Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-08-18
GREAT RAIL STRIKE
IS NOW IN SIGHT
Quarrel Seems Sure to Go to a
Finish Fight.
PRESIDENTS EFFORTS FAIL
/ PRESIDENTS EFFORTS FAIL
Nope of Immediately Ending War Is
Blasted When Both Railroad Ex-
ecutives and Union Officials
Turn Down final Proposal.

Washington, Aug 14.-Hope of i'm
asediately ending the rail strike was
Blasted here when the railroads and
tbe unions rejected President Hard
dEg's third proposal for settlement.
After A days of mediation and nego-
tission both sides declared there is
No possibility of arbitrating the ques-
zion of seniority and are prepared to
fight it out to a finish.
But instead of having only the rail-
way Sh0pmen to deal with the rail-
roads now have all of the railway
bsotherhoods arrayed against them.
Iasey will support the shopmen on
qEestion that they declare to be the
life blood of unionism" and are quite
Willing to accept the def of the rail-
WY executives for ga fight to a fin
ash.'
There was hope that the two parties
Gnlght find q common ground for ar
Vibrating their differences. But when
the President had been told that his
proposal was untenable to the unions
sdEd railroads alike, he telephOned Off
casss that the ban of secrecy had been
hfsed and they were at liberty to talk
They revealed for the first time:
That neither party had at any time
remotely considered submitting their
differences to the railroad labor
beard.
Adamson Act Peeves.
That the railroads are still chatting
ur1er provisions of the Adamson act
and welcome an opportunity to test
fbeir strength with labor unions
That the rail unions are confident
the time is ripe for the government to
assume control of the railroads and
believe that this strike will demon
Ssrate the necessity for it.
1t also was revealed that the Presi-
dent knew that neither party would
LEA the railroad labor board decide
seniority in full and last night offered
sD emergency proposal that the whole
question be left to an impartial tribu-
sasi. This tribunal was to be named.
The railroads objected to this and re-
fused to bulge from the position out
hired in their reply to the President
The committee of executives de-
eiared that they had no authority to
e0asider counter-proposals and that
Snless the unions accepted what they
had to offer the men could not get
their positions back
Roads Defy Unions.
'HThere is only one real issue in
viewed in this whole controversy" said
a spokesman for the railroads. 1.-THE
Jurisdiction of the railroad labor
board. The board already has ruled
that if it's decisions are ignored by
the calling of @trike, the efforts on
the part of the strikers to disregard
the boards decisions and intimidate
the government and the public will not
be successful"
Railroad executives left immediate
ly for New York after making public
their refusal to accept the Presidents
proposal. They saw the President for
an hour during the morning.
Following this they went to the of
flee of the executives here where it
was finally decided to make their de-
tision public. AS the men filed from
the offices observers knew that the
truce plan had failed. T. Dewitt Guy
Der, chairman of the executives, who
has favored the Presidents plan,
showed plainly his disappointment.
Gen. w. w. Atterbury of the Pennsyl-
wanna, who has been irreconcilable,
tanced Jig while holding to the arm
of A. III. Smith of the New York Cen
krai, and then did fox trot up and
down the lobby.
Its all over as far as l am con-
cerned," he said. 1--WE are going back
now and run our railroads"
The rail officials declared that the
Rolling stock of the country is not in
the bad shape which the brotherhoods
declare it to be. 1t was officially
stated by the railway executives that
they can operate the railroads for one
Year with the equipment they have
and without any assistance from the
Shopmen.