The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-15

,ont Of the Southern Pacific
N sight. and 1t may be accom-
" hin twenty-four hours If the
Alright.
ese ay Of conferences behind closed
idd, trikers have adopted a plan for
IL which substantially meets the
! Et1 Of Manager Van Week, as
w Wis interview to The Post. after
che pans Of the shop mems com
q tetaance the strikers have not &C
= arbitration plans as proposed by
r 1illot Sewall aud Cleveland, but
& { by the sentiment which those
d represent have agreed to submit
rh vancos to arbitration upon plan
d far. falls in line with the views
y ucerned
p bwing interview with Mr.. Morri
in fhe shop men was held last night
mass meeting:
PRISONS STATEMENT.
TO fative Of The Post called to
E i. Morrison. chairman Of the
kni1 Kew orleans shop mems COM
je ,"fdh a view Of ascertainlng what
mig. had been done or accomplished
ifmectnc with Messrs. W. d. Cieye.
sscwnu and Pilot. In reply to this
don Mr. Morrison said nothing had
& accomplished. THAT Mr.. Cleveland
Ia his committee appeared to represent
body but themselves. unless it was Mr..
In Week. thar the tendency Of the whole
lnversatlon was in the interest alone of
Il railroad company"
s.What proposition was made by Messrs.
kyeand. Sevall and Plllot?"
<They proposed that we arbitrate, and
hiding the arbitration 60 back to work
6medlately. We declined tho proposition
60 back to work, but we offered to arbi-
nte, and after the arbitrators were Sc
Nted, II the arhitrators thought, pending
IA settlement. that the shop men should
4urn 10 work, we would he willing to
6de by their decision. Mcssrs. Cleveland,
Swall and Pilot declined and arbitrarily
&nsed to entertain the proposition. We
2tne to the conclusion at once that Messrs.
&yelsnd. Sewall aud pilot were repre-.
Ming nobody but the railroad company
al themselves
4 ben please state what the strikers are
NM to do
8abR are willing to submit our differences
m tration We are willing for Mr..
h u EEK to select one arbitrator and we
[CoryRe arbitrator and we are willing
ee aNkao. 4. Holt, mayor of this city,
ourselves third arbitrator, and we will
As irSSV }3 and the shop men to abide
nd L. p25A Of an arbitration thus Sc
tnirs tn f1f& ndlng the arbitration, the
n to TGt v5S-TSyt., wise and advisable to
rrsis biz 50d Se.ld fcTlll return to work.
We II Ia ~ SHoA fe3 Gproposlt!on, and we
nltai se,s mp 60; opposition, and if
Is sansy 4 49, - s---4Ans what It says
ti III igH II ne low NumhciS and means to
,s,x,v PINE Bni dcrs if win accent
gA ttions reason. AGi' WI" accept
ss \ Asia -tiaiFvoyant we're maue per.
~ a@ eqEgly mil 1620 'hu luuorseu oS
Ftsit NJ as committee who
NJ =, 9rt hoine. rs, VS. W; f; Morrison ,,l
aE kplxfnsJped Dettman, j. w. Gall on
!, E3fp a" Taylor ana d. Slaughter.
Nor. VAN NLECk'S POSITION.
y the foregoing interview was oh
ed last night at II O'Clock, The Posi-
hmunlcated with Mr.. Van Week anG
hhnltted the strikers proposal to arbI
k*Ne are not now in a position to arbi
DNf' said Mr.. Van Week, because th
are no longer in our employ. But /
Iii Will return to work we will agree t.
put the differences to board of arbi
ION as proposed"
3 sorts Of rumOrs were In the air YES
4 Ny regarding the progress of the strike
M saying that Il settlement was n
others that the citizens commtte
slgnally failed in its efforts to effeC
ttlement and stii others that an agree
Abt had heen reached without the actlo
fHHt the citizens committee. The latte
haA announced in the column
!of The Post that mass meeting of II
Strikcrs was desired at Turner's hail, p'
R4is reply Chairman Morrison stated Uni
us the shop mems committee would
Ssary for the conference, so the NEE
~ was held by arrangement at the ohl
.3Nllllam d. Cleveland yesterday NOR
THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE.
TIC shop mems committee, composed
+, Morrison chairman. j. w. Arringto
/. BerCaw, Il. f. Burke, Fred DE
IA, J. W. Gallon. George +. Taylor a
III. Stahl. were In the conference wi
citizens committee, composed Of
}llot, z. w. Sewall and W. d, CleN
and It lasted for nearly three hou
No iling came OF It.
Mid be'terS were admitted and nothi
d nature 6ped from either side as
4riew ocrurreS discussion until The
Ten above. With Mr.. Morrison,
he principal res,n,
snee was a mass mof the morning g
saehgerbund hall lastt1g OF ne OF stri IN
! w, .h an newspaper menSht at o,1V, ~
me morning conferences,e eANiuueu ~
,ne meeting was learned 1Ht We u,
"a AFTER adjournment. He W, NJ, VI
tthle was held merely fort fH ina.
discussing the committees r,nortPpS5P
ing conference and to ratlfttbo nro
u lof arbitration, which NJ -