The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-07-19
RAILWAY STRIKE
REMAINS UNCHANGED
Labor Board Seeks to Make
Settlement
RAILWAY CHIEFS
AGAIN CONFER
Peace Negotiations Halted Over Week.
end Taken Up Again Monday Morn
ing with Few Promises of Early Sci
tlement. Railway Chiefs t0nicr with
BOARD

NY WIN rev PROMISES OF Early Set
tlcment. Railway Chiefs Confcr with
Board.
Chicago, July 17.-Pcacc ncgotia-
tons, halted over the Weekend. we're
resumed BY members of the United
states railway labor board today in an
effort to bring about an early settle
ment OF the railway shipments strike.
W. II. Finley, president OF the Chi
cago d Northwestern, and w. G.. Bierd,
president Of the Chicago G. Alton, were
among the railway chiefs who visited
the labor board during the day for con-
ferences with Ben Hooper, chairman,
while Walter l.. Merchantmen, a labor
board member, met several high OBJ
Grating executives.
While none Of those present would
make any statement regarding the
subjects discussed, it was intmated
some basis for agreement on the five
demands presented by B. M. jewell,
leader of the shopmen, to MIR. Hooper
at conference between the two last
week, was sought as preliminary to
the calling of a new formal hearing of
all parties before the labor board.
The five demands Of the shopmen
were announced as the restoration of
all seniority rights to strikers, i'm
mediate establishment of national
adjustment board so that the men NAV
obtain quicker action on local griey-
ances than is possible through the
labor board, the abolition Of outside
contracting by the roads, the restora-
| ton Of certain rules and working
agreements and return to the scale
Of wages in effect before the cut or
dered by the labor board for July I,
became effective, simultaneously with
i the strike.
An indication Of the result of the
negotiations on these issues was seen
| in the statement of r. A. Henning.
general chairman Of the federated
shoDcrafts OF the Northwest, that
only the refusal Of the Eastern roads
to reinstate striking workers with
their full seniority rights was pre-
venting settlement as far as the
roads Of the Northwest were con-
cerned.
Hopes for an early peace also were
based on the attitude Of e. f. Cradle,
president Of the maintenance of way
employees, who arrived in Chicago to-
night for conferences with members
Of the labor board to get support to
prevent carriers from requiring main
tenance Of way men to do strikers
| While maintenance men were re-
ported in various sections Of the coun-
try, mostly New York, as having join
ed the strike, Mr.. CRADLE asserted
that such walkouts were entirely un-
authorized and that no strike orders
would be issued, at least until after
a meeting Of the grand lodge OF his
organization in Detroit Friday. He
will report there the result of the ne
gotiatons with members of the
labor board. 1%E&
Some additions to the ranks of the
strikers in various sections were also
reported among the clerks, freight
handlers, tiremen and oilers, but rail-
way executives declared that the de-
fectons had been more than made up
by the number Of shopmen who re-
turned to work on the last day allow
ed them on many roads 10 protect
their seniority rights.
:. Meanwhile, strike disturbances
continued to spread, the forces OF fed
oral marshals protecting the move
ment Of the mails and interstate
, traffic was increased and more federal
, linjunctions against picketing were
granted
, At Bloomington, ILL.,, a number Of
shots were fired, partly damaging the
home OF a non-union railroad worker.
In Iowa, passengers, train and wreck
| ing crews were driven away from a
) wrecked train by strike sympathizers
in an effort to prevent the clearing OF
, the tracks.