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Show SUING PBLICE READrra m Would Return to Work, but Boston Commissioner Bars Reinstatement. BOSTON', Fept. 12. Frank McCarthy, New England organizer of the American Federation of Labor, announced tonight that the Policemen's union had accepted the suggestion of Samuel Gompers that they return to work and await the outcome out-come of the labor conference at tlie White House on October 6. When Police Commissioner Curtis was informed of the action of the union he ! said he had issued orders this afternoon ; that no strikers applying for reinstate-' ment should be taken back. He said that he could not change his order before hearing hear-ing from the attorney general. This statement was interpreted to mean that the attorney general would be asked to ' decide whether the patrolmen were "em-j "em-j ployees," who had a right to strike, or "officers" of the government who had i no such right. Mr. McCarthy read Mr. Gompers' telegrams tele-grams sent to him and to Mayor Peters at a meeting of the Policemen's union tonight. After the meeting he Issued the following statement: "The members of the Boston Policemen's Police-men's union have accepted the suggestion of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and instructed in-structed their committee to act in accordance." ac-cordance." Whether the strike could be settled In this manner was problematical tonight. Mr. Gompers' suggestion was that the men return to their posts "upon information informa-tion that the enforcement of the order (forbidding them to affiliate with outside out-side organizations) has been postponed." In his telegram to the mayor, of which he sent a duplicate to Governor Coolidge tonight, he asked that enforcement of this order be deferred until after the White House conference. It is expected that the matter will be discussed tomorrow when the governor has consented to meet Air. McCarthy and officers of the Boston Central Labor un!on. There was no disorder today. The I streets were strongly guarded by infantry I of the state guard with fixed bayonets I and cavairy continued to patrol thorough-I thorough-I fares in the center of the city. |