The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-15
BROTHERHOODS ID MAKE NEW OFFER
 ID RAIL WAY HEADS
Organizations Not on Strike Place Proposals Before the President-Deny Pas
 SengerS Marooned
By Associated Press

Washington, August 14.-Organi- zations not on strike got their at tempts to mediate the strike of shop men and other crafts in transporta- tion service back before President Harding today and after two and a half hour White House conference, declared they intended to reapproach railroad executives.
 l.. F. Sheppard. president of
 the Order of Railway Conductors
 and spokesman for the entire
 group, declared on leaving the
 White House that striking unions
 would "Ieave their case in the
 hands" of himself and his as-
 socintes, while as to the sporadic
 walkouts of brotherhood mem
 bers in various parts of the coun-
 try he said, "the President does
 not intend to make any issue
 against men who leave unsafe
 engines"
 Mir. Sheppard, like the other union officials, refrained from indicating what basis was being considered for further compromise attempts. The meeting with the President was ar ranged by Secretary of Labor Davis, after all the union chiefs, including those on strike had been in one of their general executive sessions to consider policy.
 Seek Help
 Tt has been much the same story, we have been discussing the whole situation from top to bottom and now we are going to look for somebody to give us help in our mediation at tempts,n MT. sheppard declared That means some railroad executives not so tenacious of their points as those we have seen. We shall taiK over the matter of who might help with all the union officials tomor- row. We have found the President determined to give the workers the same consideration as the employers. We do not understand that he is going to make further advances to the executives.
 The situation as to local walk outs of other classes is clear. All newspaper talk that people have been marooned in the deserts. Our men have taken every train into -he terminals and the passengers have been left at places where railroad men live.
 Rights of Men on Strike
 "4A.l our discussion now relates to the fundamental rights of men who are on strike. The railroad labor board takes the position they are not entitled to consideration. Lots of lawyers hold with us that their rights are only suspended. We've T Ia, e-fr.x f,,I ..f I can't tell you all of them"
 Reverting to the policy of his own union Mir. Sheppard said that of ficers of our order are on their way to get men back to any points where twalk are not justified.
 our orders are that men are to [ ay at work, unless their lives are endangered" he added, and to make an honest effort to maintain trans portation service with equipment that is safe"
 An announcement of similar na- ture was made by W. c. Lee. presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Iralnmen. during the day in cleve-f land.
 Southern to Operate
 Representative of the railroad managements apparently were not involved in the union mediation ef- 1ortS and fa1rIax Harrison, president or the Southern, issued a statement from the roads general headquarters that his company would now attempt to break the strike by employing new men. Acting apart from all other railroads. the Southern, he said had hitherto tried Ito so operate our property that our men could honor- ably return to work but had been unable to effect compromise.
 "We must now turn to employing others, for the road must run" MT. Harrison concluded. If 1t means war to run the Southern Railway then let us have it now-not later"
 Senator Watson, republican of In- diana, one of the congressional lead CTS most closely associated with the Presidents efforts to end the rail strike. had a White House appoint ment to discuss tho strike, but the President was engaged with the union leaders.
 The House will assemble tomorrow after a sfx-week adjournment, but Senator Watson said he did not be- lieve the President intended to send any message or address Joint ses- sion on the subject of the strike. This belief was shared by House lead- CTS who had returned from the meet