The New York herald., 1922-09-14
ROADS, NEW UNIONS
MAY BLOCK PEACE
Constitute Obstacle in This
Section to Acceptance
of Rail Terms.
WILL UPHOLD SENIORITY
Delaware and Hudson Execu-
tive Asserts His Road Will
Stick to It's Pledge.
WILL UPHOLD SENIORITY

The company unions" which were
formed since the strike for the benefit
of loyal shopmen, constitute one OF the
principal obstacles in the metropolitan
railroad district TO possibility OF fa-
vorable action here on the Chicago
peace plan. leading executives indi-
Gated last night.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey
announced yesterday that it had for
mally launched such an organization
at its Elizabethport shops at Elizabeth.
N. ]. Formation of six guilds. one
for each craft. to supplant shopcraft
unions affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor and now on strike,
were proposed at a mass meeting of
employ ees. The proposal was ac-
cepted by acclamation, according to
Charles II. Stein. general manager
Other roads reunionized are the New
York. New Haven and Hartford and the
Delaware and Hudson. both OF which
reported yesterday that workers had
Joined up 100 per cent The Pennsyl-
vania Railroads inside union" -four
ished long before the strike
Still other roads are thought TO be
similarly reorganized. or with such re-
organization under way, but they do not
say so yet.
THE adoption OF the settlement pro-
gram does not authorize a single man
10 return 10 work at this time" was
the instruction issued to $4,000 striking
Strike Committee last night, based on
advices received from b. NJ. Jewell
national leader.
NO man has the right" the order
continued. TO return TO work until his
system federation gives him the order" !"
Commenting upon the agreement. an
executive of the Delaware and Hudson
company, which IS not included In the
settlement. who il familiar with all
phases Of the shop craft strike and it's
attempted compromise, said last night:
Two results are to be anticipated. II
IL not improbable this break may pre-
cipita.e stampede among the strikers
20 get back their old jobs, not only on
the railroad lines which have subscribed
20 the so-called Willard plan but also or
the lines which nave refused TO become
parties to that agreement.
secondly. 1t is not Mt all unlikely that
the roads asserting 10 what has been
called the Baltimore plan as basis for
peace may receive some accessions TO
their present number from among the
systems which. unfortunately. are in
weaker PC sitlon and not 50 we'll in
trenched for a finish fight as are the
rest Of us who are standing upon the
terms OF our statement to President
Harding.
I'm the plan drafted as the Baltimore
compromise / understand the word
seniority was carefully omitted. but
my advices are that the ssgn'ficance
and purport OF that word were retained
in the interest Of the striking shop
craftsmen. As for the Delaware and
Hudson and the prepondernnce of the
Mileage involved throughout -he coun-
try, we stand precisely, ] believe, where
we have stood from the beginning when
we refused to repudiate our pledges 70
the men who in good faith had come
TO our aid and taken places the strikers
had left"
Meanwhile adjustment Of freight rou-
tine 10 meet the new embargoes or
the Erie. Lackawanna. Lehigh Valley
and New York Central proceeded apace,
notably in the handling OF California
fruit Members Of the Fruit ana Frod-
nee Trade Association, represented
200 receivers and 1000 shippers Of Pa
cific slope products. asked officials Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday to
handle 300 cars day over the Key
stone route