splracy. 'as long as the rights of tbs
il brotherhoods are not threatened"
n, Varied Reception.
In rail employers circles, news o
the disruption of peace parIevs wa,
Is given varied reception. Officials o.
* roads which were not party to the
l., negotiations having joined the major
r. lty which declined to resume nego
IS tiations with the Brotherhoods afteI
a last Wednesdays meeting of the Asso
,g citation of Railway executives toda,
III were frankly Il told you so.'
be The minority representing II road
ne with $4,000 miles of track and includ
ing such powerful systems as the Chi
ID cago and Northwestern; Chicago. Nil
ne waukee and st. Paul, Erie, New Yorl
mr. Central and Seaboard Air Line ia
RI day expressed regret at the sudde,
n. termination of efforts to compromise
but expressed no doubt as to the ou;
-s come.
n. 1--WE will break the strike within
n. week" was their general prediction