Evening star., 1922-09-17

United States of America-on September
the delegates convention of anthracite miners
voted approval of the Pepper-Reed proposals
for ending the anthracite coal strike. 1t is to
be noted that the "check-off" is not included
among the points won by the miners: nor the
eight-hour day. Work in the mines was re-
resumed on the 1lth.
On Monday. in the United States district
court at Chicago. Judge Wilkerson granted
continuance of the temporary strike injunction
for not exceed ten days. He then proceeded
to listen to evidence and argument for making
the injunction permanent. Contrary to the
general expectation, the Attorney General did
not for amendment of the injunction.
Counsel for the government submitted some
10000 atfidavits. describing murders, assaults.
deraiIments and other crimes and outrases,
alleging connection of these acts with the
strike and that they constitute circumstantlai
proof of conspiracy to paralyze interstate COM
MERGE Tomorrow it will be the turn of coun-
sci for the enjoined labor leaders.
/ note without the full comment 1t deserves
the instrument of agreement for settlement OF
the rail strike between the man <eements OF
individual railroad systems and the corre-
spending shop crafts System federations
This instrument. .'the final result of the IN
itfative OF Mr. warf1eld. president of the Sea-
board Air Line" received crowninS sanction 50
far as the strikers are concerned. through. its
approval by the railroad shop crafts general
conference committee OF ninety At lineage on
the 18th 1t provides dn each case where a
railroad management and the proper officers
lures to it, for return Of all strikers except
those proved guilty of certain offenses to work
at ssS and 60 On
arising out of the strike" that cannot be set
tied between carriers and employees IN their
proper representatives are to be referred to a
commission of twelve members. six to be
designated by the heads Of the shop crafts and md
terms of settlement this con mission appar-
emily to supersede for most purposes the Rail
road Labor Board until May 81. 1928, when Its
jurisdiction shall cease. There Is no use In
the instrument Of the word seniority" and
one cannot but wonder whether the "cases
that may properly be referred to the COM
mission were understood by the trainers or
senority question as between returning strikers
on the hand and old employees who re
NAMED loyal through the strike and the new
men employed in the course of the strike on
the other. My understanding is that the man
railroad systems have accepted or indicated
their intention to accept the terms . OF settle
ment will spread in the of the Cleve
land mining agreement
ing been accepted by both houses. that bill
has gone to the President
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The british Empire.-The provisional parlia-
ment of the Irish Free State Cor third dali
eireann; for I understand it, the one body
has these two aspects). met for the first time
on the 9Th. William T. Cosgrave was elected
president (of the provisional government of
the Free State and OF the dali eireann, accord
ing to my interpretation and Cen Richard
Mulcahy minister of defense.
President Cosgrave made an excellent state
ment of policy-fulfllment of the London
treaty, enactment of the constitution, restora-
tfon of order. reconstruction.
Only one of De valera's followers who had
been elected to the body turned up. He
made himself Objectionable and was thrown
Commencing at the end of this month, Brit
ish military control in Mesopotamta will be
entirely in the hands of the royal air force.
Eight squadrons. including troop-carrying