Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-16
One Road Makes Peaceful
Settlement with Two
Brotherhoodsi Negotia-
tions Begun by Others,
OTHER CARRIERS TO
HOLD CONFERENCES
Nationwide Plan of Dispos-
ing of Controversies Will
be Broken Up by New
Plan, Leaders Believe.
By the Associated Press.

New York, Sept. Is (by the AS
sociated Press) THE beginning of
the end of all the labor
troubles that have from time
to time beset the transporta-
ton lines of the nation for the
past several years, was believed by
many railway heads and union
chiefs to have come today when the
New York Central lines made
peaceful settlement with two of the
operating brotherhoods and the
Pennsylvania system began nego-
tiations toward a similar end.
Arrangements for like confer
ences here next week between
brotherhood leaders and six other
big eastern carriers were under
way tonight.
Wage Scale Continued.
BY today's agreement the various
roads making up the New York
Central system agreed to continue
for one year, beginning September
80, the present wage scale and
working rules for their trainmen
and conductors and to withdraw
from the United States labor board
their request, made more than Il
year ago. for downward revision
of wages and the elimination of
time and half pay for overtime
work.
The New York Central gave out
statement indicating that it would
soon call into conference the lead
ers of the engineers and firemen,
in the hope of amicably coming to
terms with them. Tomorrow that
system will bring together its Of
ficials and leaders of the striking
shopmen in the hope of ending the
strike that began July /.
w. G. Lee. president Of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, announced here tonight that
at conference in Pittsburgh today
the Pennsylvania had agreed to
continue its presc4t wages to all
four brotherhoods, but a later dis
patch from Pittsburgh said this
announcement was regarded there
as premature, since the conferences
with the trainmen and conductors
would continue tomorrow, while
those with the engineers and fire.
men had not yet begun. Brother
hood leaders assembled here said,
however, they understood the
Pennsylvania would follow the lead
of the New York Central.
Peace Negotiations.
Meanwhile, negotiations to as
sure continued peace between the
conductors and trainmen and the
other big roads of the east and
west are to be carried on here and
in Chicago. Mr.. Lee, who hailed
today's settlement as the COM
mencement Of cleanup of all the
troubles that have afflicted the
country's rail transportation. said
parleys between leaders of the
trainmen and conductors and six
other eastern roads would be held
here next week, and that on Tues
day he and L. e. Sheppard, head
of the Order of Railway Conduct
ors expected to begin conferences
with the western group Of railway
executives in Chicago. Their con-
ferences at Chicago last June, look
ing toward agreements covering
the future, were broken off when
the shopmen decided to strike.
Return to Old Method.
Those in close touch with the
situation heralded the agreements
today as forecasting the complete
smash-up of the war-born system
of settling railroad labor troubles
on a nationwide basis, and the re-
turn to the old method OF letting
each road arrange its own affairs
with its own men. Some observers
felt that this return to the old ways
would soon be put into effect all
over the country in individual ef-
forts to settle the shipments strike,
and that the newer haoit of both
employer and employe in taking
their troubles to a national body
would be broken, once and for ALL
eve are trying to get our wage
problems and working conditions
out of the hands of politicians"
Mr.. Lee said IT told that to the
president and I'm telling you. The
lawyers and politicians Just want
to make record, but we fellows
have been in this business a long
time and we know how to handle
IT,"