The New York herald., 1922-09-15
FORTY ROADS Sign
PEACE AGREEMENT
AS OTHERS REFUSE
Many Declare Their Shops
Are Operating and They
Will Stick to Pledges.
PARLEYS TO CONTINUE
Unions Open Negotiations
With Officials of Some of
the 'HardbOiled' Lines.
HOPE TO WIN CONVERTS
Several Hundred Men Report
for Work in Chicago
Under Compact.
HOPE TO WIN CONVERTS

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-As a result OF
negotiatons to-day between represen-
tatiyes of the striking shop crafts and
railway executives upward OF forty
railroads had accepted the peace terms
as adopted by the policy committee Of
ninety at yesterdays secret session.
Bert NJ. Jewell, leader of the shop
men, said tonight that he had re-
ceived kilograms from preside and
operating heads of more than a dozen
roads stating they would IKE
the idle shopmen on the
lined by the committee yeste ly
refused, however, to name the road
He also refused to make public the
list of roads that signed to-day.
Instructions were sent out tonight
to the heads Of the various system
federation officials to open signatory
negotiations with other roads which
had indicated willingness to follow the
compromising railroads which have
signed the separate settlement agree
ment.
Seek to win "IrreconcilabIes.o
Efforts to bring in the "Irreconcilia-
bles" among the Western roads were
started to-day when a special committee
OF the shopmen called on j. +. German,
president of the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific railroad, In an effort to per-
suade him from the stand he had an
nounced yesterday that the railroad was
In the hard boiled class" and that
with 7o per cent of its usual shop
force at work IL was unnecessary 10
negotiate.
! Mr. German after the conference said
II met with the general chairmen OF
the shop crafts on our road to-day, but
/ while the session was an amicable one
\ told them that we could not settle on
/ the basis of the Baltimore plan. Since
/ the union representatives came here
1 authorized to deal with that proposal
only we could get nowhere. The Rock
/ Island will continue to pursue the policy
It adopted when the walkout started
July 1. We are getting along we'll
| The Chicago & Northwestern and the
| Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul. the
only western roads in the settlement.
\ to-day entered into conferences with
their striking employees here upon tho
details OF their returning to work by
Monday at the latest.
The Northwestern, the Chicago. Mil
/ waukee & st. Paul and the Baltimore
& Ohio were among the roads which
signed the peace agreement yesterday,
| II was reported to-day. The other
| slgners were the 500. the Monon. the
| Southern, the New York Central includ-
ing the Boston & Albany. the Michigan
Central and Big Four, and the Buffalo.
Rochester & Pittsburgh.
It Ia generally understood that the
| following In addition to the lines named
| above, are among The roads accepting
peace
/ Alabama Great Southern. Bellingham
& Northern. Baltimore & Southwestern.
/ Chesterfield & Lancaster. Chicago. In
! dianapolis & Louisville. Chicago. Mil
waukee & Gary. Chicago. Terra Haute
& Southeastern. Cincinnati & Northern.
| Coal Coke Road, Dayton Union. FL
| Paso G. Southwestern, East & West
| Coast, Georgia. Southern & Florida,
| Gallatin Valley. Harriman & North
eastern, Hooking Valley. Lake Erie 6
Western. Louisiana & Arkansas. Macon.
Dublin & Savannah. Missouri Valley &
! Blair, Morgantown & Kingwood. New
York. Chicago & st. Lcuis. New Or
/ leans & Northeastern. Northern Ala
| bama. Pierre & Fort Pierre Bridge.
Pierre, Rapid city & Northwestern,
Puget Sound & willapa Harbor. Seattle,
Port Angeles & Western. Tacoma
1 Eastern, Tampa and Gulf Coast. Tampa
Northern Trinity & Brazos Valley. vir-
ginian. West Shore. Wheeling & Lake
/ Erie. winston Salem South Bound. Wyo-
ming & Northwestern and GAINESVILLE
Il Western.
List of Ronds Secret.
The text OF the instructions of system
| federations would remain confidential.
Mr.. Jewell said. He said also that union
leaders would not make public at this
| time list OF the roads which were
| parties to the agreement. The reason
for retaining the list he said. was be-
cause II would probably be augmented
by new signers as the result OF con-
| tlnuous series OF conferences with roads
/ NOT already In the agreement. Any lists
/ made public, Mr.. Jewell said. would have
10 come from the railroads themselves.
| IL was learned to-day that following
| tho vote Of the policy committee OF
| ninety yesterday Mr.. Jewell was In
trusted with the list OF the railroads
/ that signed tho peace agreement TN
order 10 prevent any leaks 10 the press
make a motion that Mr.. Jewell Is made
\ custodian of the list OF railroads until
relieved OF his duty by the executive
council" was motion made by one Of
\ the delegates. The motion was passed
/ unanimously. II suppose X the list Of
roads becomes public II will he easy to
trace the source" commented Mr.. Jewell
! to-day.
Under the terms of the peace plan
shopmen are to return TO work under
wage scales prescribed by the United
States Railroad Labor Board effective
July l. the date the strike began In pro-
test against the boards decisions. The
| settlement was construed by railroad Of
4 "details here as defeat for the striking
shopmen.
\ The agreement requires the signatory
roads TO md places for all returned
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