The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-23
NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT
THE STRIKE SITUATION ON THE
 CONSOLIDATED ROAD.

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 Firemen Are to Go Out To-day-A
 Committee Appointed to Wait on
 Prestdent Hall Thts Morning-A Big
 Meeting Of Strikers Last Night.
 The strike situation locally appeared
 to be unchanged at midnight last night
 and at the strikers headquarters in St.
 Aloysius hall on Meadow street it was
 reported that the strike would be ex-
 tended to-day. Committees will so this
 morning to New London and to Provi-
 switchmen and brakemen there to go
 out.
 A big meeting of strikers was held
 last night at St. Aloysius hall and was
 still in progress at 1.30 this morning.
 This meeting was composed of freight
 conductors members of the Brother
 hood of Railroad Trainmen, members of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid associa-
 tion, car inspectors. and yard employees who are members of no unions About 200 men were in attendance. It was re- ported to the meeting at 12:30 this
 morning that the engineers and fire
 men employed in the yards had held meeting and decided to go out on strike this morning if no settlement of tEe strike now on was reached before that time. This announcement was greeted with loud applause.
 Early last evening a committee con- sisting of two men from each of the five different classes of employees represent ed at the meeting was appointed. This committee of ten members waited upon Vice President Merrill after the con- ference of the Harlem committee with him and discussed the situation with him. On it's return the commit tee re- ported that no arrangement looking to- wards a settlement had been reached and that no progress at all had been made in the conference with MT. Mer- Till. They said that he had told them emphatically that in the event of the men wishing to do so they could go back to work this morning but that un- der no consideration would the men now here to take strikers places be discharged. This would, of course, throw a number of the. strikers out of employment even if a settlement other wise was reached and the sentiment of d large majority of those present at the meeting was that no one should go back to work until the "scabs" were discharged.
 The committee returned from the con ference with Mir Merrill at 12:30 and when 1t was found that no progress had been made towards a settlement in rr,it I 1a1 i1ar, the meeting proceeded to appoint an other committee to wait upon President John M. Hall early this morning. MT. Merrill told the committee last night that he had no authority to make any agreement concerning the trouble at Harlem River and 1t Is in consequence of this statement that the, committee was appointed to wait on President Hall.
 There was a wild rumor current among the strikers last night that two of the "scabs," as they called them, had been killed here and another one badly injured. The report was that one of the imported men was killed at Cedar Hill yard at o'clock vest erday afternoon and another, at the Water street yard about o'clock last evening. It was said that both men were killed by the cars and that the one in the Water street yard was killed by falling be- tween two cars. It was said that an- other imported man had an arm cut off in the Water street yard about Il o'clock. Medical Examiner Bartlett said last night that he had received | no report os any men killed and the | policemen on duty in the yards said | that they had heard of none. Some of | the strikers, however. insisted that the report was true and that the matter was being kept quiet by railroad off, cials.
 Forty policemen were on duty in and about the yards yesterday afternoon and last night. Fifteen of the day po- licemen were kept on duty at the Wa ter street yard until midnight when they were sent home, leaving twenty i've policemen in the yard after mid- night. So far as appedred last night the policemen were not needed as the strikers attempted no trouble and ap- peared very orderly The policemen were kept at the yards, however, at the of Superintendent Bowman.
 The only freight train to come into he Water street yard last night was ,ne from Harlem River about 9.o'clock. It contained fifteen cars. One freight rain left the yard. It went out about II o'clock manned by imported yard men and consisted of twelve cars. It vent over the Shore Line. The train vas made up about 10 o'clock yesterday orenoon and had remained in the yard with engine attached and steam up all lay until Ii o'clock last night when it eft.
 Practically no work was being done n the Water street yard last night. Vine of the imported men were on Iuty but appeared to be doing nothing. fifty men were expected from the north n the Washington express to take the laces Of strikers but only fifteen men rrived. They were sent to room 23 at Union depot, where cots had been laced for them and spent the rest of he night there. They will be put to york this morning but the strikers ex ress confidence that they will have hese men out before noon to-day.
 The results of the strike are begin ing to be felt by local manufacturers ,ho are unable to move their goods nd receive supplies. Yesterday after oon the Bradley Smith company sent big load of goods by dray and team vuoforhu~xy and tho a1aofrio nynraSS |