The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-18
PEACEPLANOF
SHOP WORKERS
IS THREATENED
New York Central and Southern
Announce Failure to Reach
Agreement With Strikers.
MANY OF ROADS REPORT
NORMAL SHOP OPERATIONS
President Jewell Rushing to New
York to Confer With New
York Central Officials.
10y The Assoolavse prsss,

CHICAGO, Sept. Twin the shop
mems peace plan, threatened by out
breaks due apparently TO mIsundsr-
standings and with the New York
Central and the Southern Railway
announcing their failure to reach
agreements with the strikers, roads
not participating in the Baltimore ne
gotiations reported a return to nor
NAL operation OF their shops tonight.
OF the large lines mentioned in con-
nection with the memorandum OF
agreement adopted by the shop crafts
general policy committee Of ninety
here Tuesday with the object Of end
ing the country wide strike through
separate agreements with individual
roads, the Rock Island and the New
York Central have definitely an
nounced a failure to reach an agree
ment and conferences Of the Southern
with union leaders had been no more
successful as the strike entered on its
twelfth week.
In the case Of the New York Central
statement was issued by the road
expressing a willingness to fuifin the
memorandum agreement reached at
Baltimore at conferences between 3.
M. Jewell, head of the strikers and
representatives OF certain Of the car
riers, but 1t was asserted that repre-
sentatives of the shop crafts ''at-
/ tempted to interject qaetions not men
toned in the text and clearly outside
the agreement insisting that these
matters be included" The road also
announced 1t would continue to en-
plov men to fill existing vacancies in
| tts shop forces, adding that at present
10 had ss.e5l-at work compared With
a norrnaI force of 35,f92. --7---'s4
The Same Misunderstanding result
ed In disturbances yesterday vines
strikers began TO work here in the
| shops of the Northwestern and the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul. To-
day officials of the Northwestern an
nounced they expected 10000 Of the
strikers to return to work tomorrow
morning ana more than $4,000 men
were expected back in Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul. At the same
time railway executives. who have re-.
fused to come in under the Baltimore
plan, reiterated that they are In way
of recruiting full shop forces, Man!
of them reporting forces ranging from
ITS to 100 per cent nOFhldA'
roads have formed new organizations
to supply the striking shop crsfts.
Among the roads which announced
agreements with their shopnaen IN
| dependently of the union are the
sante Fe, Pennsylvania Union Pa
| cific. the Burlington, the Illinois Cen
trail and the Chicago and Alton.
| Mr. Jewell left early tonight for
| New York where it is said he would
enter into conferences with the New
york Central officials on Tuesday IN
cancellations of reaching a speed
1 agreement under terms Of the BAIT
roore plan. At union headquarters II
| was announced that only trivial dir-
ferences prevented the signing or sep
crate peace with that road on sat
urdav. These differences 1t was be-
Taved could be cleared away by SUB
r,it+ine them to the arbitration eoaro
nrovided for in the Baltimore plan
According to union leaders the men
an the following roads Will return 70
uorr tomorrow: The Chicago and
~-ortbveatern. Chicago. Milwaukee and
81 paul. Baltimore and Ohio sea
I hoard Air Line and the Green Bay
land Western.