The sun., 1903-10-20
ELEVATED NEGOTIATIONS OFF,
MEN LEAVE THE CONFERENCE
ANGRY, TALKING STRIKE.
Grand Chiefs Stone and Hanahan Sent For
Agreement Once Reached. Then Ne
Jected-Men Thought They Saw Trap
in H-Company Says That's Nonsense.

Jected-Men Thought 1hey saw Trap
In H-Company Says That's Nonsense.
All negotiations between the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company and its discon-
tented motormen over the objections Of
the latter to the physical examination the
company demands of them we're called of
yesterday afternoon by the mems griev-
ance committee after three hours con-
ference with officers of the company.
Warren s. Stone, grand chief Of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, and Grand
Master j. j. Hanahan of the locomotive
firemen were summoned by telegraph
by the grievance COMMITTEES to come here
at once, as the men say, "to make final
attempt at a peaceable settlement"
Chief Stone is not at his home in Cleve-
land, but is somewhere in the West. Neither
he nor Chief Hanahan had been heard from
late last night
At the conference yesterday the Inter-
borough company was represented by Vice.
President f. P. Bryan and General Super
intendent Hedley. William l.. Jencks was
chairman of the grievance committee, in
which the ex-tiremen (now guards on the
elevated) were represented by H. b. Pnney
and +. Fry. The meeting was held in the
Western Union Building. President August
Belmont was not there.
In the early stages the prospect for a
settlement seemed good. A basis Of agree-
ment was reached after mutual concessions
had been made, and in accordance with
this a typewritten copy was submitted
by the company. This agreement, or the
version of it which the grievance committee
supplied to the reporters last night, was
as follows:
At meeting in Mr. Bryans office, Oct
10 . o'clock in the afternoon between Vice.
President Bryan. General Superintende
Hedley and committee OF engineers and
fremen. II was agreed in regard to the diff
ferences beween the management and the
respective organizations named. concerning
the examinations of engineers and tremen.
that the examination made by DR.. W r.
Townsend shall stand in every instance
where tie examination shows the man 8
condition to be normal and that no further
examination shall be held for a space Of two
years and six months from the date OF tho
last examination
The company reserves the right to make
a special examination OF any man who may
give indications Of weakness in any Of the
essential points required for the proper dis
charge Of his outies
The hitch came over the provision thai
the mains condition shall be normal
to ensure 10 further examination being
held. The grievance committee thought
! they detected trap in this. The ooln-
pany's representatives refused to make
q further change, and Chairman Jencks,
boiling with rage, LETT the conference,
followed by the rsst Of the committee,
to arrange for bringing the two grand
chiefs here. Mr.. Eedley said after the
committee hud gone:
I'VE have not reached any agreement.
We have told the men in detail what the
company is going to demand and we will
insist upon it. The neil have gone to call
a new meeting, which think will be held
on Wednesday night.
-We must have these examinations,
because the men must be all right physically
to run the cars. We don't want to an
| taEonize them in any way. l want to DO
one Of them myself. They seem TO think
| there Is some scheme behind the examina-
ton, but that is absolute nonsense. We
+; simply want to have the men fit to run
, the trains
-The committee does not say the mer.
! will strike, but says that they will not stand
the examinations. We say they must
1 stand them"
were on, that strike seemed likely and
| that the two chiefs had been sent for.
-We split on just one word" said Jencks.
4The COMPANY offered to make the examina-
tions every two years instead of every
year. This We wouldn't agree to. We
we're examined thoroughly by DR.. Town
send year ago to oblige the company.
! wanted to let that do for three years.
Finally we agreed to split the difference
and make 1t two and a half years. But
wlen the typewritten agreement was drawn
up by the company and submitted to us
there was a little joker In 1t that would
have put us at the mercy Of the company.
Then he slowed the agreement as printed
above. His committee, he asserted, was
willing to concede the special examiIlatiGEs.
| but looked on the clause containing the
word normal" as a trap.
1T was introducing something we did
not agree TO-" said lie. "We came TO
deadlock on it. That clause could be
stretched to fit the side that introduced it.
The negotiations are Of and it now looks
| as if a strike could not be averted."
Unprejudced observers believe that II
the men should strike, the company could
fill their places in few hours with equally
reliable motormen and conductors glad to
get such Jobs at comparatively high wages.
| The men think they could win because, as
| they believe, with the pressure as it is upon
| TRANSPORTATION up and downtown, the
managers of the elevated wouldn't dare to
let it's service be interrupted even for
day.