New Britain herald., 1922-09-15
No Negotiations Are in Progress and No Agree ment Can or Will be Reached is Statement.
System Is One of Many Not Yet Agreeable to War field-Jewell Plan for Set tling Tie-up.

F New Haven, Sept. 15.-That no me- gotiations are in progress and no agreement will or can be reached With ex-employes of the mechanical department who went on strike July l, was reiteration of the attitude of the management towards its strik- ing shopnen in a statement issued by the management of the N. Y, N. H. and H. railroad today
 Statement Issued.
 This statement closed with these words:
 Our position as stated repeatedly is unchanged. Any ex-employe who desires to re-enter our service must make application in the usual way If vacancy exists for which he is qualified he will be given the same for work and will take his place in the seniority roster from the date of his last entry into our service"
 In other portions of the statement the roads management reviews the conditions which surrounded the strike in it's early stages. It said:
 Had Been Advised.
 Before the strike employes in the chemical department were fully ad- vised as to what action these com panies Oncluding the Central New England) would take if a strike oc- cured. These employes refused all efforts on the part of the manage ment to deal locally with them in an
 rv,t to settle any grievance which they might have. The management took steps to recruit a new force of me ckanical craftsmen to take the places of the men who struck. Skilled me chanics, many of them working in po- sitions other than their own trade, due to unemployment, upon receiving assurance of permanent positions, lett their occupations to engage in rail- road service. An organization of skilled workers developed and on September 13 the goal of a normal force was reached.
 shopmen Await Orders.
 John C. Ready, federation chair man today said that no word had come from B. M. Jewell, national head of the shopnen, directing the course of the strikers on the New Haven system. He thought instructions would come in view of the changing aspect of the strike as whole, The attitude of the local shopmen on strike is a waiting one.
 R. R. Not Agreeable.
 Chicago, Sept 15.-Refusal by
 h l- way systems to enter into the War feld-Jewell plan for ending the shop- mems strike on the basis of separate aid individual agreements developed an element of considerable uncertain ty today over the scope and effective ness of the peace program.
 While some of the larger systems had fatly rejected the plan others however, notably the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul had virtually completed arrangements for restor- ing strikers at once to their former jobs under terms of the separate set clement plan.
 Negotiations were in progress with several roads in an effort by shop | craft officials to effect additional set dement's.
 Strike leaders were said to be ad dressing communications to some of the unwilling roads asking them to reconsider their rejections.
 Those Opposed.
 Among the larger systems said to have closed the door against the set +lep,ent plan today were:
 Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, Nor folk and Western, Southern Pacific, Chicago and Alton, Chicago, Rock Is- land and Pacific Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Missouri, Kansas and Texas and subsidiary lines.
 Other roads still outside the agree nent today included:
 Central of GeoXia, Delaware, Lack awanna and WeS~ern, Erie, Illinois Central, Louisville and Nashville, Mis- ! souri Pacific, Frisco, Wabash, Santa Fe, Chicago Great Western and nu- merous others.
 50 Have Accepted.
 About 50 roads were understood to have accepted the settlement with the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central lines, Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul among the larg- CT systems in the agreement. w H. Finley, president of the Northwestern. and B. B. Greer, and vice president of the Milwaukee, ex- pressed the hope that many of their shopmen would be back on thtir jobs l today over the entire systems. The , Northwestern employs about 12,000 ' shopmen, and the c. M. and St. F. about 15,o0o.
 Meanwhile Attorney Gen. Daugh- erty's staff of lawyers in the intunc- ton proceedings before Judge Will I kerson speeded up efforts to complete C Ahier evidence tomorrow, I %amuel Gompers and the executive I