The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-11
NEW YORK CENTRAL REFUSES
Ao ALTER THE STANDING ARRANGE
MENT WITH IT'S ENGLNEERS.

r.,,, Arthur Comes Hero ana win 60 Back
To.morrow-Depew Says the Existing Plan
ia. tho Assent OF Heads OF the Order.
p NJ. Arthur. chief OF tho Brotherhood Of
locomotive Engineers. arrived In this city
,ss,srday morning and went to the Grand
i,uton HOTEL but did not register.
A. 10 o'clock he had an informal conference.
I, ,heir meeting room on the second floor.
.rh the brotherhood engineers who have
t,on negotiating with the New York Central
1ur,aI Company. Neither Mr.. Arthur nor
,ho members OF the committee would say
,uerwatd what had taken place. Chairman
Ihrls said that the committee did not know
,ro, Mr. Arthur was coming. and did not send
for him
AVS secretaries came to the Grand Union
i,o,el with message for Mr. Arthur. Shortly
.rar Mr. Childs went to Mr.. Depew's office
.ni had q talk with him. When he came out
there was report that all the difficulties wsrs
Settled.
MIR. rercw. who was In consultation the
vrcotcr art of the day with Cornelius Wander
KIN. was seen for short time by O Sun re-
porter
"ls tho trouble with tho engineers settled?"
asked the reporter.
what troublct' said Mr.. Depow There
spno grievances"
"Well then. have any new arrangements
been madcF
"youc.' he said. land there will be none
Tlecompany will not rccede from tho stand 1t
look at the first. Tho mon received their final
answer last Tuesday"
"Thc men say that tho now rules they want
would he for the interest of both tho men and
""bo ihey;" said Mr.. Dcrcw. ""Th" present
rule Of procedure. is their own. 1t has always
worked well and is under the Agreement
hood Of locomotive Engineers. New!ll not
Mr. Tsiisw won't on to say that by the pres.
en, .aGrcemcnt the engineers are paid $500
Tor loo miles whether it.takes two or fourteen
hours t. DO it in. Tho company, had power to
3' "'That is the srranrcment n'aic by the
rrotherhood." said Mir. Depew. but we have
tie nGn a5e wt Sr shs H' are
Does II the ten-hour law not operate against
live enforcrd IT tho engineers would not earn
q living. We do not do SO. A man may do n
r. q may S a 10 hE IN
auIp for ten hours. hut we always enable him
todo So II a man is sent Tor 70 the round n.
schedule Is changed. lie is Paid day wages
eli tho same .
'Nr. pepsw said al so that the men admitted
That tn ey lad no S.ieranca.
hut Their rroresea nye yeors ag.eemHnit IT,
Nj were sgnei."
Tho present agreement Is under the rules
made hy themselves 1t has always operated
well. and wa will not change it,
Mr.. Dopew said he had not seen Mr.. Arthur.
hut hn a! mit,rd that he had heard from him.
HswouL not say what i've had heard from him.
AID added a gain that there could be no change
IN the situation.
The engineers will remain here until Mon
day OF Tuesday. 1t WAS admitted hy them
that while they have no power under their
own rule. to- dissolve the present agreement.
the comran? has therower ut any time. This.
Its bclele'. Is what they want to change and
REey 70 tho whole trouble. They cannot en-
force any demand and cannot order strike
OF any division wit q meeting Of tho heads
OF the Brother hood.
Vi. Arthur took the s T. NJ. train for New
Hagen. ana will DO back again on Monday to
confer with the men. 1t was learned that six
men on the Central system had been dis
charged. but Mr.. Arthur would not say where
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