The times., 1901-04-07
NOT HEARD In CONFERENCE.
The Jersey Central Manager Avoids
the Railway Chiefs.

NEW YORK. April e.-The chiefs of the
| various railroad organizations and the
! delegates from the different divisions OF
the Central Railroad of New Jersey. who
were here to consider the demands of the
men, have adjourned until Monday with
out obtaining conference with General
Manager c. r. Warren.
They say that their sole object in COM
ing to New York is to hold such a con-
| ference and that what they will do, if
| the conference is not granted, viii be de-
! cided by the men in the five divisions.
| The chiefs themselves do not talk strike,
and the delegates appeared to be without
a programme
Mr. Warrens reply to a letter sent to
him by the chiefs on Friday was given
out by him today as follows
Your statement that our engineers and
fremen have made no reply TO the com
pany's proposition of December % last
is correct If further information is de-
sired by the engineers and firemeE to en-
able them to reach an intelligent conclu-
sion, the company's officers have been and
are ready at any time to aid them in their
efforts to do so.
Does it not seem to you only right and
fair to expect our engineers and firemen
shall advise the officers of their final de-
CiSloH Oh THESE Propositions.
The chiefs sent back letter that was
not made public. Though Mr.. Warren did
not say so there was general belief
today that he will not see any of the rail-
road chiefs regarding the demands of the
| Central employees or confer with anyone
who is not an employe of the road
The Central is controlled, and, after
April 10. is to be run by the Reading,
which employs union and uon-union men
without discrimination and deals with it's
employees directly. In view of this. the
employees of the Central would naturally
like to meet the management of the Read
ing Company on the basis of new wage
schedule but the advantage of strike
to secure it. is not apparent to them.
+. Z. Clarke, Chief Of the Order of Rail-
road Conductors, said today that MIR.
Warren had not published the whole of
the letter.
There were certain things in the let
ter he said. which made it necessary
for us to send another letter to Mr. War
ren."
Does Mr. Warren accept an invitation
to hold a conference?'
"He neither accepts nor declines it, re-
piled Clarke. There is one point he
wants to know about before he decides
to go into conference
A denial was made this afternoon on be-
half of the Central officers to a state
ment attributed to Chief Clarke that the
conductors on the Central have been re-
ouired to work sixteen and eighteen hours
without pay. The officers of the COM
pany say further that the new schedule,
under which both freight and passenger
conductors are now working, was refer
red to by Chief Clarke when it was adopt
cd 10 hest he had ever seen.
This afternoon a large number or ad-
ditional delegates from the different Ill
visions of the Central came to the Grand
Union Hotel and had a conference with
Chief Arthur and the other heads or the
organiZations Some were from DIVISIONS
which were not represented on trlday,
the largest OF the new delegations coming
from Pennsylvania.
Frank p. Sargent, Chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, was asked
if the heads of the organizations would
recede from the stand they had taken and
allow the employees of the road to deal
directly with the company. He consld-
cred a moment and then said that the
by the position they had taken at the
first which was that any conferences
must take place between the heads of the
organizations on. the one hand and the
officers of the company on the other.
1t was said the teiegraDhers division
has voted to give its Executive Commit
tee, consisting OF three men, power TO act
for the telegraphers.
After the conference most of the dele
gates from places outside of New York
went home. They will return on Monday.