The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-11-16
RAILROAD UNIONS
TO MEET DEMANDS
Explanation of Settlement Under
Which Recent Strike Order Was
Cancelled.

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CHICAGO. Nov. 15.-Plans of the
and Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire
of the railroads for revision of rules
land working condition, and for further
wage cuts, were completed today at
the close Of a two day session of $50
general chairmen and officials.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
engineers and Vim. S. Carter, presi-
dent of the f1remen and enginemen, ex-
planned the settlement under which the
recent general strike order was can
cel1ed, and received their followers en-
dorsement of their action
Requests from SO railroads for revis-
Ion of rules and working conditions
were considered, and the counter de-
mands formulated Mr.. Stone an
nounced tonight the unions were agreed
on a concerted program in the rules
cases
Announcement was made today that
the four big brotherhoods have signed
agreements with roads in the eastern,
western and southeastern districts for
setting up adjustment boards, provided
for in the Esch- Cummins transporta-
ton act. Two assistant grand chiefs
will represent the engineers on the
board-F A Burgess on the south
eastern, and II. p. Daugherty on the
western. The Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen will be represented by A. f..
Whitney on the western and w N
Doak on the southeastern board No
appointments to the eastern board have
been announced as yet. Representa-
tives of the other unions have not yet
been selected.
Creation of the boards is expected to
speed up the work of the United states
railroad labor board by relieving it's
docket of the hundreds of petty cases
Of individual grievances. All such dis
putes will be first referred to the near
est adjustment board for arbitration,
and only in event Of deadlock on the
board will the case come before the
government tribunal here.
Each of boards is to have eight mem
bers, one from each Of the brother
hoods and four representing the roads
in its territory. Meetings will be held
monthly in New York. Washington and
Chicago. The agreements run for one
year and may be renewed.
Roads In the eastern territory which
have already signed the agreement in
clue the Baltimore and Ohio system,
New York Central, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and st. Louis railroad,
Lake Erie and western Toledo and
Ohio Central, GAINESVILLE and Western.
Kanawha and Michigan, Boston and
Albany, Michigan Central, Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie, Indiana Harbor Belt
railway, Cincinnati Northern, Kanawha
and West Virginia, and Evanston. In
dianapolis and Terre Haute railroad
The southeastern district bears the
signatures of the Atlanta and West
Point, the Western Railway OF Ala
bama, Atlantic Coast Line, Central Of
Georgia, Charleston and Western Caro-
lima, Chesapeake and Ohio. Florida
East Coast Georgia Railroad, Louis
vile and Nashville. Louisville. Hender-
son and ST. Louis, Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis, Norfolk and West
ern, Norfolk Southern, Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac, Staboard
Air Line, winston Salem Southbound
and the Gulf and Ship Island railroad
In the western territory the agree
ment has been approved by eighteen
roads.