The New York herald., 1922-08-26
FURTHER TALK is FUTILE,
SAYS HEAD OF STRIKERS
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cars and locomotives is now shown by
Government statistics. 1t will be OBJ.
vious TO every shipper and farmer dur
ing the next few weeks. We shah be
content to let the condition of equipment
prove that the railroads cannot operate
their shops with unskilled strikebreakers
and bring the executives to more
reasonable frame of mind.
1--WE do not blame the more reasonable
executives who had evidently yielded tc
pressure. We believe that the next few
weeks will enable them to bring home to
their hardshelled colleagues the entire
railroad situation In its grim realities.
we can and will fight for our
minimum terms and ror nationwide
settlement as long as the managements
can and will fight. In behalf OF the
public interests we have offered to COM
promise on everything but our existence.
Now that we are compelled to fight.
however. our victory will bring with II
victory on all the issues for which the
strike was called"
Converted other Executives.
The history or the strike is reviewed
from its start July 1 to August -
when the statement declares: THE
New York papers continuously carried
news items stating that the railway ex-
ecutives known as the stand pat or die
hard variety were holding meetings
daily with all the railway executives
that were in town or were arriving
and converting them to their policy.
"Just what means. arguments or
promises were used is not known" 1t
continues. but the result became ap-
parent on the 23d when. after lengthy
argument to the effect That solid
front on their part would break the
morale of the men on strike and they
would flock back to work. the exec
utives voted to reaffirm their decla-
ration Of August 2-when in reply to
President Harding they stated that they
would not agree to the strikers return
ing with their seniority and other
rights unimpaired. This was carried
in their meeting with only one ex-
ecutive dissenting.
''This reaffirmation Of their public be
damned policy clearly placed them on
record as disregarding any interest but
their own and shows the length to
which they intend you to think they will
go 10 smash the organizations on the
railroads.
Question OF Reinstatement.
However. within twenty-four hours
after this declaration was adopted the
executives OF fifty-two Glass ] roads
from the big meeting were giving con-
slderation to ways ana means of reach
ing settlement without stating that
they yielded on the seniority question.
We may well question the good faith of
any statement that they wished to really
give the men their seniority rights as
they positively refused TO agree to a
proposition that all strikers be rein
stated claiming that reinstatement car
ried with it all seniority and other
rights"
Both President Harding and the
brotherhoods failed in two attempts to
settle the strike. Representing the
brotherhoods in the role of peacemakers
were w. S. Stone, Grand Chief Engi-
neer, Brotherhood Locomotive Engi-
neers; l.. E. Sheppard, president. Order
Railway Conductors: u. B. Robertson.
president, Brotherhood Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen; w. n. Doak vice.
president. Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, and T. C. Cashen. president,
Switchmen's Union Of North America.
Jewell Writes willard.
In their letter to Daniel Willard chair
man of the committee representing the
roads making separate peace and to Bert
NJ. Jewell of the snopmen, the brother
hood chiefs said IN part:
Fully appreciating the seriousness OF
the situation confronting the people OF
the United States and with the deter
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every ounce of energy at our command
we requested conference with the Rail-
way Executives Association, which was
at once arranged for, to be held in New
York. August 23.
AT this meeting we presented the sub
ject as briefly but as explicitly as we
could. and made recommendation for
consideration b. the entire body
Coupled with the recommendation was a
request that IL 1t were not accepted
we would be glad TO meet such members
Of the executives association as Nigh,
look upon It with favor, or who would
meet with us in further efforts to reach
a solution of the problem. We were
later advised that the recommenda tion
was declined practically unanimously
but that the chief executives represent
ing railroads with approximately S5,0 ,0OC
miles Of track, were willing to meet us
to give further consideration to the
subject.
Conferences with committee con.
sisting of six railroad presidents, repre-.
senting this group were held on the
evening of the Esd, also two conferences
on the Gath and again this morning
without avail"
The Minority Roads.
Besides Mr.. Willard the members o,
the railroad presidents committee wer,
Hale Holden, Chicago, Burlington anc
Quincy: A. II. Smith, New York Cen.
tral; Charles Il. Donnelly, Northern Pa.
cific. and n. ID. Maher. Norfolk and
Western. The roads they represented
were:
Alabama and VicKspurg with one sub
sidiary; Baltimore and Ohio and thre,
subsidiaries; Buffalo, Rochester ane
Pittsburgh; Chesapeake and Ohio lines
Chicago and Northwestern and four sub
salaries; Chicago, Burlington ant
Quincy and four subsidiaries: Chicago
indianapolis and Louisville: Chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul and seven sub
sidiaries Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific and one subsidiary; Chicago, st
Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha El Pas,
and Southwestern Erie. with five sub
sidiaries: Hooking Valley, Lake Err,
and Western, Louisiana and Arkansas
Minneapolis and st. Louis. New Yorl
Central lines and thirteen subsidiaries
New York, Chicago and st. Louis: Nor
folk and Western and two subsid aries
Norfolk Southern and two subsidiaries
Northern Pacific and three subsidiaries
Sea board Air Line and six subsid IA rie .