The Washington herald., 1922-08-31
UNION Pacific
RAISESPAYOF
TSSHOPNIEN
Recognizes New Associa-
tion Which Breaks Away
From Federation.
HARD COAL STRIKE
NEAR END, IS BELIEF
Operators and Miners
Expected to Resume
Conference Here.

Conference Here.
While prospects for q settlement
Of the anthracite strike seemed bright
er yesterday as operators and miners
prepared to resume meetings In Phil
adelphia, a break in the solidarity
of the railroad shopmen appeared on
the Pacific Coast where shop en-
pioyes of the Union Pacific. under
the inspiration of an advance In pay.
formed a new association. breaking
away from the federated shopcrafts-
Other developments in the strike
situation yesterday were:
/. The administration relies on coal
price control and distribution to pre-
vent profiteering.
2. Senators Pepper and Reed are
drafting a measure to establish an
anthracite coal commission in con-
nection with their proposal to the
miners and operators.
g. The fight for higher wages for
maintenance of way men was re-
opened before the Railroad Labor
Board in Chicago.
4. The strike Of the shopmen IL
q closed issue with the rsalroad broth
erhoods for the present. says w. G.
Lee, head of the trainmen.
Ends Soft Coal Strike.
5. Acceptance OF the Cleveland
agreement by the Pittsburgh Coal
Company ends the soft coal strike
in Western Pennsylvania, and will
lead to the reopening of ffty-four
mines.
6. The appointment of 1000 addi-
tional railroad inspectors by Pres
ident Harding was asked by ]. J..
Dowd. chairman Of the Eastern COM
mittee of striking shopmen.
z. Trainmen on the Chicago and
Alton returned to work following an
agreement. thus ending a four-day
tie-up.
Advance Shopmen's Wages.
PORTLAND. Greg, Aug. 3o-Shop
employees OF the Union Pacific sys-
tenn have Joined in forming a Union
Pacific Shop Employees Association.
according to an announcement by the
company's officers here today. and
will receive a wage increase ranging
from to 22h cents higher than
rates established by the Railroad La
Dor Board. effective September is.
crease, 1t was explained, Is con-
tained in the claim that it is the
official recognition by the rail-
road OF the employees association
and marks the breaking away from
the old agreements maintained
with the federated shops crafts.
Cancels National Agreements.
The formation of the associa-
tion and the arrangement of a
new working agreement definitely
establishes the Union Pacific sys-
tenn as no longer being in recog
nizance. of national agreements
with the members of the federated
shop crafts department of the
American Federation of Labor.
who went on strike July 1.
In all cases. the railroad man
| agements. the pay of the MEM
bers of the new organization will
| be higher than the rate of pay
prior to the recent cut effected
July l.
Puzzles Big Four Leaders.
Shop crafts leaders claimed an
| nouncement of the wage increase
| as a sign of weakening on the
part of the railroads and a fur
| ther move to entice striking
shopmen back on company pay
rolls.
Big -Four" brotherhood head,
were frankly puzzled by the an
nouncement of the increase. None
would state what effect it would
have on the general situation. al
though the opinion was expressed
| generally that the increase might
| be used by other railroad organi-
zation to reopen wage negotia-
| tions with the Railroad Labor
Board. or with the railroads di-
rect.
Expect Hard Coal Agreement.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3O.-Set-
tlement of the anthracite coal
and operators prepared to resume
meetings here.
| John l.. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers. arrived here
today in an optimistic frame of
mind. and at once went into con-
ference with other union execu-
tives. Lewis came from Washing
ton, where new proposals for end
ing the strike were put forward
by Senators Pepper and Reed OF
Pennsylvania.
The general policies committee Of
the operators, headed by Samuel d.
Warriner, at the same time was
holding a separate meeting.
| No joint meeting viii likely oc-
cur in Philadelphia. 1t was learned.
| Will Return to Warrington.
Joint negotiations instead were
to be resumed in Washington after
the meetings here. Each side will
report back through the Pennsyl-
vania Senators its attitude of the
peace proposals.
| The proposals of the Senator'S, 1t
is understood. call for a wage con-
tract at rates prevailing at the time
Of the strike. to run for a year.
Arbitration. upon which the op-
orators insisted In an unsuccessful
conference ten days ago. would be
abandoned. and new wage contracts
would presumably be based on
recommendations of a Federal coal
commission.
WIN Push Prosecution.
The government made no new