The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-13

Chicago. Sept l3.-The policy
committee of the shopmen's union
has accepted the Baltimore peace
plan" by which about Is pr cent
of the 100000 men who struck July
I, will return TO work on certain
roads. the United Press was re-
liably informed today.
Announcement OF the action TAX.
en- by the policy committee Will bo
made at union headquarters hero
at y. M.
The vote on the proposition, ac'
cording to information given by one
of the ninety members OF tho com.
mittee. who attended the meeting.
was As to 35 in favor OF acceptance
of the plan TO make individual set
Elements with the various roads.
Another committee member, Sec
retary Butler of the local Gary shop
crafts union. stated the vote was
iG to "a I'm favor OF acceptance.
Bert NJ. Jewell, president OF tho
union, had stated that ii the plan
was accepted the men would be
back to work within flee days.
About 35 roads are included in the
settlement.
Among the lines mentioned arc
the st. Paul, Northwestern, Balti-
more and Ohio, Southern, Seaboard
and many minor roads.
The roads included in the settle
ment constitute about 10 per cent
of the total mileage affected by the
strike.
With this nucleus on which to
work the shopmen's organization Is
expected to proceed with negotia'
tions with other railroads In an eli
fort to bring about nationwide
settlement such as resulted In tho
Goa lstrike after the first separate
agreement was reached.
Jewell strongly recommended the
adoption of his plans for separate
peace and the vote was taken only
after three long days OF argument.
The majority or the best orators
in the policy committee were re-
ported to have been obstinately op'
posed to the settlement.
They represented workers on
roads such as the Pennsylvania and
the Illinois Central, which are not
included in the separate peace
agreement at this time.
However the weight of the argu'
ments of Jewell and other leaders
was reported to have swung suf-
ficient votes in favor of the settles
ment
Jewell was plainly well pleased
with the progress of the sessions
when the committee went into con-
ference at $3.50 p. m. for the fiilai
meeting.
II was understood that this meet
inc would be mere formality to
ratify the action taken at the morn
ing meeting and approve the state
ment which will be issued to the
public on the action of the commits
tee at six p. M
81 have received official informa'
ton that the Baltimore peace plan
has been accepted and the strike Is
settled on many of the roads, Don
aid Richberg, union attorney, told the
United Press shortly after three p
m. while the policy committee was IL
session.
; Richberg was in federal court al
the time. arguing the injunction.
Thomas Stevenson, attorney fol
, the Brotherhood of Railroad Engl
neers. informed the United Press
that he had been advised that ths
Baltimore peace plan had been ac
cepted by the shop crafts policS
committee.
"AIy information is that sixty
railroads, including the New fori
2 Central, are included in the settle
ment," Stevenson said "The vote
was takn about 2:S0 today an'
showed a slight majority for settle
ment."
Bert M. Jewell. union president
was still in conference at $3.50 ant