Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-24
BIC FIVE PLAN
To END WALKOUT
Of SHOP GRAF rs
IS TURNE:D D DOWN
Association of Railway Ex-
eCutiyeS, By a Vote Of
254 to 4, Reject Proposal
of BrotherhOodS,
SENIORITY QUESTION
WRECKS CONFERENCE
Group of % Western Rail-
roads Debates Suggestion
That individual Settle
Inent Be Effected,


New York, Aug. 23. (by the
Associated Press) The Associa-
ton of Railway Executives, by a
vote of 254 to four, today re-
iected the proposal of the Big
Five train service brotherhoods,
that the carriers end the nation
wide shopmens strike by reinstat-
ing the men with seniority unim-
paired and Bert NJ. Jewell, Of
ficial spokesman for the strikers,
declared the association had closed
the door to peace apd voted for
a lockout to smash unionism.
At the same time, splitting
away from the majority, was a
group of 25 railroads, principally
western lines, which debated a new
suggestion or the brotherhoods
that individual settlements be eff
fected. This minority while pro
tossing to stand with the major
ity in reaffirming the stand on
seniority, still indicated that it
desired to hear further regarding
the individual settlement suggest
ion.
Hale Holden, president of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
who attended a meeting of the
minority held after the general
membership of the association had
ended its session, joined with
members of the majority group
in denying that there was any
split.
There is no question of a
split" he asserted "The rail-
roads are all standing pat on sem
iority and any individual settle
ment will have to he made in
the light of that understanding. .
The days proceedings may be
briefly outlined as follows:
l. The association met as a
whole this morning, almost un-
animously decided to continue its
stand against restoring the strik-
ers with their ranking unaffect-
ed and directed it's committee.
which met last week with the
brotherhood chiefs to draw UP a
resolution embodying this de-
cision.
2. The committee submitted
the resolution after the noon re-
cess and after its adoption, left
for the Grand Central station
and transmitted the message to
the committee representing the
running trades, who stepped into
the shoes of mediators.
These med:ators before going
into conference, issued a statement
asserting that the strike must be
settled because the public demand
ed 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"
3-The brotherhood then adj
vanced another proposal, i. e.. that
the strikers be "reinstated in the
position of the class they originally
held on June 30;" that all be re-
stored not later than October /,
and that disputes which might arise
over seniority rights be referred to
the railroad labor board. Later, it
was suggested that settlements by
individual roads be made on this
basis.
4-The committees representing
executives and the big five depart
ing by a back stairway to elude
newspaper men, then repaired to
the Yale club and brotherhood
chiefs addressed the whole mem
bership of the association.
5-The mediators then withdrew
and departed for the Hotel Wood
stock for q conference with shop |
craft 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 brotherhood men, for the pur-
pose, they said, of testing the good |
faith Of the big five regarding the |
separate settlement suggestion.
When the mediators and shop
craft leaders meeting late today |
Mr.. Jewell issued a |
statement which read:
"The association of railway eX-
ocutives have closed the door, The
unions have offered every conces-
sion within reason to end the strike |
and to save the public from a break |
down of transportation; but the as
sociation has made none. On the
contrary, it has since the strike
began voiced an entirely new and
irrelevant issue of its own-seni-
ority; and by its refusal to recede
from its position has made set
tlement impossible at this time.
The responsibility for what will
happen now rests wholly upon it.
'The shop craft employees voted
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