The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-28
GRIEVANCES DISCUSSED.
MANY CRAFTS DISSATISFIED
 WHILE BOILER MAKERSSTRIKE

Mnchinists Confer With Railroad ofie-
 iaIs on Wage Increase-Car Workers
 Grievance Board to Meet Company
 More Strike Breakers Arrive-Road
 Says Incident is Closed.
 The influence of the Boilermakers' strike at the shops of the Consolidated road is still increasing disaffection among the other crafts. and grievance committees were busy yesterday after noon and last night among the locals os the other crafts From points all along the line of the railroad officers and committeeman of the unions were hurrying into town last night. What ever action was taken in the meetings was kept secret since it is obviously the policy of the men to reserve announce mens until they meet the officials of the railroad. Whether the other crafts will join the boilermakers on strike will be determined only after confer ence between the committees and the company's officials.
 The machinists are the most aggriev- ed men outside the boiler makers. The sudden cut Of their work day to nine hours and the failure to receive an in creased wage per hour are the main causes of dissatisfaction. The seven 0f ho Machinists' union met the superinten-. dent of motive power for the road yes terday and held conference. Moth ing was given out but there will prob ably be something announced to-day tha. will decide what the machinists will do
 l The members of the car workers conference board met last night, but the action taken was not made known. The members of the board expect to wait on the company's officials to-day and something in the nature of an ul- 1 Itimatum is expected. There are twen-' l ty-eight members of the board and several had not arrived last night, so it is likely that another meeting, at which the belated members may be present, will be held before a confer ence will be called with the road.
 The rumor that the locomotive fire men and engineers will refuse to run engines repaired by strike breakers was disoredited yesterday by Andrew. J. Kelly, chairman of the local division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men. He said that the agreement be- I would permit no such action.
 l Among the striking boiler makers themselves there is little excitement. Many os them have left the city to work in other places. Those who re- main accept the situation calmly and seem to be well informed of what is tl happening at the shops despite the po- lice precautions, and the air of secrecy that pervades that section of the rail- road center. The force of strike breakers ouartered on the steamer Northam was increased by the addition Of twenty new men Tuesday night, so that the entire number of strike break CTS is about 22O.
 The company yesterday noon gave out the following official statement: Tt is expected that the machinists, car workers and steamfitters will have another conference with the railroad of- ecials within the next few days. It is
 also likely that the blacksmiths will also have conference"
 At the press bureau of the company it was also stated yesterday that the
 boiler makers incident,'' as far as the
 company is concerned, is closed. This
 leads to the conviction that the com pany will fight the boiler makers to the
 bitter end.
 Whether the labor difficulties of the
 road will be confined to the boiler mak-
 CTS strike or will be widespread among
 all the crafts will be determined by
 the outcome of the conferences between . . committees and officials that are sched-
 uled for to-day and tomorrow The quiet, orderly manner in which the strike is going forward seems to indi- cate perseverance that is considered
 by some of the men versed in such mat ters to indicate long and hard strug. gle.