Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer., 1922-09-14
STRIKERS ISSUED
ORDERS TO return
TO THEIR Old JOBS
Washington, Sept. l4.-Advices to the Labor
department today from it's representatives in Chi.
cago said that railroads of approximately thirty

five per cent of the couna
try's mileage had signi4
hed their intention Of
ending the shopmen's strike on the
'basis of the agreement accepted yes
terday by the shop crafts general
, policy committee and that roads
representing an additional thirty per
cent were ready to end the strike.
Others Want to End Strike.
Chicago, Sept. 14.-(By the A. P.y
Leaders of the federated railway
shopcrafts who today began negoti.
alton of separate settlements of the
shopmen's strike which began July
d l, in accordance with the agreement
adopted by the unions general policy
committee, announced that several
roads had telegraphed union head.
quarters indicating willingness to
start negotiations. These the lead.
ers said were in addition to about
fifty roads which previously had
agreed to separate settlements.
Among the road which union of.
ficials said had communicated with
them the only one named was the
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, which oper.
ates an outer belt line in the Chicago
switching district and feeds the 81 eel
plants of the Calumet and adjac emit
districts.
The settlement plan by which tho
strike will be ended on some of the
fiffu M
night at the close Of the meeting Of
the general policy committee E,ro-
vides for the return to work Of the
strikers in their former positions ilnd
at the rate OF pay prescribed BY the
railroad labor board. Any disputes
or controversies incident to the ;set.
tlement will be referred to a commits.
sion of twelve members, six of VIII, o9
will be selected by the railroads in
the agreement and six by the sIlop
crafts.
The Chicago G. North Western, q ar.
ty to the agreement, was expected to
meet leaders of its shopmen SO me-
time today with the possibility that
the men would return to work tomor.
row or Monday. 1t was the under
standing at the general offices that
no pact would be signed with the un-
ion chairmen, but that informal dis.
cussion would take place.
Chicago, Sept 14.-(A. P)-Mem.
bers of the shop crafts policy commit
tee who yesterday approved peace
plans for ending the railway strike
thru separate agreements with indi-
vidual roads, today began separate
settlement negotiations under terms
of the agreement.
instructions to various system fed.
GRAFTON officials to enter signatory ne.
gotiations and arrange agreements
with their roads We're sent out from
union headquarters by Bert M. Jewell,
chief strike leader and head of the
railway employees department Of the
American Federation of labor.
Altho the shop crafts executive
council remained here with Mr.. Jew.
ell to direct the affairs of the railway
shop unions in settling the strike pol.
icy committee members scattered to
heir respective bailiwicks soon after
the settlement plan was adopted
Among the larger systems said to
De included in the agreement at the
start were:
The New York Central lines and
including the Michigan
Central and Big Four.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul. IL
Chicago and North Western and
Baltimore and Ohio.
Seaboard Air line.
Southern Railway.
Chesapeake and Ohio.
The railway unions forming the six
shop crafts which with the brother
rood Of stationery fremen and oilers
went on strike July L. are:
International brotherhood of Black.
smiths and helpers of America.
International Association of Machin.
SITS.
International Brotherhood of Boiler
makers, Iron shipbuilders and helpers
VI America.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
alliance.
Brotherhood of electrical engineers.
Brotherhood Of railway carmen of
America.
Chicago, Sept. 14A-Official state
nent by railroad officials to the Asso-
lated Press today were to the effect
hat the following roads were not par
les to the strike settlement agree
nent approved by the shopcrafts pol
cy committee last night:
f. j. & E.. Illinois Central, Wabash.
Santa Fe, Chicago & Alton. Northern
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cific; Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific.
Louisville & Nashville, Liehigh Val-
ley, Pennsylvania, NJ. X. & t..
New York-New Haven G Hud.
son, Minneapolis & st. Louis. Gulf
coast Line. Delaware & Hudson. Lack
lwana. Central. of Georgia, Atlantic
Coast Line, FIT. w. & d. c., Norfolk
Western. -