The Washington herald., 1922-08-12
Accept Proposals Provid-
ing Shopmen Return
AS New Employees.
SEE'LITTLE HOPE
OF SETTLEMENT
Union Chiefs Refuse to
Forecast Reply of
Strikers.

NEW YORK. Aug. ii.-Rauross
executives have accepted President
Harding's proposal for ending the
strike OF shopmen. on condition
that strikers return to work under
the same conditions a. newly en-
ployed men.
This is the meaning Of the rerly
which committee OF executives
VIII lay before the President TO-
morrow.
The executives accepted the
Presidents proposal thst the strike
should end. and that the question
OF seniority be left TO the RAILWAY
Labor Board. But they attached
conditions which mean that IN tho
men return to their jobs they viii
DO so under the same status a. ~
they had never before been en-
ployed.
Executives aid this bv stfpulst-
ing that the Labor Board ad>icre -
lis decision OF July 3 that men wh,
lett work In defiance Of the board
could no longer he regarded as en-
ployes Of the railroads
Little Hop~ Of Settlement.
The conditions attached bv tho
executives seem certain to prov.
objectionable to the shopmen =
has been the workers insist-nce On
the retention OF their Seniorit-.
rights which has proved ths prin-
cipal obstacle to peace.
The executives admitted frauki>
that they have little hope for Se'-
tlement Of tn" strike on the has
of the White House proposal Th-v
do not believe that the shonner
will accept their terms. which IN
effect are a repetition 81 the nra
vious refusal Of the executives -
restore the strikers to places ahea
Of men who have gone to work n
their stead.
Executives were widely anar, ~
they sat down 10 debate the Fa-f-
ing plan. The bitter enda-S"
wanted TO refuse the plan harrv.
But the more cautious. headed ~
Howard Elliott Of the Northern PV-
cific. favored a compromise accept
ance.
Anxieus Co End strike.
The Western roads are ANXIOUS t.
end the strike because they have
bumper crop coming On which
must be moved. This arL~msnr -
understood to have been advance
effectively by the Western group
The result was that the Eastern
'bitter-enders" we're voted down b.
a substantial majority.
In accepting the Harding nro-
posal conditionally the eNecutiv
do not consider they have sban-
dored their former stand again q
restoring seniority rights 20 IN"
strikers. This question. il was rs
iterated today. cannot he com7En-
missed OF debated. Executives be-
lieNe their reply will satisfy lr"Jl
the President and the country.
whether il suits the striking SD D.
men OF not.
out Of difference to the rrestd~r'
the exact form If the reply " i
not he made public until after %
white House conference tomorrow.
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler. chairman
Of the Association Of Railway EN-
,cutiyes. authorized the following
statement:
AT their meeting TODAY the rail-
way executives gave to the rro-
posal Of the President. dated Au-
gust =. 1922. the thorough ana '"n-
scientious consideration to which
il was entitled. They took into
their consideration all tho elements
in the situation which affect Hne
public welfare and arrived at
conclusion which they viii present
TO the President Of the United
States. %
For the purpose ~ making this
presentation the following commit
tee has been appointed: Thomas ne-
Witt Cuyler. chairman. Association
OF Railway Executives: Howard FL
lott, chairman. Northern Pacific
Railway Company: Hale Holden,
president. Chicago. burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company; J. krutt-
schitt. chairman. southern Pacific
lines; w. l. Mapother. president.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company: W. W. Atterbury. vice
president. Pennsylvania system. &.
II. Markham. president. Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company: 4. u Smith.
president. New York Central ] Ines.
This committee will cal tr'ou
the President tomorrow AZ A;aH
u. m The action % the railway
executives cannot be made public
until Il has been submitted to the
President"
with dTaItlnE eonnllAAftN O. h'AAA
the railroad executives and striking
.honmen framing replies to PreSi-
dent Hard!ngs proposals. the biz
showdown from the government is
now expected within the next few
DAYS
A committee Of the shonmen met
YESTERDAY to discuss their answer
and adjourned to meet today.
Roth replies. according TO leai-
ers. will be given TO President
Harding today.
Rumors were current in Washing
ton yesterday that the Railroad Ad-
ministration has been notified -
prepare for possible quick expan-
zion, which would imply action by
Mr.. Handing to take over those ratl-
roads feeding the coal fields.
Chiefs Of the sixteen railroad
unions continued in conference here
all day under the leadership ~
Warren s. Stone. chief Of the enEi-
neers and recognized leader Of ths
Big -Four" railroad brotherhoods.
Although he declined TO forecast tn.
character OF the strikers reply.
Stone made Il clear that a sympa-
thetic strike by the Big Four" was
out Of the question.
But specific strikes In protest
against the attacks of Federal
armed guards on locomotive engi-