The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-20
ALL EFFORTS
TO ADJUST RAIL
STRIKE fail
Cannot Agree On Return of Semi
Ority Rights to Strikers.
LABOR BOARD QUITS IT'S
EFFORTS IN THAT LINE
No More Conferences on Shop
Crafts Strike.
(9y The Associated Pressl

(ey The Associated Press)
CHICAGO. July 19th.-Fai1ure of all
efforts to bring about the settlement of
the country wide strike of the railway
shopmen was announced in a statement
| issued tonight by Ben w. Hooper, chair
man of the United States Railway Labor
Board.
AS there does not seem to be any
probability of reconciling the antipodaI
views of the carriers and the men on
the question at issue the labor board and
none Of its members are engaged in fur
ther efforts along that line" the state-
ment said.
One Point Unsettled.
At the same time the statement point
. ed out that a virtual agreement had been
reached between the rail heads and the
strike leaders on all of the five points
in dispute except that of the return of
the strikers OF their seniority rlghts-a
question which was not originally in dis
pute between the roads and their men.
Railroad executives. through the wes-
tern presidents committee on public re-
lations Of the Association of Railway Ex-
ecutives, issued a statement tonight cor
roborating Chairman Hooper's statement
being held and that the seniority issue
was the principal stumbling block.
No More Conferences
There are now no conferences in prog
ress looking to settlement of the shop
crafts strike" the executives statement
said. Chairman Hooper of the labor
board has held informal conferences with
some railway executives. but these have
"Since the strike was called, the So
called question Of seniority rights has
arisen and has now become one of i'm
portance.''
Submits Program
Chairman FIooper's statement said e.
sconferenee was -ffeld last saturday be-
tween B. NJ. Jewell, head of the shop
men, A. o. Wharton, labor board mem
Der Of the board and Mr.. Hooper, and
heads of the seven striking organizations
when Mr.. Jewell Indicated he would be
willing to submit to his committee an
agreed program II the carriers concurred
in it.
The program, Mr.. FIoopers statement
said, was as follows:
"F1rst, that the carriers which had ar
bitrarily changed the wages and working
conditions of the employees represented
by said seven organizations, by means
of the contract system, in violation Of
the railroad labor boards decisions,
should withdraw from this practice. This
applied to only a few roads, as the others
had announced their willingness to CANCEL
such contracts.
Second, that the authority granted
by the transportation act to the car
riers and their employees to set up an
adjustment board or boards be ex-
ercised by the establishment OF a ma
tional adjustment board, for the hear
ing Aof all disputes except those affect
ing wages.
Third that the employees involved
in the strike proceed in conformity
with the transportation act in the set
tIement of the disputed rules and
wages, seeking from the railroad labor
board rehearing Of the recent wage
decision and promptly submitting the
seven disputed rules to the adjust
ment board, with the statutory right Of
appeal to the labor board.
Dismiss All Suits
Fourth, the carriers to withdraw or |
dismiss all law suits growing out of |
the strike.
Fifth, all men now on strike, those /
laid off, furloughed or on leave of ab-
sence to be returned to work and their
former positions, with seniority and |
other rights unimpaired.
LAS a method for securing con-
fully representing the carriers
and the employees concerned, it was
contemplated that the railroad labor
board should call a hearing for that
purpose"
Mr., Hooper said he had submitted
the proposition to several railway ex-
ecutives with the agreement that if
agreement could be reached
Il was to be submitted to other execu-
.ives.
Mr.. Hooper said he understood the
had been laid before large
number of executives
Only One Obstacle
MY investigation Of the attitude OF
he carriers has convinced me, his
statement said; that no serious OBJ
ytacle is to be found in any OF the
TENS above enumerated, except the
fifth"
Only sixteen of 201 class one roads
lad entered into the contracting out OF
,hop work and most of them have now
1t, his statement cont1nu-
a. The carriers raised no objections TO
the wage decision and the
lispute regarding seven protested
ules, he said, and declared that the
disposition of contracts,
wages and rules would remove from
conflict all three of the questions upon Il
vhich strike votes were taken
Agree To Regional Boards Il
Regarding adjustment boards, ar. /
Hooper said many roads are willing 70 j