The Monett times., 1922-09-22
SIXTEEN ROADS
SIGN PEACE PACT
Settlement Made Are In Accord with
Views of Labor Board-Otlier
Lines Open Negotiations.

Chicago, ILL.,, September 16.-Six-
teen railroads had signed separate
agreements with various labor unions
today through methods in vogue be-
fore the United States Railroad Labor
Board was created as arbiter of dis
putes between railways and their en-
ployes.
/ These settlements, according to Ben
! W. Hooper, chairman Of the board, do
not repudiate the board but rather are
entirely in accord with tQe transpor-
tation act" When the disputes were
withdrawn from the Jurisdiction of
the board the government tribunal be-
lieved that negotiations for settle
ments independent Of the board
would be successful, Hooper said.
His comment referred to yester-
days agreement between the New
York Central Lines and the train SER
vice brotherhoods and other pending
peace negotiations.
Following settlements with the
Order of Railway Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
the New York Central Lines opened
negotiations today with the shop
crafts for ending the shopmen's strike
on the basis Of the Warfield- Willard
Jewell plan. Separate agreements
with the engineers, firemen's and
switchmen's unions were in prospect,
according to officials.
The Pennsylvania system was party
to- similar negotiations with rail
Unions at Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Among the larger roads which have
signed agreements with the striking
shop crafts were the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul; the Chicago and
Northwestern and the Baltimore and
Ohio.
Agreements on wages and rules
with newly created shop unions were
announced by the Chicago, Baltimore
and Quincy, which had turned down
the Warfield- Willard-Jewell proposals
Bert M. Jewell, head of the shop
crafts organization, said he did not
plan at this time to go East for con-
ferences with rail heads who said
their negotiations were unaffected by
terms consummated in Chicago this
week.
Today brought lull in the govern
ment's injunction proceedings before
Judge Wilkerson.
Attorney General Daugherty and
his aids rested their case on the
strength of 600 affidavits supporting
charges of violence, intimidation and
destruction of property, and attorn-
eys for Bert M. Jewell, chief executive
and John M. Scott, secretary of the
Railway Employees Department of
The American Federation of Labor,
Will open the defense Monday with
four days for the defense and final
before the existing re-
straining order expires.
Judge Wilkerson told the opposing
awyers that the restraining order
will not be renewed when it expires,
September Fl, unless the injunction
,earing is completed then.
If the injunction is upheld by Judge
it means the end of strikes
n which Interstate Commerce or the
United States Government are direct
Y involved, Attorney General Daugh-
,rty said.
Discussing the case and comparing
with the Debs injunction Of 1894,
said: 'It has been long
ime since the decision in the Debs
ase. That was the outstanding case
hat involved these questions, and
side from the changes and extensions
hat naturally come in the law in the
evelopment of the time, thsre is little
ew in the case"
Negotiation of agreement with the
of Railroad T-ainmen
nd the Order of Railway Conductors
) expected to be begun next week by
Western roalroads, Samuel M. FELTON,
hartman of the Western Railroad
residents, said today when he had
OF received the telegram reported in
ispatches yesterday to have been
mt Western managers by the
rotherhood presidents asking for
agotiations next Tuesday, but Mr..
elton indicated there would be no
fficulty about getting together with
le brotherhood leaders.