The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-17
STRIKE MOVE
. BEING WATCHED

Chicago, July 16 (By the Associated
Press).-A veil Of silence descended
Ike blanket over the railway strike
situation today as both railroad heads
and strike leaders turned hopeful eyes
toward the momentoust developments
the new week was expected to bring
forth.
The bitterness which, has marked
the progress of the walkout at times
during the past two weeks, seemed to
have been succeeded bya peac, al
most approaching an understanding
The hurting of verbal challenges,
claims and counter claims ultimatums
and defances, apparently had ended
through exhaustion or TIE hope If an
early agreement. ~
Railroad executives who declared
their willingness. last NIGHT to attend
any meeting called by the United
States railroad labor board with a
view to effecting a settlement chat
would not nullify, but Would uphold
and carry out the boards decisions" }"
spent the holiday away Aom their Of
fees and in seclusion.
B. M. Jewell, leader of>the striking
shopmen, visited his almost deserted
headquarters for q short time only to
run through his mail ana kilograms.
He read the railroad executives state
ment with a quiet grin, but refused to
comment on it. "There- wM be nothing
over the Weekend" he Md.
81 can't say a WOMB son-not q
word," Ben Hooper, chairman of the
labor board, sighed weafily, throwing
his arm across the shoulder of the re-
porter who had found him slone in the
Offices of the board 3S'y>
Despite the silence OF the leaders,
with accompanying rutn0rs or tacit
armistice or truce to aiiSw fuller con-
sideration of points brought out dur
ing the week at confereaces, hopes Of
an early settlement were expressed
freely in both railway add labor quar-
ters, although no tangible basis for
these expectations was given in any
case. H. t-
One of the factors most often quot
ed to Justify belief. that the drift,
was towards peace, despite the failure
last week of Mr.. Hooper's efforts te
bring the labor leaders abd the execu.
tives together, was the statement oi
ER.sA,s Henning, .seneral} }chairrnan q
the federated shop crafts 0f the
Northwest, that only the refusal OF
Eastern roads to agree to reinstatt
striking shop crafts workers witt
their full seniority rights is prevent
ing settlement of the strike so fal
as the Northwest roads are concerned
The railroads throughout, it was
declared, have insisted that their mer
return to work as one of the first
steps toward peace, and the belief
was expressed that the restoration
of the rights sought would not alone
be a great stumbling block. In thi.
connection it was asserted that tn,
roads had to a large extent stopped
recruiting men to replace strikers.
On the other questions at issue
outside contracting for shop work
modification of certain rules AM
working agreements, the establish
ment of conciliation boards an,
wages-it was declared thGt most O
the roads had already agreed to abol
ishing outside contracting as ordere,
by the labor board and to establish
ing early the conciliation boards un
der the federal transportation act
Thus, but two questions, it was as
serted, were now at ssue-rules an
wages, both of which might agai
be brought before the labor board fo
decision on the demand of the men fo
| rehearing.