The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-14
Only Two of the Big Western
Group Admit Inclusion.
Chicago & Northwestern and
milwaukee, to Sign.
THE SANTA FE STANDING PAT
No Confirmation That Rock
Island Will Join Group.
Many Western Roads Issue De-
malls of Acceptance.

Chicago, Sept. III. Z. German,
president of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railroad this afternoon met
with the system federation leaders of
the shop crafts at the request of the
union men. 1t was officially stated.
however, that the company would not
accede to the partial strike settlement
agreement approved yesterday by the
shop crafts general policy committee.
Renew Present Wage Scale?
New York, Sept. IA. H. Smith.
president of the New York Central
| railroad, today held a secret meeting
with w. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
and l.. E. Sheppard, president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, at
which they discussed a new agreement
which it was understood would pro-
vide for renewal of the present wage
scale working conditions and rules.
(By The Associated Press5
Chicago. Sept. 14.-Official state
ments by railroad presidents or di-
| rectors to The Associated Press today
were to the effect that the following
roads were not parties to the strike
settlement agreement approved by the
shop crafts policy committee last
night:
Atlantic Coast Line; Central. of
Georgia; Central railroad of New Jer-
sey; Delaware & Hudson; Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western: Elgin. Joliet
| & Eastern Erie; Fort Worth & Der
yer City: Gulf Coast Lines; Illinois
| Central; Louisville & Nashville; Le-
high Valley; Minneapolis & St. Louis:
Missouri. Kansas & Texas; Missouri
| Pacific: Norfolk & Western; Pennsyi-
vania System; San Antonio & Arkan-
saS Pass; st. Louis & San Francisco:
st. Louis & Southwestern; Southern
Pacific; Union Pacific; Wabash;
Western, of Alabama; Virginia Rail-
way; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe;
Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy; Chicago Great Western:
Northern Pacific; Texas Pacific; New
York, New Haven & Hartford.
(By The Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 14.-Following is the
list of roads generally understood to.
have accepted the settlement pro-
posals: Alabama Great Southern:
Bellingham & Northern; B. & o. (sys-
tenn; Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh:
Boston & Albany; Chesterfield & Lam
| caster; c. & o.; Chicago. Indianapolis
& Louisville; Chicago, Milwaukee e.
st. Paul (system); Chicago, Milwaukes
& Gary; Chicago, Terre Haute &c
Southeastern; C.. st. Pau, Minneapolis
& Omaha; C. & N. w; Cincinnati &c
Northern; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & St Louis; Coal & Coke road,
Dayton Union; EI Paso 6 Southwest
ern; East e. West Coast; Georgia
Southern & Florida; Gallatin Valley;
Hartman & Northeastern; Hooking
Valley; Lake Erie e. Western; Louisi-
ana g. Arkansas: Macon, Dublin &
Savannah: Missouri Valley & Blair
(and branch); Morgantown & King
wood; New York Central system: New
| York, Chicago e st. Louis; New
Orleans e. Northeastern: Northern
Alabama: Pierre & Fort Pierre
Bridge; Pierre Rapid City & North
western; Puget Sound & WilIapa Har-
Dor; Southern System, Seaboard Air
line; Seattle, Port Angeles & West
ern; Tacoma Eastern; Tampa & Gulf
Coast; Tampa Northern; Trinity &c
BraZos Valley; Virginian Railway
West Shore; Wheeling & Lake Erie:
Winston, Salem South Bound; Wyom--
ing e. Northwestern; GAINESVILLE &
Western; Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago
Terminal
Only Two Western Roads Sign.
Officials of only two of the large
western railway systems today had
confirmed inclusion of their roads in
the list of lines parties to the general
settlement agreement. These were
the Chicago e. Northwestern and ths
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul. No
official list of roads has been an
nounced either by unions or raj. ex-
ecutives. A number OF the important
western lines were not parties to the
agreement and will not be included
in the settlement, according to state
ments from their officials today.
These included the Chicago. Burling-
ton G. Quincy, the Chicago & Alton.
| and Chicago Great Western.
I'VE will not enter the agreement"
Hale Holden, president of the Chicago.
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