The New York herald., 1922-07-12
Time and Half for Sundays
and Holidays in the
Arrangement.
NORTHWEST TIRED OF IT
Leader Tells Jewell He Is I'm
able to Hold His Men Any
Longer in Line.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
CHICAGO, July ia report is cur
rent here tonight that B. M. Jewell
and his six international presidents
of striking shop crafts after an all
day conference with representative
of Western railroad executives have
drafted tentative peace proposal.
This peace truce, according to the
report, is that the striking shopmen
will accept the wage cut ordered July
/ by the labor board under protest.
The striking shopmen will demard
an immediate rehearing by the labor
board. Should the rehearing decision
prove favorable to the strikers the de-
cision must be retroactive to July /.
Time and half time is demanded
by the strikers for Sundays and holi-
days in their peace plans.
1t was learned here tonight that
the Federated Shop Crafts of the
Northwest have been clarnoring for
peace since last Sunday. r. A. Hen
ming, president of the Northwest shop
crafts has been negotiating with the
Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
the 500 Line Railway executives.
Mr.. Jewell called Mr.. Henning to
Chicago to-day for conference. Mr..
Henning is reported to have told Mr..
r. - III d,
line any longer. Reports are that Mr..
JEWELS peace plan will be placed be-
fore the Eastern railway executives
in the course of a day or so.
CHICAGO, July IL (Associated Press).
With State troops and United States
deputy marshals on guard In half a
dozen States to avert violence and
prevent interference with the move
ment of the mails or interstate COM
merce leaders of the big Four" rail-
road brotherhoods and railway execu-
tives were hurrying to Chicago to-
night to confer tomorrow on issues
growing out of the shopmen's strike.
VIII Boycott tho Troops.
At Bloomington. ILL.,, where State
troops have been guarding the Chicago
and Alton Railway shops. engineers. fire.
men, trainmen and conductors. MEM
bers Of the four big brotherhoods. voted
to-day not to enter the shops or yards
as long as troops are stationed there.
Union officials ordered their men to
keep the mail trains running. however !;
clerks employed in the yards and at
the depot walked out last night, refus-
ing to work under protection OF the
troops The day passed quietly at the
shops. Only two shots we're fired during
the day. and both were traced to acci-
dental discharge of sentinels' rifles.
The question OF working with guards
and State troops on duty was expected
m be one of the matters taken up at to-
morrow's meeting.
Another issue to be discussed will be
the alleged insistence of the carriers
that members Of the big Four" do
work regularly assigned to the craft
now on strike.
THE United States Railroad Labor
BOARD last week rendered an opinion
that the members of one craft OF work.
men were not required to do the work OF
another union whose members were on
strike unless they did so voluntarily
Members OF the Big Four" unions also
have protested that rolling stock has not
been kept In condition since the strike
~ sbopnen. engineers claiming that en-
gines with defective brakes. headlights
end air equipment had been turned over
to them.
rift in the strike clouds appeared
,sh the announcement OF ID. w. Helt,
nresident of the Brotherhood OF Railroad
Sipnalmen. that his $4,000 members
would not strike at this time. but ex-
pected to open new negotiations with
the individual carriers regarding their
grievances. II unable to reach an agree
ment the entire matter VII be referred
70 the Railroad Labor 7oard. he said.
Injunctions Served.
Armed with three Federal fnjunctions
issued against rail strikers, United
states Marshal Moore OF the Peoria
office went 10 Clinton, H.. to serve the
papers. The writs restrain the strikers
from picketing. interference with the
oneration of trains. intimidation OF en-
ployees or any conspiracy to tie up
transportation.
The shop crafts leaders assumed a
more nopeIul attltuue eo-uay ~ioi ~
ceipt OF advices that. all told. eighteen
railroads had made conciliatory express
s,ons looking toward a settlement of the
strike and that some already were con-
ferring with the system federation COM
mittees.
No settlement will be made. however.
except on a national basis. the union
heads insisted, adhering to their original
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