The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-07-28
ALL HINGE ON
THE SENIORITY
RIGHTS OF MEN
Outside Railroad Contract
ing Would Be Aban-
doned Under Each of the
Three Proposals Senior
ity Matter Handled in
Three Different Ways

immediate ending of the railroad strikes
have been submitted to representatives
of the railroad executives and labor un.
ions by President Harding, according to
information obtained to-day from ad-
ministration advisers who talked with
the executive.
The three proposals. all hinging on
various plans for adjusting the EN-
ploycs seniority rights, will be sub
mitted, II was said, to the executives
meeting in New York Tuesday and to
an employees conference in Chicago to
be arranged by B. NJ. Jewell, the shop
mems leader.
Outside railroad contracting. it was
said would be abandoned BY the rail-
roads under each Of the three propos-
als.
One proposal, according to those
claiming to have information of the
presidents suggestions, would be for
the railroads to waive the seniority
question and take all strikers back to
work.
Another was said to be to give
'1oyal' men who have remained at
work prior seniority rights over strik-
ers.
The third was for separate adjust
ment of the seniority dispute by each
road with its own employees through
joint committees to be appointed.
The president was said by his ad-
visers to believe that the three pro-
posals promised considerable hope of
strike settlement and TO have de-
clared that more clouds had passed
away" in the railway situation with
in the past few hours than for several
weeks.
Re-hearing by the railroad labor
board of the shopmen's wage question
was said to be embraced in all three
of the proposals. One proposal, it was
said, also contemplated that both en-
ployers and employees agree that here
after the boards rulings be observed |
without question.
The president had suggested with |
reference TO seniority. it was asserted. |
that as an initial step under one pro-
posal, the labor board be given com
plete jurisdiction over the seniority |
controversy.
II this could not be agreed upon, it |
was said. the president proposed, as a |
substitute, the plan for settlement by |
the executives and employees of each |
separate road, through Joint commit
tees composed of three members repre-
in event Of disagreement of such com
mittees II was proposed that the ques-
tion then be taken to some form OF |
arbitration tribunal
All administration officials acquaint- |
ed with the proposals appeared to
share the presidents view that basis
upon which the strikers might return |
10 work had been worked out /
There were indications from various
sources chose 10 the two parties TO the |
strike that leaders Of the shcpmen had |
manifested an inclination TO accept |
the presidents plan in the main and |
that representatives of the executives |
consider Il unsatisfactory in princi-
pie. Final decision, however, viii rest |
with conferences of the two groups.
II was also said that the president |
urged in his conference with Mr.. CIV |
Ter that the railroads agree to the \
union demands for restoration Of Sc
niority rights TO strikers.
Among other rail executives opposed \
TO yielding on the seniority issue. w.
W. Atterbury Of the Pennsylvanis and
L. r. Loree of the Delaware and Hud-
son. who were here to-day, Mr.. Loree
having arrived last night. were both
understood TO be still insistent in their
opposition,
Meanwhile the opposition Of Mr..
Jewell 70 a separate settlement Of the
strike on the Baltimore and Ohio. a.
least pending the outcome of the at
tempt at a general settlement. ap.
pesred 70 have ended all prospect for
prior action BY the striking shopmen
of that road on the pending company
proposals.
Development here in the coal strike
situation in the last - hours included
the statement of oficisls of the Ma
fional Coal association that they had
heen authorized bv Alfred n. 0rie.
president Of thst-orEanizsfion 70 deny
snv report that . meeting Of opcr-
sfors of the Central Ccmpetifive
rieid- vas in prospect to consider
settlement
Action hy the Senate labor connit-