South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-06
WILL CONSIDER
PEACE OFFERS,
JEWELL STATES
Shopmen's Head Says Strikers
Will Consider Negotia-
tons" for Settlement.
/. SETTLE GRAVEST ISSUE
Twelve Roads Agree TO Abol-
ish Outside Contracting
of Work.

CHICAGO, July 5.-(By A P)-
/ Hope for a speedy settlement Of the
nation wide strike Of the railway
! shopmen was seen Wednesday night
in statements issued by Ben w.
I Hooper. chairman of the United
railway labor board. and p NJ
/ Jewell leader OF the shop crafts,
/ who ordered the walkout.
In a reply 10 a letter from Mr.
I Hooper which was regarded as con-
. ciliatorv Mr Jewell declared that
! the strikers were willing 20 "con-
slider any negotiations with any one
! in authority" for settlement of The
/ strike
we are willing 20 confer with
anybody authorized 10y the railways
TO bring peace proposals 20 u.s. said
. Mr. Jewell II include or exclude
nobody, but if the labor board. for
] instance. came 10 us with a definite
| proposal we would not hesitate 20
( consider it,"
Mr. Jewell made public the exact
/ figures on the strike vote taken by
/ the 100000 members of the six shop
. crafts The vote was divided into
/ three ballots. the first on accepting
a $4,000. 600 reduction OF wages
ordered by the labor board. the sec
ond on the restoration of seven
working rules ordered hE the board
and third. the adjustment Of out
side contracting by the roads.
The tabulations showed 94.7 per
cent Of the men had voted 20 strike
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heaviest vote for q strike was on
+ he question Of outside contract
/ labor which polled s7.1 per cent Of
the vote cast The ballot on rules
came second with 962 for strike.
. Union leaders said that the vote dis
played the relative Importance at
tached to the points al issue by
their membership.
In railroad circles it was declared
that the way already had been
cleared for q fun settlement on the
. gravest fssue-that of contract work
by the agreement of twelve roads
to abolish outside contracting az
the labor board meeting last Friday
when Mr.. Jewell ignored an order
20 appear and explain his strike
order.
Explains Absence
The first explanation OF the inci-
dent was made 10y Mr. Jewell We'd
nesday night when he said that to
have appeared before the labor board
Friday would nave resulted in a
mob like suspension Of work by tho
shopmen and possible hloodshed".
Te said that the strike order all
ready having gone out and q sus-
pension of work Saturday morning
at 10 a. m. having been sanctioned
by the locals i'm all parts Of the
country 10 have made an eleventh
hour attempt 20 avert walkout
would have resulted only In chaos.
Ar Jewell said that the inter
vention of The board had come TOO
late and that the only way 90 pre-
vent disorders was for him virtually
10 defy the board and thus les the
rank and file Of the six shop crafts
organizations involved know that
their leaders had their hands on
the brakes and were ia FUN control
Of the situation He said that so
far he had received no overtures
looking toward -ettIement and had
made none He added that the
strike vote was the most represent
alive ever taken bur did not name
the total figures
SIR Hooper in his letter 20 Mr..
Jewell early 'n the dav denied the
latters charges that the labor board
was unfriend-v 70 the employees Or
that 81 had "ou-lawed" the strikers.
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