The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-14
END STRIKE ON
FIFTY OR MORE
OF 2O2 ROADS


roads pay roll at the end of the 81
days period Men will be called hack
10 work in order of their standing,
Anticipating disputes arising out oI
the mems return to work, the agree
ment provides for an arbitration com
mission composed of six railroad rep
| resentatives and six shop craft
agents.
On the belief that many carriers
| will follow those who were parties to
this agreement, it was understood to-
night the shop crafts officials place
their hopes of a nation wide settlement
of the strike. The action Of the agree
ing roads, they were said to believe
will ftrce the others to the same
terms.
Just how soon men Of the peace
railroads will return to work could not
be learned tonight but 1t was predicted
that orders ending the strike on soma
roads will be issued within few
hours.
The peace settlement plan also
would apply to the Brotherhood OF
Stationary Firemen and oilers, some
$4,000 members of which followed the
strike action of the six federated shop
crafts.
Among the railroads said by repre-
sentative Of S. Davies Warfield to have
been parties to the agreement were:
Louisiana and Arkansas; Southern
Railway; East and West Coasts;
Georgia Southern and Florida; New
Orleans and Northwsstern: Northern
Alabama; Seaboard Air Line; macon,
Dublin and Savannah; Tampa ana
Gulf Coast; Tampa Northern; Virgin
ian Railway; winston Salem South
haund. Alabama Great Southern'
Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore
and Ohio.
The terms of the settlement were as
follows:
Gin order to bring to an end the eX-
listing strike Of employees upon the ram
roads and relieve the country from the
adverse effects thereof and to expeolte
the movement of essential trafflc' tne
following memorandum of agreement Is
made upon the understanding, which the
narties hereto accept, that the terms
hAraof shall be carried out by the OFFICERS
of the companies and the representatives
or the employees In a spirit Of Cancellation
and sincere purpose to effect genuine
settlement of the matters in controversies
referred to below. This paragraph does
not amply to or include strikes IN erect
to July l, 1922.
"2-All men to return to work IN POSI-
lions of the class they originally held on
Tune 40. 1922. and at the same point. AS
MANY of such men as possible are to be
put to work, at present rates
of pay and all such employees on STRIKE
be put to work or under pay not later
than thirty days after the signing Of this
except such men as have been
found guilty of acts of violence which
in the opinion of the commission herein
after. provided for, shall be sufficient
cause for dismissal from service.
"s-The relating standing as between
of men returning to work and
men laid off, furloughed or on leave Of
absence, including general chairmen and
others who were as of June 80, 1922, a.,
on leave of absence, will be re- |
stored as of June 30, 1922, and they will |
be called back to work in that order.
"4-If dispute arises as to the relative !
standing of an employe or if any con-
Eroversy arises growing out of the strike |
that cannot be otherwise adjusted by
The carrier and said employe or the duly
authorized representative thereof, the
matter shall be referred by the organi
sdtions parties to this agreement, the en-
5loyes or the carrier in the interest of
my employe who may be aggrieved, to a
commission to be established and con- u
,tituted as hereinafter provided, for final
lecision by majority vote.
"5-The commission referred to in par
lgraph four thereof shall be composed of
ix representatives to be named by the
thief officers of the organization, parties
hereto, and six railroad officers or rep
selected from and by the
ailroads agreeing hereto This com
mission shall be constituted within fifteen
lays from the signing of this agreement
md shall have jurisdiction to decide all
asses that may properly be referred to 1t
n or before May 81 1923. but not there
fter.
"6--Inasmueh as this agreement is
cached for the purpose of composing in
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