Show TRAINMEN PROMISE NOT TO STRIKE I DURING WAR Agreement With Rail Administration Administration Ad Ad- I. I ministration Provides Providen forI for Arbitration I r By International News Service I WASHINGTON SHI GlON March larch 23 Practically I ironclad agreements ag which I will preclude the po- po possibIlity of strikes I I during the war var and 03 Os long after a aI as I I mutually a agreeable have hav been signed by y the the railroads administration and I th the chiefs of th the four tour bl big railroad brotherhoods it wa was announced tonight to- to night by ly Director General McAdoo Supplementing Supplementing- the thc railroad wage I commission li is a board of oC adjustment consisting consisting- of oC el eight ht members to whom 1 will bo bC referred nil all dl disputes regarding rt I wages rages and matters matter Director Director Director tor General McAdoo doo himself will re remain remain re- re re-I re main as ns a n court o of lust last resort aa as ho hp isnow is jg now with the present railroad wage wae 1 Co commission n m is Ion Every conceivable kind conceivable kind of dispute 1 that has haN ever er arisen In lit railroad trOubles troubles troubles trou trou- bles will be he a adjusted juste either h by thiS I board or tho the hl higher council I IThe The agreement ag is Ig signed by hy A. A II n. Smith C. C II IT Markham and ami It IL II Aishton Aish- Aish j Aish-j ton regional reg-ional directors for tor th the railroads rail rail- I roads and anti W S. S Stone Stono grand chief I of ot the Brotherhood of oC Locomotive c Engineers En- En A. A B. B Garretson Gar president I En-I of or orUie tile Uie Order of or Railway Conductors W. W G. G Lee Le president of ot the Brotherhood of Hall Railroad road Trainmen and antI Timothy Shea Sha acting president of oC the Brother Brother- I hood 1001 of Locomotive and En- En IN FORCE DURING WAR It is stipulated that this understanding under tinder standing shall remain in force anti and effect during the period of the present war wm and thereafter unless a majority I of ot the regional reg directors on the tho one hand hald as representing th the tho railroads or ora ora a majority of oC the chief executive officers officers I cers eelS of the organization atlon on the tho other as representing the shall shaH de desire tIe lIe sire ire to terminate the same which can canIn canin in the these e circumstances h be lie done In thirty da days days' s formal notice or 01 shall be he terminated by tho the director general himself clr at nt his 1110 discretion on thirty I day ay formal notice A Assurance was waR g given gen en b hy by both the chiefs and the thC railroad officials that the a agreement rement stands absolute during the war The a agreement agree agree- ment goes oe into c effect at once b by or order order order or- or der o of Director General McAdoo The Th railway adjustment board No o. o 1 will consist of four tour members se selected JC- JC by hv the re regional lonal directors director anti and compensated ted 1 by hy the tho railroads and one one member r each ch selected by the chief chic of ot the brotherhoods and compensated b by bythe bythe the brotherhoods The board will meet met In Washington ashin ton within ten days I of ot selection and will hold stated meetIngs meetings meet meet- ings lags monthly at which matters matter before it will be bp settled before adjournment OLD COMMISSION ABSORBED The Thc 01 old 1 lon of eight elgh t which was to adjust disputes arising out of ot tho the application of oC the hour eight-hour law aw is absorbed by hy the board of ot adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment All decisions of oC a general ch character heretofore made madl h by the commission of ot eight are arc confirmed and shall shaH to all an railroads under apply government government gov gov- operation unless exempted hi hithe hithe the hour eight law Decisions rendered rendered ren ron dered tIered b by tho the commission of eight and which apply appI to individual railroads I shall remain In effect until superseded by hy decisions of ot the board of adjust me ment n t. t I The Th broad troad question of or wages and hours says the agreement will b bo be con i consider considered er tl cl by hy the railroad M wa wage e commission commission com corn mission but matters malter of oC controversies contro arising from Interpretation of or wage agreements not Including matters matte pas passed e upon b by the railroad wage commission shall shaH be bc decided b by the thc railway hoard board or of adjustment when properly presen presented ted to it Wages abes and hours when fixed b by bythe bythe the director general shall shaH be Incorporated Incorporated Incorporated rated into existing a agreements on th the several railways and ancI should differences differences differ differ- j arise ariso between the management manog null of ot any of oC the railroads I as to such incorporation such questions questions ques- ques of oC difference rence shall be he decided b by bythe bythe the railway board of oC adjustment tm nt when n 1 properly presented subject always to review by ly the director general I |