The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-23
Conference Between New Haven
Road SWitchmen and Superin-
tendent Merrill Fails to Change
the Situation
MEN SHOW NO TENDENCY
TO YIELD THEIR DEMANDS
Some Freight Forwarded to New
York by Way of Harlem Road
Transportation More or Less
Delayed = Sound Steamers
Taxed With Business

oAOO WILL SNSitSS
New Haven, Nov. e. A committee
from the striking switchmen at Har-
lem River arrived in this city tonight
for a conference with superintendent
Merrill of the New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railroad.
The men were closeted with Mr.. Mer-
rin for an hour and half during
which time the situation was carefully
gone over from beginning to end but
no agreement was reached.
After the conference Mr.. Merrill
made the following statement to rep
resentative of the Associated Press:
THE men demanded the resignation
of yardmasters Smith and OBrien.
also demanded the discharge of the
men who have taken the strikers
places. l told the committee that we
could not, in justice, do this; that they
struck without notice, and furthermore
they did not make their complaints
known"
From this statement it would appear
that the strikers have now Withdrawn
their demand for the discharge of
Yardmaster Wardrop and the rein
statement of Assistant Yardmaster
Thurbush The committee left this
city for New York on the Federal ex-
press.
At a meeting of the New Haven Ter
minal men held here tonight, a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
Mr. Merrill. but up to late hour
there had not been a meeting.
The freight in this city presented
busy scene tonight. Forty men were
hired today by the railroad company
nh their crews
are busy making up freight trains.
After a conference between a COM
nittee of the Westfield, Mass strikers
and railroad officials here this after
noon, it was announced that no con-
clusion had been reached, as the griev-
ances of the strikers were such as to
require considerable time for invesu-
CATION and decision. If their griev-
ances were found to be just they would
be remedied at once.
This afternoon a large number of
trucks loaded with freight from the
hat factories left for Brewster, N. Y,
where the freight will be loaded on the
New York Central & Hudson River
cars. The grocers today ordered their
provisions to be shipped to Brewster.
Providence, Nov. 22.-The freight
handlers and switchmen employed by
L
Railroad here and at the important
junction points through the state have
refused thus far to enter into the
strike which is in progress in western
Connecticut 1t is understood that eff
forts are being made to stop complete
ly the movement of freight. The steam
ers plying between New York and this
port are rushed with business.
Boston, Nov. 22.-The wholesale
dealers and shippers of fish and other
perishable freight were notified today
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company, that no freight
for points beyond New York would be
received at the Boston terminal. The
Stonington line freight did not reach
Boston until nearly noon today and the
Fall River line freight train was also
several hours overdue.
New York, Nov 22.-Quiet prevailed
in the Mott Haven yards tonight. Not
the slightest activity was displayed
and not a wheel was turned during the
night. The strikers did not put in an
appearance at the yards and the police
anticipate no violence
Superintendent Robert Thurbush
and John Painter, chairman of the
executive committee of the strikers,
left tonight for New Haven to confer
with the officials of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railway. They
received a telegram tonight from Vice
President Merrill of the road asking
them to proceed to New Haven forth
with. Strikers say that this is an in
dication that their demands will be
granted.
The strikers have appointed commit
tees to go over the various divisions
of the road to induce EMPLOYEES of the
road to stop work and join their ranks.
The strikers will hold a meeting tomor-
row. when they will more thoroughly
organize their forces. 1t is expected
that Grand Master Morrissey OF the
Trainmen's Union will preside.