New Britain herald., 1922-08-25
Willard and Other Rail- road Heads Prepare to Leave New York When Farley is Absolutely Deadlocked
Leader of Eastern Strike Committee Says "We'll Beat Those Fellows" if They Stop Fussing.
FINAL STATEMENT
 HOLDS OUT HOPES

New York, Aug. 25. (By Associ. ated Press) )-Attempts to end the rail shopmen's strike by separate settle. ments with individual roads failed to- day and conferences were broken off.
 Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, head Of the committee or executives who Wednesday decid. ed to continue negotiations with the mediating brotherhood chiefs to see if separate settlements were possible. and other rail heads prepared to leave the city.
 In announcing the breaking of of negotiations, David Williams, head of the eastern strike committee, said nothing else could have happened. He added:
 Predicts Victory.
 If they'll quit fussing around we'll beat these fellows"
 The break came after the brother. hood leaders, who right along have maintained that the strike must end because the public demanded 1t, had spent two hours this morning with executives representing about 80 per cent of the countrys mileage These negotiations looking toward individual settlement began Wednesday night af- ter the association of railway execu. ttves as a whole had rejected any proposal involving surrender on the seniority question.
 Word of Hope.
 At ? o'clock executives representing 52 main and subsidiary lines with s6,ooo miles of trackage who had at- tended the latest conferences in statement disclaimed any desire to take advantage of the strike situation to curtail 'the pension or other priv ieges" which had been earned by the strikers before quitting and expressed a willingness to restore all strikers with pension privileges unimpaired. The executives said they felt at liberty to do so as 1t did not impair the rights or privileges of the other roads not participating in the confer- ences.
 The railway executives said they re- eretted that the representatives of the strikers although definitely assured the substance of all they ased for'' were unwilling to agree to settle un- der the conditions proposed. The roads statement added that the lines were willing to pledge themselves to find jobs for all strikers In the same places of employment at the rate ot pay, fixed by the railroad labor board.
 The roads set forth that if any un- settled disputes remained which could not besettled by direct confer points to a commission of ten com- prising the heads of the 'big flve"and five executives. The lines moreover said they were willing to enter upon such a plan in spirit Of conciliation.
 The executives statement issued by Daniel Willard head of the Baltimore md Ohio, added that the rights of oval employees would be protected.
 At 2:3o o'clock a statement issued 1t labor Headquarters said that while not questioning the integrity of the executives in making their latest pro- oosal the unions could not accept it.
 The shop craft leaders in their re- ply to the executives said that to ac-
 
 ,f railroads would destroy the effec. iveness of the strike and that they would consider it a deserton of tho ,ther men.
 In making public the shop crafts eply to the executives Bert NJ. Jew II, spokesman for the strikers, is- ued a short statement in which he aid:
 We do not blame the more req onabe executives who have evident y yielded to pressure. We believe he next few weeks will enable them 0 bring home to their hard~shell col eagues the railroad situation in it's rim reality"
 Mir Jewell added that the strikers ,ould and would fight for their rini- mum tersm and for a nationwide set. lement as long as could the road 
 Now that we are compelled to ieht" said MT Jewell our victory will ,ring with it victory on all the issues or which the strike was colled."