Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-09-14
GREAT RAILROAD
STRIKE SETTLED
Shipments General chairmen
Vote to Accept Jewell
WiIlarS Plan.
GET PRESENT RATE OF PAY
All Men to Return to Work Under
Class Of Which They Were Mem
bers on June 3o-Priority
Rights Unsettled.

Chicago. Sept. 1.-THE rail strike
is settled The shop crafts and sta
tlonary fremen and oilers who laid
down their tools July / viii 60 back
to work as soon as final details can
be arranged.
The vote sending tae men back to
their benches and tools was taken at
the meeting of the 90 general chair
men of the policy committee Of the
shop crafts.
The union leaders adopted the jew
eIl-Willard peace plans proposed by
b. NJ. Jewell. president Of the shop
men, and Daniel Willard, president OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. A few
alterations in the plan we're outlined.
and representatives of various rail-
roads at once gave their approval.
Crafts Affected.
The shop crafts men who have been
on strike since June 30, and who are
tccluded in the new peace, are:
international Brotherhood of Black
smiths and Helpers Of America.
International Association Of Machin-
lists.
International Brotherhood Of Boil
ermakers. Iron Shipbuilders and Help
ers of America.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
international Alliance.
international Brotherhood Of Elec-
trical Workers.
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Of
America.
Brotherhood Of Stationary Firemen
and Oilers.
According to the terms Of the peace
agreement all men on strike are to go
back to work in the jobs they held on
June 80, and are to be put to work
at the same points at which they were
employed at that time.
The seniority issue, by such specific
name, is ignored in the peace agree
ment Questions involving such mat
tiers, however. win be referred to a
commission provided for in the
agreement.
Railroads That Accept Resolution.
The roads on which the men will re-
turn to work are
Alabama & Vicksburg, Baltimore &
Ohio Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh !;
Chesapeake & Ohio. Chicago & North
western. Colorado & Southern. WITCH
tia Valley railway, Fort Worth & Dem
yer City, Chicago, indianapolis &
Louisville; Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific !;
Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha lei Paso & Southwestern !;
Erie; Hooking Valley, Lake Erie &
Western Louisiana & Arkansas; Min
neapolis & st. Louis, New York Cen
trail lines, New York, Chicago & St.
Louis; Norfolk & Western, Norfolk &
Southern, Seaboard Air Line. Trinity
& Brazas Valley Virginian; Wheeling
& Lake Erie, Winston Salem South
bound.
Among the larger systems which
win remain outside the proposed
agreement are the Pennsylvania
Burlington, Northern Pacific, Chicago
& Great Western; Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe and Rock Island.
tetHS OF agreement
The principal points in the agree
ment arrived at which marks the end
of the strike are:
All men will return to work under the
class of which they were members
June 30, 1922, except those who were
guilty of acts of violence during the
strike.
Priority rights referred to commits
sion.
Points further in dispute will be re-
ferred to a commission of six men Of
the union and six officials of the roads
Men who return to work win receive
the present rate of pay.
The agreement is to be referred to
the heads of the various branches of
the organization before final adoption
White House Is Informed.
Washington. Sept. 14--When Secre-
tary Of Labor Davis telephoned the
White House and personally informed
President Harding that the railroad
shopmen's strike had been broken, the
President expressed much qualification.
First announcement of the settle
ment whereby about 40 per cent Of
the roads of the country accept the
JeweItWillard plan. came to the De
partment OF Labor in a long distance
telephone message 20 Secretary Davis
from Oscar r. Nelson, commissioner
of the bureau Of Cancellation, who has
been representing the department at
Chicago during the rail strike nego.
tiations. A few minutes later brief
telegram OF confirmation was received.
Ii read:
"Jewell-Willard plan just adopted. -
AT the department OF Labor it was
stated on Wednesday that 30 roads
have signed or win sign the agree
ment within a week. They represent
between $4,000 and $4,000 miles of
trackage