Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-15
8,000 F|REMEN AND OILERS n
 JUN STRIKERS Labor Board Head and Jewell Hold Conference But\No
 Statement Is Made SAY DECISION BINDING Representatives Are Sent to Dennison to Investigate
 Need For Troops
SAY DECISION BINDING

Nhairman Sen w. Hooper of the
 labor board and B. M. Jewell, head of
 the striking shopmen, held confer
 ence but no statement regarding its
 bearing on peace negotiations was made
 : Senator Cummins, a co-author of the
 transportation act, asserted that de- cisions of the railroad labor board
 were binding on both carriers and em- ployes and could be enforced. Secretary of War Weeks and Gov ernor Neff of Texas each sent repre-. sentatiVes to Denison, Texas to inves- tigate the need for troops to guard the M. X. & r. railroad. Eight thousand stationery firemen and oilers were authorized to strike on July 17 by Timothy Healy, presi. dent.
 E. F. GrabIe, head of the mainten-
 ance of way orsanizationa left for
 Washington to see the president after
 expressing confidence that his men would not Join the walkout.
 Governor Davis of Ohio ordered troops held in readiness for possible
 duty in connection with the rail and coal strikes.
 CHICAGO, July 14.-No settlement of the railway shopmens strike was reached as result of a four-hour con ference this afternoon between Chair man eBn w. Hooper of the United States railroad board and B. M. Jewell, head of the shopmens' organi- zation, it was definitely learned to- night
 Both Hooper and Jewell were ex- pected to issue statements regarding the conference.
 While Hooper did not indicate what action might be expected to follow to- day conference, Jewell said that to days meeting was not final and that further conferences might be expect ed.
 Amang those attending today's con- ference besides Hooper and Jewell, were number of Jewell's internation- al presidents and vice presidents, Tim othy Healy, president of the firemen and oilers organization, which he authoriged to strike; H. E. Byram, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad: Hale Holden. head of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; James German, president of the Rock Island, and c. H. Markham of the Illinois Central.
 The conference, according to some of those attending, was most heated. The Presidents and the union execu- tiVes went to a down town hotel and met in separate rooms where Chair 1 man Hooper conferred with each group separately. Ideas were ex- changed and issues discussed. Then 1 the railroad representatives conceded to some of the union chiefs demands. | Others were refused and the meeting ended when the union executives re- fusd to discuss a sttlement unless all their requests were met.
 According to Mir Hooper the unions ! asked the railroads to cancel the con tract system of farming out shop work : restore seven rules which had been | altered by the labor board, restore | the wages in effect before the cut by . the labor board and establish national | boards of adjustment The union rep resentatives also asked that seniority rights be restored to all strikers. |
 The carriers, MT. Hooper said, sug- gested that they would wipe out the contract system on all roads where it still exists, and agreed to establish regional boards of adjustment similar to those already in effect for train and engine service men.
 The executives. however refused to agree to restore seniority rights and maintained that wages and working rules both came under the jurisdiction of the labor board. They took the stand. according to Mr. Hooper, that the shopcrafts were at liberty to pc tition the board for a rehearing on the issues.
 The carriers suggested that they in this hearing and abide by the result.
 Mir. Jewell, however, insisted on sat Isfactory notifications of wages and rules before he would consent to term mate the strike. The executives de- ,lined to, consider this matter except m connection with board rehearings.