The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-26
PEACE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS WITH NO SETTLEMENT MADE
Peace Negotiations Blown Sky High at New York Con- ferenCe-TeSt of Endur-
 ance Waited
By Associated Press


 New York, August 25.-The rail strike today developed into fight to the finish when peace negotiations were blown sky high
 Heads of the big five railroad brotherhoods, acting as mediators be- tween executives and striking shop men in a final effort to effect sepa- rate settlement with individual roads |, ecutives had rejected the running trades first peace overtures. reported to the representatives of 27 roads this morning that the shop crafts had turned down a proposition made to them yesterday by the carriers. Me- gotiations then were broken off, and executives, strike leaders and broth- erhood chiefs began leaving town prepared for test of endurance
 Before he departed for hfs
 Headquarters in Chicago, Bert M.
 Jewell. official spokesman for
 the strikers, asserted that he be-
 lieved the executives who hnd
 fingered for the barley on indi-
 viduaI settlements soon would he
 enabled "fO bring home to their
 hard-shcIied colleagues the rail-
 road situation in its gri
 aIIty.,
 We shall be content to let a condition of equipment prove Af saa railroads cannot operate VI a= skilled workers" declared Mir. Iaan. adding later that I've can rd wa will fight for our terms an Ter ! nationwide settlement"
 Labor leaders then telet sHAea strikers to renew tho strugg #ss redoubled vigor.
 Centered on Seniority.
 The latest peace proposal ce arza as was the case with all the atIaa on the question of seniority 1liezzr was that roads interested in 1 dHEzas ual settlements would pledge lheEfs selves to find employment fE a strikers now convicted of acts lence; would not curtaiI pesas rights "or other privileges aaa would agree to submit to co sion of ten brotherhood leader aa executives all disputes which e5l not be settled by direct conft
 The strikers who have main that they had not authorized tle DIT five to suggest individual s ments, rejected this proposal the explanation that 1t did not aa antee seniority to the men who fr5 return of one-third of the counesa4 roads and at the same time wouid d- stroy the effectiveness of the sfiss being carried on the other two-tA.. a
 Then. from the mediating brother hoods came the statement that they reluctantly notified all concerned that they considered further peace efforts futile and had nothing more to suggest.
 Rejected Proposal.
 An official outline of the rejected proposal was contained in the foi- lowing statement issued in behalf of the executives by Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio:
 "Following the general meeting of the Association of Railway execu- tives held in New York the day be- fore yeste1lay. August 23, group of railroad presidents representing 52 companies with an aggregate or S5,000 miles of lines, continued It's conference with the leaders of the five train and enginemen's brother hoods. who had been acting as me- diators for a further discussion Of the shopcraft strike.
 These railway executives, mindful of the increasing demand for trans- portation incident to the season of the year, were hopeful that fur ther discussion might develop some pidH UT HletHOQ Aoi SctllciHcilI WHlCu would not require the sacrifice of principles dee med fundamental by either party to the controversy.
 Find Employment.
 These companies while unwilling to agree to any programs or method of adjustment which affects tho rights or privileges of the shopcrafts who did not take part in the strike or those who had been employed since July l. were willing to pledge them selves to find employment for all the striking employees not guilty of proven acts of violence, at their usual class of work. at a rate of pay fixed by the United States Labor board. and at the same terminal point.
 The railroads discIaim any desire to take advantage of the situation to curtail the pension rights of other privileges the striking employees had earned by reason of their term of service with the companies, and the roads at that conference agreed to take back all employees with such privileges unimpaired. These rail- road companies felt at liberty to do this because such action on their part would not in any way affect or prejudice the rights or privileges of others who did not participate in the strike
 Refer to Commission. | ''The railway executives also agreed that if. after the men re-
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