OCR Text |
Show Early Settlement Hope Abandoned CHICAGO. July 15. IBy A. P. Virtually abandoning hope of an early settlement of tha railroad atrika, following the failure of last night's conferences, railroad executives execu-tives today prepared to make a determined de-termined effort to reopen ahope with non-union employes, according to a high official of tha United States Railroad Labor Board. This official, offi-cial, who declined to be quoted directly, di-rectly, said peace movee would be suspended for the present, ss the carriers and strikers were unsbla to find any common ground for atart-Ing atart-Ing negotiations when Chairman Ben Hooper sought to get them together yesterday. The stumbling block In the path of settlement. It was said, at the railroad board, will he the unlon'a demand for restoration of senorlty The railroads Indicated to Chairman Chair-man Hooper that tha men who have aturk by their employers snd ths new employes enlisted will be protected pro-tected In the seniority Hat, thereby attained. , t |