Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-13
WON 7 REQUIRE
BIC FOUR MEN .
To DO WORK Of
MEN ON STRIKE
Agreement to This Effect Is
Reached at a Conference
Between Brotherhood and
/ Carriers Chiefs.
DOOR is LEFT OPEN
FOR A SETTLEMENT T
Violent Outbreaks Resulting
From the Strike Are Re-,
ported; One Man Killed
and Several njured,

Chicago, July IL (by the Associ-
ated Press.) while flatly refusing
to meet the leaders of 100000
striking shopmen to discuss peace
proposals, railway executives to-
night left open the door for a set
tlement of the strike through the
United States railroad labor board.
Immediately after reaching an
agreement with the heads of the
big Four" brotherhoods not to
require their members to do any
of the work of striking shopmen,
the executives began consideration
of q peace program submitted to
them by Ben W. Hooper, chairman
of the labor board, after a confer
ence with B. NJ. Jewell, head of
the railroad department of the
American Federation of Labor.
Their answer in the form of a
letter addressed to Mr.. Hooper,
who said that he was acting in a
'pedsonal capacity" in initiat-
ing negotiations, asserted, that
the strike was called in defi-
ance of the board and that there
fore any conference between the
executives and the strikers would
not be permissible or tolerable,"
as it would place the carriers in
the position of seeking to find
means to subvert the decision OF
the board,
"a prompt recall of the strike
order" the latter added, however,
would permit the resumption of
former methods of conference and
permit the consideration of any
matters which representative of
employees might desire to submit"
The willingness of the roads,
however, to respond promptly to
any summons by the labor board
to any further hearing that may
be called in connection with this
subject In event the board should
determine upon that course, was
expressed in closing by the execu-
tives.
at means flatly no." declared
Mr.. FELTON,, when asked regarding
the decision reached by the ex-
scutives as he left the conference
room at the Chicago club.
ut may be final, but it's only
final for today" declared Mr.. Jew
I'll when the text of the letter was
read to him, over the telephone. lie
refused further comment declaring
hat he could not speak until he
lad heard from Mr.. Hooper, who |
lad opened negotiations with him. !
In railway circles the belief was
expressed that the mere opening of |
negotiations was long step toward |
| peaceful settlement and that the |
moves Of the day had resulted in |
throwing the case back into the
ap of the labor board in the exact |
position in which it had rested |
when Mr.. Jewell had allowed d
strike order to go into effect on
July 1, after ignoring a summons
o appear before the board with
he railway exectives and ex-
1lain his action.
Authoritative reports declare tina.
he shopmens program for settle
nent Of the strike include an
tgreement to abolish the farminr
,ut of shop work to contractors.
he revision of pay schedules in
aspect to overtime. permission for
| re-hearing of the whole wage
by the labor board and
he creation by the railways Of
boards of adjustment provided for
n the transportation act.
Meanwhile violent outbreaks be-
ween strike sympathizers, railway
,uards and federal marshals were
eported in increasing numbers an1
Of trains continued in
many sections of the country. One
nan was killed. several were seri-
usly injured and a score were kid
laped and beaten in these out
reaks.
The most serious outbreak was
t Denison, Texas, where fifty-ona
we're attacked by mob early to-
ay, including forty-eight being
rought to Denison to be sworn "a
g federal marshals. The attack
ccurred while the men were
larching from the train in which
hey had arrived from Dallas, to
he M, X. & T. shops.