The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-30
STRIKE SETTLED
THIS MORNING
Switchmen In Chicago :
road Yards Return to V q =
After Short Lay, o.
Oft. Ss
RETAIN THEIR : IONS
conferees Adjourned At 1880 q. n.,
Announcing That Nearly All
Points Wore
Settled.
IRETA1N THEIR IONS

United Press Leased wire SerVlce.J
CHICAGO, July 30.-The joint con.
ference of the joint brotherhood heads
and of the railway managers adjourn
ed at 7:3O a. m. The conferees an
nounced that the switchmen's strike
had been settled and that tho men
would return to work Immediately.
The settlement, it was stated on be-
| half Of the railroads, was on the basis
! Of an adjudication of all questions IN
dispute save that Of the closed shop.
way brotherhoods outside of the rail-
/ way trainmen and the general man.
ayers. The railways announced that
under the settlement, the Switchmen
OF North America, now employed,
would retain their positions.
The railroad brotherhood went into
conference at the Great Northern ho-
tel Immediately after they left the
Joint conference and said they might
make a statement later.
4 James Murdock, vice president OF
the Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen
who ordered the strike and led the
striking switchmen, simply announced
that the strike had been settled but
declined to give any terms. He said
that he had sent out committees at
once to notify the strikers and that
they would all be at work before nine
o'clock.
A. j. Lowell, vice president OF the
Engineers Brotherhood would add
nothing to Murdock's statement.
The railroad managers issued a sup
/ Elemental statement saying that the
strike had been settled through the
Intervention of the brotherhoods OF
Railway Conductors, Engineers and
Firemen and Enginemen. The man
ayers said that the affiliated brother
hoods had ruled that the Brotherhood
OF Railway Trainmen were In the
wrong in ordering the strike. wh1cn
had as its main object ousting the
Switchmen Of North America In CHI
cago yards
The strike was settled approximate
ly fifty hours after it had been called
and in that time had tied up about
fifty per cent Of the trans-continental
| freight traffic Of the United States. IT
was thought that the Intervention OF
the three brotherhoods was largely
caused by the attitude Of the federal
government that stopping Of railway
supplies would be promptly followed
by federal Intervention in some form.
/ During the conferences. George W.
w. Hanger, Of the federal board OF
mediation and conciliation, was call
ed In and the situation explained to
him. He declined to say what he had
told the conference, but settlement fol-
lowed soon afterward.
! A totnt statement issued said:
1.-THE following joint statement was
issued by the conference committee
Of managers and committee OF seven
grand officers representing the order
of railway conductors, brotherhood
of locomotive engineers and brother
| hood OF locomotive ftremen and en-
ginemen representing the brother
hood of railway trainmen.
"First-The men to be returned to
their positions at once, without pre-
! judice or loss of seniority.
"Second-The questions at issue
| were disposed Of as follows:
"(A) Meals to be settled BY the
commission of eight at New York.
"(B) Appointment of yardmasters.
reinstements and employment OF
new men to be settled by board con-
sisting of Messrs. L. e. Sheppard,
! chairman, w. NJ. Clark, M. w. Cadle,
H. E. Wills, L. j. Griffing. Arthur j.
! Lowell. and s. A. Boone. representing
men and the managers conference
committee, representing the railroads.
"The rights of all other employees
are safeguarded by clause reading.
1t is agreed that the matters at is
sue are to be settled without the
adoption of a closed shop rule. or Of
any rule that might fairly be con-
| sidered as equivalent to such"
The conference between the man
ayers and the, trainmen will be re-
sumed tomorrow.
The question of meals Is a by
product Of the Adamson law. Before
this law went into effect, the switch
men received pay for their hours
incoming" The Adamson law gave
them eight hours work with ten
hours pay, but cut off the pay for
their noon hour. The strikers want
ed this privilege restored.
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