The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
ILOREE FLAYED
FOR DECLARING
PEACE BUNK
Eastern Shop Committee Of
Shopmen Allege Assertions
Eleventh Hour Attempt to
Scuttle Settlement.
WILL ACT TOMORROW
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Assertions
of L. F. Lore,e chairman Of the eastern
presidents conference who attacked
peace in the rail strike as "all bunk"
were attacked by the eastern shop
committee of shopmen today in tele-
gram to B. NJ. Jewell, president of their
union at Washington
THE Loree group of eastern rail
road executives, of insignificant num-
bers, backed by the best powers of the
Morgan-Gray open shop interests, is
making desperate eleventh hour at
tempts to scuttle the strike settle
ment," said a telegram dispatched by
John j. Dowd, chairman of the Metro
politan District strike committee.
Both sides of the negotiations were
pledged, as you know, by their respec-
tive mediation committees to refrain
from comments that might embarrass
the conferees.
Claims Violation.
"Mr. Loree deliberately violated the
agreement, and arrogantly attempted
/ to block all the settlement progress,
when he gave a statement to the press
in which he called peace talk all
bunk and openly belittled the efforts
of the majority of the executives to
reach an agreement with the union
| mediators. This move of the single
die-hard majority show they will stop
| at nothing in their campaign to break
the unions on their roads"
The message concluded: I've urge
you personally to bring this matter to
| the immediate attention of govern
mental authorities, in touch with the
| strike situation, and to the union
mediation committee of five for their
| information and guidance.
! Western Heads Arrive
Rail presidents from western states
! began to arrive today for tomorrow
conference of the Association of rail-
way executives, where they will vote
I their answers to measures proposed
/ by the brotherhoods as a practical
means of settling the seniority ques-
| ton and ending the strike.
This will mark the third nation
J wide assembling of rail chiefs within
the last month at which the problem
/ OF strikers seniority rights has risen
/ to block the path of settlement.
At the first two meetings plans sub
mitted by President Harding were
! partly accepted, but with reservat tions
and conditions which eliminated them
i as basis for calling off the strike
New Situation
] Tomorrow the railmen will face
new situation-the entrance of the big
five brotherhoods into negotiations
] where as mediators they have made
plain their attitude toward seniority
rights as applied to their fellow work
ers, the striking shop crafts men.
| The response of he carriers to the
call sent out by T. Dewitt Cuyler,
head of the association, led officials
today to predict that every member
road, including 201 class one lines.
with over 100000 miles of track.
would be represented when the con
ference began.
Early arrivals would not comment
i on the situation, asserting that the
pledge of secrecy exacted of both
| sides when the executive associations
committee of nine concluded sessions
with the Big Five brotherhood leaders
Friday night had been so well main
tained as to leave them uninformed of
latest developments.
Leaders to ReassembIe
| Heads of the Is railway workers
unions, including the Big Five of the
running trades and others of the sta
uonary crafts, were expected to re-
assemble here today. Although it has
not been determined that the Joint
conference can be resumed before
Thursday, they agreed to be in the
city within call tomorrow while the
association Of executives is in session.