Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-05
Conductors AND.
TRA|NNEN SIGN
PACT WITH ROADS

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press.) "A new agreement
maintaining the old rates Of pay
and rules and working conditions
was signed today by representatives
Of approximately forty-nine railroads
and subsidiaries and the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen and the Order
of Railway Conductors.
The agreement, which will be in
effect until October 81, 1928, besides
maintaining old wage levels and
rules, including time and one-half
for overtime after eight hours, was
considered by the employees organi-
zation as favorable to them. Griev-
ance committees of the trainmen's
organization on nineteen roads en-
tering Chicago had approved the
agreement before w. G.. Lee, presi-
dent of the trainmen, and l.. E.
Sheppard, president Of the conduc-
tors, affixed their signatures today.
The western managers, headed by
w. M. letters, general manager OF
the Union Pacific railroad, were
said to have been mindful Of the
long maintained attitude of the train
service brotherhoods in living up
strictly to their agreements with
concessions in the progress Of the
negotiations which began yesterday.
Disputes Withdrawn
oil 4n-
as to rules and working conditions
now pending before the labor board
will be withdrawn by both roads
and trainmen and conductors. The
two employees organizations in a let
ter sent to the railroad labor board
today made it known that all points
in dispute had been ironed out, and
requested that their submissions in
pending cases be returned to them.
The agreement also contains a
clause providing for termination Of
the agreement upon thirty days no.
tice being given. Local grievance
committees on individual roads also
were authorized to negotiate with
the individual roads on local rules.
Today's agreement included the
principal railroads entering Chicago
and traversing territory west Of the
Mississippi river, and with agree
ments signed with eastern lines, ap-
proXimately three-fourths of the rail-
road mileage of the country now has
signed up with the trainmen and
conductors, Mr.. Lee annouced. Be-
sides those roads which actually
signed the agreement today, others,
according to both representatives of
the roads and brotherhoods, are ex-
pected to accept the same agreement.
The United States railroad labor
board today was expected to make
known its decision on the applica-
ton of 100000 maintenance of way
employees for increased wages.
In announcing that the order
would probably be forthcoming to.
day the board gave no advance in
dication of the scope of it's ruling,
but left q general impression in
railroad circles that the minimum OF
| the maintenance of way mems scale
I ranging from twenty-three to thirty.
five cents an hour, would be in
| creased.
Threatened Strike
| The hearing which led to the ex.
| pected ruling was the result of ne
| gotiations begun after the track
men had voted to strike and after
| the shopcrafts had walked out in
protest against the July wage
cuts. E. F. Cradle, president of the
maintenance men, held the threaten.
ed strike of his organization in
allegiance, when the board granted
a rehearing on the pay question
An agreement to continue exist
ing wage scales and working condi.
lions on a group of principal roads
west Of the Mississippi river also
| was in prospect today as the out
growth of conferences between repre-
| sentatives Of the roads and the train.
men and conductors. Negotiations
began yesterday between commit.
tee Of rail executives headed by w
M. LETTERS, general manager of the
Union Pacific; w. G. Lee, president
| of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. and L. f. Sheppard, head
of the Order OF, Railway Conduc-
| tors
The proposed agreement is in line
with similar terms made by numer.
GUS eastern roads with the train
service brotherhoods.
Like conferences with the south
ern roads will be held in Washing
| ton next Thursday Mr. Too Gotta