The New York herald., 1922-09-19
JEWELL SEEKS NEW
NY. CENTRALPARLEY
Will Ask Smith to Resume
shop Conference Broken
Off Saturday.

Bert NJ. Jewell. President of the Rail-
way Employees Department of the
American. Federation of Labor, arrived
last night from Chicago and announced
that he expects to confer to-day with
A. II. Smith. President OF the New York
Central Railroad lie refused further
discussion. but that statement gave hope
York Central and its striking shopmen
which were broken off last Saturday
will be resumed at once with a posibil-
ity of agreement being reached
Coincidently came an announcement
from the Pennsylvania Railroad that
the management of that line and its
engine and train service employees,
numbering about 10000 men. have
reached an agreement covering wages
and working conditions for period OF
one year from September !.
Door 10 Peace Not Closed.
No statements were forthcoming yes
terday from either the strikers or the
officials of the New York Central. but
about both headquarters a feeling that
the door for settlement is not tightly
closed was easily sensed.
The disruption of conferences last
Saturday is said to have occurred over
a difference Of opinion regarding in
depreciation of the settlement basis
fixed at the Baltimore conference sew
,eral weeks ago, under the guidance OF
S. Davies Warfield, president Of the
Seaboard Air Line. and Mr.. jewell. anu
the basis as outlined subsequently, BY
the strikers policy committee In confer
ence with Mr.. Jewell in Chicago
Both sides seem to feel that sinceA Mr..
Jewell was intimately associated With
the work of both the Baltimore and the
Chicago meetings he will be able to
work out with the New York Central
officials ground upon which the man.
agement and the strikers representa-
tives can meet again, and with better
prospects for accord
Mr.. Jewell is making his headquarters
at the Hotel McAlpin. His only COM
ment upon arrival follows:
The purpose OF my visit was given
in the statement / issued in Chicago
Sunday. namely that my visit to New
York is for the purpose of comforting
with President A. II. Smith OF the New
York Central line in order that the
settlement negotiations suspended Satur-
day may be resumed.
MIA affecting engineers. firemen. host
lers. conductors. trainmen and switch
tenders on the entire system was signed
yesterday. after a series of negotiations
begun In Philadelphia last Tuesday and
adjourned to Pittsburgh on Friday.
The agreement provides that the
present regulations governing working
conditions and rates OF pay for these
classes OF employees will remain in ef-
feet until after September l, 1923. 1t is
understood. however that on or after
June /. 1923. either party may give
the usual thirty days notice OF desire
to make any change.
All Controversies Settled.
"The satisfactory termination of the
ment." says the roads announcement.
'disposes of all controversial questions
affecting wages and working conditions
which have been in dispute between the
management of the Pennsylvania system
and employees in engine and train SER
vice."
1t was announced by l.. r. Loree. presi-
| dent Of the Eastern roads executive con-
ference. that the shop forces In the
Eastern district on September Is were
sc. per cent. of normal in numbers. as
compared with 81 per cent. on July 2S.
Reports filed with the car service
division of the American Railway AS
sociation showed that on September
there We're $500 fewer freight cars re-
| quiring heavy repairs and 5.9s1 more
cars recurring minor repairs than at the