The Washington herald., 1922-08-22
PLAN KEPT SECRET
Peace Talk Is Propagan-
da, Says Loree, of Della
ware and Hudson.
CLAIMS SHOPMEN
STRIKE is BEATEN
Brotherhood Chiefs Still
Confident of Agree
ment Tomorrow.

ment tomorrow.
NEW YORK, Aug. ai.-Eastern
railway executives are prepared to
fight to a finish against the plan
Of settling the shopmen's strike to
be presented at Wednesdays meet
ing Of the American Association OF
Railway Executives.
This was Indicated by warIike Mt
terances made by several railroad
presidents in connection with a
meeting of the Eastern executive
/ group here today. At this meeting,
twelve leading railroad presidents
heard the suggestions that were
bnade at the conferences Of the
brotherhood chiefs and an execu-
/ tives' committee last week for o--
termining the seniority rights OF
shopmen and ending their walkout.
The nature Of these suggestions
was not revealed. but IL was evi-
dent after the meeting today that
they involved a program Of COM
promise which the Eastern eNecu-
1 NA'Sc rAAehhlN PppoNt0-
Declares Peace Talk -IdIe.-
L. +. Loree. president Of the Della
ware and Hudson. and chairman OF
/ the Eastern presidents conference.
: declared after the session that all
peace talk is idle"
Processing TO speak for other
/ Eastern roads. he Indicated that the
/ "die-hard" sentiment for driving
/ the shopmen 10 complete defeat was
/ as vigorous among the executives
as ever. There is no meaning in
all this peace talk" Loree said. 1T
Is merely union propaganda. Tn.
strikers are defeated and they know
II. Their leaders are begging thera
TO stay out a few days longer in
the hope that they can reach a
settlement without complete sur
render. II the railroads would ST
tight they would win without an
effort"
Claims us Ter Cent M Work.
Following the conference TODAY.
Loree as chairman gave out this
statement:
The normal number OF railway
shopmen employed by the railroads
in the Eastern region is IsI. .S3s.
/ The percentage OF this number al
work during the past four weeks.
/ together with the weekly Increase
was as follows:
July 2S. s7.724. or 81 per cent:
August :. lO5.52S. or s4S per cent.
a gain OF 5.Se4; August n. IlI.3.4.
or 60 per cent. a gain OF 7.Tg6:
August is, ll5,7i5. or 7l5 per cent.
a gain Of 442l.
1t was expected the ratio cf in
crease of August II would be con-
tinued on August Is. but the occur
rences Of last week put a damper
on recruiting. Nothing can Be more
deceivinC than TO induce a feeling
Of uncertainty into a situation such
as this"
New Agreement. in Effect.
Early in the DAY f J. Pearson
president Of the New Haven. an
other of the conferees. ISSUED a
statement indicating why much op-
position can be expected TO the set
tlement plan at the meeting
Wednesday.
II would he virtually impossible
for the roads to take the strikers
back with full seniority rights re-
stored. Pearson said. because the
loyal men and new employees on
some of the lines had formed their
own unions with full power Of max
ing wage and seniority agreements
Employees entering the service
hereafter" the statement read.
will be under the provisions OF
these new agreements. not under
the agreements existing prior to
the striking"
Atterbury Explains Conditions.
W. W. Atterbury. vice president
Of the Pennsylvania and a mem
ber OF the executives committee
that conferred with the brother
hood chiefs last week. laid the
present status Of the controversy
before the Eastern presidents .-
Others at the meeting were r. ..
Underwood, president 81 the Erie;
a. T. Dice. president Of the Phila-
delphia and Reading: r. L. Rlend.
niger. vice president OF the Lehigh
Valley: J. b. Kerr. president Of the
New York. Ontario and Western;
J II. Hammond. executive chairman
OF the Rangor and Aroostook: c. II,
Stein. general manager of the ycr-
sey Central: {. 4. Graham. vice
president Of the Chesapeake ana
the Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western. and c. n. Baker, general
superintendent OF the Long Island
Railroad.
Holds Up strike Orders.
While railway executives wee,
raising their voices against com.
promise. strike leaders were op-
timistic for a settlement
Warren s. Stone. president Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl.
neers. who led the brotherhood
chiefs as mediators. stated that
failure to end the shopmen's strike
at this time would not precipitate
a sympathetic wslkout by trainmen
f. F. Cradle. president of the
maintenance of way workers. con-
tinued to hold up strike orders to
New York and Boston unions pend
ing the outcome of the meeting
Wednesday.