The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-07-14
OFFICIALS TREAT
HOOPER PLAN COOL
Attitude Disappointing, Says Board
Head As He Tries to Ar
range Farley.

Chicago, July 12.-No definite re-
ply to the shipments strike settle
ment proposals was given Chairman
Hooper of the Railroad Labor Board
by representatives. of the railway exc
cutlves at MONDAY conference to-
day. The executives said they would
notify Mr.. Hooper of their answer
later"
Chairman Hooper said his chief
purpose in meeting with the execu-
tives was to arrange conference be-
tween them and B. NJ. Jewell, leader
of the striking shopmen, and he indi-
Gated that the attitude of the execu-
tives was disappointing.
Division Among Executives.
Mr.. Hooper said he had made lit
tie progress with the executives and
they had not decided when they
would be able 20 go over the ground
with him again. 1t was indicated
that there had been some division
among the executives themselves
Until word comes from the excu-
tives, Mr. Hooper said, he will not
meet with Mr.. Jewell.
1.-The situation was rather fully
gone over" said Mr.. Hooper. Frank
ly our main purpose was to effectu-
ate a conference between the repre-
sentatives of the carriers and Mr..
jewell and his associates with regard
to certain matters incident to tn 2
strike. My suggestion did not in
volve any proposal to modify any de-
cision of the Labor Board and ! con-
slider such a conference about sub
| jects mentioned by me perfectly
proper, possibly helpful and certainly
no intention of surrender on the
part of anybody concerned. The rail-
way executives will inform me later
as to their declsion>in this matter"
Meanwhile the railway executives
met the chiefs of the big four broth
erhoods at a separate conference re-
gard!ng routine matters, but also in
Guided protests over the report OF
some brotherhood members that they
were being required to do strikers
work on some roads.
A programme for solution of the
railroad shopmen's strike was drawn
up today by Chairman Hooper after
conferences with leaders of the shop
men and was submitted to represen-
tatives of the railway executives from
four sections of the country at noon
today.
Chairman Hooper's programme,
which is said to represent the mini
mum acceptable to the striking shop
men, is to be carried again to the
shipments leaders later today, with
the comments and counter-proposals
of the executives.
10 Cincinnati Trains Cut Off.
Cincinnati, July 12.-R. N, Bird
superintendent of mails in this ter
ritory, announced late today that ten
mail trains out of Cincinnati will be
taken off at once. according to notice
served on him by railroads operating
the trains.
Trains annulled include six trains
on the Baltimore & Ohio-two be-
tween Cincinnati and st. Louis and
two between Cincinnati and Toledo;
two on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis
& Western between Cincinnati and
Indianapolis and two on the Indiana
Decatur & Springfield between Deia'
tur, ILL.,, and Springfield, Ill
G. n o. Clerks May Strike.
Richmond. Va, July l2.-That the
clerks on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway will strike Immediately was
intimated in letter today from II
u. Osborn, general chairman of the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks. to General Manager j
B. Parrish Of the Chesapeake & Ohio
in which Mr.. Osborn rejects the COM
pany's answer to demands made Oh
the road by the clerks union yester'
day.
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