The labor world., 1922-09-16
SHoPMEN Can RETURN ON
TERMS DRAWN BY UNION
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within IS days from the signing Of
this agreement and shall have juris-
diction to decide all cases that may
properly be referred to it on or be-
fore May 81. 1928, but not there
after.
Basis Of Pact.
"6-1nasmuch as this agreement is
reached for the purpose of composing
in spirit Of compromise this con-
troversy. all parties hereto agree
that neither this settlement nor any
decision of the commssio above
provided for, shall be used or cited in
any controversy between these
parties or between the railroads
signing the same, or any other class
or classes of their employees in any
other controversy that may hereafter
arise.
"7-Both parties pledge themselves
that no intimidation nor opposition
shall be practiced or permitted
against any of the employees who
have remained at work or have taken
service. or as against those who re-
sumo work, under this understand
ing.
S-AI suits at law now pending
as result Of the strike to be with
drawn and cancelled by both parties.
Councils Statement.
The executive council of the shop
men authorized the following state
ment in explanation OF the agree
ment:
The settlement speaks for ITSELF
II the craftsmanship shown by S.
Davies Warfield, president of the
Seaboard Air Line had prevailed at
the outset differences would have
been composed in a week. Railroad
employees are not breakers of the
law but they are human and expect
to be recorded the consideration
which they believe they are entitled
to receive as the inalienable right of
the American citizen.
I'VE sought settlement through the
peaceful method of continued nego-
tlatlons. not by resorting to violence
or other unlawful acts. The injunc-
tlon secured by the attorney general,
coming as it did near the close of
these important and far-reaching ne
gotiations, would have. If secured 4s
hours earlier. disrupted them.
I'VE have neither criticism to make
nor excuses to offer. We accept the
Administrations proposal for settle
ment, and were not responsible for
-'~> -.A~S~HPAA~oSAOA VI dllcKSO unOSf-
standings between the administration
and the chairman of the Association
of Railway Executives to which its
defeat by that body was attributed
Neither were we responsible for the
labor provisions Of the TRANSPORTATION
act.
we conducted our proceedings un-
der well-recoEnized labor policies of
long standing. The public will not be-
lleve that the rank and file of labor
condones acts of violence resulting in
strife among train service employees
and others. Through the constant ef-
fort of the officers of tho organiza-
tions law and order was generally
we'll maintained and such sporadic
acts Of lawlessness and violence as
occurred were few in number when
be directed to secure conferences
gagged in the strike and the pressure
upon these men and hundreds Of
thousands of other persons. directly
or indirectly affected. We approached
the railroads recognizing their diff
culttes as we expected them to appre-
ciate ours.
Method Of Procedure.
The method of procedure adopted
by the policy committee at the meet
ing Is that no men on any railroad,
even though included in the settle
ment at this time, are to return TO
work until they have received, the
necessary directions from their re-
spectlve system federations. The
system federations on railroads not
now parties to the agreement will
. with the proper railroad officials
and endeavor to secure this agree
ment from their railroads, in which
event the men will return to work.
y Necessary arrangements will be
made to sustain and assist all men
on all railroads who are forced to re-
main on strike because Of the re-
fusal of such roads to join the
agreements made.' ~ =: -,3<