The labor world., 1922-09-16
SH0PMEN CAN RETURN ON
TERMS DRAWN BY UNION
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within Is days from the signing Of
this agreement and shall have juris-
diction to decide all cases that may
properly be referred to it on or be-
fore May 81, 1928, but not there
after.
Basis Of Pact.
"6-Inasmuch as this agreement is
reached for the purpose Of composing
in spirit Of compromise this con-
troversy. all parties hereto agree
that neither this settlement nor any
decision OF the commission above
provided for. shall be used or cited in
any controversy between these
parties or between the railroads
signing the same,. or any other class
or classes of their employees in any
other controversy that may hereafter
arise.
"7-Both parties pledge themselves
that no intimidation nor opposition
shall be practiced or permitted
against any of the employees who
have remained at work or have taken
service, or as against those who re-
sumo work, under this understand
ing.
"S-All suits at law now pending
as a result Of the strike to be with
drawn and cancelled by both parties
Councils Statement.
The executive council of the shop
men authorized the following state
ment in explanation OF the agree
ment:
The settlement speaks for itself.
II the craftsmanship shown by S.
Seaboard Air Line had prevailed a..
the outset. differences would have
been composed in a week. Railroad
employees are not breakers of the
law but they are human and expect
to be recorded the consideration
which they believe they are entitled
to receive as the inalienable right of
the American citizen.
I'VE sought settlement through the
peaceful method of continued neeo-
tlatlons, not by resorting to violence
or other unlawful acts. The iniunc-
ton secured by the attorney general,
coming as 1t did near the close of
these important and far-reachine ne
gotiations, would have, If secured 4s
hours earlier. disrupted them.
we have neither criticism to make
nor excuses to offer. We accept the
administrations proposal for settle
ment. and were not responsible for
ana misapplication Of alleged UNDER
, standings between the administration
! and the chairman of the Association
OF Railway Executives to which jts
defeat by that body was attributed,
Neither were we responsible for the
labor provisions Of the TRANSPORTATION
act.
we conducted our proceedings un-
der wel1-recognized labor policies of
long standing. The public will not be-
neVe that the rank and file of labor
condones acts Of violence resulting in
stri1e among train service employees
and others. Through the constant ef-
fort of the officers of tho oreaniza- :
tions law and order was generally
well maintained and such sporadic
acts OF lawlessness and violence az
occurred were few in number when
% directed to secure conferences
gagged In the strike and the pressure
upon these men and hundreds of
thousands of other persons directly
or indirectly affected. We approached
the railroads recognizing their diff
cult1es as we expected them to appre-
ciate ours.
Method Of Procedure.
| The method of procedure adopted
by the policy committee at the meet.
ing Is that no men on any railroad.
even though included in the settle.
ment at this time, are to return to
work until they have received the
necessary directions from their re-
spective system federations. The
system federations on railroads not
now parties to the agreement will
with the proper railroad officials
and endeavor to secure this agree
ment from their railroads, in which
event the men will return to work.
! Necessary arrangements will be
made to sustain and assist all men
on all railroads who are forced to re-
main on strike because of the re-
\ tfusal of such roads to join the
agreements made : ,.%I