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Show B & G Railway Strike Settlement Reached Wed. i Chairman Frank P. Douglas of the national railway mediation board, announced settlement of a strike of 110 Bingham and 1 Garfield railroad workers, which ! has tied up operations of Kenne-1 Kenne-1 cott Copper Corporation's Utah ! Copper division. Douglas said an agreement was signed in Denver Wednesday settling the strike immediately. The agreement "settled all points in dispute," Douglas said. The two-week work stoppage threw about 4200 copper miners out of work when it brought a halt to the company's mine and mill. It revolved around a belief by the railroaders that they would lose seniority and railroad rail-road retirement benefits when the B & G road is replaced about February 1 by a new industrial railroad to the mine. Douglas said the company guaranteed guar-anteed rail union representatives that workers would be hired on the new industrial line with the same seniority they now hold. In cases where demotions are necessary nec-essary because of different or- Sanization, demoted workers will e paid at present rates. Men with five years' experience experi-ence but not completely covered under the railroad retirement act will be paid a lump sum to purchase pur-chase an annuity policy to make up the total possible benefits at age 65, Douglas stated. Men with less than five years' service will be paid 10 per cent of what they earned with the B & G, based on top earnings in any six consecutive consecu-tive months. H. W. Corbett, Pocatello, acting act-ing vice president of the Order of Railway Conductors and one of the conferees, said "settlement was satisfactory to both sides." 1000 Employees Return Approximately 1000 of 4000 employees of Kennecott were called back to work immediately after advices were received that the 15-day-old strike was settled, company officials reported. Remaining Kennecott workers idled by the strike will be called back as quickly as operations will permit. |