Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 195, 17 August 1922 — Page 1

RICHMOMD A AJDI ., . ASD SVN,TEtEGRAM ' RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 17, 1922. VOL. XOI., No. 195 Palladium. Est. 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram. 1S07. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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RAIL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT IS POSTPONED

Harding Defers Address to Congress in Order to Allow 'Efforts of Brotherhood Chiefs To Take Course. NOT TO ASK STATUTES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. President Harding today decided to defer his address to congress in the industrial situation until tomorrow or a later date. Word as to the president's decision was received by Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, a member of the interstate commerce committee and one of the executive's advisors on the rail situtaion. Shortly before the senate convened. similar information, although not deti nue, naa Deen received by other sen-! ators, including Rep. Mondell, of Wyoming. Republican leader in the house who called at the White House early in the day. The president was represented by

kuvo-c uu idiacu tu 11 1 in to teei mat ' every effort toward settlement on the rail strike should be allowed to take its natural course before he appeared before congress to report the government's position and interest and to outline the policy of the administra

tion. Look To Conference. The effort toward settlement the president was said particularly to have in mind was the conference in New York between representatives of the executives and the chiefs of five brotherhoods. Work on the message was continued by the president during the morning, as it was desired to have it in completed form so that he might present it to congress at any time he should consider favorable. In the meantime mediation activities which have been in progress here for the past week, were practically suspended, as most of the striking leaders of the shop crafts and heads of the big four non-striking unions who have beer enacting the role of mediators were in New York to meet the executives' committee today. When they left here, the brotherhood officials who, and not the striking crafts' heads, will actually confer with the executives, said they were not taking a prepared proposition to the meeting and added that if they were, they would not make it public. Fir mon Seniority.' L. E. Sheppard, chief of the conduc-j tors' organization, said however, that the demand of the strikers for full seniority status In case of the return to work could not be modified and the strike leaders appeared in full accord with that view. In preparing his message to congress. President Harding is understood to have decided against making a request for legislation to deal with the strike situation at this time, although it was regarded as possible he would assure congress that if such legislation is needed he will not hesi tate in asking it. It was said the message would explain the entire industrial situation as the president and his advisers had found it by reason of close investigation and contact and that it further would express the determination of the administration to give full aid of the federal government to efforts to keep the railroads running in event the strike settlement parley fails. CHICAGO. Aug. 17. An end to the strike of the Big Four transportation brotherhoods on western railroads, an v improved outlook for peace in the New York conference today, shootings, bombing and burning were high lights in the nation's railway crisis during the last 24 hours. Blockades and tie-ups on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; the Union Pacific; Western Pacific and SouthJ'"It C t" ."J TtT. SSS train crews called off their walkout and opened the way to immediate restoration of traffic on lines which ri..aiVJCri hv tho triV nf thp

.Vt,' ... , .vi, j Itne school. As soon as the duplicate Bcf Fo a bc?a r d ,M have been eliminated, a canvass Stranded Santa Fe trains were J t th sentiment of these patrona wiU moved out of Albuquerque, N. M., and,. . H,cift tLaAa ,

trainmen at Prescott, Ariz., notified J Santa Fe officials that strikers would return to work. These moves followed earlier developments towards ending the tie-up on the Santa Fe. Th TTninn Pflfif('s traffic iinra vpIIaiI

v rapidly after trainmen on the Las

Vegas division called off their strike. Other western roads restored trans portation activities to the basis which Lad been in effect since the shopmen's stride began July 1. Tentative Agreements Tentative agreements loolipg toward an end to the trainmen's strike on ne Cumberland division of the Louisville and Nashville, were an nounccd at Corbin, Kentucky. With the ttain service strike breaking up In other sections of the country, trainmen who interrupted traffic on the Missouri Pacific at Van Euren. Ark., refused to return to work whila guards remained on duty in the yard3. Only trains which were made up and delivered to crews outside tho railroad yards were moved. Settlement of the trouble with the trainmen resulted in an immediate movement eastward of freight shipments and ther perishable freight marooned in California. Bombs were thrown at a Santa F? train which left San Bernardino, Calif, for the first time in six days. The first bomb exploded in the reilroai yards and two more were hurled at the passenger as the engine wheels spun over oiled rails in pulling cut ot the city. Brakeman Killed Georce Starubaugb. a brakeman on the Great Northern, was shot and killed at Havre, Mont, by a railroad William Craft, a blacksmith's helper, employed by the Denver and Rio Grande since the shopmen's strike. (Continued on Page Seven)

Signing the Coa! Peace Pact

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- - - - .w. anu riMiutm tiunn i. lcivij t m miners singing peace xreaxy. j visit the fair. That the soft coal strike which has paralyzed the industry all over the country for months will be ended com-' "U. 1? Probab.1J the fault of Richpletely within a few days as a result of the peace agreement between miners and operators in Ohio. Pennsylvania mond that we did not know personally and West Virginia fields signed at Cleveland recently is the general belief. . Peace terms were signtd following a con-' pore people living near Richmond and ference between mine representatives headed by President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and operators'111 ie? to better acquainted we with T. K. Maher of Cleveland as chairman. The mines affected produce normally 60,000,000 tons of the total annual ar t0 have, thls, lar.B reception com-

ouiyui. oi approximately zuu.uuu.uuu tons.. Scale conferences have been arraneed bv other crouns n rpsnit of the .

pea.ee treaty signed at Cleveland. PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR RESUMPTION OF MINING IN INDIANA (By United Press) TERRE HAUTE, Ind., . Aug. 17. of mining throughout the coal fields of Indiana were bright today. I The Indiana Operators' Association, after its spokesmen had repeatedly declared that it would consider nothing but a state agreement, has accepted the invitation of President Hessler, of District 11, United Mine Workers, for a meeting of the joint scale committee of operators and miners. Hessler suggested the meeting be held Friday. The operators said they preferred Monday, and Hessler accepted that day. Hessler predicted the operators would accept the Cleveland wage agreement. The Indiana coal producers' Association, operating 17 strip mines in the state with a production of 2,500,000 tons a year, today asked President Hessler for a conference with the miners to consider acceptance of the Cleveland agreement BETTER ROADS ASKED FOR WESTERN WAYNE Two petitions for road improvement work have been filed in the office of the county auditor. Both petitions are toT the western part of the city, and tbe two cover a total of three and one balf miles of tbe route to Hagerstown. John E- Taylor and others signed tne nrst petition wnicn asss mat tne Union pike be improved from Richmond avenue to the point where it intersects with the Hagerstown pike, j tms route is aoout one ana one tentn miles in length. The second petition asks the improvement of the Hagerstown pike from the Union pike to the Webster township line. This is near the Silver Point grocery. An 18 foot cement highway is requested over the three and one half mile route. The latter petition is signed by Oscar Rich and other property holders. Take Matter of No. 12 School Closing Under Advisement The matter of closing No. 12 school house, Wayne township, has been taken under advisement - until early nex , week, according to the statement ! Thursday. Patron, of tb. .ch.ol, pi titl ' a school closed. Later, some of the same ' a &"ru a. iin.uuu iu uunuua cordancc with this finding, it was stated. Motorcycle Hits Track, n i pi i ii r timers Ollgniiy injur ea Too much speed on a narrow street was bad for a motorcycle and a truck Wednesday night A motorcycle dodg - ing around a motor car on Ft Wayne ,.,- voi.. the Richmond Produce company, bad - ly damaging the cycle and bending ! the stearing geer of the truck. Lewis Q,Br.en an 6Abe cotoredi who were on the motorcycle, were thrown to the ground and slightly Injured. Lewis was unconscious for a time after the fall. Machine Gunners on Duty In Georgia Shops After Attack WAYCROFF, Ga., Aug. 17. A machine gun detachment is on duty at the Atlantic Coastline shops here to-22.-J folI0Iing tI0exPl0-li?.s "f!l uring oi more man ou buoi iuiu uw ll WjUJld! but bullet holes in the fence ur rounding the shop and in the buildings Inside the enclosure evidenced 'be severity of the attack. Pennsy Asks Authority to Control Ten New Roads WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Further unification of the Pennsylvania railroad system in Ohio. Illinois and Pennsylvania was sought today when that carrier made application to the Interstate Commerce commission for authority to acquire control of ten roads in these states. Control would be acquired under leases dating for 99 years. ;

Which Will End the Nation Wide Strike of Miners

www ' u tj.. ,.u. . , ...... Strike News Summary Union leaders representing the transportation brotherhoods of the roads entered into formal conference in New York to devise plans for ending the shopcrafts strike. Plans to be submitted to roads' executives late today. President Harding understood to have completed message to congress 1?!?" 'aJ''""c'cu''c DEATH OF NOMINEE MAY AID G. 0. P. TO HOLD 3RD DISTRICT PAILADII M NEWS Bl'RE IU WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. Because of a condition which has arisen in the third Indiana congressional district as the result of the recent death of the Democratic congressional nominee, R. B. Ewing, Republican members of congress from the Hoosier state now expect that district iriU be held in the G. O. P. column, ' Three months ago Indiana Republican leaders generally conceded that the Democrats would reclaim the third district, but that was before Mr." Ewing's death. H. Brown, who received the second j highest vote in the Democratic primary election, is insisting that he be given the Democratic congressional nomination and to support his de-

mana ne nas oDtamea rrora juage uoxithe industrial situation, but no mror -

of the Jackson-Lawrence judicial cir cuit an order temporarily restraining the Democratic organization from selecting any candidate for congress other than himself. Judge Cox. a Republican and a resident of Jackson county, in the fourth district, has announced that the question of whether the restraining order shall be made permanent will be determined in his court, Sept. 17. No Provision of Law. - It is understood here that the Indiana law makes no definite provision for the appointment of a candidate for representative in congress in the event of the death of the reg(Continued on Page Three) TWO SLIGHTLY HURT IN WRECK AT CAMDEN Two men were slightly injured and 15 cars were derailed Thursday morning ln a wreck on the Pennsylvania ranpoaQ at a SWltCn at wamaen, Uflio. A. R. McMinn, conductor, and Tony Bulach, brakeman. Doth of Richmond, were injured slightly when the cars jumped the track and tore up between 200 and 300 feet of track on the main line and on the siding. The engine and nine cars had crossed the" switch safely, when a freight car : freight car jumped, taking the others :With it. Nine of the cars were loaded six were empty. The through trains for the day are being routed by i ? Dayton and Hamilton, running over the B. and O. tracks through the detour. It is expected that the wreck 111 be cleared by 5:30 this evening. NieWOehneT. Richmond LOage Master, to, Lay Cornerstone Qf New Hagerstown School (Special to The Palladium) HAGERSTOWN, Ind,, Aug. 17. The cornerstone of the new Hagerstown high school building will be laid by Ljl5 C. Niewoehner, master of a Masonic lodge of Richmond, says an an nouncement of the program fo' the community event Saturday afternoon tt ierfers'on A history of the school system oi township community - . t-ua nrocont nrc paTedr memberr of thT rchoo, board, will be placed In the stone by Elmer Crull. school trustee. The Hagerstown Masonic lodge, of which Iris Hall is master, will havo charge of the cornerstone laying. A program has been arranged which will include readings by Miss Hilda Jones and Mary Louise Bunnel and a song by a male quartet composed of Grover Brower, Lee Sulkey, Charles WIliams and Harold Sulkey. Community singing also will be another feature of the afternoon. The school board, composed of Elmer Crull, Ralph Teetor and Clarence Vornauf, has been co-operating on the afternoon program, which will begin at 2 o'clock, standard time.

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GOAL PRICE CONTROL WILL BE DIFFICULT SINCE STRIKE ENDED CRy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Settlement m part of the bituminous strike and prospects of an agreement to end the suspension of work in the anthracite fields has brought the government ment face to face -with a new problem the matter of controlling the price of the augmented coal supply. The government during the general suspension of mining has used car supply as a weapon to enforce the price agreements to which the producing operators subscribed at tho behest of Secretary Hoover, but with new mines openmsr daily, the controls , ing agency, the federal fuel distributor has been confronted with the possibility of a breakdown in the control exercised over prices. Whether the present system, which is purely voluntary, can be extended to the mines now being opened, is a question being given serious consideration by the officials. Urge Laws Enacted Some of President Harding's advisers, notably secretary tioover, are known to feel that congress should ; jbe asked to enact some sort of price I control legislation to prevent skyrocketing of coal prices as the result j of the shortage caused by the miners' j nvaiKout. tfeuei nas oa "vrru in some quarters that the president j would include such a request or Suggestion in his message to congress on mation had come from the W hue House today as to the presidents ais-i position in the matter. The federal distribution commission announced today that another; question that had come to it for solution was . whether grain elevators should be classed as public utilities and thereby be given priority in coal supplies. Representations had been made, the committee said, that the operation of large elevators in Kansas City. Omaha, Wichita and other mid dle western cities was a matter of considerable urgency at this time when grain shipments are at their) nrak. The committee was saia to hold that the need of elevators comes within the jurisdiction of the various fuel administrations. Importations Lag Federal fuel distributor Spencer pointed out today that importations of British coal had shown a tendency to lag because of the higher prices it commands as compared with domestic 3 J 1 J V. ' V. A A to a veal coui anu ueuaicV iuxi. w need for all British cargo coal and) that it should help to meet the require-1 ments of many consumers in New York and New England." The shipping board announced yes-. toT-rlav that n trttnl of fiS final CRTTvin2 v 1 '" - - " vessels had been charterea to nnngj i tttityi h n it i 2 n n arm pk sinr,t ' the strike began to reach eorious proportions. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; mostly fair and continued warm. The barometric pressure continues above normal over the central and southern states, with low barometric pressure over north, resulting in continued warm weather for the next 36 hours.

Temperatures Yesteraay. (ot tIie M00rnian family was held in from the republican insurgents, who Maximum 90 Glen filler park Thursday. More occupied it a few days ago. The reMinimum 59,than 100 members of the family at-) port has not yet been officially con-

1 uuiy. Noon ........89 Weather conditions Fair weather continues over the central states. The hot wave prevails in the north as far) northwest as the Dakotas and Ne - n, ti.n.r.tnro . n ' at Huron, &. u., was iuu aegrees. ana the temrieratures raneed from AO tr n .1 i . . .j;rr' .'i'.'" stairs, uvcr ioiiu aiuuaa. ana tne southeastern states, the weather is cool and wet. due to a storm over the! east gulf coast The temperature is i moderate over the northern mountain states. Rocky For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair and continued warm tonight and Friday. Paid Circulation Yesterday, was V 11,579

HOSPITALITY TO BE SHOWN FAIR VISITORS

Announce JL'U KlChmond lVien Will Act As Committee To See that Persons Who Attend Get Acquainted. BADGE TOTELL NAME ' The hospitality committee for the r 7 V 7. Sept. 13-15, announced Thursday that i 300 Richmond men would act as recep tion committee during the three days of the fair. The committee will serve. in commuiees oi auu, eacn ueyouug . an afternoon to seeing that the crowd i is properly looked after and to get j oeuer acquainted wun tne peopie ""L.LCC u"'i":u wllu "6 uC01& nating who, they are and that they want to meet the visitors." the chairman announced. "We are determined to make this fair the most hospitable gathering we have ever had, and we are going to make the visitors feel at home," said the chairman. Badge to Tell Name "The committee is now working on a plan by which every man who attends the fair will be given a paper badge in which he will be asked to write his name and pin it to his coat to assist in identifying the visitors," the chairman said. "This plan is used in Rotary and Kiwanis and business organizations and if possible we are going to apply it to the Wayne county fair." The finance committee, upon whose efforts depends much of the success of the fair, will convene in an organization meeting Friday afternoon, the chairman, Nimrod Johnson, announced Thursday. goljcitors appointed and mictions given ln the objects o thft falr and tne results it is hoped to achieve with I it," said Mr. Johnson. "Members of! the committee will then be in a posl tion to explain the whole proposition to those whom they approach. Expects Good Cattle Show Bright prospects for a much better cattle show than that of last year were seen by Wood Eliason, chairman of the exhibits committee, Thursday. j "Premiums are more generous than we could offer last year ne Bajd and there js more and better stuff avanahi. jto show this year. I am confident of eood cattle shnw ccopiaii in Hiirv cattle, which have enjoyed especial der velopment in the county recently. --ine grain and vegetable exhibits. aiso, with the greater space and premium money, is bound to surpass ; the display of last year, and I believe will be one of the most interestine attractions for city visitors." MAMMOTH SEAPLANE HOPS OFF ON FLIGHT TO RIO DE JANEIRO (T5y T'nited Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 17. The- Sampaio Correia, mammoth seaplane, honnArl nff flrm Prtrlrnwov floral oir stallon on its g 5fK) mie fiight to Rij De Janeiro, at 7:20 today. S'owly rising from its hangar tho plane winged , off to sea starting for Charleston, S. C, on the first 600 milq leg of the flight. Walter Hinton, pilot and commander, expects to reach Charleston in less than seven hours. Five hundred gallons of gasoline were poured into the tanks of the nlnna Tnofiro i- ctartnrl TM uru ! - - ' . enouhg to last for more than 11 hours, The plane including the store of provisjonSj wejgnR m0re than nine : tons i The S. C. is equipped with two 800 horsnowpr xswtv motors nnd 10.; i it : iuoi. propellers. other than Hinton. the "following were on board the ship: Dr. E. Pinto Martins, assistant pilot; John Wilchusen, mechanician; John T. Baltzell. movie Photographer, and George T. Bye, New York news - paper man. The ship, which will hug the Atlantic coast on the entire trip, will be in constant communication with the land by radio. 100th Annual Reunion Of Moorman Family Held In Glen Miller The one hundredth annual reunion toTirinrf Tho reunion was in honor of; Tarleton Moorman, grandfather of the family, who came from North Caro'mf anu 1","tT"; f TriVn An enlarged Pure of Tarleton Moorman was on exhibition at t he re.v- 1. ?r, ,iuio. jwv- , " v rpietrtTi fnrtrniiiTi -n,. .r nf thP aftemonn -a-r,, 1 x l to be delivered by Herbert L. Huf fman, a great grandson of Tarleton! Moorman. . Among those in attend-; ance at the reunion were grandchil dren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren Members of the family from Hen dricks. Randolph and Wayne counties, and from Ohio, were present The reunion was held at the Glen last ; year and the year before. Mrs. Emma Bums, or Farmland, attended the reunion for the 28th straight year, having never missed a single reunion of the Moorman, Way and Diggs families. . -A large picnic dinner was served at noon.

Rail Men Realize Hold Is Being Lost On Seniority Rights

By MARK Sl'LLIVAX WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. As the cards lie at the moment the railroad unions are headed for disastrous defeat In the present and a permanent set-back for the future. That will be extent they can save themselves if they show able management and a determination to compromise in their meeting with the railroad executives. All this is so clear that It creates the strong probability of a compromise on the part of the unions. The head3 of the railroad unions, with the exception of one who is rather loud and ' violent are able and experienced men. They are good politicians in the higher sense of the understandings of tf.llAO . , X. 1 J T ins. That being so, they are reason. aDy sure to Bee the situation as it is and to salvage as much . as is now possible by means of compromise. There was never any state of pubjic feeiing throughout the country more clear than the one now reported t0 Washington by returning members of congress and through other channels. Public Against Them The public judgment, as a result of having followed President Harding's extreme efforts towards mediation and the information developed out of those efforts, is strongly adverse to the strikers, so much is this so that th same judgment goes far towards be ing adverse even to President Hard ing himself. President Harding went so far in his exercise of patience and tolerance that he seriously endangered both his personal and political standing and the standing of his party. There was a time within the past few days when even Mr. Harding's most ardent cham(Continued on Page Eleven.) ANTHRACITE MINERS MAY RETURN TO WORK AFTER NEGOTIATIONS (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17. The re turn to the mines of anthracite wort ers was expected to follow today's conference between officials of the m,n.. , aT1(1 tho nr9tnr, hpr( . . , The miners through their scale com mittee nave asKed a 20 per cent in crease in their pay. The operators wanted a reduction in wages. Both Sides, it was indicated as the conference was about to convene, were ready to recede from their stand, and close observers declared that there was a likelihood of the 1921 wage scale being adopted for another term. Negotiations for the settlement of the anthracite troubles were to be opened in the offices of S. D. Warriner, president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, who has acted as spokesman for the anthracite operatJ ors at 2 P- m- today. Meet With Officials It was declared to be the first time in the history of the relations between the two sides that representatives of the union have manifested a willingness to meet in the offices of their employers. Mr. Warriner, as chairman of the operators' policies committee, W. J. Richards, president of the Philadel phia and Reading Coal and Iron com pany, and W. L. Connell, president of the Freenridge Coal company, were chosen to represent the operators. John It. Lewis, president of the mine workers, was expected to arrive here from Cleveland where he has been detained in concluding the bituminous strike settlement. LOGANSPORT PENNSY SHOPS ARE BOMBED CBy Associated Press) LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 17. Polire am tnAxv invostiMtm? tnsctnir nf . . . . J? .

two oomDs into tne Pennsylvania ram Dut none wnicn wiey wer? prcyarcu shops in this city last night. Little Jto make public. damage was done by the bomb and no Notwithstanding the futility of all one was injured. A third bomb, negotiations to date both sides recwhich failed to explode, was found ! ognized that the situation they have to within 100 feet of a car foreman's i meet is one in which the strikers, ha v-

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' sticks of dynamite tied together with a fuse. Police believe It was the intention

of the men who threw the,y ana pension ngnts unimpaired

i bombs to destroy the building in which shop workers bunked and that Hhey either did not know the location of the building or became confused. FREE STATE TROOPS RECAPTURE DUNDALK BULLETIN - 7 DUBLIN, Aug. 17. A report leached Dublin early today that national

army troops had recaptured Dundalkimise with the shop crafts, appeared

firmed. DUBLIN. Aue. 17. Irreeulars forc ibly removed the crew from a-train! five miles from Tralee today and sent the train crashing full speed into the Tralee station. The train was reck , da nn ti, ctatinn w harfiv n,, 1 7 J . . 7 Only the presence of mind of a signal man who diverted the runaway into . ... .j-, . ... - ing, previa osS 01 me. Commandant Edward OBnen of the National forces was shot dead at Wa- - i ICJIUIU uciymg LO cx- - j tinguish a fire in the police barracks. Wife of Church Head Hurt; Thrown From Skidding Car (By United Press) MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 17. Mrs. Mary Beatty, wife of Superintendent J. A. Beatty of the Muncie district of the M. E. church, was internally injured late last night when thrown from a. skidding automobile . near Alexandria. Her companion. Miss Carrie Beard, was sliehtlv hurt

BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS SEEK RAIL PEACE

Leaders Go Into Conference With Committee Representing Railroad Officials Jewell Ready To Confer. PROPOSAL IS SECRET (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 17. The fiftM effort by an outside agency .o end the nation-wide shopmen's strike that began more than six weeks ago, was made today when leaders of the rail road brotherhood went into conference with a committee reprepenting railroad officials at the Broadway headquarters of the association oi railway executives. Bert M. Jewell, president of tho railway employes department of ; the American Federation of Labor, arrived in this city just as the conference was called and announced that he i holding himself in readiness to advise with the conferees if he was called. Mr. Jewell issued the following statement: "The officers of all the railroad labor organizations are here now, continning as they have throughout the strike, to do everything possible to bring about an amicable settlement." In Closed Session -- The executives were the first to reach the conference room. They took their seats and awaited the brotherhood officials in their roles o! mediators. On the arrival of the leaders of ths running trade on the scene headed by W. S. Stone, head of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the labor men filed into the room and the doors closed. The only labor officials at the downtown conference were representatives of the Big Four. The officers of th other railway labor organizations remained at an uptown hotel with Mr. Jewell awaiting any call they might receive from the conference. - What would be the proposal of the brotherhod chiefs, assuming the role of mediators, could not be learned from them when they closed the doors behind them. Representatives of the stationary I trade, who were watching closely the iVrothorhnod r.Tifprpnce. indicated that thev exnected the nmninz craft not to suggest any compromise on the matter of seniority rights, which has proved the big stumbling block in peace efforts thus far. Firm on Seniority Although none of the strike leaders would permit themselves to be quoted. they indicated that they did not ex pect the brotherhood leaders to suggest any patched tip proposal to the executives, nor that the brotherhood leaders would promise to exert their influence to get the shopmen to return to work, when no return of seniority rights was guaranteed the strikers. Heading the employers is DeWitt Cuyler. chairman of tie National association, with a committee of nine , railroad presidents; Warren S. Stone, national head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was attended by chiefs of the other big four running crafts. Outside the conference, but within the city, and within call of the conference, will be Bert M. Jewell, presU dent of the seven shopcrafts strike organizations, and chairmen of the department of railway employes, American Federation of Labor. He was expected to arrive from Washington before noon, accompanied by all but twa of the seven heads of the shopcrafts unions. No Definite Plan. Chiefs of the big four, arriving for the meeting, declared they were with out a definite plan for solution of the seniority question. They had "sev-) : crnl half formal DrODOSalS tO maKe. ' ' - ... . . . j in mrreaH in return tr thpir Inha nrt ; the basis of the labor board s scale, insist that all be taken back with senior The executives association they also agree ls announced it will take back " fuy s 1110 f Y . ned to bring shop forces back to normal, demanding that they return to work without seniority rights, remaining, however, free to bring their demands for reinstated seniority before the labor board later. Possible Plan. One possible plan by which the roads might maintain their policy of rewarding loyal and new employes with seniority preference over return- ; ing strikers, and still effect a comproin the mass or unomciai discussion in railway circles prior to the conference. Such a plan which, it was. believed, would be acceptable to the "crafts. wa? outlined by certain executives as foilows: I "1- That the railroads, . instead . of ! being bound by the majority action of - the association of railway executives. he nermitted to take hack as manv of .-V j tAi.-iA . ' the strikers as needs of individual 1 roads dictated. This would assure roads dictated. 1 ms wouia assure jobs to all the strikers on most of, the v (Continued on Page Fourteen) Peak of Heat Wave to Reach Richmond By Friday Noon If you took your coat off today, you might as well keep it off, for it is still going to be hot The peak of the heat wil be reached Friday, but no reliei before Sunday, is the advise that the weather men give. At noon Wednesday the temperature reached 87, with a maximum during the day . of 90. Thursday noon it was 89, and you can make your own guess, for what the temperature for Friday is to be. No heat prostrations have, been. reported

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