New-York tribune., 1922-09-14

and is TO have jurisdiction NOS iaSef
than May 81. 1888.
u The terms of the peace agreement
sse vistually those considered at the
New York conferences es executives
$ y,ess.d representatives Of the "hig four
brotheshocda, except that several OBJ
jections raised by the labor spokesssaen
we're met Striking shoprnen will be
taken back, but men who remained
loyal and those employed 70 MI tpe
places OF strikers viii also pc Kept
vt work under the agreement, = ne sem.
orisy issue, chief stumbling block ot
earlier negotiations, remains 70 pc
ironed out by the Joint commission. 4,
It Ia net specifically mentioned IN tne
mace agreement. Strikers guilty or
Violence will not be taken back,
A statement issued in Baltimore TO-
night by Mr. Warfield, the mediator,
Z sndieated that plans for settlng up
4ribunals independent Of Federal arni-
ssration body have been dlscussea' ana
perhaps, agreed upon.
Mr.. Warfleld urges that the powers
) pysef the Railroad Labor Board in she 1oar
! nate making districts be defined by Il rhe
Interstate Commerce Commission. me
carriers would name members OF .
board In each district and the men
would name another to confer with the
regional boards set up by the rallways.
Negotiations" reads Mr.. Warneid
y>.statement in this connection, eouia pe
= successfully carried on and olsputea
questions settled IL approached IN good
faiths
Shop craft leaders expressed salts
faction tonight that the prospects Tor
at least partially ending the strike had
: sheen brought independent OF "outslae
efforts" This reference obviously 20
- Che peace parleys brought about IN !,
Washington by President Harding and
Slater in New York by the Big four
,.ttraiu service brotherhood chiefs.
"a rThe executive council Of the shopnen
s authorized a statement in explanation
9eof the agreement, which said in part:
fThe settlement speaks for itself III
'sss4he craftsmanship shown by 5. Dawes
sysWarfeld. president of the Seaboard
Air Line had prevailed at the outset,
differences would have been composed
in week.
90 Sought Peaceful Method
rs eve sought settlement through the
-peaceful method of continued negotia-
tions, not by resorting to violence or
other unlawful acts. The 1nJunction
ta secured by the Attorney General, COM
ing as 1t did near the close OF these
imuortant and far reaching negotla-
; tions. would have, If secured forty
eight hours earlier, disrupted them.
az ave accepted the Administrations
.; proposal for settlement, and were not
responsible for the misapplication of
alleged understandings between the
Administration and the chairman OF
the Association of Railway Executives
z TO which its defeat by that body was
attributed. Neither we're we respon- or
sible for the labor provisions OF the
transportation act.
"The public will not believe that the
rank and file and labor condone acts
Of violence, resulting in loss OF life
among train service employees ana
others
"The method of procedure adopted
by the policy committee at the meet
ing is that no men on any raliroao,
even though included in the settlement
at this time, are to return to work uIl-
I'll they have received the necessary di-
rection from their respective system
federation. System federations on rail
roads not now party to the agreement
will be directed to secure conference
with the proper railroad officials and
endeavor to secure this agreement from
their railroad, in which event the men
would return to work on such roads. A
monthly assessment will be levied on
every man on every railroad returning
TO work, to be used for the continue
tion of this strike and the support OF
the strikers on the railroads which do
not become parties to this agreement. !"
The peace agreement was arranged
last week in Baltimore at the office of
Mr.. Warfield Present beside Mr.. War
field were Mr. Willard and A. H. HfSmith,
president New York Central Lines, who
met members of the executive council
OF the Railway Employees Department,
American Federation of Labor. The
executive council consists of B. M.
Jewell, president Railway Employees
Department, American Federation of
Labor; William II. Johnston, interna-
tional president International Associa-
ton of Machinists; ]. A. Franklin, in
ternational president international
Brotherhood Of Boilermakers, Iron
Shipbuilders and Helpers; James w.
Kline, international president, Internay
tional Brotherhood of Blacksmiths,
Drop Forgers and Helperss James
Burns, international vice-president,
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
international Alliance; James P.
Noonan, international president. Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers; Martin F. Ryan, general
president Brotherhood Railway Car
men of America, and Timothy Healey,
international president International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and
Oilers.