Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-30

sDelehanty, of the state board Of media
ton and arbitration, conferred with
Superintendent OF Motive Power A. NJ
Wait, OF the New York Central & Hud-
son River railroad, at the latter's offices
at the grand central station, in regard
to the striking men at Buffalo, who
asked for an increase Of 10 per cent In
time and ait its close 1t was announced |
that Wait had agreed to go to Buffalo
to meet q committee of striking en-
ployes or would receive such COM
mittee, il the men preferred. No decis-
ion was reached on the wage question.
Buffalo. April sO.The officials of the |
New York Central have been given un-
It'll 1 o'clock today to grant the demands
of its employees or accept the alterna-
stive OF an attempt by the strike lead
gers to extend the strike over the entire
road.
/ The situation is critical and the
chances favor the largest railroad
4 strike in the history OF the east. Lead
ers of the strike boast that they have
4 everything in splendid shape for tie
II up. and all they have to do is to re-
{l;move the restraint from the men in orr
4 der to cripple every road running into
q Buffalo. One of the leaders said last
y night that the plans We're SO complete:
a that within twenty-f four hours after no.
\ tification 10000 men would join the
d ranks OF the strikers il the situation
n seemed to demand their active SYM.
1 s)pathy.
n The New York Central strikers say
that they have induced others to delay
action pending q reply from the Off
l9cials Of the company. The members of
g the board of mediation and arbitration
a conceded that the situation was grave.
| and they did not disguise their belief
'sEthat a great railroad strike is immi-.
, Isnent. After talking with some Of the
: sIsrailroad officials Superintendent of Po-
! Lice Bull consulted with Mayor Diehl
and Commissioned Cooper and they
{ promulgated an order declaring an
8 emergency and calling the whole police
force on duty.
I An Important conference was held
: between Commissioners Delehanty and
Z OF the state board of media
!. tion and arbitration and the committee
\ OF the strikers, headed by Chairman A.
NJ. Fish, At the request of the arbi-
z traitors the rock bottom terms which
! the men are willing to accept from the
s lNew York Central were presented.
!. They are identical with the original de-
y mand, including a general increase in
wages and the unemployment of the
: old union men who We're discharged:
!. In response to the question as to
whether suggestion to compromise
i. would be accepta BILE. the reply was q
:, = prompt negative and that there would
:. |be no settlement until the roads agreed
!. to a uniform scale OF wages.
- Commissioner Delehanty urged tina
$ this plan be abandoned until after al
, effort had been made to adjust the diff
!. culties with the New York Central. II,
j this the executive committee agreed
- and it was arranged that COMMISSIONS
- Delehanty should start for New Yorl
"a at once to confer with Superintendent
! OF Motive Power Wait, OF the Ney
a York Central, the first thing today
= Commissioner Delehanty is to tele
graph Mr.. Waits reply to Chairmal
Fish, OF the strikers executive com
mittee.
D. The commissioners were given tn
IN unreserved promise of the executiv
e- committee that no move would b
n made by them to extend the strike Q
d, to affect the general situation in an
". way pending the receipt of his dispatc
" from New York. providing that it wa
IN not Forthcoming later than l o'cloc
r this afternoon.
ne Cleveland. April SO-Chief P. N. Al
e thur. of the Brotherhood OF Locomotis
a. Engineers. said last night that the Ell
gineers on the New York Central woul
not be affected by the threatened tie-u
of that railroad. THE engineers ha,
no grievance" he said. and they ca
r not strike except in obedience to tt
=. laws of the organization. There Wi
ed -, ~. o,,i,,jon he NO trouble
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