The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-12
UNIONS SURE TO
REJECT PLAN

| clateu HreSS After several hours
conference behind closed doors, chic
officials of all the railroad labor or
ganizations adjourned tonight until
a. m. tomorrow, declaring themselYe!
still unready to make response t
President Harding's final strike set
tlement offer to the shopmen, an,
still unready to make public the poll
ey which unions not now on strike in
tend to follow in the circumstances
Warren S. Stone, grand chief OF
the engineers brotherhood and chair,
man of the meeting, announced at it.
close, however, that both these ex,
pressions would be forthcoming to-
morrow. Officials of the seven unions
on strike will reply to the president
for themselves, Mr. Stone said, while
the remainder of the organizations
intended to join declaration of theil
position to the public.
Incidentally Mr.. Stone, comment
ing on the walkouts of trainmcn in
various places now progressing, said
that he had reports from so termi.
nails where our men are facing con
ditions "just like those" and added
that there might be walkouts" at
such terminals, without completely y
tying up transportation"
At the White House the admins
tration's view of these walkouts, at
tributed by the union leaders to thl
presence of armed guards, was said to
be that no strike anywhere of any
character, which had as its purpose
the preventing of the government
from authorizing agencies of law and
order to protect life and property
would have Couutcnanve or effect
President Harding, it was said, docs
not intend to put the government into
4 threatening posture in the indus.
trial situation.
Although B. Nj. Jewell, chairman
of the group of strike leaders, as
well as Mr.. Stone, insisted that only
general discussion" had marked the
prolonged union session, subordinate Z
officials, particularly of the train
service brotherhoods, were continu-
ously in and out of the gathering.
Mr.. Stone said he was constantly
in receipr today of reports from
strike cepters, And that the instruc-
Ftf6ffs 10 4ssils sosvioS man were the
same-they should not continue work
at points where their lives were ell
dangered.
"One-half Of the locomotives run.
ming today are doing so in violation
Of the safety provisions Of law any
way" he declared, "as the interstate
cmmerce commissions bureau oI
safety should show. This shopmcu':
strike has not been broken amy,
where"
While the formal announcement oj
| their conclusion was thus withheld
the officers of the striking shop craft:
organizations were unVarylng IN hold
ing out the impression that the pes
ident's otfel--thc heart OF which i
the proposal 10 leave the seriorit!
status of returning strikers to dcci
sion of the railroad labor board
would meet rejection. The purpos,
of the gathering, as they described it
was merely to consider what the poll
cy Of the other unions would be.
"Now that it's como down to ;
question Of seniority retention" SAT-
Martin +. Ryan, head Of the carmen:
brotherhood, which among the strik
ing organizations numbers the mos
men, 1T isn't the skormcn's fight
It's the fight of every labor organ
ization in the railroad service"
The only brotherhood chief cilicia
missing from the gathering today
| was ". G. Lee of the trainmcn. His
place was taken b. W ! Doaks
vice president Of the order Chan,
| man Hooper Of ,ho railroad Lan".
board was in the city dining tbs daJ
but did not attend the session, lhoaai
it was understood that lac had con
ferred with some Of the participant
| beforehand.