Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-24
RAIL PEACE UP TO
sHOPMEN, ALLEGES
BROTHERHOOD Chief
BIG FIVE OFFICIAL DENIES ANY
SEPARATE PEACE WILL BE
MADE WITH TWENTY ROADS,
NEW YORK CONFERENCE DEAD.
LOCKED.

New York, Aug. 24.--"It's now up to
the shopmen," said spokesman for
the bic five brotherhood chiefs this aft
ernoon after they had conferred with
a committee representing IA group OF
about twenty roads on proposition
tor eiiecting separate settlements be
tween individual roads and striking
shopmen. IA.
A member of the shipments eastern
strike committee made this comment
to newspaper men:
IN saystha there is going to be no
settlement with any twenty railroads.
You can put that in your pipe and
smoke it,
AT $40 o'clock this afternoon broth
erhood chiefs and shopcraft leaders
were still IN session at the Hota.
Woodstock. while executives were
waiting at The Yale clup Ter word
from the mediators.
Separate Peace Proposed.
New YORK, Aug "a (By the A. P)
Tho big five brotherhood chiefs
and REPRESENTATIVES of a score OF
railroads today prepared to thresh
out the possiDiity VI individual lines
settling with their striking shopmen.
ms possibility was raised by lead
ers OF the running trades appearing
as hlediators, at conference with
the entire membership of the assoc!-
alton of railway executives which
rejected the proposal Of the brother
hood men fiat the rail heads yield
ON the disputed question of seniority
rights
Encouraged by the belief that in
diyiuuaI acttiahvlt might yet prove
the basis for peace the big five lead
ers conferred yTtil after midnight
with the heads OF score of more OF
executives, who, when the general
conference adjourned, expressed a
Willingness to continue negotiations
altho featfirming their common stand
against the unions seniority propos-
ais.
Then when the executives left
agreeing To renew their peace efforts
today the big five returned to their
headqldarters where they remained
until 4 55 A. NJ. closeted with b. M.
Jewell, president of the striking
crafts and eleven other heads of
stationary trades. What developed
at this session was not disclosed.
The failure OF majority of the
roads to participate in negotiations
which the so-called minority contin-
ued late last night was ascribed to
two reasons:
:, l-4phair refusal to recognize the
seniority demand of the strikers as
basis for settlement.
2-Their refusal TO consider taking
back all of the strikers noint which
President Harding's last proposal
contained and which the strikers
have consistently demanded.
The minor group was understood
to be willing to take back all their
old mon, providing it could be done
without II eeessitating withdrawal
from the stand on seniority in which
they CONQUERED with the majority.
Continues Acute.
Chicago, Aug 24.-With the New
York peace conference stil holding
the co5ter of the railroad strike stage
today situation at many railway cen
tiers remained acute and disorders con
tinued ~ the shCpme1's strike ap-
preached the end OF its eighth week.
Thee rail strike catered its fifty
fifth day with reports from Sioux City.
Iowa. that plans have been maturing
for weeks for general nationwide
strike CT organized labor.
John Shank, secretary Of the Trades
and Labor Assembly of Sioux City,
was authority for the statement that
a move for a general labor war was
on foot.