Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-14

Great Northern railroad directed
posting. of the following bulletin at
the st. Cloud shops:
"A1l employees should be advised
that the men now in service will be
protected in their present positions"
&G, In a telegram to Agent H. r. Neid-
che said that the Great Northern
had no part in any negotiations that
b. M. Jewell, head Of the railroad
shop crafts, is carrying on with
northwestern railroads and that the
4 Great Northern would deal In the fu-
ture with organizations of its own
employees in all wage adjustments.
Ak Chicago, Sept. 14.-tBy The Asso-
ciated Press. .)-Members of the shop
crafts policy committee who have APP
proved peace plans for ending the
railway strike through separate agree
ments with individual roads, today
began separate negotiations under
terms of the. agreement. $s5s.
Instructions to various system fed
Grafton officials to r@sagnatory
associations [s. apd sgs arrangar egresneaks.
klrsa We're sent q soy ,l:s sstao,Ia
4 lsMnibfI heAa addAt tterA by IstftS' M2fsf Jew:
ell, chief Sstrike leader and head OF
The railWayF EN- pioyes' department Of
. the American Federation of Labor;
The shop; crafts executive council re-
! 1rlained here with Mr.. Jewell to di-
rect the affairs of the railway shop
unions In settling the strike.
~ Fifty May Sign.
Railway systems counted among
those expected to sign the agreement
Immediately or soon, We're said to
number about SO of the 202 class one
roads of the country. Some early es-
Inmates placed the number OF roads
favoring the plan at nearer 80 While
other estimates ran as high as sixty
or more The larger number included
numerous lines subsidiary = to big
systems. Some Of the large sytenls
were counted among those willing to
sign for Immediate peace:
The mileage affected today was esti
mated at about $4,000 of the 250,O00
miles of trackage in the Unitea States
Text Not Given Out. ~
The text of Instructions to officials
of system federations would remain
confidential Mr.. jewell said.
ANY lists of the roads which were
parties to the agreement, made pub.
: lie, Mr.. Jewell said, would have to
come from the railroads themselves.
h Under the terms of the peace plar
shop men are to return to work under
wage scales prescribed by the United
States railroad labor board effective
d JulN 1. the date the strike began in
protest against the, boards decisions
The question Of seniority which was
not specifically mentioned in the
Increment, which provides the shop.
men shall return to work in positions
OF the class" they occupied before the
strike.
4 y. The agreement made no mentio!
either of working conditions or tht
contract system for farming out
shop work, which, with the wage con
,troversy. were the original issues ir
the strike .,S !.
disputes over the relative stand
ing of employs" and new disputes
which might arise as outgrowths5 q
the strike, shall, under the peaca
lawns be referred toN adjustmen
4 boards composed Of representatives Q!
fhe. carriers and their employees, IL ths
.disnutes cannot be settled as an. IN
.diyidual matter between an employs
and his road. q 81, IS y b. -
Given 50 Days. ,5@
Y rbe agreement requires, the sigma
4ory roads to find places for all re
tnrned strikers within thirty days at
Tar n becomes effective. Strikers Wht
havo committed acts Of violence lr'
not protected in the agreement to &c
store former jobs to employees.
~ I. A. Franklins president OF tn
ii boilerma akers, said great number Q
II st1on men will probably be back
4 their old jobs within & week.
Through early. ettlements on som
nnes followed by subsequent agree
rnants with others not vet include!
I asonne the willing roads, there will
nrobably be asgradual return to work
M Jewell said. He admitted the ssnol
men face stubborn Opposition 9 iron g