The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-29
BELIEVE RAIL
STRIKE WILL
END IN WEEK
Outlook for Peace Regarded
Bright in Rail Circles-Ex-
pect Action Tuesday on
Harding Plan.
DETAILS OF PROPOSAL
a. Assnciated Pressl

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100000 railway shopmen entered its
fifth week today the outlook for peace
i was regarded as bright that in rail
circles here the belief was expressed
that the walkout would not last into
the sixth week.
i Meetings were set for Tuesday, both
by the rail chiefs and workers on
strike, at which time President Hard
ing's plan for settlement was expect
ed to be acted upon. The conference
of rail heads, the call for which was
issued Thursday by T. Dewitt Culyer,
i chairman of the Association of Rail
! way Executives, will be held in New
/ York. Representatives of the strikers
will meet in Chicago in answer to word
sent out last night by B. NJ Jewell,
head of the shop workers organization.
TO the 80 general chairmen comprising
the national agreement executive
board. AT the same time notice was
, given to 25 general chairmen of the
Stationary Firemen and Oilers Union,
which ordered strike of 5000 men
week following the shopman's walkout,
by Timothy Healey, head of the union,
: that a meeting would be held here
, Tuesday to discuss settlement of the
, strike of that organization.
Details Outlined.
The presidents plans were not made
. public. ISowever, it became known
, from authoritative sources that it en-
, braced settlement of all the strikers
j grievances except the wage question.
which would be submitted TO the rail
road labor board for rehearing
Under the plan, as outlined the
|, presidents stand for recognition of the
rights of men now at work wouiI be
carried out Union shopmen who did
. not strike would be placed at the head
of the railroads seniority list, which
means that they would be assured OF
permanent work, since in slack times
the workers at the foot of the lists are
the first to " laid off. Union shop
. men who went on strike would BE-
. placed next on the lists and after them
would come the men hired by the
roads since the strike began. No men
!. ton was made of the pension rights
and it was not learned whether this
question had been included in the
presidents plan. If pension rights
should not be restored workers who
have been in the service OF their re-
spective employers for a number OF
: years would forfeit the benefits allow
ed, which give workers the privilege
or retiring after a certain number OF
: years with continuance of a percent
. age of their pay
: Seniority Question
] Western railroads have been insis-
r tent that men now at work should be
e placed at the head of seniority lists.
S asserting that if their rights were not
thus recognized there would be no
incentive for men to stay at work in
: the event of strike in the future.
Also included in the presidents
plan 1t is understood was elimination
of outside contract of repair work
!, by the railroads. This would mean
that each railroad would do its own re-
|. pair work in its own shops.
Another demand of the strikers was
included in the settlement program
This related to the setting up of ma
s tional and regional adjustment boards
to expedite the adjustment of disputes
between workers and EMPLOYERS
The wage question could be left to
e the labor board, the striking shopmen
e to recognize the boards wage reduc-
ton decision and return to work with
the assurance that their case would
receive prompt attention by the board.
; In addition the administration is un-
d derstood to have assured the shopmen
II that 1t would make every effort to
have labor sections of the Each Cum
= Minis bill amended so that the labor
board may be directed to fix the paw
! of the workers on a living wage"
basis.
Violence Increases
While union chiefs and rail head )
! were presumed to be on the verge of
, making peace. violence was slightly
!, increased in strike areas, reports in
dicated.
Thirty colored laborers were said TO
= have disappeared from the Chicago
= and Northwestern shops at Milwaukee
= after a number of shots were fired in
= the vicinity.
= non-union employe of the Wabash
was beaten and another kidnapped a.
!. Chicago
: Two workers in railroad shops at
i Montgomery. Ala, were beaten by
eight men alleged to be strikers.
A non-union shop worker. at Rose
vile, Calf, was seized while walking
with his wife. He was carried out of
town in an automobile, beaten and
n warned to stop work
p A deputy federal marshal ON guard
y at the Missouri Pacific roundhouse al
Jefferson City, Mo-, was slugged into
'e Inconsistencies by three men after he
re had been called from the buildiIg
ot A mob at GAINESVILLE, Wis, surround
b. ed q roundhouse of the Chicago, Mil
2, waukee and st. Paul where 10 non
s. union men were at work and com
Id PEELED the men to run from the build
i. ing. Women and girls in the moi
=. threw stones at the workers.
al Striking shopmen of the Mobile and
:. Ohio were said TO have taken charge
90 of the shops at West Point, Miss, anc
driven out new employees.
At St. Louis two guards of the Mis-
=, souri, Pacific and a blacksmith of the
q terminal railroad were stoned ant
beaten.
u Troops at Erie, Pa, were stationed
about the homes of several men wht
ne remained at work following attacks II
'rt which the mems homes were stoned
at A temporary injury was granted Il
ID the great Northern to restrain striker.
all from interfering with trains or en-
To- ployes in Sioux Falls, Watertown, Hu
ct ron, Aberdeen and Yankton, Soul