The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-15
SECOND WEEK OF STRIKE PASSES
PEACE SEEMS FAR AWAY

Chicago, July ID (By The Associat-
ed Press).-The second week of the
railway shopmen's strike ended to-
night while the railroad labor board,
the shop crafts representatives and
the railroads maintained silence re-
garding 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 shop
mems organization and Timothy
Healey, who has authorized a strike
of stationary firemen and oilers end
ed tonight without a statement from
any of the conferees but it was re-
ported to have failed to reach a set
tlement. Chairman Hooper hurried
to the conference after meeting
with L. F. Loree, president of the
Delaware and Hudson railroad, and
T. E. Crowley, vice president of the
New York Central lines. The nature
of this meeting was not rvealed.
While the parley was underway be-
tween Chairman Hooper and Mr..
Jewell there were indications else
where 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 Labor
ers, who held midnight conference
here last night with Mr.. Jewell, left
for Washington today, where it was
said he expected to see the president.
He reiterated his statements before
the labor board mmbers last week
that the 100000 maintenance of way
employees would not strike despite
the fact that some of his men had
Joined in sympathetic strike with
the shopmen. Mr.. Cradle indicated
that the only contingency that might
result in strike was a determination
on the part of the carriers to force
the maintenance of way men to do
work regularly done by the strik-
ing crafts, a practice against which
the labor board ruled in an opinion
last week.
While an apparent effort was being
made to end the walkout Senator
Cummins of Iowa, one of the CO.
authors of the transportation act, de-
clared that the rulings of the labor
board were binding on both Carriers
and employees and could be enforced.
Mr.. Jewell teday expressed the
opinion tn the maintenance of way
men would not join in the walkout.
From st. Paul, where shop craft rep
resentatives have been meeting with
the Northwestern roads in an effort
to reach an agreement, came an an
nouncement from R. A. Henning,
chairman of the shop crafts organi-
zation, that settlement within 48
hours was possible.
Following a cabinet meeting at
which the strike was discussed, Of
ficials at Washington close to Presi-
dent Harding said the chief executive
was optimistic regarding the ability
of Chairman Hooper to effect set
tlement.
One organization, the stationary
firemen, engineers and oilers, how
ever, announced its intention to join
the walkout of shopmen July II, when
Timothy Healey, international presi-
dent, sent out strike call affecting
about 5000 men.
More troops were ordered out today
to protect railroad property and en-
ployees. Soldiers were sent to Pop
lar Bluff, Mo-, to relieve troops al
ready there and Governor Davis of
Ohio, ordered troops mobilized fof
possible use in connection with the
coal and rail strikes.
Secretary Weeks and Governor
Neff of Texas sent representatives to
Denison, Texas, to report on condi-
tions which are said by Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad officials to
be interfering with the operation of
trains. Attorney General Daugherty
was requested to send 400 deputy
marshals to the strike district in
Northern Ohio.
Numerous court orders restraining
picketing and interference with rail
road property and employees marked
the progress of the 14th day of the
strike.
Postmaster General Work accepted
an offer of 1000 commercial aircraft
by the Aeronautical Chamber of (an,,
merce Of America to be usei in main
tanning mail service if the trains fail
to operate.
Clashes. between strikers and sym
pathizers and railroad employees
were reported from various points
but there were no serious outbreaks.
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