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The Yale Expositor
Yale, Saint Clair County, Michigan
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Peace declared in Chicago railway strike on about one-fourth of affected roads, affecting 400,000 workers. Settlement restores pay, conditions, and rights; all expected back to work soon via shifts and agreements signed individually by May 1, 1923.
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YALE EXPOSITOR
MANY STRIKERS
RETURN TO JOBS
RAIL PEACE DECLARED ON ABOUT
ONE-FOURTH OF ROADS AF-
FECTED BY STRIKE.
EXPECT COMPLETE SETTLEMENT
Believed Every One of 4,000,000 Will
Be At Work Soon: Pay and Work-
ing Conditions Unchanged.
Chicago-Railway strike peace has
been virtually declared on approxim-
ately one-fourth of the country's 201
class one roads. The announcement
was made late last week by the Rail-
road Shop Crafts general conference
committee which had been consider-
ing a separate settlement plan drawn
up at secret conferences held in Bal-
timore ten days before.
While the settlement includes only
30 per cent of the roads of the coun-
try, it was believed that every one
of the 400,000 men who have been on
strike for the past 10 weeks would
be back at work shortly.
This will be possible through day
and night shifts on the peace-making
roads, where equipment is in bad
shape and through the possibility of
peace on other roads.
The men will return to work at the
present rates of pay as quickly as
the agreements are signed. Each
road will sign individually, but all will
be the same agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement
all of the men will be back at work
within 30 days or will be given full
pay, even if not working.
They will receive all of the pension
and working privileges they held
when they quit work. This in effect,
restores seniority rights although the
word seniority is not mentioned in
the agreement. All men now at work
will be retained if they are compe-
tent, and there will be no discrimina-
tion against them.
All other matters will be settled by
a committee of 12, six from each side,
until May 1, 1923.
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Chicago, Baltimore
Event Date
Late Last Week, Past 10 Weeks Strike, Until May 1, 1923
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Peace declared on one-fourth of US railways after 10-week strike of 400,000 men. Settlement via secret Baltimore conferences; workers return to unchanged pay and conditions, with seniority restored implicitly, no discrimination, and full pay if not back within 30 days. Committee to settle remaining issues by May 1, 1923.