Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-24
SEPARATE PEACE
limited AS RAIL
MED|AT0RS FA|t.
Roads Reject PROPOSAL
of Brotherhood Mems
Firm on Seniority.
Jewell Scents Plot to-
Crush Unionism; West
Lines Ask Settlement,

New York, Aug. 23.-(By The As
sociated Press) THE Association Of
Railway Executives, by a vote of 254
to 4 Wednesday rejected the proposal
Of the big five train service brother
hoods that the carriers and the nation
wide shopmen's strike by reinstsZhg |
the men with seniority unimpaire6, and,
Bert NJ. Jewell, official spokesman for
the strikers, declared the association.
had closed the door to peace and
voted for lockout to smash upionism.
AT the same time, splitting away
from the majority, was group of %
railroads, principally western lines,
which debated new suggestion Of the
brotherhoods that individual settle
ments be effected. This minority,
while processing to stand with the ma
jority in re-affirming the stand on
seniority, still Indicated that it desired
to hear further regarding the in
dividual settlement suggestion.
Hale Holden, president of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, who at
tended a meeting of the minority held,
in the Yale club after the general
membership of the association had
ended its session, Joined with mem
bers of the majority group in denying
that there was any split.
There is no question of split" he
asserted. The railroads are all stand
ing pat on seniority and any individual
settlement will have to be made in the
light Of that understanding.
Summary of Meeting
The days proceedings may be brief
ly outlined as follows:
THE association met as a whole
wednesday morning, almost unanim
Yrclr IAl
against restoring the strikers with
their ranking unaffected and directed
its committee, which met last week
with the brotherhood chiefs TO draw up
resolution enbodying this decision.
The committee submitted the re-
solution after the noon recess and
after its adoption, left for the Grand
Central station and transmitted the
message to the committee representing
the running trades, which has stepped
into the shoes of mediators. These
mediators, before going into confer
enee, issued a statement asserting that
the strike must be settled because the
public demanded it and setting forth
that the crews who now operate the
trains form that part of the public
which knows best why a settlement
must come"
another proposal. that the strikers be
"reinstated in the position of the class
they originally held on June 3d.; that
all be restored not later than October l
and that disputes which might arise
over seniority rights be referred to the
railroad labor board. Later it, was
suggested that settlement by individual
roads be made on this basis
Elude Newspaper Men
4-The committees representing the
executives and the big five" depart
ing by back stairway to elude news
paper men, then repaired to the Yale
club. and brotherhood chiefs addressed
the whole membership of the associa-
ton.
5-The mediators then withdrew and
departed for the Hotel Woodstock for
conference with shopcraft leaders,
which lasted into the evening.
6-The association adjourned it's
meeting.
members of the minority group
continued in session, recessed and have
held another conference with brother.
hood men for the purpose, they said Of,
testing the good faith of the big five'
regarding the separate settlement sug-
gestion.
The conference of big five" broth
erhood chiefs with committee repre-
senting a number Of the roads held
Wednesday night in an effort to reach
individual agreements in accordance
with the brotterhood's proposal, ad-
journed at midnight.
Warren 8. Stone, president of the
engineers, declined to discuss the out
come of the conference, saying ''medi-
Stors can't talk"
Emerging from the conference
Wednesday night, Daniel Willard. pres
ident of the Baltimore & Ohio, who
was pointed out as the spokesman
for the railways, announced that nego-
tiations with the big five" brother
hoods would be resumed Thursday
morning at time and place which he
refused to divulge.