The Bismarck tribune., 1922-06-30
100000 MEN
SCHEDULED TO
ANSWER CALL
Shopmen Authorized by Lead
ers to Lay Down Tools
Tomorrow
CONFERENCE is HELD
Labor Board Asks Both Rail-
roads and Union Leaders
to Abide by Law
CONFERENCE IS HELD

to Abide by Law
fBy the Associated Press)
Chicago, June 3O.-Labor board
officials learned this afternoon
that President B. NJ. Jewell of
the Railroad Shipments organiza-
tion was preparing a statement
for publication at 2:15 this aft
ernoOn which it was said at labor
board headquarters probably
would announce the determine
ton Of the shopmen's leaders
not to appear at the conference
fixed for this afternoon at the
labor board between the board,
the executives and the national
officers of the shopmen.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, June SO.-B. NJ. Jewell.
head of the six. shop crafts
unions, was today subpoenaed by
the United States railroad labor
board to appear before the board
for official investigation into the
threatened railway strike of 4OO,-
600 railway shopmen.
Timothy Healy, president Of
the stationary firemen and oilers,
was also subp0enaed before the
board. Neither of the two union
leaders appeared today for the
official investigation into a
threatened railroad tie-up.
The labor board convened the
session with only three Of the
ten union leaders summoned yes
terday to the hearing present.
Neither President Jewell nor /
any of the six international shop
union heads appeared for the
boards inquiry. President
Healy, whose organization is TAX
ing strike vote, returnable July
10, was also present.
All of the % railroads, who
were also summoned to the in
quiry had representatives pres.
ent.
The three union heads who ap-
peared before the board were E.
II. Fitzgerald, head of the clerks
union; E. F. Cradle, president of
the maintenance of way men, and
D. w. Helt, chief of the signal
men. E .0r.
Jewell May Defy Board.
eff the telegram of the railroa'
,bor board of June 20 (summonin'
he shipments leaders to the confer
nce), means that the board is is
uing an order to the shopmen tina
he situation remain in status qu
ntil a settlement is reached" sai'
he letter of B. M. Jewell, shopmens
,ader, to the labor board, then tn
hopmen regard it as void because l
Drces them into non-acceptable EN-
loyment."
The letter referred to the Unite
tates circuit court ruling in tn
railroad case holdin
hat the decisions of the railroad la
or board are only advisory.
"Being an administrative arm o
he government" the letter said, 9Th
,oard cannot coerce railroad EN-
loves into unacceptable employment
he transportation act did not an
annot grant the labor board author
.v to coerce railroad employees int
unacceptable employment"
Jewell Had Not Appeared.
At 2 o'clock, the time set for tn
difference at the labor board, B. N
ewell had not appeared, nor had an,
thcr Of the leaders of the six sho
RATS and at the headquarters Of tn
hopmen on the north side it wa
aid that Mr.. Jewell was not in tn
ity.
Hope Of recalling the shopmen'
trike sanction waned rapidly as TIM
assed and the chairs of the unio1
eaders remained vacant, only tw
1embers of the board, A.. 0. Whar
on and Albert Phillips, both the la
or group, were on the bench at 2:2
clock.
Chairman Hooper was in confer
nee with other members of the boar
nd E. F. Cradle, head of the nam
anance of way brotherhood, the thlr'
nion head to arrive at, the board
ffices.
Not All to Respond
Reports from some centers toda!
ere that not all shopmen planned
, respond to the strike call.
Some rail officials contended still
lat a shipments strike would no
e up transportation, at least TO-
ONE considerable time. Train service
mployes-the "Big Four" brother
oods-and the telegraphers are en-
aged in no controversy with tn
Dads. Their only statement was tha
,ey would perform only their regu
IT duties and would decline to d
ny work usually performed by 9th
+ classes of employees.
Wage reduction effective tomorrow
sgregate approximately $135,0OO,
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