The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-28
CITY TEXTILE
STRIKE RIVALS
CONFER AGAIN
Union and Plant Officials
Report Back on Pro-
poSaIS.
PICKETS STILL ACTIVE
Federal Board May Be
Asked to Settle WaIkout
Dispute.

kilograms which they sent yester-
day afternoon to their national Or
CARNATIONS, representatives of the
indianapolis Bleaching Company
i and of the textile strikers met again
this afternoo nwith Mayor Reginald
H. Sullivan as conciliator in an
other of the conferences designed to
settle their difficulties.
Little was expected to result from
the meeting, however, and it APP
peared almost certain that charges
of discrimination against the
strikers would have to be settled
finally by the new textile labor
/ board after hearings in Washington
Meanwhile, the strike was con-
tinuing in full force with pickets
still around the mill, 900 West
Wabash street, despite settlement
last week of the national strike.
The wires sent late yesterday by
both the management and Local No.
2069, United Textile Workers of
America, submitted to their national
organizations a proposal for settle
ment of the local situation.
Vote to Continue Strike
The proposal, which embodied an
immediate end to the strike, imme-
date return to work of 225 out of
400 strikers and eventual abSorp-
ton of the balance over a period of
time, was rejected unanimously,
however, by the local after it had
been wired to Washington by
Charles P. Drake, business agent.
The union members, bearing out
prophecy made by Mr.. Drake even
as he was wiring to Francis j. Cor
man, national strike leader, voted
not to go back to work until all
strikebreakers, to whom they re-
ferred as "scabs," had been turned
out"
Today, word from Washington
seemed to indicate that both the
Cotton Textile Institute, mill own
erS' organization, and union nation
al headquarters would approve the
stands taken by the management
and local officials.
Mr.. German wired Mr.. Drake that
he would need more details of the
proposals than had been sent to
him, but he told The indianapolis
Times Washington bureau that the
proposal seemed to be discrimina-
tory and that, if such, it could not
be approved.
1t was Mr. German who told The
Times of the scheme worked out by
U.TW.A. officials and the newly
created textile labor board to have
all local disputes settled in Wash
ington after hearings there.
Sloan Wires Answer
Charles A. Young, plant mana
ger, said he had received an an
Swer from George A. Sloan, head
of the institute and of the cotton
textile code authority, and had for
warded it to Mayor Sullivan. Mr..
Sloan indicated, he said, that all
strikers except those guilty of vio-
lence should be returned to work.
Mr.. Young did not make clear in
what period the strikers return
should take place, but statement
from Mr.. Sloan contained the fol-
lowing paragraph:
1T is the recommendation of the
code authority that, as work be-
comes available, workers who did
not engage in lawleSs violence be
re-employed."
The phrase, "as work becomes
available" was seen by strike OBJ
servers as allowing Mr.. Young to
keep his strikebreakers and to re-
turn his employees to work at any
rate he desired.
Meanwhile, Robert M. Cowdrill,
Washington, temporarily in charge
of the regional labor boards activ-
tiles, revealed that he had wired
the national textile labor board for
instructions.
Union Members DispFeased
While Mr.. Cowdrill would not
comment, The Times learned
authoritatively that there never has
been a national labor board deci-
sion in the past in which the man
agement of struck plant was net
forced to discharge all strike
breakers to take back strikers.
News of the terms of the proposal
worked out at yesterdays confer
ence with Mayor Sullivan displeaSed
union members greatly at meet
ing in their strike headquarters, AL
Blake street. and Strikerbreakers'
and police automobiles were stoned
yesterday evening as they left the
plant. There was no violence this
morning
Police arrested ten men and boys
after the stoning. charging eight
with melting to riot and with
throwing stones at public convey
ances and sending two to the ju-
venile detention home. Union lead
ers said the youths arrested we're
sympathizers and not union men,
berS.