Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-09-22
RAIL SHOPMEM
BACK ON JOBS
Chairmen Vote to Accept the
JeWeII-WiIIard Plan.
PRESENT WAGES TO GOVERN
All the Strikers Are to Return to
Work Under the Glass of Which
They Were Members on
June 80.

Chicago, Sept. 14.-The rail strike
is settled. The shop crafts and sta
tlonary iremen and oilers who laid
down their tools July 1 will go back
to work as soon as final details can
be arranged.
The vote sending the men back to
their benches and tools was taken at
the meeting Of the 80 general chair
men OF the policy committee of the
shop crafts.
The union leaders adopted the Jew
el-Wlllard peace plan proposed by
B. M. Jewell, president of the shop
men, and Daniel Willard, president Of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. A few
alterations in the plan were outlined,
| and representatives of various rail-
roads at once gave their approval.
The shop crafts men who have been
On strike since June 30 and who are
included in the new peace, are:
international Brotherhood of Black
smiths and Helpers of America.
international Association Of Machin-
lists.
international Brotherhood Of Boil
ers of America.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
International Alliance.
international Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers.
Brotherhood Of Railway Carmen Of
America.
Brotherhood Of Stationary Firemen
and Oilers.
According to the terms of the peace
agreement all men on strike are to go
back to work in the jobs they held on
June 30, and are to be put to work
at the same points at which they were
employed at that time.
The seniority issue, by such specific
name, is ignored in the peace agree
ment. Questions involving such mat
tiers, however, will be referred to a
commission provided for in the
agreement.
Railroads That Accept Resolution.
The roads on which the men will re-
turn to work are:
Alabama & Vicksburg, Baltimore &
Ohio; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & North
western, Colorado & Southern, Wich-
ita Valley railway, Fort Worth & Den
yer City, Chicago, Indianapolis &
Louisville; Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific;
Chicago. st. Paul. Minneapolis &
Omaha; Ell Paso & Southwestern
Erie; Hooking Valley, Lake Erie &
Western; Louisiana & Arkansas; Min
neapolis & st. Louis, New York Gen.
trail lines, New York, Chicago & st.
Louis; Norfolk & Western; Norfolk &
Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Trinity
& Brazas Valley; Virginian; Wheeling
& Lake Erie, Winston-Salem South
bound.
Among the larger systems which
will remain outside the proposed
agreement are the Pennsylvania,
Burlington, Northern Pacific, Chicago
& Great Western; Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe and Rock Island.
Terms of Agreement.
The principal points In the agree
ment arrived at which marks the end
Of the strike are:
All men will return to work under
the class of which they were members
June 80, 1922, except those who were
guilty of acts Of violence.
Priority rights referred to commits
sion.
Points further in dispute will be re-
ferred to a commission of six men of
the union and six officials of the roads.
Men who return to work will receive
the present rate Of pay.
The agreement is to be referred to
the heads of the various branches of
the organization before final adoption.
White House Is Informed.
Washington, Sept. 14.-When Secre-
tary of Labor Davis telephoned the
White House and personally informed
President Harding that the railroad
shopmen's strike had been broken, the
President expressed much qualification.
First announcement Of the settle
ment whereby about 40 per cent of
the roads of the country accept the
Jewell-Willard plan, came to the De-
partment of Labor in long-distance
telephone message to Secretary Davis
from Oscar F. Nelson, commissioner
of the bureau Of Cancellation, who has
been representing the department at
Chicago during the rail strike nego-
tiations. few minutes later brief
telegram of confirmation was received.
1t read:
"Jewell-Willard plan just adopted"
At the Department Of Labor 1t was
stated on Wednesday that SO roads
have signed or will sign the agree
ment within week. They represent
between $4,000 and $4,000 miles of
trackage.