Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-15
PEACE EFFORTS IN
WHITE HOUSE FAIL;
VIOLENCE GROWING
Executives Hold Out on &c.
niority Question = Serious
Freight Tie-up Threatens
in West

in West
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-(By the
Associated Press. )-Heads of rail-
road labor organizations, non-strik-
ing as well as striking, had another
conference today of several - hours
and at it's close there were indica-
tions that the silence as to the next
step to be taken by labor in the
strike might be broken within a
few hours.
Immediately upon adjournment Of
the morning session Of the confer
ence, L. S. Sheppard, head Of the
order of railway conductors, and w.
N. Doak, vice president Of the
brotherhood of trainmen, went to
the department Of labor for the
purpose as they said, of getting
Information"
The union leaders appeared to be
disposed to consider meditation at
tempts toward settlement of the
strike to be st..I in progress al
though the railroad executives no
longer are participating and have
given to President Harding a re-
Spouse to his last settlement pro-
posal, which they hold is final.
Whether any officials of the gov
eminent were associated with the
meditation efforts of which the Of
flcials of the four train service
brotherhoods declare they are MAX
ing in the interest of the shop
workers was not made known.
Edward P. Thorn, counsel for the
association of railway executives
conferred with President Harding
during the morning but on leaving
the White House said that there
were no new developments so far
as the executives were concerned.
The railway eecutives having S Id
mitted their conditional acceptance &c
| President Harding and departed, de-
velopments today in the rail strike
settlement parley lay in the hands
of the union organizations which still
have before them the proposal of the
president that the railroad labor
| board be permitted to settle the ques-
ton of seniority. the principal re
naming bone of contention in the
dispute.
When the executives left the i'm
| preston prevailed among them that
| the strike would be fought out to
finish and that the government
would not attempt further effort al
compromise. Union leaders, how
| ever, said meditation and compro
mise eff IT'S would be continued.
Reply of Executives
The reply of the executives to the
| presidents proposal was announced
by T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman OF
| the Association of Railway EXecu'
| tives, in this statement:
"A the IHceIlilS VI IllC GILL Oc'N'''
in New York on Friday, August IL.
| 1922, they with practical unanimity
responded favorably to the presi-
dents call that the seniority ques-
ton be left to the United States
railroad labor board.
Approximately three-quarters OF
the mileage responded favorably to
his call that all striking shop crafts.
.oooxo ho ,.o oy1o ooH tho h1 Ia nTp
that all such strikers be re-employ-
ed as far as practicable.
1.-THE resolution acted on by the
meeting have been submitted to the
president.
1.-The following resolutions were
adopted by roads having mileage
of 1884 miles:
""The telegram of the president
dated August 7, 1922, having been
considered and in response to his
call to the carriers and the striking
workmen the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, that the proposal OF
the president to the striking work
men to return to work and TO the
carriers to assign them to work,
leaving the disputed question Of
the provisions of the transportation
act for decision be accepted, under
standing as we do that such ac-
ceptance involves no surrender Of
the principles with respect to SEN
iority added by the carriers on Au-
gust 1, 1922, but recognizes that the
proposal of the president invokes
the jurisdiction of the labor board
under the transportation act to pass
upon the relative seniority of those
loyal employees who have remained
at work and those new employees
who have since accepted service (the
rights of both, of which classes to
seniority we feel bound in justice
10 defend before the labor board
with the strikers who may reenter
the service under tn proposal of the
president.