South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-30
UNION LEADERS
SUMMONED FOR
STRIKE FARLEY
Labor Board Will Conduct
Federal Investigation
into Situation.
WITHHOLD STRIKE CALL
Government May Intervene
Under Authority of Trans
pOrtatiOn Act.

CHICAGO. June o9-lBy a. PD
Intervention by the federal gov
eminent under the authority OF the
transportation act created 90 main
tain the orderly course OF the ma
tons transportation arteries. loom
ed Thursday night as the final hopes
Of averting the threatened ran strike
of 100000 shopmen and possibly
half million more railroad work
ers.
Their ultimatum 90 the railway ex-
ecutives rejected. The executives Of
the six shop crafts unions. which
have called a strike for 10 O'Clock
Saturday morning. and the leaders
Of four other unions now polling a
strike vote. prepared Thursday
night 10 answer the summons OF
the United states railroad labor
board 20 appear i'm a federal inves-
tigation Friday afternoon az 2
O o'clock
With the union heads were sum
moned the executives OF q railroads
charged by the employees OF illegally
contracting shop work In violation
OF the boards orders. Of the three
questions on which the shopmer
have been casting strike ballots for
the last two weeks. other railway
executives OF the POI class 1 roads
in the country were also asked BY
the board TO be present.
Developments of the strike situa-
ton came In rapid sequence Thurs
day International presidents OF the
six shop unions announced tele-
grams authorizing their membership
TO walk out Saturday morning
The. labor board imm ediately rec
ognized a threatened interruption OF
traf1c and acting under the author
ity OF the transportation act. Issued
a citation TO the strike leaders 10
come before II for official inquiry.
The association OF railway exec
utives. meeting here on other mat
tiers considered and rejected the
union proposals OF truce Tendins
new negotiations over wages and
working conditions.
The executives declared that
strike would be against the orders
OF the labor board and against the
United States government and thur
absolved themselves from further
responsibility 10 the present situa-
ton.
Hold Little Hope.
There T. little likelihood. rail
hands said. that any conference
could be arranged 70 mend the DIFF
ferences OF the employees and the
roads. and most Of the executives
departed Thursday night for rheir
homes Executives OF only 1s OF
the % roads cited were present 81
Thursdays meeting but they eK-
pected TO appear before the board
Friday.
The July first $4,000 900 wage
cut and the modification 81 seven
rules were the two questions in
volved IN the shipments strike vOts.
which are conditions laid down ~
the labor board. according 20 ths
carriers position.
Defiance OF these orders ~ the
roads would "be 20 recognize your
power and authority as greater
than that OF the government" said
the executives reply 20 the union
ultimatum.
The reply was directed 20 =. NJ
Jewell. president OF the railway en-
ployes department OF the American
Federation OF Labor OF which al
ten unions who threaten a walk out
are members.
Ben ". Hooper. chairman % he
labor board, who was credited with
having taken the leadership IN
a--ar+s,0 q tbraafana7 raffu-av strike
last October. Thursday night issued
statement declaring that III u
evident 70 every student o. tho SIT
uation that the railway labor or
CARNATIONS have no just cause for
serious complaint AZ the treatment
they have received AZ the hands Of
the federal wage tribunals during
the war reriod and since"