New-York tribune., 1900-04-30
CENTRAL STRIKE SITUATION SERIOUS.
EMPLOYEES HAVE GIVEN THE COMPANY UNTIL
P. NJ TO-DAY TO GRANT DEMANDS OR
STRIKE WILL. BE MADE GENERAL

Buffalo April 29-The striking employees of
the New-York Central Railroad have given the com
pany until O'Clock tomorrow afternoon to grant
their demands. If the concessions are not made
by that time it is the intention of the strike lead
ers TO extend the strike. and they predict that
1t will be the largest in the history of railroads
OF the East They claim that all they have to do
is to the restraint under which they have
been holding the railroad men, and that it then
Will run through the entire New-York Central sys-
in the State, and will cripple nearly every
road entering Buffalo. A strike leader said to-
night that he and his fellows had arranged their
plans nicely that within twentyfour hours after
! o'clock tomorrow afternoon 1000 would
join the ranks of the strikers If the situation
seemed to demand It,
The New-York Central strikers thet they
have induced others 20 delav action pending
reply from the officials OF the company. The mem
bers of the Board Of Me1iation and Arbitration
conceded to-day that the situation grave. and
they did not disguise their belief that great rail
road strike is imminent.
After talking with some of the railroad officin;s
the Superintendent of Police consulted with Mayer
Diehl and Commissioner Cooper, and then pro-
mulgated significant order to the force which
says in part
The The strike among certain employees Of two rail
general present an emergency that requires the
entire police force to be placed on duty prepared
Protection ,9 Of life and property The entire force
VIII go on duty at mtdnight Sunday, April %, and
work in two platoons until further orders.
An important conference was held at the Hotel
lroquois this afternoon between Commissioners
Delahanty and Webster of the State Board of
Mediation and Arbitration, and the committee of
the strikers. headed by A. NJ Fish chairman. At
the request of the arbitrators the rock bottom
terms which the men willing to accept from
the New-York Central were presented. They
Identical with the original demand, including a
general increase in wages and the unemployment
of the old union men who were discharged.
In response to the question to whether sug-
gestfon of compromise would be acceptable, the
reply was a prompt negative, and that there would
form scale of wages.
Commissioner Delahanty urged that this plan be
abandoned until after effort had been made to
adjust difficulties with the New-York Central. To
this the Executive Committee agreed, and II
arranged that Commissioner Delahanty start for
New-Iork at once in order to confer with the
superintendent of Motive Power, Mr. Wait Of the
New-York Central. the first thing tomorrow morn
ing. Commissioner Delahanty is to telegraph Mr..
Waits reply to Chairman Fish of the strikers
Executive Committee.
The Commissioner had the unreserved promise
of the Executive Committee that would
be made by them to extend the strike or to affect
the general situation in any way pending the
cept of his dispatch from New-York. providing
that it was not forthcoming later than l o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.