The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
Both Baltimore and Warfield-
Jewell Truce Pacts Are
Being Signed
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

strike violence presenteo last
week by Attorney General
eausherty's assistants. I'VE
have found that some Of them
tiqate are deliberate and wilful
perjury" he declared.
After a conference in which
Judge Wilkerson indicated the
mere mass of evidence was no
around for throwing ii out OF
court, a recess was taken while
the defense attorneys debated
, asking for a continuance to per-
nit them to examine the gov
ernment's evidence. AS the re-
strainina order in force expires
Thursday and cannot be renew
ed, continuance PROBABLY
would cause IL to lapse automa-
tically.
Chicago, September 1S.-With nu-
merous railroads continuing to ig-
more the Baltimore settlement plan.
several other roads, including a
few big systems, today restored
jUOs unQer the Warfeld- Jewell truce
10 shopn en- who struck eighty days
ago. Some estimates placed the
number OF strikers taken back as
high as $4,000 Of the goo, 900 shop
.Hen who went on strike July l.
the Baltimore plan for settlement OF
the strike were the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St Paul, the Chicago
and Northwestern, the Baltimore
and Chic; the Seaboard Air Line;
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha, and the Green Bay and
Western Many shopmen formerly
employed were expected to be back
with these roads today. The Chica
go Milwaukee and St Paul alone had
jobs for 10000 and the Northwest
ern for $4,000.
New Shop Unions Formed
Roads announcing they had solved
their shop problems through en-
strikers previously taken back and
organized into new shop unions, in
cluded the Chicago and Alton; the II
linois Central; Chicago Great West
ern; Northern Pacific and Union Pa
cific.
crafts organization fastened to New
York yesterday when the plan
struck the snags of eastern railroads
9otahy on the New York Central
lines.
The situation on the New York
Central was caused. it was explained
by demands made by strikers in add
ton to the original terms. Similar
demands prevented settlements on
the Southern railway.
Precautions were taken at the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
and Northwestern shops to prevent
a recurrence of Saturdays disorders
in Chicago which grew out of de-
mands by returning strikers that
former shop foremen be restored to
bosses jobs.
Negotiating For New Agreements
Railroads which refused to entire
Baltimore agreement insisted today
that they are daily increasing the
number of new employees. The scene
of conferences on the Pennsylvania
system with representatives nf the
train service brotherhoods shifted
today from Pittsburgh 10 Philadel-
phia.
Several eastern roads were ne
gotiation with the train service
broth erhoods for new agreements
the New York Central lines having
affected settlements with some OF
the train running unions.
Hearing on the Daugherty in
junction was resumed in Judge Will
kerson's court today with only four
days remaining before the expira
ton of the temporary restraining or
der. The remaining days are TO be
given over to the defense and final
arguments, with the government
attorneys holding permission to Of
fer additional evidence. Judge VIII
present order will not be renewed II
they fail to conclude their arguments
before the time limit Thursday.
Stand BY Baltimore Agreement
Striking shopmen on the Chicago
and Northwestern and the Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul railroads
the principal western roads involv-
ed in the partial settlement OF the
shop crafts strike, generally were
returning to work today on those
systems, officials said, without any
trouble. A similar situation was re:
ported on the Seaboard Air Line
and some smaller southeastern
roads.
While these roads were continu-
ing to stand by the so-called Balti.
more agreement, the New Yorb
Central ami Southern railways, orig
inaily parties to the agreement, con-
tjnued to stand aloof after demands
by the strikers which the road Off
d Gals said were not covered by the
agreement.
The Baltimore and Ohio. Chicago
ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
and Green Bay and Western were
other roads whose employees were
returning to work under the agree
ment.
= other western and eastern roads
not involved in the settlement plar
Continued to remain outside the set
Element, maintaining their shops
were sufficiently manned. Many oil
them have organizations Of theil
own employees with whom agree
ments have been or will be negotiat
ed in individual settlements moi
based on the Baltimore agreement
which was ratified here last Wed.
nesday by the general policy com
Chicago and Northwestern Men Re.
turn To Work
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