For soliton cellular automata, we give a uniform description and proofs of the solitons, the scattering rule of two solitons, and the phase shift using rigged configurations in a number of special cases. In particular, we prove these properties for the soliton cellular automata using B r,1 when r is adjacent to 0 in the Dynkin diagram or there is a Dynkin diagram automorphism sending r to 0.1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. 17B37, 05E10, 82B23, 37B15.