The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-01
NOW FOR ARBITRATION.
President Wilbur Consents to a
Conference with State Boards.
THE FREIGHT BLOCKADE BROKEN
But This Is Mainly Due to the Fact That
tho jersey Central Has Taken Much OF
the Lehigh Valleys BusIncss-Central
Men VIII Not Strike.

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Nov. 20-The state
board of arbitration of New York and
New Jersey arrived here last night. Two
hours after making their headquarters ut
the Eagle hotel, Secretary Romance gave
the following to reporter: president
Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company, has consented to meet the state
BOARD of arbitration of New Jersey and
New York tomorrow afternoon" No dem
=. onstration on the part of the strikers was
made here upon the arrival of the board.
President Wilbur was notified by mes
senger of the boards presence here ut 10
o'clock, as he was about to retire.
Speaking of the strike last evening,
President Wilbur said: Business is i'm
proving ut all points along the line. There
are large number of coal collicries in
operation. don't see but that the strike
Is over. do not mean to say that things
are In altogether as good shape now as be-
fore the strike begun. but we are running
trains on all divisions without incon-
venience. We have closed the employ
ment Office in Philadelphia, and have
more men on our hands than we have
work for. We were compelled this morn
Ing to refuse a large number of nppli-
cants for work.
Reports from along the line show hat
the company has made substantial gains,
weakening as yet. At Wilkesbarre, so far
as outward appearances go, there is no
change in the strike situation, although
both sides claim to have made progress in
the past twenty four hours The Lehirh
valley collieries are all running again to-
DAY, and have enough empty cars to last
week. deputation of seventy-tive to
one hundred special police has been en-
gagged, who will be distributed all along
the points where the troubles of the past
few days have been occurring
An Associated Press reporter talked
with several Brotherhood men on the
Central road Mt Wilkesbarre regarding.
the possibility of II strike, and they MI
very emphatically denied that the matter
had ever yet been limited it. Why said
one, lit would be the greatest folly for
the Central fellows to 20 out at this time,
especially when we have no grievance The
Central is profiting by the strike on the
Lehigh Valley. The freight business has
nearly doubled. while all the passenger
trains are crowded. There will be no
strike on the Central. and from what talks
have had with Delaware, Lnckawanna
and Western men I believe the same feel
ing exists over there
Five members of the general grievance
committee here lett for Philadelphia last
evening. Chairman Clark, of the eXecu-
tive committee, called them. There are
all sorts of rumors as to the mission of the
committee. One is that the strike is TO be
declared off. and the strikers given per
mission TO return to work
a petition signed by nearly all the mcr-
chants in Wilkesbarre was received by
President Wilbur today, asking him to
arbitratc. The estimated loss to the Lee
high Valley on account of The strike is
half n million dollars II day. It, is said
that the manag"m ent of the strike has
now passed out of the hands OF President
Wilbur into the hands OF the newly
elected general manager, Mr.. Voorhees,.