New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-04
CENTRAL STRIKE ENDED
CAR REPAIRERS TO GO TO WORK To-
DAY-FREIGHT HANDLERS
STILL OUT

Buffalo, May 3-The striking car repairers of
! the New-York Central will return to work in a
body tomorrow morning. This was agreed to at
joint meeting of the Car Reparers Association
held at East Buffalo to- night
| The other roads did not adjust the differences
with the car repairers to-day. and while AMIGA
BILE negotiations are pending and may be con-
cluded tomorrow, the situation on these lines is
unchanged
There positive developments in the
strike of the railway freight handlers to-day.
These strikers say that the freighthouses of all
lines are badly crippled but they appear to de-
pend for success chiefly upon the belief that a
sympathetic movement of kindred railway or
CARNATIONS in refusing to handle non-union
loaded cars will follow. While the railroad dis
tricts are still under heavy police guards no
overt acts have yet occurred but police officials
are watching the freight handlers closely, as a
possible source of trouble should there be
vigorous effort on the part of the roads to hire
or import non-union laborers. At the East Buff
falo meeting tonight which was the official
end of the strike of the Central car repairers a
resolution of thanks extended to Commits
s1oners Webster and Deehanty. of the State
Board OF Arbitration and Mediation for their
efforts in bringing about the conference.
1t was stated that in the agreement reached
with Superintendent Watt yesterday it had
peen thoroughly Understood that the Central
men who returned to work should not be asked
to repair cars for any of the roads on which
the strike still existed. This removed any
objection to the resumption of work by the Cen
tral men, and they return tomorrow with the
consent of their fellows of the Car Repairers'
Association.
Attempts were made to-day to settle the car
repalrers' strikes the other lines but they
were not successful. joint meeting of div-
sion superintendents master car builders and
the Executive Committee of the Car Repairers'
ASSOCIATION arranged for o'clock failed to ia Ike
pace because the railway officials preferred TO
strikers collectively
Inc Executive Committee then split I'M into
1our sections, conforming to the roads still out
ana Tour conferences were held which resulted
as follows:
aWanna, submitted a sliding scale of wages
which was considered by the men but not ac-
cepted, and the question will be taken up again
tomorrow 9
committee that his line had always paid by the
piece for some classes of work, and proposed 70
continue that method. The ultimatum was not
accepted and he will meet the committee to-
morrow afternoon.
Superintendent Bell of the Western New York
and Pennsylvania took the final demand of the
committee and forwarded it to President De
Courcy. He will be waited upon Tomorrow If
the reply is received.
Through the failure of some persons neces-
Sary to the conference the meeting between Su-
perintendent l.. H. Van Allen and the commit
tee representing the Lehigh Valley men did not
take place. Another attempt will be made to
confer to- morrow
Master Mechanic McKinzee of the Nickel Plate
arrived here from Cleveland tonight and will
see committee or his car repairers tomorrow