Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-09-16
GREAT RAILROAD
STRIKE SETTLED
ShOpmen's General Chairmen
Vote to Accept Jewell
Willard Plan.
GET PRESENT RATE OF PAY
All Men to Return to Work Under
Class of Which They Were Men,
bers on June 3O-Priority
Rights Unsettled.


is settled The shop crafts and sta
tionary tiremen and oilers who laid
down their tools July l will 60 back
to work ms soon as final details can
| be arranged.
The vote sending the men back 10
their benches and tools was taken at
the meeting of the 90 general chair
men of the policy committee of the
shop crafts.
The union leaders adopted the jew
| ell-Willard peace plans proposed by
B. NJ. Jewell. president of the shop
men. and Daniel Willard. president of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. few
alterations in the plan were outlined,
and representatives of various rail
| roads at once gave their approval.
Crafts Affected.
The shop crafts men who have been
on strike since June so. and who are
| included in the new peace, are:
International brotherhood Of Black
| smiths and Helpers of America.
International Association of Machin-
/ lists.
International brotherhood of Boil
ermakers. Iron Shipbuilders and Help
| prs of America.
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
| International Alliance.
International brotherhood of EIec-
| trical Workers.
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of
! America.
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
and Oilers.
According to the terms of the peace
agreement all men on strike are to 60
! back to work in the jobs they held on
June 80, and are To be put to work
at the same points ut which they were
| employed at that time.
The seniority issue. by such specific
! name, is ignored in the peace agree
| ment Questions involving such mat
| ters, however, Will be referred to a
commission provided for in the
! agreement.
Railroads That Accept Resolution.
The roads on which the men will re-
turn to work are:
/ Alabama & Vicksburo. Baltimore &
| Ohio; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
| Chesapeake & Ohio. Chicago & North,
! western. Colorado & Southern WITCH
tia Valley railway Fort Worth & Den
! yer City, Chicago, Indianapolis &
/ Louisville; Chicago, Milwaukee & St
! Paul; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
! Chicago, st. Paul Minneapolis &
! Omaha; Ell Paso & Southwestern
| Erie; Hooking Valley, Lake Erie &
I
| neapOlis & st. Louis New York Cen
! trail lines, New York, Chicago & ST
| Louis; Norfolk & Western, Norfolk &
! Southern, SeabOard Air Line. Trinity
& Brazas Valley; Virginian; Wheeling
! & Lake Erie, Winston-Sale South
! bound
Among the larger systems which
| will remain outside the proposed
| agreement are the Pennsylvania.
Burlington, Northern Pacific, Chicago
& Great Western Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe and Rock Island.
Terms of Agreement.
The principal points in the agree
| ment arrived at which marks the end
of the strike are:
All men will return to work under the
class of which they were members
June 30, 1922, except those who were
| guilty of acts of violence during the
strike.
Priority rights referred to commits
sion.
Points further in dispute will be re,
ferred to a commission of six men of
the union and six officials of the roads
Men who return to work will receive
the present rate of pay
The agreement is to be referred to
the heads of the various branches OF
the organization before final adoption
White House Is Informed.
I Washington, Sept. 14.-When Score
tary of Labor Davis telephOned the
White House and personally informed
| President Harding that the railroad
shOpmen's strike had been broken, the
President expressed much qualification
First announcement of the SETTLE
ment whereby about 40 per cent OF
the roads of the country accept the
Jewell-Willard plan, came to the De
partment of Labor in a long distance
telephone message to Secretary Davis
from Oscar f. Nelson, commissioner
of the bureau of Cancellation, who has
been representing the department al
Chicago during the rail strike nego-
| tations. A few minutes later a brief
telegram of confirmation was received
1t read:
! 'JeWell-Willard plan just adopted. .
At the Department of Labor it was
stated on Wednesday that 80 roads
have signed or will sign the agree
ment within a week. They represent
between $1,000 and $4,000 miles OF
| trackage.