Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-09-22
SH0PMEN WILL
RETURN TO WORK
SENIORITY QUESTION IS NOT
MENTIONED IN AGREEMENT
REACHED AT MEETING
Dispute Over Standing Of Men VIII
Be Settled by Adjustment Board
Made up OF Workers
And Executives

Chicago.-Members OF the shoI
crafts policy committee, who Wednes
day approved peace plans for ending
the railroad strike, through separate
agreements with individual railroads
Thursday began separate settlement
negotiations under terms OF the agree
ment.
Instructions 10 various system fed
Grafton officials to enter signatory
negotiations and arrange agreements
with their roads. were sent out from
union headquarters by B. NJ. Jewell
chief strikeleader, and head of the
railway employees department of the
American Federation of Labor.
Policy committee members scatter.
ed to their respective baliwicks soon
after the settlement plan was adopted
Railroad systems counted among
those expected to sign the agreement
Immediately or soon were said to mum.
Der between 80 and 60 of the 2O2
class / roads of the country.
The text of instructions to off
ciaIs of system declarations would re.
main confidential, Mr.. Jewell said. He
said also that union leaders would not
make public at this time list of the
roads which agreed because 1t will
probably be augmented by new sign
ers as the result OF continuous ser.
les OF conferences with reads not al
ready In the agreement.
Under the terms OF the peace plan.
shopmen are to return to work under
wage scales prescribed by the United
States railroad labor board effective
July I. the date the strike began In
protest against the boards decisions.
The question OF seniority which
proved to be the chief barrier to an
earlier settlement, was not specifical.
ly mentioned In the agreement. The
agreement made no mention either
OF working system or the contract
system for farming out" shop work
which with the wage controversy were
she original Issues in the strike.
Disputes over the relative standing.
OF employees. and new disputes which
might arise as outgrowths OF the
strike. shall under the peace terms.
are referred to adjustment boards com.
posed OF Representatives OF the car
riers and their employees IL the dis
putes can not be settled as nm in
dividual matter between an employee
and his road.
The agreement requires the sigma
tory roads to find places for all re-
turned strikers within 30 days after It
becomes available Strikers who have
committed acts of violence are not
protected in the agreement to restore
former Jobs To employees
Much of the credit for effectlng sep
arate settlements was given by the
shop crafts executive council to s.
Davies Warfield, president OF the Sea.
board Air Line and head of rail.
road securities company, said to con,
troll $4,000, 100000 OF stock. Confer.
ences between Mr.. Warfield. Mr. Jew
ell and Daniel willard. president OF
the Baltimore and Ohio. in Baltimore,
early this month, opened the way TO
the agreement. II was Mr.. Warfleld
who stuck to the finish for virtually
this kind of settlement In the con.
ferences ut New York last month he.
tween railway executives and chiefs
~ the transportation brotherhoods,
the latter acting as meditators for the
shopcrafts.