The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-28
PRESIDENT
SUBMITS 5
PROPOSALS
An Deal With Adjusting
shopmen's Seniority
Rights.
BULLETIN.

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cial announcement was made
late today that President
Harding was prepared to sub
nit formal proposals. for SET
tlenent Of the railroad strike
to meetings Of the railway OK.
ecutives and OF the general
strike committees Of the shop
craft unions.
Washington, July 28.-(By The
Associated Press.)-Three propos-
ais for immediate ending Of the
railroad strike have been sub
mitted to representatives Of the
railroad executives and labor
unions by President Harding, &C
cording to information obtained to-
day from administration advisors,
who talked with the executive.
Three proposals, all hinging ON
various plans for adjusting the
employees seniority rights, will be
submitted, it was said, to the ex-
ecutives' meeting in New York, on
Tuesday, and to an employees con-
ference in Chicago, to be arranged
by B. M Jewell. the shopmen's
leader.
Abandon ~Farning Out"
Outside railroad contracting, it
was said, would be abandoned by
the railroads under each of the
three proposals.
One Of the proposals. according
to those who claiming to have In
formation Of the presidents sug-
gestion, would be for the railroads
to waiye-Aha seniority question and
take all strikers back to work.
Another was said to be to give
loyal" men who have remained at
work prior seniority rights over
the strikers, and the third was for
separate adjustment Of the senior
ity dispute by each road with its
own employees through joint COM
mittees to be appointed.
Peace In Sight
Chicago, July 2S.-(By The As
sociated Press.)-Plans for peace
in the railway strike again today
seemed to be assuming a more tan
gible form and the hope was ex-
pressed that the 300, 900 union ship
men soon would resume work and
submit their grievances, including
the question bf seniority rights, to
the United States railroad Labor
board.
The announcement that . plan
for settlement of the walkout will
be put before a meeting in New
York on Tuesday OF executives Of
148 OF the largest railroads. made
by T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman OF
the Association of Railway Execu-
tives, after a conference with Pres
ident Harding. together with the
presidents statement indicating
that he would ask the labor board
to grant the shopmen a rehearing,
was taken in rail circles here to
mean that the rail chiefs would be
asked to leave settlement Of the
issues involved to the board.
b. & o. Conference Pr0ceedA
While the conference of Balti-
more & Ohio officials with their
striking workmen was reported to
have progressed toward an agree
ment, B. M. Jewell, head OF the
shop craft workers, was withhold
ing approval OF separate peace
until all plans for . national bet.
tlement had been thoroughly dis.
cussed. Mr.. Jewell would say moth
ing OF his conferences with Presi
dent. Harding, except that I'VE con.
tinued statements Of our views o
the situation"
1t was expected that further con
ferences would be held by tn,
president with rail executives ans
with representatives Of the strik
ers. e
| In view Of statements made b.
some rail heads that striking shop
men returning to work must re
turn as new employees, it va
pointed out that in case the rail
way executives failed to arrive a
an agreement on the seniority ques
ton, the men going back to worl
could. II denied their old place:
take the dispute to the labor boar,
without sanction of the executive:
Grable Files Disputes.
Twenty-six disputes involvin
wages and working conditions o.
various railroads, we're filed wit
the rail board by E. F. Cradle. chic
Of the Maintenance OF Way men
union. in accord with the peac
program adopted by him.
A statement issued by the West
ern Railroad Presidents associs
tons committee on public rels
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