The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-16
SHOP LEADERS
ASK new RAIL.
men LET OFF
Chicago and Northwestern
Shopcraft Executives De-
mand Dismissal of Men
Hired to Replace Strikers.
OTHER EFFORTS FAIL
tRy Associated Pressl


(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-While several
'ailroads were today negotiating sep
Lrate agreements with their shopcraft
workers in accord with the union par
lal settlement plan and others were
preparing to meet representatives of
heir own employees outside the settle
nent plan, it was learned that some of
he shopcraft leaders on the Chicago
md Northwestern railroad were de-
the dismissal of men hired to
i'll the places of union men, who went
on strike July /.
The hitch in the negotiations with
the Northwestern would not prevent
return of the men to work by Monday,
officials of the road said.
At the same time, it was asserted
that the union shopmen did not call
for discharge of employees at work
when the settlement plan was APPROX
ed by the union policy committee last
and that the road would
not dismiss those employees.
WASHINGTON. Sept 16.-Demand
by union leaders that all men taken
on during the strike be discharged im-
mediately upon return of strikers to
their Jobs, was understood to have
broken up a conference here today
between Southern railway officials
and general shopcraft chairman, which
was designed to bring about settle
ment on the basis of the Warfield-Wil-
lard-Jewen agreement.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 16.-Ef-
forts Of the officials of the federated
shopcrafts and the Louisville and
Nashville railroad to effect the settle
ment of the shopmen's strike at
conference here failed today when the
road officials refused to accept the
terms of the Warfield- -Williard-Jewell
agreement on the grounds that they
would jeopardize the rights of the
more than 10000 workers now en-
ployed to fill the places left vacant
by the strikers"
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 16.-An
agreement has been reached between
general chairmen Of the brotherhoods
of Railroad trainmen and the order of
railway conductors with officials of
the Pennsylvania railroad over wages
and working conditions, w. G. Lee,
president of the trainmen, announced
here today upon his return from New
York.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 1e.-Ar-
rangements have been completed for
the 965 striking shopmen of the Bal
timore and Ohio roads in Cincinnati
to return to work Immediately, it was
announced today at the Baltimore and
Ohio shopcrafts' headquarters.
CHICAGO, Sept 16.-Sixteen rail
roads has signed separate agreements
with various labor unions today
through pre-war methods in vogue be-
fore the United States railroad labor
board was created as arbiter of dis
putes between railroads and their en-
ployes.
These settlements, however, accord
ing to Ben W. Hooper, chairman of
the board do not repudiate the board
DuI ldLICI ale CAliIO1g III Will
the transportation act" His comment
referred to yesterdays agreement be
tween the New York Central lines and
the train service brotherhoods and
other pending peace negotiations.
Following settlements with the Or
der of Railway Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
the New York Central lines opened ne
gotiations today with the shopcrafts on
the basis of the Warfield-W -Willard-Jew-
ell plan. Separate agreements with
the engineers, firemen's and switch
mems unions were in prospect accord
ing to officials.
Announce Agreements
Agreements on wages and rules with
newly created shop unions were an
nounced by the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, which had turned down
the Warfield-Willard-Je Jewell proposals
Today brought a lull in the govern
ments Injunction proceedings before
Judge James H. Wilkerson. Attorney
General Daugherty and his aides
rested their case on the strength of
500 affidavits supporting charges OF
violation, intimidation and destruc-
ton of property and attorneys for the
strike leaders will open the defense
Monday
Judge Wilkerson told the opposing
lawyers that the restraining order will
not be renewed when it expires Sept.
21 unless the injunction hearing is
completed then If the injunction is
upheld by Judge Wilkerson it means
the end of strikes in which Interstate
commerce or the United States govern
ment are directly involved, Attorney
General Daugherty said.
Judge Wilkerson called for an in
vestigation of remarks attributed to
Mr. Jewell commenting upon the strike
and published three days after the re-
straining order went into effect.