Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-08-18
No DECISION IS
REACHED At THE
RAILWAY STRIKE
PEACE MEETING
Train Service Leaders and
Rail Executives Discuss
Settlement of Shopmen'S S
WaIk0ut,
AGREEMENT WILL BE
SOUGHT TOMORROW
Union Men See Hope for
ending Rail WaIkoutI
With Settlement of the
Lengthy Coal Strike,
tBy The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press.)
New York. Aug. II (by the As
soclated Press, )-The conference
held today between railroad ex-
.ecutives and leaders Of the train
service unions to effect a settle
ment of the nation-w wide shopmen' s
strike adjourned late this afternoon
until tomorrow without reaching a
de1lnlte conclusion.
a statement issued after ad-
1ournment by T, Dewitt Cuyler,
president of the Association of Rail
way Executives, read:
"A conference was held this
afternoon between a committee of
the carriers and the heads of the
five train service organizations,
who wished it to he distinctly un-
derstood that they appeared as
mediators on their own motion.
"A discussion of the present rail-
road situation so far as it relates
to the shopcrafts strike, took place.
The questions involved were dis
cussed with the honest desire to ar
rive at a solution of the problem
if possible.
mo definite conclusion was ar
rived at and the conference ad-
journed until tomorrow morning.
Expect Speedy End.
At the same time Bert NJ. Jewell,
lead of the railway labor depart
ment of the American Federation
of Labor, issued a statement at the
uptown hotel at which the labor
leaders had established headquar-
ters
'"Pho settlement OF the coal strike
Will, to d large degree, determine
the settlement of the railroad
strike" said Mr.. Jewell. THE re-
sumption of coal mining and the
vastly increased demand for coal
resulting from depleted stocks will
force the railroads to move more
coal in the next few weeks than
ever before in history.
This means a record breaking
demand for cars. In the face OF
this demand, there is at the pres
ent time a record breaking short
age of good order equipment. The
railroads will be required by ur-
gent necessity to repair their coal
cars in the shortest possible time.
This will bring the most insist
ant kind of pressure upon the
roads to get a maximum number of
skilled mechanics into their shops.
1t is safe to say there will be places
NAL number of men in coal car re-
pair shops.
Coal Cars Need Repair.
"We estimate that at the pres
ent time there are from 20 to %
per cent of all coal cars in bad
order or about 100000 cars. We
estimate that there will be a short
lge of about 5000 cars week
he moment the strike is settled.
THE abnormal number of cars
low out of service will raise the
weekly shortage close to 100000
,ars. This means that 30 per cent
If the coal mined will be with
1eld from the consumer through
ack of transportation facilities. |
rhe maximum mine production is |
tbout 100000 tons week. The !
average coal car capacity is about !
tons.
"A shortage of 100000 cars will1
therefore, prevent 4.500,000 tons OF |
coal a week from reaching the con-
umer."
Brotherhood Conferences.
Today was a Gay of conferences |
among brotherhood chiefs this
between brotherhood |
chiefs and executives this after
loon, and between brotherhot d /
,hiefs and shop crafts officials this
evening.
The first gathering, over which
Warren S. Stone, head of the
brotherhood of locomotive engineers
presided, was called for the osten-
iible purpose of framing q concrete
program to be submitted to the
executives. The brotherhood men.
Who mace it plain that their posi-
ion was solely mediatory, went
nto the afternoon parley without
,reathing a word of tho proposals
we're believed to have drawn up.
Protect Seniority Rights.
But il the train service men were
ilent, representative of the strik-
ng shop crafts gathered to await
he result of the conference, made
plain that they did not believe
my proposal would be made by
he running trades which would
include a sacrifice of their senior
ty rights While representatives
# the strikers would not permit
themselves to be quoted they in
icated they would stand firm as
yer on the proposition that they
must be taken back with their
ranking unimpaired.
Two hints of what had trans
ired escaped.
First, the executives sent for
lies containing decisions of the
abroad labor board in which that
ody, in rulings bearing on other
trikes, had directed that strikers
hould forfeit seniority rights. This
'as taken to indicate that the ques-
ION of seniority which had figured
0 prominently in the two efforts
y President Harding to end the
Lrike, had bobbed up again.
The second hint was obtained
rom Julius X. Kruttschnitt. chair
ian of the board Of the Southern
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