Evening star., 1900-05-02
LESS WORK, MORE PAY
THOUSANDS OF wORKMEN STRIVE
FOR BETTER WAGES.
Conference Between Men and OmcfaIs
of New York Central-General
Strike Situation.

of New York CentraI--General
Strike Situation.
| BUFFALO, N. Y, May "A. NJ. Watt,
| superintendent of motive power of the New
| York Central railway. and Commissioner
| Webster of the state board Of arbitration
| met at 10 o'clock to arrange a conference
| with regard to the strike of railway en-
ployes. telephone message was sent to
| strike headquarters notifying the execu-
tive committee that the gentlemen named
| were ready % confer. Mr. Watt was ac-
| companied to the place of meeting by Di-
vision Superintendent Bradfield and Super
| intendent McBeth of the Central shops.
Interviewed during the period of waiting
| for the executive committee, Superintend-
| ent Watt said, in substance, that he had
| come to discuss the situation. but that the
| company had no demand for the reinstate-
| ment of the discharged men and that the
| other demands had been answered in the
| statement given out in New York on Mon
| day.
| Asked if he would have to consult with
| his superiors before effccting settlement,
| If a satisfactory adjustment could be reach
ed at the meeting, Mr.. Watt replied: Not
necessarily.
Strike Representatives Arrive.
The representatives of the strikers, head
| ed by Chairman Fish of the executive COM
mittee, and consisting of five representa-
| tlves each from the machinists car repair
ers and yardmen. arrived at the hotel at
| IL O'Clock, and soon after went into pri-
vate conference with Superintendent Watt
and Commissioner Webster.
The latter said the conference would last
two hours or longer
Commissioner Delehanty telephoned from
Albany that he would come to Buffalo il
necessary.
| President CordeH of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen in speaking of yester-
days meeting said it was a regular and not
| a special meeting. Continuing, he said:
| ANY report of contemplated action by
| us Is premature. We have not been ap-
preached in the matter. and will remain at
work until action is necessary. We are not
| involved in the present controversy in any
| way and do not want to be identified with
| 1t, through the papers, until there is some
| fact or facts to state.''
| NEW YORK, May 2.-Pending the re-
| ceipt of advices from Superintendent Watt
| as to the result of that officers conference
| with the committee of strikers in Buffalo,
! the officials at the Grand Central station in
| this city say that the situation remains I'M
| changed. President Galloway said he ex
pected to hear from Superintendent Watt
later in the day.
Commissioner Francis B. Delehanty of the
| state board of arbitration and mediation
| left the city last night for Albany. He will
| go to Binghamton from there and will go
| to Buffalo If his presence is needed.
Brewery Engineers Out.
| BOSTON. May "A strike of the brewery
| engineers in Boston and vicinity in support
of a demand for shorter hours and an in
crease in wages was begun soon after mid
| night The action followed a conference be-
tween a committee from the Central Labor
Union, which has charge of the engineers
| demand, and members of the Master Brew
ers Association, at which the most the
brewers would do was to agree to refer
| the matter to the state board of arbitration
The engineers in every brewery have been
called out. The night men were the first to
receive notice to stop. The men claim they
have the best of the situation, saying that
| If the master brewers attempt to fill the
| places of their engineers with non-union
men every union man in the brewertes will
| be called out. Such action would cause a
| strike between 900 and 5000 men.
600 Smelters on Strike.
NEW YORK. May 2.-The day shift of
| the Oxford copper smelling works, 600 men,
| at Constable Hook, N. j., refused to go to
work today. They are striking for nine
hour day instead of ten hours.
Two hundred of the 100 night men say
| they will remain away tonight and Join the
day men.
Street Car Men Quit at Little Rock.
| LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 2.-AI the
motormen and conductors on the Little
Rock street car system struck this morn
| ing. The principal demands of the strikers
| are the reinstatement of five men discharg-
| ed by the company and an increase in
| wages. Up to 8 o'clock there We're only
4 five cars In operation over the twenty
eight miles of track.
| The strikers are quiet and there L. no in
| dication Of trouble.
| Chicago Doilermakers Go Out.
| CHICAGO, May 2.-Boiler makers to the
| number Of $50 have gone out a strike,
| thus completely tying up the twenty-five
| shops In which they had been employed.
| The trouble was precipitated by a report
| that a number of the union shops were
| lending assistance to six boiler manufactur-
| ers who have been fighting the union for
| months. To ascertain to what extent this
| report was true. Business Agents Sullivan
and Shanahan called the strike.
Bakers Are Dissatished.
| CHICAGO. May "A strike of union
| bakers, which may tie up the small baker
| les in the city, is threatened unless the en-
ployers grant their demand for less hours
| and higher wages. 1t is said that such a
strike would Involve 1890 bakers. A meet
| ing of the union men to take action on the
proposition of going out has been called for
| Saturday.
Memphis MoIders Out.
| MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 2.-Five hundred
| iron molders. employed in different found
rieS in this city, struck yesterday.
Racine Carpenters Strike.
| RACINE, Wis, May 1.-TWO hundred
| carpenters struck yesterday and fifty hod
carriers and masons also went out. All
| building has been suspended in this city.
| The carpenters union demands an eight
! hour day, double pay for overtime, Sundays
| and holidays, 30 cents per hour and the
| employment of union men only.
| COL. WM. A. COOK INSANE,