The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-25

New York, New Haven and Hartford Road.
 About fifty more boiler makers were brought here yesterday to work in the places of the striking boiler makers of ! the Consolidated road, making about two hundred in all now here. About 15O strike breakers came here Saturday night on the old steamer c. H. North am, of the New Haven road. On Sat urday the Northam slipped quietly out of the harbor, her destination being un- known. She met the steamer New Hampshire in the sound and the 150 men from New York were transferred to the Northam and brought here. The Northam is now tied up to the dock op- posite the Union station and the nom union men are quartered on board. The steamer has been fitted up as big floating boarding house.
 The men now on strike at the local shops held a meeting Saturday night. There was a conference lasting until midnight between the representatives of the car workers and the railroad off, cials The employees demanded a short CT work day and substantially 15 per cent. increase in wages. Their demand for increased wages was refused, al- though the company agreed to the oth- CT condition.
 It is said that the machinists will probably decide to join the strikers, having received a refusal to their de- mand for a similar increase in wages and reduction in hours.
 The Car Workers unions on the sys- tenn, numbering about fifteen, each held 1 a meeting Saturday night. The local union, known as Pilgrim lodge, met in | the A. o. U. w. hall, 139 Orange street. Over 250 car workers were present, be- sides q number of representatives from all the other crafts who are in close i touch, as each has before the company i the request for the nine-hour work day and eleven per cent. increase in wages. ! The companys proposition was re- jected.
 All was quiet at the local car shops Saturday. A big force of railroad de- tectives was congregated about the railroad property, but there was no demonstration of any kind It was ap- parent that if a general strike is antici- pated by the railroad preparations have been made to meet it.
 PRESIDENT MELLEN's STATE
 MENT.
 l President Mellen has made the fol- lowing statement:
 ''The trouble between the manage ment of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company and it's boiler makers seems to be about as fol- lows:
 1 'The demands presented by the men were as follows:
 "First-An increase of four cents on hour. which is equivalent to about 15 per cent.
 ''Second--That nine hours constitute a days work, with eight hours work lon Saturday and nine hours pay. (The company conceded this).
 "Third-Oyertime to begin after nine hours. except on Saturdays after eight hours. (The company conceded this)
 "Fourth-The boiler makers asked to be allowed $1 per day for expenses when sent out on the road. (The company agreed to allow the actual expenses in- curred).~
 "Fifth-The men asked that when a boiler maker is sent out on the road he I should in all cases be accompanied by a helper. (The company did not agree to this, as it feels that it is matter of management and conditions-that is, in some eases a helper might be required and in others he would not)
 "In regard to the aforementioned de- mand, the position of the company is that they cannot afford to pay any more for the cost of transportation than the roads in their immediate neighborhood with whom they are competing for traf. fic
 An actual comparison was made with the rates paid to boiler makers and the helpers by the New York Cen tral and Boston and Albany and Bostor and Maine railroads, and the company offered to make some changes in the pay of certain boiler makers which would bring them up to the very high , est basis paid by any of these roads and very much higher than one.
 "The men insisted that they mus have an increase of at least Il pel cent, which would be equivalent t, three cents per hour, but when asked why this company should pay it's boile makers Il per cent, or three cents pc
 hour, more than other railroads, the, had no reason to offer, except that ther
 are few roads in the extreme west tha
 paid such rates
 The above shows that the compan, conceded every point asked by the mel except the increase in pay, which wa not justified by the conditions ol
 neighboring lines.
 "A number of the men at the differ
 ent shops did not go out''
 A considerable number of the import
 ed boilermakers were brought ashor
 yesterday and placed at work on emer gency work. meals being provided aboard ship. There was ample polio
 protection to prevent the workmen iron being approached" There was a ru
 nor about that a number of the ney
 men had asked to be returned to Ney
 York, not wishing to interfere with tn
 strikers chances. but this was not veri
 fled.
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