The New York herald., 1922-07-27
striker.' plea for Seniority.

the central commlttee no arrangements
for them have been made.
Strikers PIea for Seniority.
The strike committee gave five reasons
why the roads should not withhold
restoration of seniority from the men
who went out in protest against the
findings of the United States Railroad
Labor Board. They were:
Because seniority rights should
not be used as means of penalizing
shopcrafts Workers for q necessary
.rike."
Because seniority rights should
not n. used as a means to install the
0. ..u American railroads."
niority rights are re-
waf ractical shop experience"
BE. -ae seniority rights should
not be based on subservience to the
will of the executives"
Because seniority rights mean
nothing to a few strikebreakers and
everything to 100000 old employees
OF the roads,"
President Harding's announced inten-
ton Of standing by the ruling OF the
United States Railroad Labor Board IN
stead Of attempting a settlement of the
shopmen's strike was commended by
Walber of the Eastern Railroads bu-
reau, who said:
Anything else would have been re-
pudiation. So long as Government
tribunal lasts 1t deserves to be supported.
Had the President taken any other
course he might as we'll have sup
planted the board. Employees are flaunt-
ing the board. Some say the roads are
Haunting 1t. II the Government Haunted
II what would there he Left"
Reinsurance for Public.
Regarding conditions of the roads
their statements we're uniformly opti.
mistic. The Erie reported that 243.612
loaded cars moved by that road during
the first three weeks Of the strike
equalled those moved in the correspond
ing period in June. In local committing
service a statement said the road was
handling $4,000 passengers day and
that only an average Of one or two trains
are late in the morning rush hours.
The Pennsylvania issued this state
ment:
'In appreciation Of the work OF the
Pennsylvania System employees In tn
present situation, the public should
operating from one end to the other
lay.
Travellers, shippers and consumers
may have every confidence In depend
ing upon the Pennsylvania System
Since the strike began we have beer
carrying more freight and passengers
than ordinarily. and our schedules ir
both branches of tine service have beer
unusually well ma ntained.1
The New York Central, accompany.
ing an announcement that It hat
ordered $50 modern freight locomotives
for delivery in 1923, said:
Approximately 10000 shop worker.
of all classes were on the pay rolls or
June 30 and were effected by the strike
call on the New York Central. To
day, July 26, total Of $4,000 mer
are working in these positions and o.
these partial forces at present workini
81 per cent. are old employees and Al
per cent are new workers employed
since the strike"
Announcing the reopening Of the Lack
awanna's shops at Kingsland E. NJ RiRe
general manager OF the road, said con.
ditions In the company's other shops al
Scranton and Buffalo were much bet.
ter than has been generally known"
The New Haven issued the following
Additional men are qualifying daily
and are being welded into a permanent
force, taking the places of those who
gave up positions 20 go on strike. There
have been no Interruptions to either pas
senger or freight service on account oi
the strike and normal operation of botf
of these services is being maintained
The New Haven said It still had loco
motives in storage which It had not vel
found necessary to put in service because
current repairs were heinr ma jnta ined