The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-10
UNION CHIEFS
PREPARE DATA
TOMORROW
Labor Officials Amass Mater
ial to Substantiate Claim
Equipment alling Into Dis
Hooper in Capital.
REJECTION IS CERTAIN
tBy Associated Press

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CBy Associated Press)
] WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. = Union
leaders continued their discussion OF
the rail strike situation today prepare
| tory to tomorrow's meeting c. the
chief officers of the unions of trans
portation organizations. The govern
ment itself awaits developments.
i Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the
labor board arrived in Washington anil
got in touch with the White House.
where, 1t is said that President Hard
ing might have occasion to call him
as events developed.
B. NJ. Jewell, general strike leader,
and the seven officers of the unions
actually on strike, said they were ge,.
4 ting reports on the exact situation and
were amassing material to substanti-
ate their frequently made contentious
THAT railroad managements had been
unable to prevent equipment from fall
ing into disrepair as a result cf the
strike.
The strike leaders continued to in
innate their determination to reject
President Harding's new proposal by
; making public kilograms from local
unions urging rejection
1t was also stated, that the striking
shopmen would not go back to work
until their seniority status on return
had been guaranteed. The presidents
proposal involved leaving the senict-
!, lty question to the decision of the la
Dor board. after the strike has been
called off.
: The White House had communica-
I. tons and reports on the attitude of a
: considerable number of railway execu-
: tives and the president was represent
: ed as being hopeful that the manage
ment group would accept his final
proposal. The decision on this side OF
the controversy is to be taken at a
meeting tomorrow by the association
OF rail executives at New York.
New Complication.
A new complication in the rail Sit
uatton due to action of members OF
railroad unions not on strike in having
refused to work under conditions re-
4 sulting from shopmen's strike at Jol-
let, H., apparently was causing con
Germ in administration circles. Legis-
latiVe representatives of the non-strik-
ing brotherhcods were called into con
d sultation yeserday with Secretary Da
s Wis of the Labor department No
q statements were issued after this
meeting.
AS executive heads of the unions
. involved in the protest walkout a:
: Joliet are to be present at Fridays
general conference here, it was re-
= garded as probable that this phase OF
y the railroad strike problem would be
: fully considered in connection with
= the reply of the shopmen to the pres
2 ident's new peace proposal.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Aug. 10-Immediate
peaceful settlement of the rail strike
trouble here seemed more likely today
, after sermon on conciliation preach
: ed yesterday over the grave of Frank
= Lavino, a striker, who was killed II
: the rioting Monday
! The preacher was Captain Jack
!, O'Donnell, chaplain on duty with state
< troops summoned here, following the
= rioting in which railway special
: agent was killed and the sheriff
= wounded O'Donnell, unescorted. left
.. the troop encampment and appeared
= at the grave of Levino
= Voluntarily he offered his little ser
g mon, notwithstanding the bitterness
of the rail employees against the state
troops which reuslted yesterday in
n more than 1000 trainmen, enginemen
is and yardmen of the E. ]. and E rail-
N way refusing to work under guard.
" Cancellation and cooperation were
al the sentiments preached by O'Donnell
who appealed for friendship between
all parties to the controversy.
CHICAGO, Aug 10.-Opposition to
armed guards about railroad proper
Ii ties as reflected in statements of the
n leaders of the Big Four brotherhoods
= today added a complication to the
nearly seven weeks old strike OF shop
IS crafts workers
le Commenting on the situation at Joliet.
OF H., where approximately 1900 broth
y. erhood men quit work as protest
y against the presence of troops in the
10 yards, Warren S. Stone, president of
III the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
oh neers, said at Cleveland, Ohio: "there
will be 100 such cases soon if condi
'r. tions are not changed"
Sc The heads of the Brotherhood OF
e Railway Trainmen, Brotherhood of
"a Locomotive Firemen. and Enginemen
" and Switchmen's Union of North
America supported the statement. and
ll also Mr.. Stones further announce
slr ment that when the men can not go
ne 10 work without having irresponsible
ne armed guards endangering their lives
( they may go home and stay until the
no condition is removed"
IN . Announce Ruling.
IN The Brotherhood of Railway anC
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers
station and express employees also an
re- nounced its men had been orderet
10 to stay away from their usual place
iiy of employment whenever their live.
en- were endangered.
III Hope for resumption of service /,
ag- the. troop guarded Joliet yards cen
tered on a meeting today of Elgin
IN Joliet and Eastern railway officia,
en and leaders of the Big Four brother
on hoods Unless there was an agree
.ds ment, it was indicated service on tn
TN entire Chicago "outer belt inlet an
TO outlet for freight for such industrie
'se as the Gary Steel mills would b
crippled seriously within 4s hours.
Look to Meeting
ls' Meanwhile the situation at Chicago
q. s national center of the strike, markef
~ ~ time pending the meeting tomorrow o
. IL rail heads at New York and shal