New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-02
NO STRIKE ON THE CENTRAL.
ENGINEERS AND OFFICERS CONFER.
FINE ppoTuEpUOOD WANTS A PERMANENT CoH

THE BROTHERHOOD WANTS A PERMANENT CoN'
Nr1TEr IN ORDER TO SAVE EXPENSE.
Tho membcrs OF the Board OF Adjustment ., Wv
protberhood OF Locomotive Engineers, vi VH'
York Contra, and Hudson River Kailfoad' a'o"'
I'm number called on Chauncey W. D'pe"' pa.. tha
NJ the road Yesterday morning. For seVerai Wy a.,
m.mb-rs Of tis, board have been coming '''o w
CITY, one or two at time "heh tHe'' p,,o,o,
III. Grand Union Hotel became known sehs'"'"".
,,or ,r,s started TO the effect that another gre"'
.,rilt, IN the Central was imminent, a11 thau PieP"
r,ions were being made for the Worid r'ir a.,
An entirely different light thrown upon the
whole subject yesterday by The sla,e'h',h'' a.
Drpcw and = II. Estes, secretary OIL Tue oo"u -
to y Tribune reporter. Mr.. Depew said: we nave
iv tr,,ed with the engineers TO their entire sa'iS
,,o,,or and Ours I'm this way: When grievance i"'
,, nm amy diyIsion Of the Central, the bro'ner-
hood lodges have appointed committee vi oh' '"'
her from each who have met the ohoci' VI ~
for discussion and adjustment MS mas "o ~
IN. entire satisfaction OF both parties lor na"s
Tn, engineers who called this morning """' VI ~.
Central Railroad to change that system. Ihey "h,'eu
- r,r,,.,t committee TO be elected from the "hoie
d and that all matters OF difference on any DIVISION
uhould come through this committee HhN''"u VI -
\, n, manner Under the present system,
,r,ich has worked 50 well, the engineers OF lhe III
vton Immediately Interested presented thir o'Se anu
~ ,as Instantly taken up and satisfactorily settled.
Under the system proposed the gneF"i'oe Vi O"e
d,visIon would be in the hands OF committee hoi'
I'm, division and NIL the other divisions VINO hho"
,oth,nq about IT, took the matter under cohsiueEa
,,on I'm order to ascertain whether the Bro'herhoou
ON IN, whole line really wanted chahse' e""
give my answer by next Thursday. hehehioel' ho
nu,.,tlon Of wages or hours has been presei'eu W
the committee IT,, ~,
There were present at tho meeuhg oes'oes ~,
nen.w IT, J. HAYDEN, first vice president, ana H.
;y.lt.r Webb third vice president Of the tehHa' a"u
MIR Buchauan superintendent OF the rolling stoch'
,og.ih.r with H. NJ Childs, the c.Nlrmnii, auu -"r'
E,te, m. secretary OF the committee ana engineers
from the Rome. Watert)wn and 0gdensburg ana
other roads in the Vanderbilt system
secretary Estes said that 1t had always oeeh Gus
tmorv to notify the officials OF tine road after tne
rtlrs Of the brotherhood had been changed ut u-lr
conventions We want II permanent g1eNance con-
mltteev said he, "because II would save eNPeIse'
a. n l. now when ANY grievance Is TO De pre-
s.nt,sl "A man must 10 sent from ever" union
I'm the division on which the grievance mas arisen.
Ne want small permanent committee, anu We
cxu.ct that Mr.. Depcw will offer no serious Cd
lrcti IN to such manfcstly reasonable chhlge III
,,r nres.nt expensive procedure. We are nuch an
moved by the sensatonl. report that went ABROAD
I, dnv TO the effect that We were eettlng reauy
for !, srik. next YEAR The fact Is. our present
and we are too conservative 10 even think or break
Inc such agreement. No eileNHh'e """'e'''
was presented to-day. ,, , +,
some members OF the board left for their EC mes IN
Syracuse Utica and other cities in tue Inferior oil
the state Inst evening.