The Washington herald., 1922-09-09
CONFER In CHICAGO.
Railroad Executives Split
On Willard's Plan for
Compromise.
CLAIM MANY MEN
ARE BACK TO WORK
Big Western Roads Offer
Full Pension Rights
To Strikers.

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-Settleneat OF
the railroad shop strike was be-
lieved In sight as executive and
union leaders conferred here today.
The terms OF the settlement will
be decided upon at separate meet
ings Of strike leaders and execu-
tives Monday. according TO every
indication. Three plans OF settle
ment are suggested.
l. Executives determined on no
compromise declare that the strike
is broken and that the union exc
cutive committee will have 70 ask
authority Of the policy committee TO
settle on any terms to save int
union.
willard often Plan.
2. The faction of tht railroad
presidents headed by Daniel VIII
lard of the Baltimore and Ohio,
favor a settlement based on the
maximum offering of the minority
in the executive association as
agreed upon the recent New YORK
meeting.
3. The strike leaders have a D an
which they are attempting 10 gel
certain carriers to accept, offering
immediate peace on the basis OF full.
seniority, wages prior to June %.
and promising full cooperation TO
aid them in competition against
roads refusing to settle.
Bert NJ Jewell. president of the
D GA
to Chicago today afeer q mysterious
absence and was Immediately served
with subpoena on the Daugherty
| Injunction.
Both Sides I'm Conference.
7 have nothing to say about the
strike" Jewell said. i will greatly
appreciate it n the newspapers will
let us alone for a couple of days.
We will have something for you
then we hope" Jewell and other
officers OF the shop unions then went
into conference.
While this conference was in ses-
sion Daniel willard. president of
the Baltimore and Ohio. was presid-
ing over a meeting OF twenty exc
cutlves OF Western roads. willard
made public the maximum offtr'
OF the executives desiring immediate
settlement but in the meeting he
called were several executives who
nave declared consistently that the
railroads have won the strike.
orer Full Pension RIght..
During the day the majority n
big Western roads had large ad-
vertisements printed notifying their
men that full pension rights Will
be granted II all men now on strike
return by September Is"
The executives claimed that more
men have returned to work This
week than in any other week sine.
the strike started. II President
Willard is unable to convince other
executives that a compromise ix de-
sirable the settlement is likely 10
be made on the basis OF the maxi
mum oner Of the executive mi
nority, IL is stated by authoritie,
here. This offer contemplates q re-
turn to work not later than October
l. seniority on the basis prior to
June 80, pay at present rates, and
the settlement Of disputes by a com
mission composed Of nve railroad
and five train service officers.
Big Roads Favor Plan.
The Baltimore and Ohio. the Nor
! folk and Western, the Southern Sys
TEN. the Chicago. Milwaukee ana
/ st. Paul, and a number of other car
riers are favorable to this plan, IL
is stated. including several not IN
as good condition to fight the strike
further as are some OF the others.
President Byram, Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul. said:
are ready to negotiate separately
with our employees. There are a few
I points that need to be settled and I
don't think IL wise to discuss them
now. One thing that stands in the
way OF settlement is that recently
We have been flooded with applica-
tions by high class men to take the
place OF men who walked out"
81. Paul Line Dynamited
Radicals continued acts of vio-
lence at various points today. A
part Of the ST. Paul line was dyna-
mited at Perry, Iowa, and there
were numerous cases OF assaults
upon workmen. Some time last
night unknown persons hanged a
workman to the iron steps OF a
signal tower in the outskirts OF
Chicago. The man has not been
| identied.
President Banks. OF the ElEin. Jo-
liet and Eastern road, sent notices
to his l.so0 shopmen. notifying them
TO return TO work with former rat
ing and wages" which means fun
seniority rights. Union leaders i'm
mediately denounced the offer as an
attempt TO undermine the striker
struggle for human conditions and
| wages"