New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-09
Reports of Rail
I eeeace Continue
Despite Derials
jewell rs Believed to Have
Made Settlement With
Ten Roads; Both Sides
Refuse 10 Admit Meeting
Strike Leaders Here EIated


Continued reports Of an impending
settlement of the railroad shopworkers'
strike held the attention of railroad
executives and strike leaders alike yes
terday. The rumors of the supposed
settlement came from variety Of
sources and were just as diverse in
naming the individuals and railroads
involved
One report current in financial
circles late in the day had it that
Bert M. Jewell, head of the striking
shopmen, had concluded settlement
with ten roads. An earlier report
named the Baltimore & Ohio, the Sea-
board Air Line, the Southern and a
number of Western railroads. S. Davies
Warfeld. president OF the Seaboard,
was said to have been in conference
with executives of several of the East
ern roads, while, according to still an
other rumor, these executives were
supposed to be in secret conferences
with strike leaders.
Both Sides Deny Conference
Each crop of rumors brought it's
crop of denials. At the Offices of the
railroad executives it was denied that
any conference had been held either
with Mr.. Warfield or with the strike
leaders, and at the headquarters of the
central strike committee of the shop
workers denial was made Of any con-
ference with the executives.
TIE meeting of the policies commit
tee of the strikers in Chicago on Mon
day was held by both executives and
strike leaders to forecast ultimate vic
tory for. their respective sides. Some
among the executives said that the pol
,ieies committee would reverse it's previ-
Gus decision and permit the making of
individual agreements They held that
such action would mean the collapse Of
the strike. Other railroad officials said
that the committee would refuse to ac-
eept settlement of any sort except on
national basis, and that this stand
would be taken to protect the strikers
on the Eastern roads.
John J. Dowd, chairman, and David
Williams, secretary, of the central
strike committee said they had no COM
ment to make on the contemplated &C
tion of the policies committee or the
reported peace moves. eve know moth
ing about what is going on in Chicago"
Mr.. Williams said, land believe that
the speculation that is going on is not
only harmful but far from the real
facts"
Local Strike Leaders EIated
Local strike leaders were elated yes
terday by the reply received from
Senator William E. Borah to their re-
quest for the impeachment of Attorney
General Daugherty and Federal Judge
Wilkerson because of the granting of
Senator Borah photographed that he was
thoroughly in sympathy with any
plans to preserve unhampered the
guarantees found in our Constitutions"
after ALL the telegram continues,
I'VE find the old Constitution a fine
charter in time of trouble, do we not?
Let US stand up for it, regardless of
who undertakes to disregard it or vio-
late it,"
Senator Borah said he would com
municate with Chairman Dowd in
greater detail after next weeks Sena-
torial hearing on the strike situation.
Report and counter-report on pro-
jected peace moves and the injunction
obtained by Attorney General Daugh-
erty are said to be responsible for the
drop in recruiting OF mechanics to fill
the places of the strikers which the
Association Of Railway Executives an
nounced yesterday. On Wednesday
the number of men employed by all
Of the railroads totaled 4,400, which
is more than 1000 less than the aver
age maintained during the previous
week