The labor world., 1922-09-30

veal that an agreement had been
signed with the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul, the Chicago and North
western, the Baltimore & Ohio. the
Southern, and the Seaboard Air Line
railroads. Approximately $1,000
strikers have returned to work on
these roads.
President Jewell is now in New
York assisting in Strengthening out
some, technicalities that had arisen
between the local committees and
the New York Central and Erie rail-
roads, which have agreed to the set
tIement plan.
Committees Of organized employees
are now talking face to face across
the table with operating officials of
the railroads in all sections of the
country. At this writing large
number of satisfactory agreements
Have been reached, and the strikers
have returned to work at the same
places and with the same rating they
held on June so, the day before they
quit work.
Conciliatory Spirit Prevails.
employees department indicate that
most arrangements are meeting the
system federation representatives in
genuine spirit of. accommodation,
quite in contrast with the perfume
tory manner in which disputes We're
negotiated for transfer to the rail-
, road labor board some months ago.
Having discarded the demand for
national agreement covering all
Is as impossible without a long
Egle and consequent suffering on
part Of the men directly involved
the public as we'll, the substi-
plan for separate agreements
ping to- take some time in ac-
blishment. Hundreds of meet
, 4between representatives Of en-
Els and employers will be neces-
:. .sary. 1t is not to be expected that
these negotiations can be completed
I at one sitting, except in rare in
stances. A letter of instruction as
to how these strike settlement con-
ferences are to be approached and
conducted has been mailed to each
local union involved.
progress made to date" said Presi-
dent Jewell. "Our system federation
committees are on the job all over
the country. First, they had to study
the memorandum of agreement and
be advised as to how to proceed.
Those 'die-hard roads which are
holding out in the expectation that
their employees will become discour-
aged and eventually stampede back
to the shops are going to be sadly
disappointed.
All Men Will Return to Work.
If the managers exercise good
business judgment they will sign up
now while they have chance Of get
ting their old and efficient employees
before they go to roads that come
under the agreement. There is, en-
! ployment for every skilled railroad
mechanic, and none will remain idle
very long. They will not return to
= shops considered unfair to the or
,ganization.'
The men returning to work will
help support those who remain out
on those roads which refuse to sign
the agreement. The conference com.
Inittee voted to assess each man al
work the amount of one days pay
every other week. This money will
be used to meet urgent needs OF the
s.s strikers and thus enable them tt
carry on the fight indefinitely if me-
cessary. Thus at last 2 plan has beer
evolved to finance the strike.
VrhnSa o1o{v n
who have been announcing that "the
strike is ended might as we'll revise
their preachments. The shopmen':
strike will continue until every rail
road corporation in this country ha:
agreed to the plan Of settlement
adopted in Baltimore and approved
at Chicago.
Injunction Rctards Settlement.
It Is pretty generally agreed thai
the Daugherty injunction has retard
ed settlement on nationwide scope
Il. had stiffened. the resistance o.
those roads which set out to breal
down the railroad labor organiza
tiors and form company unions. Mr.
Daugherty has led the:l to believ,
that what they seek can be reached
x via the injunction route. However
: In the end. after their roads hav'
been burdened with millions of addi
tional debt. and the public has suf
fered to the limit, they will lear,
Ethat skilled mechanics in the shop
j are essential to successful and un
e. interrupted operation Of trains.
14k. Daugherty may drug. some railwa,
executives, but he can't ''hooch' tn
i striking employees.
= In the 13 weeks that the strik
f'as been on several notable victorie
connie been accorded Perhaps frs
VIII nots list is abolishment of the con
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