The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
OMAHA MEN GIVEN
STRIKE END ORDER
THOSE IN MANKAT0 RE-
TURN TO WORK MONDAY
SOME ROADS HANG OUT
They Decline To Enter Into
Agreement With Railroad
Organizations

Official notice of the settle
ment of the strike on the Omaha
road was received at the Omaha
round house this forenoon. This
means that the striking f1re-
men. oilers and federated shop
crafts employees with the excep-
ton of those guilty OF acts OF
violence, will be taken into the
employment of the road, IN their
original positions and IN the
class they originally held on
June 80, when the strike was
called. The men are to be put
10 work as rapidly as possible
at the present rate of pay. The
men will be returned to the
service in suffSeiency to fill all
vacancies not later than oe-
tober IS.
the department earnestly de-
slres that all employees now IN
its service remain therein, as
the present Voiumn OF business
will require the services OF all
OF the men now in the service as
we'll as those that viii return.
The employees on the North
western road were expecting a
like official notice either this
afternoon or tomorrow, owing
TO the fact that that road had
also come to an agreement with
its employees.
n ear Be said to the credit OF
+be rail strikers In Mankato that
they have conducted themselves
in manner above criticism.
They have not resorted to acts
of violence and have not as
turbed or damaged railway or
any other property.
TAssociated Press Dispatch.l
Chicago. September 16.-Sixteen
railroads had signed separate agree
ments with various labor unions To-
day through pre- war metnoos IN
vosue before United States railroad
labor board was created as arplter
of disputes between railways anu
These settlements, according TO
Ben W. Hooper, chairman OF tns
board, do not repudiate the ooar9
but rather arc entirely IN aGGoIu
with the transportation act: Wnen
The jurisdiction C! the board. the
SoyeTnmeot tribunal believed nego-
tiations for settlements independent
of the board, would be successful
Mr. Hooper said. -
His comment referred to yester-
DAYS agreement between the New
Work Central lines and the train
service brotherhoods and other pend
ing peace negotiations.
New York Central Start Settiement
Following settlements with Lns
Order of Railroad Conductors anu
the brotherhood of Railway Train
men the New York Central lines
onened NEGOTIATIONS today with the
shop crafts for ending the shopmen
strike on the basis of the Warmed
willard Jewell plan. Separate agree
ments with the engineers, nremen
and switchmen's unSns were IN
nrospect. according to officials.
The Pennsylvania system was
marty to similar negotiations with
rail- unions at Cleveland ana Plus
burgh. ,,os
with newly created shop unions
were announced by. the Cnlcaso;
Burlington and Quincy: %n uJiu. rdu
turned down the Warneio- "liato'
Jewell proposals.
To-day brought lull in the gov
ernment's Injunction proceedlngs
before Judge James II. Wilkerson.
Lftorney General Daugherty and MS
aides rested their case on the
Strength of 500 afidavits supporting
charses of violence intimidation
and destruction of property and at
torneys for Bert NJ. JeWen. chlei
executive and John Scott secreIaIy'
of the railway employees depaIt-
ment of the American Federauon
Of Labor will open the deIens So mO
Sav with four days for the detense
and final argument before the exist
Ing restraining order expires.
To the Injunction is upheld oy
1rdoe Wilkerson it means the END
oF sirfkes in which interstate com
,nerre or the United States govern
rnent are directly involved. Attor-
ney General Daugherty said:
Agreement Reached.
Cleveland, Ohio, September l5.-
An agreement has been reacned Pc
tween general chairman OF tne
brotherhood Of Railway Tralnmen
and the Order of Railroad Conouc-
tors with officials OF the fenhsy
wnrIine conditions, w. G. Lee pres.
ident of the trainmen, announced
here today, upon his return from
Refuses To Discharge Men.
Washington, D. C.. September 10.
demand by the union leaders that
ali men taken on during the strike
he discharged Immediately on re-
turn of strikers to their jobs was
understood to have broken up a
conference here today between
Southern railway officials and gen
eral shop craft chairmen which was
designed to bring about settlement
on the basis of the Warfield Willard
Jewell agreement.
Resume Conference Monday
Philadelphia, September 16.-Rep-
resentatives of the firemen and en-
ginemen of the Pennsylvania rail-
road will meet with officials OF the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad here next
Monday to resume conferences on a
new working agreement begun In
New York this week, announcement
was made today.
Pacts Signed Today
Cleveland, Ohio, September 10
General chairmen of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen and the
Order of Railroad Conductors have
signed working agreements with ON
signed of the Lehigh Valley system
and the Pennsylvania lines, w. G.
Lee. president of the trainrnen an
nounced here today. The agreement
$1,000 - parrSuIvauia hy the con-