The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-07
NOT HEARD In CONFERENCE.
The Jersey Central Manager Avoids
the Railway Chiefs.

NEW YORK. April 6-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 a conference with General
Manager c. Fl. Warren.
They say that their sole object in COM
ing to New York is TO hold such con-
ference, and that what they will do. if
the conference is not granted, will 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.. Warren's reply to letter sent to
him by the chiefs on Friday was given
out by him today as follows:
Your statement that our engineers and
firemen 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 firemen 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-
cision on these propositions?"
The chiefs sent back a letter that was
not made public. Though Mr. Warren did
not say so there was a 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 employee of the road.
The Central is controlled, and, after
April IS, is to be run by the Reading,
which employs union and non-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 a new wage
schedule but the advantage of strike
to secure it, is not apparent to them.
f. Z. Clarke. Chief of the Order of Rail
road Conductors, said today that Mr..
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
rem"
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 a conference
A denial was made this afternoon on be-
half of the Central officers to state
ment attributed to Chief Clarke that the
conductors on the Central have been =
quired 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 1t was adopt
ed as the best he had ever seen
This afternoon a large number or ad-
dtional delegates from the different di-
visions of the Central came to the Grand
Union Hotel and had conference with
Chief Arthur and the other heads OF the
Some were from divisions
which were not represented on Friday.
the largest OF the new delegations coming
from Pennsylvania.
Frank p. Sargent. Chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, was asked
IL the heads of the organizations would
recede from the stand they had taken and
allow the employees of the road to deal
with the company. He consid-
cred a moment and then said that the
heads of the organizations would stand
by the position they had taken at the
first which was that any conferences
must take place between the heads of the
on the one hand and the
officers of the company on the other
1t was said the telegrapherS 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.