The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-15
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Committees which went to the Santa Fee
Chicago and Northwestern. Illinois Central
and other railroad managers are said to
have asked for a scale Of Is cents an hour
This was half cent above the schedules
the managers had been assured by both the
state houId Of arbitration and the Chicago
business mems board Of arbitration would
be accepted Some of the managers refused
promptly to consider the proposition; others
told tie committees 20 return later in the
day. Then Secretary DrIscon of The chi
go board Of arbitration was commuucat-
ed with as was also John S. Field, H b.
Steele and other members of the State
board. Some Of the managers wanted to
know II the agreement vi l7ia cents an hour
for the truckers which had been fixed
and approved by the board a few days ago
had been abandoned. They were assured
1t had not. Explanations followed and the
fact that IS cents had been asked IN some
cases fingered the members of the local
bonrd of arbitration
Secretary Drlscoll says he learned that
some Of the committees instead Of submit
ting the schedule agreed upon presented an
other and did It under the approval of
President CurTan, who said IS ceuts would
be asked and II refused 17l5 cents would be
asked
That nuts us IN 9 nice position before
the managers" said Secretary Driscol bit
terlv.
president Curran has broken faith with
us and gone sduarely back on his word
That settles matters between the hoard
and the freight handlers We shall have
nothing tc do with Curran and his freight
handlers. Neither shall we nttemnt TO
dssuade the transfers II they desire 70
return to work tomorrow. If they do that
it means defeat for the freight men"
GENERAL MANAGERS STATEMENT.
The general managers tonight issued the
following statement. THE public of Chi.
cago is Interested In knowing the facts in
regard to the strike and It may draw Its
own conclusions. AS has been stated he.
fore an advance to the freight handlers
was made hv the railroads in April There
was further advance made effective from
July 1, At the same time the officers of
the companies expressed their willingness
to meet their employees to confer with them
| about wage scales or nn5 other grievance
! they might have. on July the freight
/ handlers stopped work on all roads without
]
ON account Of pressure from the press and
other sources. committees Of freight
handlers were authorized by their union
to meet their employing officers without,
however, being invested with any author
| ity 10 negotiate a settlement. Naturally
no result could or did come from such
meetings.
Railroad companies are as much concern
ed In the welfare Of Chicago as any other
vested interest yet they are opposed TO
making any concessions that viii result In
/ yielding control of their business to any
labor organizations, First, the offers made
by the railroad companies April IA and July
! gave substantial and adequate Increase
Of wages. Second, In all conferences held
between the railway officials and commit
| tees of employees II has been concluslvely
/ shown that as individuals the men are sat
| ished with the terms offered them Third,
large number Of the employees have al
ready returned 10 work and many others
| have expressed a willingness to do so as
soon as the prevailing disorder has passed