Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-08-26
RAIL CONFERENCE
ENDS IN FAILURE
Railway Chiefs at Farley Stand
Pat on the Seniority
Issue.
ALL UNIONS MAY GO OUT
Warren Stone, Chef of Engineers
Brotherhood, Warns Executives
1t Is Inevitable That Unions
Will Be Drawn Into Fight.

New York, Aug. 24.-The confer
ence held here between las railway
executives and the leaders of the big
five" unions ended in a complete fail
ure. The railroads fatty refused the
proposals OF the unions and offered
no plan Ia end the strike. holding TO
policy that the strikers would be
taken back rs they were needed with
out seniority rights.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the railroad presidents. the Sea-
board airline casting the only dissent
ing vote:
Resolved, That the committee is
authorized TO meet the representa-
tives of the train and engine service
brotherhOOdS again and state To them
that the railroads adhere 10 the posi-
ton heretofore taken. namely. that
the striking former employees can
not be given preference To employees
at present in the services without do
ing violence to every principle of
right and justice involved in the mat
ter, and without the greatest breach
OF faith on the part of the railroads
10 the men now in the service Under
these circumstances il becomes appar-
ent that the railroads cannot consider
any settlement of the present strike
which does not provide protection in
their present employment. both to the
loyal employees, who remained i'm the
service and TO the new employees en-
tering it
Resolved further. That unless the
representatives of the striking former
shop employees are prepared TO ac-
cept that position. the railroads are
unable to see wherein the efforts at
mediation by the chief officers of the
brOtherhOods can harmonic these
fundamental differences"
Jewell Says Doors Are Closed.
Bert NJ. Jewell president of the
railway employees division of the
American Federation of Labor, issued
the following statement.
"The railway executives have closed
the doors The unions have offered
every concession within reason to end
the strike and to save the public from
a breakdown of transportation, but
the executives have made none on
the contrary they have raised an en-
tfrely new and irrevelant issue of
| their own seniOrity-and by their re-
| fuSal to recede from their position
have made settlement impossible at
this time. The responsibility for
what will happen nov rests wholly
upon the railway executives"
Other Unions to Go Out.
No one in authority on either side
would discuss the next step but it
seems certain at this time that the
other rail unions Will be speedily
drawn into the conflict.
After a conference of the big five
leaders and representatives of the
railroads in which the railway execu-
lives are reported to have taken
more obstinate stand than n any
time since the beginning of tie re-
cent negotiations, the uniOl chiefs
went to their hotel for an unofficial
discussion of the situation.
1t was admitted that the status of
the strike was grave and no one
would express any real confidence that
III agreement might De reached at IliS
time.
The attitude of the railroads at the
session was that they would take
back the striking shOpmen as their
services were needed, but they would
make no concession on the point of
seniority.
Warned by Stone.
The unions took the position that
al of the strikers must be taken back
with their full seniority rights, no
matter what language might DE nee
assary to cover this point in a man
ner satisfactory to the roads,
At the conference Warren :. Stone,
chief of the Brotherhood Of LOcOmo-
tive Engineers, is reported 10 have
made a spirited appeal to the execu-
tives that the strike should be settled
in the interest of public policy, no
matter which side should win or lose
on the face of things.
Mr.. Stone warned the railroads
that it was inevitable that all the
other railroad unions would be drawn
into this conflict unless an agreement
should be reached soon.