Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-24
INDIVIDUAL ROADS
Continued from Page One)

There is no question of split" he
asserted The railroads are all stand
ing pat on seniority and any individual
settlement will have to be made in the
light OF that understanding.
Tonight Robert S. Binkcrd. assistant
to T. Dewitt Cuyler. chairman of the
association. issued statement which
follows in part.
while the basis suggested by the
train and engine service brotherhood
leaders was not acceptable
as submitted, group of roads had de-
tcrmlned to ascertain whether or not
such notifications of ii may be OBJ
tanned by further negotiations between
this group of rc ads and the mediators
as will make the proposal acceptabl
10 at least some of the roads under
their special conditions, which. in that
event. would consider the making of a
separate and individual settlement"
Mr.. Holden. in a statement which he
SAID supplemented Mr.. Binkcrd's. said :
AT the conclusion of the general
meeting Of the Association of Railway
Executives the officers of consider
able number of indiN idual railroads
remained in further conference oevr a
proposition submitted by the brother
hood officials. There was no dissent
from the action taken at the main
meeting"
The new proposition submitted to-
day to tn" executives by tho Big Five
and considered tonight by % roads
reads
First: All men to lie reinstated in
the position OF the class they origin
ally held on June Both. 1920 and as
many Of such men as possible are TO
be put to work September lst. at
present rates of pay and all en-
p!oyes who have been on strike to be
put TO work. or under pay, not later
than October 1st. next except such
men as have been proven guilty of
destruction of railroad property or
convicted of crime; ordinary cases of
assault and battery. the result of per
sonal encounter. are to be d;sre-
gardeQ.
Second: If any dispute arises as
TO the relative standing Of an en-
ploye or employees that cannot be
otherwise adjusted by the carrier
and said employe o" employees. the
matter shall he referred to the Init
ed States Railroad Labor Boad in
accordance with the Transportation
act of 1920. by the orGanizatior. the
employees or the carrier. in tic in,cr-
4. st nj /
Grieved.
Third: No intimidation or op-
preston Shall be practiced or. per-
mitted as against any of the en-
ployes who have remained or have
taken service or as against those
who resume service under this under
standing.
Fourth All suits at law now
pending as the result of the strike to
be withdrawn and cancelled by both
parties
In a letter sent the big five reply
ing to today's proposals., Mr.. Cuyler
said:
The carriers have carefully con-
sidered the tentative suggestions YOU
have today made.
THE use BY YOU in this suggestion
of the terms 'rcinstated' goes to the
root of the differences between us.
You have repeatedly explained to
our committee that this means an
acknowledgement on the part of the
carriers that the men returning 10
work under your proposition above
quoted will be senior to the new men
employed since July !. 1922, and TO
the old men who remained, in the
service to the extent that the return
ing strikers were senior on June 30,
1g..oo.
"As this Acknowledgement would
doubtless control the decision of the
Labor Board on a dispute submitted
under your second paragraph as to
seniority and oblige it to render a de-
cisior against the old men who re-
manned and the new men who enter
cd the service. we cannot accept it