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Show RESIDENT MAY MAKE DECISION ON STRIKE TODAY! HEADS OF R. R. EXECUTIVES AND I STRIKERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE 1 Hopes for Peace Revived In Conference With President; Restoration of Seniority Rights Seems To Be Among Leading Issues "WASHINGTON, July 27. Having presented the views of the striking railroad shopmen to President Harding at a morning conference, con-ference, B. M. Jewell and other strike leaders returned to the White House this afternoon for another conference at which it was believed President Harding might present some sort of a proposition designed to settle the strike. WASHINGTON, July 27 (By the Associated Press.) The White House again today became the center of developments in the rail strike and the focus of efforts toward peace, President Harding meeting in conference, first with T. deWitt Cuyler, chairman of the 1 association of railway executhes and then with the strike leaders j headed by B. M. Jewell, who reached Washington early in the day from Chicago. Mr Jewell and his collogues went Into conference with the president at 11 o'clock shortly after Mr. Cuyler had concluded an hour and a half's discussion of the strike situation with Mr Harding TO STAY ON. I Mr. Cuyler on leaving the White House said he had presented the vlew-; vlew-; point of the railroad managements and that he would remain ln Washington I "to await the pleasure of the president presi-dent " but that there had been no new Idevelopment ln the situation. Mr Cuyler indicated that he would 'return to the White House for another I conference after the president had discussed tho situation wdth the strike IH 1 leadera. Pressed for an opinion a . 'whether seniority was the sole- stumb-jlfng stumb-jlfng blook In the way of the settlement he said he had seen no statement from Mr. Jewell on the point and could not 'therefore say whether that was u j position taken by the unions. , HOLD CONFERENCE. The strike leaders held a brief conference con-ference at their hotel before going to the' White Mouse, the leaders of th? II But Internationa unions meeting with William H Johnston, president of the international association of machinist?, another of the labor organizations in-Ivolved in-Ivolved in the strike. Mr Jewell participated par-ticipated in the conference only for a j few minutes Just before it adjourned, i All of the strike lenders maintained yj, labsotute silence regarding their visit , ro Washington prior to seeing the president, pres-ident, even refusing to say whether tthey came at the invitation of Mr. .Harding or upon their own Initiative. HOPES REVIVED. I CHICAGO, July 27 (By Th As-fsocated As-fsocated Press) Just a the railway I strike seem-'d to have settled to a long i drawn out and determined battle, I9H hopes foi pcaco, which have waxed and waned as succeeding indications I pointed to continued strife or a settlement, set-tlement, were revived by the gathering ln Washington of strike leaders and railway executives. Although no official announcement was made, it was believed that th presence in Washington of B. M. Jewell Jew-ell head of the striking shopmen, ar,d his executive council could mean only that they had gone tnero from Chicago for B conference with President Harding. Hard-ing. W W Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania lines, and T. d Vitt Cuyler. chairman of the Association Asso-ciation of Railway executives, were in the capitol today and other rail chiefs, including L, F Loree, president of tho Delaware and Hudson, were expected to arrive during the day. SENIORITY RIGHTS. Restoration of seniority rights to men on strike remained the chief obstacle ob-stacle to peace. In view of President Harding's statement state-ment that the rights of men at work and the rights of strikers must alike be protected, made Wednesday ln a message to the chairman of tho Railway Rail-way Employes' Publicity association. It was believed that any agreement mu.it Include respect far the rights of men now working as well as the rlghta ui st rlkers. Minor developments included disorders disor-ders at widely scattered points a walkout walk-out of 300 shopmen on the Philadelphia Philadel-phia i Reading railway not hitherto affected by the strike, several arrests laj (Continued on Page Two.) HEADS OF OPERATORS AND STRIKERS AT WHITE HOUSE (Continued from Pnge One) Ion varying charges, issuance of an injunction in-junction or two. and service of eviction evic-tion notices on former employes occupying oc-cupying railway dwellings. At Casper, Wyo former employes of tho Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy were said to be preparing to move from dwelling houses owned by the company, following eviction notices. DEl'LTIZi: SPECIAL OlTICKHS The federal marshal for the northern north-ern district of California eas authorized author-ized by the United Stales district attorney at-torney to deputize 100 special officers j for duty during the strike I A railway guard at Creston. Iowa. Hinder arrest for the alleged shooting ,of two striking shopmen was rvmovd to the county Jail at Red ak. Iowa, for safekeeping Fifteen deputy fed-i fed-i ral m ir.-dial. were being sent to Creston Cres-ton to maintain order Investigation of Tuesday mifht's at-1 tack on a train at S.m Bernardino. I Calif, revealed that the block signal system on the Atchison. Tepoka & Santa San-ta Fc had been tampered with said the report of Deputy United States' Marshal Greenwood. Five officials of the Chicago and' I Northwestern railway were attacked 'by in- n -a l.i t.j be strikers at Mil v. au-kee. |