Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-09-18
$4,000 SHOPMEN GO
BACK TO OLD Jobs;
MORE MAY RETURN.
OPEN NEW CONFERENCE TODAY
IN HOPE OF BRINGING PEACE
ON RAILROADS NOT HAVING
SIGNED CONTRACTS.

Chicago, Sept. lS.-Fifty thousand
railroad shopmen will start back to
work today under the Jewell -Wariield
peace plal., il was estimated last
night BY union and railroad officials
simultaneously conferences will be
started which are expected to send
thousands more back to their tools
and to bring many more major trans /
portaton systems into the peace fold
created by the recent settlement con
fefeDce.
The roads ON which the men have
been ordered back TO work today are
the Chicago, Milwaukee AZ ST. Paul
the Chicago Il North Western, the
Baltimore Il Ohio, the Seaboard Air
Line, the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apois 4 Omaha and the Green Bay
and Western.
Bert NJ. Jewell, shopcrafts chief,
left hast night for New York, where
ha will personally conduct negotia-
lions tomorrow TO bring peace to the
New York Central lines. Confer
ences expected to bring a settlement
on the Southern railway will open to-
dily in Washington.
The New York Central lines, thru
its president, A. II. Smith, was one
Of the original sponsors of the Jewell
Warfield settlement. When its shop
craft employees conferred with the
officials concerning going back TO-
work, under the settlement, several
misunderstanding arose and IL was
announced that the meetings had fail.
ed.
Mr.. Jewell talked with Mr.. Smith
and with New York shopcrafts Off
cals yesterday by telephone and
learned that the misunderstanding
had arisen through neutrality-suspicious.
of the peace settlement. They We're
not serious, he said,
A conference for Tuesday was I'M
mediately arranged, and it is be-
lieved the New York Central and its
ly make peace. Technicalities which
cannot be settled will be left to the
commission of twelve provided in the
peace plan.
A similar situation arose on the
Southern but the new conference call
ed for today is expected to bring a
definite settlement.
Shopcraft officials last night said
the delays in the various conferences
were due TO trivial technicalities.
Frequently the union committee
and the rail officials have tried to
settle all the differences at these con.
ferences," one union chief explained.
They cannot do this and that is
why the commission of twelve was
Greated. The only thing the confer
ences should decide is to get the men
back to work All of the minor mis-
understandings can be left to the
commission"
Reports that some roads We're
backing out of the agreements
brought denials from the union
heads. 1t was explained that not
one road that signed the original
agreement has backed ont The di-
vision organizations OF the unions
were instructed TO invite all roads
to conferences under the Jewell War.
field plan whether they had signed
or not.
This brought conferences merely
formalities with many roads not in
the settlement and which naturally
failed to bring favorable results.
Negotiations are proceeding hap,
idfy to hiring several large trans
portation system listed among the
die-hards, which refuse peace, into
the settlement. 1t is believed that
by next week the mileage represent
ed by roads on which the strike has
been settled will be beyond the 100.
600 mile mark.
Attorney General Daugherty an
nonnced yesterday that for the time
being no request would be made 70,
citation for contempt against shor
craft leader, Mr. Jewell, for the state
ment issued by him after the issu
anee OF the temporary injunction.