Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-19
TREATMENTS TROUBLES
GRAND MASTER MoRRIsSEY SUM
MoNFD TO PHILADELPHIA.
One More Chance for Amicable Settle
i ment of ''Pennsy" Dispute-No
Order Before Night.

: PHILADELPHIA, January 19.-P. H.
Morrissey; grand master of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. is on his way
to this city from Cleveland, and Will ar
rive here about 3 O'Clock this afternoon
He was called here by First Vice Grand
Master w G.. Lee. who was unable TO
reach an agreement with w. w. Atterbury,
general manager of the Pennsylvania rail-
road regarding-the differences between the
company and the -trainmen.
1t Is not expected that there will be any
further conferences between the board of
adjustment OF the trainmens organization
and Mr.. Atterbury until after the arrival
Of Mr.. Morrissey. Mr.. Lee said this morn
ing that no strike order would be issued
before Il O'Clock tonight. He notified Mr..
MOrriSsey that the situation here crit
ical and it was impossible for him to in
.duce Mr.. Atterbury to recede from his
position.
Board in Secret Session.
The board of adjustment and Mr.. Lee
went into a secret session few minutes be-
fore 10 o'clock at their hotel here, but no
action will be taken until Mr. Morrissey's
arrival.
Grand Master Morrissey instructed Mr..
Lee to take no further action until he came
here. there was still one more chance
that the difficulty might be amicably set
tied. Mr.. Lee declined to say what this
final move would be.
General Manager Atterbury had nothing
TO say in addition to the statement he is
sued at midnight last night. Mr.. Lee takes
exception to Mr.. Atterbury's statement
that the Company'S position has been mis-
represented to the trainmen. Mr.. Lee de-
MES this. He says that while the last
proposition of Mr.. Atterbury was not print
ed on the strike ballot because the ballot
had been printed before the proposition
made. explained n
men. and they were thoroughly conversant
with the situation before signing their
names to the ballot
Every Member Notified
After last nights conference every lodge
was notified either by wire, telephone or
letter to he prepared for a cipher message
today, which would either call the men out
or notify them that the differences had
been amicably adjusted. There are about
eighty lodges, and the members today are
awaiting the word from the board of adj
justment.
1t Is not expected that there will be any
further overtures from either the company
or the men until Mr. Morrissey has con-
ferred with Mr.. Lee and the members of
the board of adjustment. Mr.. Atterbury
has been informed of the coming of the
grand master of the brotherhood and will
doubtless wait until he hears from him.
Strike Would Be Costly.
Mr.. Lee and his associates on the board
of adjustment went into session today with
the opinion that nothing remained for them
to do but to name a time when a strike
would be declared in the event of the COM
panys further refusal to discontinue COM
nllsory firing. as the company was
quested to do by vote of its men-re
ported TO Mr. Atterbury by Mr.. Lee as
$500 10 iii.
strike at this time would be costly to
the company and trainmen alike. There
has existed for some weeks past a condi-
ton that amounted to a freight congestion
on some of the company's lines. The train
men are in the main satisfied Firemen re-
ceive sizes for twelve hours work, and
brakemen are mostly paid $2.33 for a like
number of hours.
Divisions Affected.
The divisions which would be affected by
the strike would comprise the three divi-
sions between this city and Pittsburg, in
/, Guiding all yardmen at Harrisburg, AL
/; toona. Pitcairn and intermediate places,
the United Railways of New Jersey dvi-
q sons. between here and Jersey City and
the. branches in New Jersey; the Philadel
phia. Baltimore and Washington division,
between this city and Washington; the
Northern Central division, between Balti-
more. Sunbury and Elmira; the Buffalo and
Allegheny division. between Buffalo and
Pittsburg, and the Philadelphia and Erie
division. between this city and Williams
port
Ii the strike is declared freight traffic
might be virtually stopped in the territory
described. Coal traffic might be blocked.
and the heavy shipments of freight ex-
changed between the east and west Will be
tied up between New York, Washington,
pirtsburg and Buffalo
Board Adjourned
The board of adjustment adjourned after
a brief session during which, according TO
Mr.. Lee. nothing TRANSFERRED. There was
no vote taken.
Mr.. Lee received word from Grand Master
Morrissey at noon stating that the latter
had missed connection at Pittsburg and
would not reach here until O'Clock tonight
He said there was nothing for the board
to do now but wait until Mr.. MorriSsey got
here.
Mr.. Lee says the situation is pretty gem
orally known and there is nothing further
to say.
Mr.. Morrissey's non-arrival will. OF course,
prevent a strike order being issued at
o'clock tonight. which it was intimated
earlier in the day might be the case in
the event of the grand masters arrival