The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-20
NO P.R.R. STRIKE ORDER YET
TRiINMEN WAIT DECISION or
GRAND MASTER .UORRISSEY.
situation Remains Critical and All Depends
on MorrlsSe,'s Action - Negotiations
With the Company stop-E'iuSburB Men
say They DO NOt Want 10 60 out

on MorrisSey's Action 49, NEGOTIATIONS
with the Company stop-PtttSburB Men
say They DO NOt want 10 Go Out.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan i9.-The differences
between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen reached
the acute stage to-day, hen First Vice
Grand Master Lee summoned p. h. Norris
sey, Grand Master OF the Brotherhood. to
Philadelphia to take charge of the situation.
This summons was sent after word was
received by the board Of adjustment this
morning that General Manager Atterbury
of the railroad would not send for Lee and
the committee for any further conference
indicating that the company has not re-
solved TO make concessions or reopen
negotiations looking to settlement OF the
trouble
Morrissey, when he received the tele-
gram. was about to leave Cleveland Tor
Chicago, where trouble also exists. The
summons was too Imperative for him to
disregard No final decision as to the action
to be taken by the trainmen will be made
Until Morrissey arrives. He viii get here
late tonight. ,
Morrissey is conservative and tho rail-
road peoplc believe that after he has gone
over the ETOulu no VIII NhoNCN4'NNHeAS0
env radical action. Certainly no strike
notice will be posted tonight. Az soon
n, Morrissey arrives he will meet the board
Of adjustment and canvass the situation
He will undoubtedly confer with Mr.. After
bury tomorrow so that no strike action is
probable until Saturday.
Regarding the coming OF Morrissey,
Ice said;
II wired Mr.. Morrissey that the situation
was critical, that had failed to convince
Mr. Atterbury, and that he ought to come
here. He wired back that he had started
Fast from Cleveland, and added that'there
was yet one step to be taken before strike
order was issued. am not at liberty to
state what the stop Is. as 1t insight seriously
compromise our plans.
All Of the eghty-five locals Of the brother
hood east Of Pttsburg and Erie to-day
received from the board OF adjustment
the result Of the strike vote, together with
explanations Of cipher kilograms which
will be sent to each local in the event OF a
call out order being issued
A complication was introduced into the
trouble this afternoon when @. A. Wilson.
the First Grand Master OF the brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, said his organiza-
ton was fully prepared to stand by any
action taken by the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen. This Is an intlmation that
should the brakemen strike, the firemen
would Immediately follow them out in
sympathy The fremen, 1t Is asserted
have a grievance Of their own. Their
committee has been in this city for three
weeks, but is said 10 have refrained wait
ing on the company pending tho outcome
OF the negotiations on the part OF the
brakemen.
Wilson said the company is pinning its
faith to tho circular addressed to the men,
issued by Mr.. Atterbury last night. In it
Il was asserted that the Brotherhood officials
had not presented TO the men the final
proposition made by the general manager
On Jan. I. The railroad officials assert that
the men have been wifully deceived by
Ice, who Il seeking to declare strike Tor
his own aggrandiEement
Morrissey arrived soon after 10 O'Clock
tonight and went at once into executive
session with Lee and the board OF adjust
ment, numbering sixteen men. No state
ment was given out.
pIrrsBUBo MEN DON'T WANT TO STRIKE.
PITIsBUBo, Jan. io,-In spite OF disquiet--
ing rumors from the East that q strike OF
the employees OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road may be called at any moment, little
faith is taken in it by the trainmen here.
There was ripple this morning when IL was
known that p. II. Morrissey, Grand Master
Of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
was in Pittsburg, but 1T was soon learned
that he had simply missed train gong
from Cleveland to Philadelphia.
While here the head of the union had some
talk with the trai nmen within reach, and
10 Is said no was told that the trainmen OF
the Pittsburg district did not want a strike
and that those who had voted had not
known for what they we're voting.
While waiting at the Union Depot for
another train MIR. Morrissey had an oppor-
tunity TO read one Of the notices which Gem
eral Manager Atterbury had posted around
the railroad property. In these notices
he called the attention OF the workmen to
the fact that he had offered certain con-
oessions TO the men on the middle division
before 1t wsa decided to leave the matter
70 vote,
From what can be gathered tonight
among the trainmen Ii seams that an order
to strike under present conditions would
be ignored in every Pittsburg district where
the union Is not strong
The Pennsylvania Railroad officials IN
Jersey City have asked Chief. Of Police
Murphy to detail policemen for special
strike duty II any occurs, and the police
viii be on hand when q demand Is made
for their services.
General Superintendent Frank L. Shep-
pard said yesterday;
The Pennsylvania Railroad employees
are, as q rule, loyal lot Of MEN. l don Z
think there will be any trouble
Mr.. Sheppard said he thought the strike
threats would peter out,
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