Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-12
GIVE CONDITIONAL
ASSENT TO STRIKE
SETTLEMENT PLAN
To Rehirc Only Such Men
as Are Needed to Fill
Quotas.
PUT SENIORITY ISSUE
UP TO LABOR BOARD
Railroad Heads Decline to
Take Back All Who
Quit Jobs.
WILL SEE HARDING TO-DAY
transportation Meeting In Nrw York
Nnmcs Committee I" Convey
Reply to White House.
PUT SENIORITY ISSUE
UP TO LABOR BOARD
transportation Meeting In Ncw York
Nnmcs Committee IL Convey
Hcpiy 10 White House
lBy Associated Press !

l'' -NSS'c1tttN irCSS.
NEW YORK. Aug. li.-Thc cXecu-
tive heads OF liS American RAILWAYS
tonight conditiounlly accepted pr.si-
dent iiarding's second proposol ro,
settlement OF the uation-widc ran
strike
rms unofficial announcement, wo7
made shortly after ! o'clock follc",.n.-
" prolonged conference at the
central Terminal surrounded h
greatest secrecy.
ot'icially. IL was merely state,
II committc" representing VIZ,
all the railroads in the country
wait on President Harding az
White House tomorrow alton
WIN reply to his program DIR,
"S committee appointed by the Az
sociation OF Railway Executives and
approved by the body as "A whole.
Conditions Of Acceptance.
The conditions which went ,nto ~,
acceptance. according 70 unofscioI
sources. We're:
FIRST. That the Presidents request
'hat the strikers be taken back
shouid be Interpreted that AS many
strikers should be rehired as sho,,Ia
be needed by the roads to bring
'heir shop forces 10 normal.
second That such strikers should
DC taken back unconditionauv and
''a' 'hc haiiroad Labor Board later
N"""'' determine whether they wers
/" regain their seniority PRIVILEGES
President Harding had suppes,sd
mat all strikers be given hack t,,i-
''u JOBS and that tho question OF
s'"'ori'S os left 10 the Railroad Labor
''"''" l" oe threshed out later.
statement Is Withheld.
Hi'nouEh Il formal statement tn III.
press issued after the me,tipe, ~. n,
Dewitt Cuylcr. chairman OF m.
ISOLATION Of Railway Executives 60.
90" mat the action OF the railway
'N''"'NeS cannot he made publIc NJ,
III IL mas been submitted TO ~,
PRESIDENT. and Robert S. Rinkord
slstant 10 Mr.. Cuyler, declined :,
state what had transpired at ,oday.s
t"'S statement nevertheless
""s obtained from Mr.. Binkeri.
i"e reply to President HARDING
was not looked upon by the execm,
'NeS as compromise on the oues
''ion of seniority. 1t is. bou.va
reply which we trust will ,a
e"i'ed by both the President and -
country 'u III"
Defends stand OF Executive.
Legally. we believe. our
"e beyond reproach. 7, =.
antasontstic to the Presid,r,.s
'oS"i' nor TO the stand announced I,
ne executives reply of Angus, 70
me hrst proposal submitted ~, ~
i''r"ihs' IN which they exnr.s.o,
denomination TO stand hy -;
pledges to loyal employees ard >,
me" VINO had been hired to ,ake 49,.
places OF r'kcrs'
President HarainS's nre,
was three horned Fi0f'sd'
ne hrst two conditionsth.
wage decisions OF the RajIrood
hoar' must be recoEnised no ho.h
Si"es and that lawsuits arIsj,,, t-,,,
the strike must be dismissed ror
.lement by the board-were acccn,aa
by tho executives
The th!rd--that strikers "a. -.
stated with their scriority nr,,,,is.
"''' ildllN rejected N
'"e ground that pledges had ho.,
made to loyal employees and forcos
recruited since the strike.
y preliminary conference a,,.nsed
"S representatives OF Eastern IjnAs
nsh"r'd IL t"day's major asscmblaca
Ni'houSh no formal announcemnn.
was made concerning matters az.
'"SS'" at III" preliminary session
was sehFrNis understood that the
Eastern executives formulated IN.
ashi TO- the-nulsh policy on s.,ior,.,
when they later introduced Al M
general meeting
After all the executives had. zone
into session behind closed door.
furry was caused by the sudden an.
pearance IN the anteroom OF Haley
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