The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-09-23
STRIKING SHOPMEN
co BACK TO WORK
WAGES to Be on Basis Set on
June 30 By labor Board,
Full Seniority.

Chicago, lll.-StrlklllS Tam oaN ottoP
men returned to work on between Tor
ty and fifty railroads Friday.
A settlement was reached lhursuay
by which the strikers are to go PACK
TO work on the following terms;
l. Wages will be on the basis estap-
lished June so by the United States
railroad labor board.
9. All strikers will return IN posi-
tions of the class they originally heid
on June 80"
9 All men laid off or on furlough or
leave of absence on or before June oV
will be called back to work in the or
der they left.
4. All disputes regarding relative
standing of employees that can not De
adjusted by the railroad and the In
dividual employe will be referred TO
commission composed of six union OF
ficers and railroad representatives.
S. This commission shall be constr
tuted within fifteen days after the
signing of the agreement and function
until Nav 81. but not thereafter.
| 6. No intimidation shall be practlced
| by either party against strikers re-
turning to work or employees who have
remained at work
7. All strikers are to be put oack 10
work within thirty days.
While the agreement entered does
not specifically say that full seniority
is to be granted all strikers, President
Bert NJ Jewell and other leaders de-
clared that this is the case.
On this point the agreement de-
clares. "All men are to return to work
in positions of the class they original
y held on June 80. 1922. and at the
same point AS many of such men as
possible are to be put to work, at
present rates of pay, and all such en-
ployes who have been on strike are
to be put to work or under pay not
later than thirty days after the signing
of this agreement, except such men as
have been proven guilty of acts of v1o-
lence, which, in the opinion OF the
commission hereinafter provided for,
shall be sufficient cause for dismissal
from service.
1.-THE relative standing as between
themselves of men returning to work
and men laid off, furloughed, or on
leave of absence, including general
chairmen and others who were as or
June 80, 1922, properly on leave OF alb
sence will be restored as of June 81,
1922. and they will be called back to
work in that order If a dispute arises
as to the relative standing OF an en-
ploye or if any other controversy
arises growing out Of the strike that
can not be otherwise adjusted by the
carrier and the said employe or the
duly authorized representative there
of, the matter shall be referred by the
organization parties to this agreement
to a commission to be established"
AS the agreement is almost identi-
cal with the minority maximum Of
fer" made by fifty-two executives at
the recent session in New York, 1t is
generally believed that the same rail-
roads are affected. It is known that
among these roads are the Baltimore
|
& St. Paul, Buffalo. Rochester & Pitts
burg, New York Central, Chesapeake
& Ohio, Chicago, st. Paul, Milwaukee
& Omaha, Lake Erie & Western, Nor
folk & Western, Wheeling & Lake
Erie, New York. Chicago & st. Louis
and the Chicago & Northwestern.
Executives hailed the settlement as
an acknowledgment by the union lead
ers of "a complete victory" for the
roads. 1.-THE settlement speaks for it.
SELF" declared statement issued by
the executive council of the shop
crafts.
1--WE sought settlement through the
peaceful method of continued negotia-
ton, not by resorting to violence or
other unlawful acts. The Injunction
secured by the attorney general, COM
ing as it did, near the close of these
important and far-reaching negotia-
lions, would have. If occurred forty.
eight hours earlier, disrupted them"
The shop leaders gave full credit for
the beginning Of negotiations, which
resulted in the partial settlement OF
the strike, to S. Davies Warfield, presi
dent of the Seaboard Air Line and
head of the National Association OF
Owners of Railroad Securities. War
field called Jewell to Baltimore, it was
stated, and started conferences which
were later joined by Daniel Willard
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
and A. H. Smith, president of the New
York Central.