Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-21
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
ACCEPTS PEACE PLAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-South-
ern railway officials today expressed
the belief that the next few days
would see a speedy return to normal
operations in its shops as the union
employees who have been on strike
since July 1 go back to work in &C.
cordance with the Warfield-Willard-
Jewell agreement signed late yester-
day by representatives of the road
and general chairmen of the shop.
craft unions.
Normal working forces at the larg-
er shops of the Southern were
placed by officials today as follows:
Knoxville, 1904; Spencer, N. c.,
1868; Birmingham, 91G; Atlanta, FOL;
Meridian, COZ; Somerset, KY, 500;
Columbia, AS; Chattanooga, 442; Ma.
con, 355; Ludlow. KY, 29S; Rich
mond, 295; Alexandria, Va, 249;
Princeton, 242, and Sheffield, Ala,
23S.
The total force normally employed
at the shops enumerated was placed
at slightly over $500. Approximate
ly 1886 men, officials said, were at
work in these shops yesterday Of
which it was said 797 were old enl-
ployes who remained at work de
spite the strike.
Officials of the road reiterated
that those who have been on strike
would be taken back as soon as
places could be found for them.
"Shopcraft employees of the South
ern Railway system who have been
on strike will be restored to work
as rapidly as this can be done with
out disturbing the orderly working
of our shops" Vice President H. w.
Miller said this morning.
Under terms of the agreement"
Mr.. Miller added, "all old men with
the exception of those who have
back within thirty days. We shall
probably be able to place practically
all our old men within a week or ten
days. The men came back to work
at reduced wages set by the order
Of the United States railway labor
board against which the strike of
July 1 was directed.
men Employed since August Is
when the Southern began recruiting
to fill vacancies in it's shop forces
who wish to leave our service will
be returned to the places at which
they were recruited.
"In reaching a settlement with our
men, the text of the Chicago agree
ment was followed absolutely, not a
word being added or subStracted, nor
was there any side agreement"
NEW YORK CENTRAL
HAS SETTLED STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Officials
of the New oYrk Central lines to-
night announced that a settlement
on the basis of the Baltimore agree
ment had been reached with the
striking shopment throughout the
entire system.
SOUTHERN SHOPMEN TO
RETURN AT COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 10
Southern railway shopmen today
were preparing to return to work
here under the agreement signed by
the railway officials yesterday and
officials of the union. None of the
men had returned today, BUTT was
said at the shops that all were ex-
pected to be back tomorrow.
EFFORTS TO RELEASE
STRIKERS FAIL.
AIKEN, S. c., Sept. 19.-Ef-
forts to secure the release of four
Augusta white men, said to be
striking Southern Railway employees.
were unsuccessful here yesterday
afternoon except in the case of Fred
E. Thomas. who was freed on
81 200 bond. The other men were
held in default of bond in the same
amount. The alleged strikers are
charged with whipping E. w. Thorn
as. foreman at the Hamburg, S.
c. ShODS