The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-01
MEMS REQUESTS GRANTED
CONSOLIDATED OFFICIALS HEAR
 ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN.
Conference Late Yesterday Afternoon Pay of the Bremen Raised as Re- quested-Meeting Was Harmonious- Strike Not Even Thought Of.

l Strike NOG EveM OI.
 | At a conference between New York | New Haven and Hartford railroad off cials and the committee representing | the engineers and firemen of the road, held yesterday afternoon in the direc- | tors room in the office building, the al- l legged grievances between the men and | the officials were settled absolutely and in a most harmonious manner to all parties concerned.
 The meeting lasted until o'clock and attending it were President Hall, Vice President Merrill, General Manager Chamberlain, E. M. Hurley of Boston, chairman of the engineers committee, Andrew Kelly of this city, chairman of the tiremen's board of adjustment, and twenty men composing committees or the engineers and firemen.
 The result of the meeting was this: That an equalization scale of wages for firemen and engineers for both freight and passenger trains was established throughout the entire system of the
 
 passenger train engineers and $4 for freight train engineers; f1remen, $2 for passenger train firemen and $2.15 for freight train firemen.
 The rate of the engineers pay is based on scale of cents to the mile. The present rate of three and one-half cents mile on passenger and four cents a mile on freight trains for one hundred miles was agreed upon for all branches and nothing but harmonious relations existed between the officials and MT. Hurley and his men. The equalization of rates was what the en- gineers wanted.
 Grand Chief Engineer P. M Arthur of Cleveland of the Brotherhood of To- comotive Engineers waited on President Hall yesterday morning and Thursday and it is supposed that his talk with the president of the road had weight in the result of yesterdays conference.
 In the case of the firemen it was diff ferent. They had been receiving wages on this scale: $1.75 per day for passen- ger trains and $2 per day for freight trains and the scale was raised as men, tioned above, $2 per day for passenger train firemen and $2.15 per day for freight train firemen.
 Not only was this granted but the of the scale was conceded by the railroad officials. Mir Kelly worked hard for the interest of the men he represented and doubtless acted ac- cording to the advice of Grand Master r. P. Sargent of the Brotherhood of To- Bremen.
 MT. Hurley was seen in the Garde | hotel last night and he said that there was no excitement on anyonee part | and that all that had been requested | had been granted He said that half | the talk that has been going on about | ! proposed strike was all off and that | there had been no intention on the part l 1f firemen and engineers to make trou- ole if their requests were not granted | Mir. Hurley further said that he was very thankful for the kind treatment | 1e had received while in this city on he part of all the railroad men. In l eaving he said the best of relations ex- sted now as before.
 MT Arthur left for New York last evening and was followed by MT. Sar- gent. Both left for their homes.