The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-18
MEDIATION is
BY
BROTHERHOODS
President Stone, Head of En-
gineers, Asserts Strike e
Must Stop Here and Now
Chiefs and Factions Meet.
PROPOSAL IS RUMORED
CBy Associated Press>

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Heads OF the
five big brotherhoods serving as medi-
ators today pressed their efforts to end
the nationwide shipments strike,
strike which Warren F. Stone, leader
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, asserted this morning. must
stop here and now"
The brotherhood men put in two
hours with railway executives this
morning and then fastening uptown to
labor headquarters went into executive
session shortly after o'clock with the
heads of the Is stationary craft.
Later in the afternoon the mediators
"ere scheduled to resume their session
at the Broadway Offices of the associa-
tion Of rail executives.
Belief that no definite agreement
for settlement of the strike would be
reached today, was expressed by Mr.
Stone. Mr. Stone explained he did
not believe there could be settlement
today, because whatever plan they
made would have to be referred by
| both sides to their constituents.
Get Down To Cases.
The general impression prevailing
|
noon recess was that the conferees
had come down to cases and that some
/ definite program was under discus
sion.
In this connection were recalled the
statements from Washington, quoting
Senator Watson, of Indiana. as learn
ing of a proposal for settlement Of the
seniority question This proposal
which could not be confirmed here
was that loyal employees should heao
/ the employees first, strikers second
and new employees third, and as many
recruits to be retained as possible. Mr.
Stone before leaving for the confer
ence with labor leaders implied h,
had definite proposition to put be
fore them.
/ For more than four hours yesterda!
the labor men and railroad PRESIDENT
debated the ground upon which tn
walkout must end, without success
/ Labor men after the conference eS
pressed belief that progress had bee
made toward a favorable settlement
but one executive ventured the opir
ion that the hour of adjournment
! agreement was still far distant Tn
official communique merely state
that no conclusion had been reached
Seniority Chief Topic
While official information as t
what developed at the conference wa
lacking, the understanding was tha
debate had centered on the questio
of seniority. This apparently wa
borne out by the action of executive
in sending for decisions of the raj
road labor board on the question c
, seniority in other railroad strikes.
representatives of stationary worl
ers, assembled in an uptown hote
, watching the progress of the parle
, going on at the headquarters of tn
: association of railway executive
, made it plain in informal CONNER
that they regarded it essential ths
the roads take the strikers back wit
! seniority unimpaired.
They conteEded that so many ba
I order cars now were piling up, thf
!. the roads, called upon to transpol
r vast quantities of coal before the vii
ter months would need great number
> of extra shopmen to speed up repair
!. This, they asserted, would make di
l. charge of new employees unnecessa1
and offset the contention of executive
that to restore strikers would mea
discharge of new employees and tn;
this would be unfair to the ne
. recruits.