Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-15
PARLEy IS HELD
To DISCUSS WAY
To END RAILWAY
MEN s WALKOUT
Chairman Ben Hooper, =
M, Jewell and Timot s.
Heay Have a Four-HI.s
Conference at ChiCao-, ~
CONFEREES DECLIF -
TO MAKE STAT II
There Are Also indications
Elsewhere That the Gen.
eraI Trend of Situation Is
Toward Peace,
By The Associated Press }


Chicago, July IA (by he Assoct-
ated Press 1.-The second week of
the railway shipments strike end
ed tonight while the railroad labor
board, the shop crafts representa-
tives and the railroads maintained
silence regarding negotiations
looking toward a settlement of the
walkout.
A four-hour conference between
Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the
labor board, B. M. Jewell, head of
the shopmen's organization and
Timothy Healy, who has author
ized a strike of stationary firemen
and oilers, ended tonight without
statement from any of the con-
ferees. Chairman Hooper hurried
to the conference after a meeting
with l.. F. Loree, president of the
Delaware and Hudson railroad and
7. E. Crowley, vice president of the
New York Central lines. The ma
ture of this meeting was not re-
vealed.
Questions Unions Must Settle.
1t was reported tonight in labor
circles that the conference this
afternoon had to do with questions
which the unions must settle
among themselves before rurther
negotiations looking toward the
ending of the walkout are held.
Further conferences are in pros
pect, it was reported.
While the parley was under way
here between Chairman Hooper
and Mr.. Jewell, there were indica-
tions elsewhere that the general
trend of the strike situation was
toward peace.
e, F. Cradle, head of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborers, who held q midnight
conference here last night with
Mr.. Jewell, left for Washington
today, where 1t was said he ex-
pected to see the president. He re-
iterated his statements before the
labor board members last week.
that the 100000 maintenance of
way employees would not strike
despite the fact that some of his
men had Joined in a sympathetic
strike with the shopmen. Mr.. Gra-
BILE indicated that the only contin-
gency that might result in strike
was a determination on the part
of the carriers to force the main
tenance OF way men to do work
rpD rlU hxy he f,tlr if,rV
crafts, practice against which
labor board ruled last week.
Won't Join Walkout.
Mr.. Jewell today expressed the
opinion that the maintenance of
way men would not join in the
walkout.
From st. Paul, where shop craft
representatives have been meeting
with northwestern roads in an eff
fort to reach an agreement came
an announcement from r. A. Hem
ming, chairman of the shop crafts
organization that a settlement in
forty-eight hours was possible.
Following a cabinet meeting at
which the strike was discussed Of
ficials at Washington close to
President Harding said the chief
executive was optimistic regarding
the ability of Chairman Hooper to
effect settlement.
One organization. the stationary
firemen, engineers and oilers,
however, announced intention to
join the walkout of shopmen July
II, when Timothy Healy, interna-
tional president, sent out a strike
call affecting about 5000 men. At
Toledo, O., $50 baggage handlers,
truckers and laborers at the union
station quit work.
More Troops Ordered Out.
More troops were ordered out
today to protect railroad property
and employees. Soldiers were sent
to Poplar Bluff, Mo-, to relieve
troops already there and Governor
| Davis, of Ohio, ordered troops mo-
| bilized for possible use in connec-
tion with the coal and railroad
strikes.
Secretary of War Weeks and
Governor Neff of Texas, each sent
representatives to Denison, Tex.
to report on conditions which are
said by Missouri, Kansas and Tex
as railroad officials to be interfer-
ing with the operation of trains.
Attorney General Daugherty was
/ requested to send 1,400 deputy
marshals to the strike district in
northern Ohio.
Restraining Orders.
Numerous court orders restrain-
ing picketing and interference with
railroad property and employees
marked the progress Of the four
teenth day of the strike. The Bal
timore and Ohio railroad secured
an Injunction at Hammond, Ind.
restraining strikers from picketing
and interfering with trains. The
Wabash secured a similar injunc-
tion at Little Rock. Ark, and the
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf rail-
road secured like action at Guth-
rie, Okla. The Chicago and North
western secured a restraining or
der at Winona, Mimi, and the
| Rock Island secured a restraining
order at Fort Smith, Ark.
Clashes between strikers and
strike sympathizers and railroad
employees We're reported from vari-
| GUS points, but there We're no seri-
Gus outbreaks.