The Jersey City news., 1901-04-08
NO CENTRAL STRIKE.
Brotherhood Of Engineers
Decides to Wait a Week
Before Taking Any
Such Step.

The Locomotive Engineers, Central
Division, No. 157 held regular meet
ing yesterday morning, at Masonic Hall,
Wilton street and Pacific avenue. The
session lasted from ten O'Clock in the
morning until two o'clock in the after
noon. All inquiries as to wwhether any
action was decided upon in relation to
the contemplated strike on the Central
Railroad were answered with fiat and
emphatic refusals to discuss the matter
1t was learned later from other sources
that there would be no strike of employees
for at least a week if at all.
The putting off of the crisis in the trou-
bles of 1850 men with the railroad COM
pany is declared to be due to a division
of sentiment among the employees.
The locomotive engineers, 450 strong, are
opposed to a strike on the ground that
it would be futile just at the present time
According to the secretary of the lodge,
the point the engineers make is that the
Central Railroad will be merged with the
Reading on April Is, and that as the
Reading employees are not organized a
strike of the Central Railroad men would
be worse than useless.
e. e. Clark, Chief of the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Conductors made this states
ment today regarding the prospect of
strike on the Jersey Central road
eve have done all we could to get a
conference with the Jersey Central Off
cials Mr. Warren's replies to our ques-
tions have been evasive We cannot break
into mis- office 10 have this conference. and
as ne does not see fit to come to Us, we
have decided tod rop the matter and put
the question to the men. If the men on
the railroad in their meetings vote to
strike a strike will be declared.
1T requires a two-thirds vote to bring
about strike. Each branch union will
take this vote as soon as possible.
81 cannot say just when, for all the
men on the road cannot get together at
one time without tying up the system,
so a canvass will be made by a commit
tee for the sake of those men who can
not be present at the meeting"
Trainmen, firemen, telegraphers and
conductors-are in favor of the strike.
The matter of a convention to put the
whole question to vote is in the hands
of j. V. Wade, president of the General
Board OF Adjustment. Nothing can be
done without the consent of this official
No call for the voting convention has yet
been issued.
Various meetings were held in Jersey
City today, but no decisive action was
taken, for the reason that the engineers
are holding out against the strike. The
men declare that they will act quickly
that when the strike order is sent out
it will tie up the Jersey Central abso-
lutely and will probably extend
to at least four other roads
All negotiations with the Jersey Central
officials have been broken off and the
five brotherhood chiefs have returned to-
their homes.
we have failed to obtain an audience
with Vice President Warren" said Chief
Arthur, of the Locomotive Engineers,
..and we can't break into his office. We
do not propose to stand around here with
pleasure Die of Mr.. warren. HaVing done
all that we could do, and having failed,
we decided to return to our respective
homes"