The sun., 1901-04-06
MEMS DEMANDS.
UNION CHIEFS SEEK CONFERENCE WITH
JERSEY CENTRAL MANAGER.

Engineers. Firemen, Telegraphsrs and Train
men After Higher wages Offers Made
4 by the Company Thus Far Rejected
| Statement Of the Railroads. Position.
| Delegates representing the employees Of
| the Central Railroad OF New Jersey and the
! heads OF the principal national railroad Or
| ganizations were In conference most OF the
| day yesterday In the Grand Union Hotel
regarding the demands Of the Centrals men
| for a new wage schedule. The heads OF
the railroad organizations were Z. NJ Arthur.
! chief OF the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
| Engineers: Frank p. Sargent, grand master
| OF tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men; p. H. Morrissey. grand master OF the
| order Of Railroad Trainmen; 4. +. clark.
chief Of the order Of Railroad Conductors.
| and NJ NJ Dolphin. chief Of the Order OF
| Railroad Telegraphers.
| The object of their visit to New York was
| to arrange a conference with G. II. Warren,
| vice-President and general manager OF the
| New Jersey Central. In order that the de-
mands might be discussed and an amcabie
| settl ement reached IL possible,
| committee was appointed 20 walt on
| Mr.. Warren. consisting Of NJ NJ. Dolphin
| Of the telegraphers. John ID. Waite OF the
engineers, s. Shea OF the flremen. l., Z. Titus
| OF the conductors. Joseph Harrison, repre-
| senting the trsinmen. and John Michigan.
| representing the telegraphers' division OF
the railroad.
The committee called at Mr.. Warren's
Office, ll3 Liberty street. at o'clock In the
| afternoon, but the conference did not take
| place and a letter was sent to Mr. warren
| asking that date be set for conference.
| MIR. Warren told a Sun reporter afterward
| that the report that he had avoided talk
| with tho committee. some Of whom wers
| employees OF the road. and that he refused
| 10 discuss the points in dispute with them.
was false
| II happened 10 meet two or three OF the
employees to-day as | was returning from
| lunch" he said They said How do you
doY to me and | returned the salutation.
We did not discuss labor matters. lhey
made no effort to say anything TO me except
10 pass the time of day, IA usual and GER
| tainly did not avoid them
The following statement was issued by
Mr. Warren later
| Tho officers of the company having ad-
| vised the men on several occasions that IL
was desired to arrange 10 increase the rates
| Of pay on a new type or engine they were
| finally requested by the Committee Of Engl-
| nAeIS ana fAfll'u W present - Nv" ''''' 'N'''
for consideration This was done several
meetings were held during November aud
December and in Difference to the wishes
| Of the euginemen various modihcatohs
were made as far as the officials felt they
could reasonably and honorably comply.
| This schedule was not accepted
The companys officials then offered 10
| give the men the benefit of the revised sche-
dnlo proposed by them for the new type OF
engines and also for engluemcn in passenger
service, allowing all other cnginemen To work
under the schedule previously IN force Tins
| proposition was declined
The officials then. ON Dec -, advised tho
| engiuemen that the schedule and rates OF pay
offered were believed to be not only fair and
lust, but equal TO and as u general thing
above the average rates Of pay on neigh
| boring lines and comp"0Ov" roldS that
| the officials were 50 confident OF ms that lr
| the men doubted the above statement fairly
| represented the facts the company was
! wiling 10 have one arbitrator named bv the
| men, one by the company, mo lNO 10 nam"
| a third. 10 inquire into TINS subject and de-
tcrmmc whether such claim on the part Of
! tle r,mpauy was true Further, that IL
these arhtrators did not find the facts 10 be
as stated the company was Wiling TO have
eug!u"men select any seven railroads or our
Immediate neiRhbOrs and competitors and
pay the average OF the rates enjoyed by III"
! men on the roads 50 selected. the Hrbltrutors
before mentioned 10 debfnllue sl'h hVciag"
| "Nlilo the above conferences NeTe beng
held the committee OF conductors also had
meetings with the oompanys olclal' and
agreed upou now schedule which Wa,
pending further action on the part of
| the euziuemen the COWlHny voluntarily made
an advance effective March ! N the rate
rPr mile Tor engineers on the new typo ~
engipe- from "a cents to ! cents per mIe
An officer ot the company HIso mad" thi,
| ''HaII - lehman an t.r ,,.,g ,N,r,1
| the eyperimeut Of new schedule, 10 tiy il
for three or four months with a guarantee
that their wages would not lall behind what
| they were receiving under the Existing
| schedule Nv This schedule. which was
based on q minimum of ten miles All hour,
they would have been pad ne same whether
nile4 In eight hours. lhe Ualumen re-
I'.-ed tle oIer"
| cided 20 wait a reasonable time 10 hear from
| Mr Warren regarding the request for d con-
ference before they dlr anything. thier
Arthur would n9t ,aiN 'I2nSh ga, no a read the
| fuIly and referred tho reporters 10 chief
| Clark of the ORDER ~ Railroad conductors,
Who seemed 20 he looked on as the press
agent of the labor delegation.
J Mr.. clark made several statements I'm tho
| course Of the dnv, the giSt OF them beuE that
! would Use cvery means OF avoiding one.
| "Sotir. ne said. W - have met with courtesy
from NJ Warren. but our conferences have
. | IftN N'IN 4IlNI'lNl A'''lNr ! NV ''IIllhIN
made propositions that the men would not
| agree TO, and the men made propositions
| that the company would not agree TO- and
| that is the way tho matter stands AZ present
| In our dealings with the officers We always
| assume that We will be fairly met, and that
| IS why We are not considering strike That
| ls the last resort. II Is not true, as has been
| said at one time. that We accused the officers
| Of tho company Of being Indifferent to the
| demands Of the men because the road II soon
| 10 he absorbed by the EcadnG system. Neither
! f. II true. az has been stated that thu en-
| pOyces of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad get
| twice rs much q, the employees OF tho Jersey
| Central II We can have conference with
| Mr. Warren we will present our arguments,
! and then If We cannot sustain them against
! what iIr Warren may have 10 say We viii be
1 open 10 conviction
| Chief Dolphen OF tha Order of Railway
| Photographers said that the wages Of tho
| teicgrlphors on other roads were $50 month.
| while the wages ~ Central telegru piers
were t45. They wanted sjo. double pay for