Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-14
NEARLY ALL ROADS
PLAN TO END STRIKE
BY NEW AGREEMENT
85 Per Cent Of Mileage Will
Sign Peace Pact Formu-
lated at Chicago.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
py Asaoclatod Preas % Ievery Eyenln,.

by Associated Press 20 Every Evening.
Washington, sept 14--Advices m
the Labor Department today from It's
representatives in Chicago, said that
railroads representing approxjmately
95 per cent of the country's mileage
had slgnified their intention Of ending
the shopmen's strike on the basis Of
the agreement accepted yesterday ny
the shop crafts general policy COM
mittee. and that roads representing
an additional 30 per cent were ready
TO end the strike.
The commission decided upon to
adtudcate differences between work
ers and rail heads. as provided under
the agreement, labor department Of
hcials we're informed. will ne COM
posed Of six shop crafts representa-
tives and not officials Of the railroad
brotherhoods. as originally provided
Section four Of the agreement. the
advIces further explained. was inter
preted In Chicago by union workers
to mean that the railroads slgnatory
TO the agreement will meet union
representatives. on wage questions and
all other matters growing out Of the
strike, and upon failure 70 agree on
points at issue, the questions under
dispute VIII be referred TO the COM
mission provided for in section Eve.
Chicago. Sept. 14.--Leadsrs Of The
federated railway shop crafts who to-
day began negotiating separate set
Elements Of the shopmen's strike
which began July /. in accordance
with the agreement adopted by the
unions general policy committee, an
nounced that several railroads had
telegraphed union headquarters indi-
eating willingness to go into the ne
gotlations. These. the leaders said.
were in addition 10 about so roads
which previously had agreed 10
separate settlements.
The settlement plan by which the
strike will be ended on some 80 or
more roads. as announced last night
provided for the return 10 work of
/ the strikers in their former positions
and at the rate of pay prescribed by
/ the Railroad Labor Board. Any dis
! putes or controversies incident to the
| settlement will be referred TO COM
mission Of 12 members. six of whom
| will be selected by the railroads In
! the agreement and six by the shoT
crafts.
The Chicago and Northwestern, one
/ Of the largest western systems, party
! to the agreement, was expected tC
meet leaders Of its shopmen SONS
time today. II was the understand
! ing that no pact would be signed with
the union chairmen. but that infor.
NAL discussion would take place.
The conference will be entirely in
formal il was understood.
3. NJ. Jewell, head of the railway
employees department of the American
| Federation of Labor. did not issue az
official list OF the roads which haC
agreed to the settlement plan. HI
said such information must com,
from the railroads. Mr.. Jewell wa
expected to confer today with mem
bers of the shopcrafts' executive
council, whose members still remain
in Chicago today
The shopcrafts executive council
was said 10 be considering the in
structions 20 be sent TO the various
system federations throughout tn
country relative to negotiating witt
the various roads.
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