New-York tribune., 1922-07-19
100000 Signed
To New Scale
By the P. r.. II.
Agreement Affecting Shop
Workers, Clerks. ETC., Re-
gardcd as Victory for Sys-
TENS Inside Union Plan
$50 Marine Men Go Out
Repairers of Jersey Central
Boats Quit; Long Island
Offers Separate Peace

An agreement between the Penn
sylyania Railroad and representatives
Of It's 10000 shopmen, maintainanee
Of way employees. signal mon' clerks
and miscellaneous forces, al Of whom
arc organized IN company uniona' was
annouaced at the roads Offices here
yesterday. BY granting a wage scale
in some cases slightly higher than that
deereed By the Railway Labor Board
the system appears At one stroke 70
have vindieated rs split with the ma
tional unions. 10 have stopped the
walk-out Of the clerks and station
employees threatened Monday, 90 have
rendered innoeuous the talk Of n walk
out Of its trackmen and to have made
itself immune from further inroads
on rs repair forces, resulting from
the national walk-out Of this class Of
labor So FAR this is understood 10
have affected only about S5 per cent
OF the lines shopmen.
Silence greeted tho announcement a,
the Headquarters Of the central strike
committee here. Il has been admitted
there from the outset Of the shopmen' s
walk cont that the Pennsylvania has
been less affected by tho strike than
any other road entering New YORK.
nartlv because its sound financial con-
ALTON had enabled Il 20 get all It's
eouipment In tho best OF condition m
Authorization OF the impairment of ~
rcpair service, and partly because. rs
companv shop craft union as a whole
remained loyal. ,,.
o,Rccs Il has been learned that tne
road almost welcomed the shopmen
walkout. considering the compl. cation
az the Transportation problem when ~
caused OF less Importance than the op-
nortunitv IL afforded 90 get line on
what men can be depended on 20 stick
10 their Jobs. Those who went o.t ~
answer 10 the call from the national
organization, Il Is thought, will have
dificulty in getting their jobs back
even without the restoration Of their
seniority.
Many Employees Oppose Road
A considerable number OF Ponnsyl-
vauia employees are known 70 De
stronelv opposed 10 the roads attempt
10 foster the company unions on the
gropnd that these are designed %
break the power OF organized labor on
its lines. and that there have been I'M
nroprieties in the election Of their Of
feers An index Of the strength OF the
element is given By the number OF
shopmen who went out while the COM
panv union stood fast, and II is thought
that a similar percentage OF WORKERS
in other classihcations is likely 20 DhiN
M the new agreements. The road ap-
parently feels. however, that enough OF
rs men will stand by the scparatist or
ganizations 20 make any serious tle-up
Of the system impossible.
No lengthy statement of the terms
Of the settlement was given out.
"Tha matter Of adjusting rates NJ
nav FOR shopmen. trackmen, signalmen.
clerks and miscellaneous employee
the road declared briefly, "has been
under negotiation for several months.
Il was handled entirely with commit
tees representing the various classes.
"The new schedules Of wages din Pr
in some respects from the rates csiab-
lished by the Labor Board for other
railroads, but the difference g. In n
vor Of the Pennsylvania employees.
For the most part the Pennsylvania
system rates are graded In accordance
with skill and experience required and
the prevailing rates are generally
higher than those established for other
railroads"
Scale Effective on July l6
The new wagc scale Is effective as Of
July Us.
In line with the Pennsylvania's an
nouncemcnt OF separate settlement
with is men was the statement made
By James II. Kinney, general chairman
OF the maintenance Of way workers on
the Long Island, that that road has
offered 20 make a separate peace with
rs employees.
lie declared that 90 present there rs
not trackman out on the Long Island,
although many members OF the main
tcnance union employed In the shops
are now on strike, and secuted the idea
Of an outlaw walk-out among his men
IN advance Of orders from national
headquarters.
From the strikers point Of view the
most encouraging announcement yes
tcrday was the report given out by the
central committee at the close OF a con-
fere~ea with Jaure Ofronnfll nrosf-