The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-14
NEW AAVEN ROAD SLABOR ROW
pprsfDENT MELLEN GIVES MS
>IDE or THE DISPUTE.

,,..,,r.s 70 Allow Iirencn to Present the
,-,c,ancrs o. Ingiircrs-ScNerh Di-
r.c,,rs Il the Road 10 Consider the
uatn Here on Appeal To-day.
Nru HAVEN. Feb i3.-President Mellsn
-, rho Nov Haven Railroad, In a state
~, isaled tonight on behalf Of the com
"a, after the officials Of the Brother
"a ~ Locomotive Firemen for alleged
..,a,o,narts Of the trouble now existing
1st,yeo, the company and the iiremen.
~, N,llen declared that, after nearly eight
.,ooths OF patient. exhaustive effort 10
s.ry the demands Of tho adjustment
,,r,mittee representing the fremen and
-, failed 10 do so, he decided 10 tell
H., ,,hljo and every employee In the train
,o-,5ca Of the company the exact situation.
~ Mellon al the outset said that the
vo,y Haven road had absolutely no objec-
~, - labor organizations if properly
-,,,ayod. md not the slightest objection
,oapv employee belonging to any labor
o,gnnization He said the read las no agree
,snt with any labor organization II
-. s-rsements with all of it's own en-
,lovees in engine and train service. Then
he added.
In the making Of such agreements the
,,ss NJ abor particularly involved at tho
lime an agreement is made chooses COM
r,I,tee Tor the purpose Of negotiating an
,,,ssment With the officials Of the COM
~ The memt ers Of suoh committee
nanrally are chosen from the organization
rbiob has a majority Of members in the
ohss Of labor represented.
fnIl,
.b4n the engineers had troub le with the
-oad they sent an adjustment commit Q
n confer with the officials. When a loco
motive fireman was in trouble with the road
tho adjustment committee OF the fire.
mems organization appealed to the oom-
ranys officer for conference.
Cfm.nc down 10 the present trouble be-
tween he fremen and the road, President
Nellen says.
In June. 1904. the fremen's general
COMMITTEES Of adjustment. Of which A. P.
Kelly IS chairman, at a conference with
the general manager, claimed that the
engineers adjustment committee was not
taking up with the management cases OF
engineers who desired to appeal unless
Hose eng neers were members OF the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
That ia TO say. the fremens committee
claimed that II an engineer belonged to
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen. Of
whom there are several hundred employed
on the road, or was ncn-union man.
Of whom it is saturated there are $50
EMPLOYED on this road. the engineers
adjustment committee did not act as adj
yooates for such engineers. "a il would
II tie engineer who had been disciplined
vas q member Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers Therefore the fire.
mems committee claimed that IL should be
permitted 10 act as advocates before the
officials in the case Of any eng neer who
was member Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Firemen,
The fremens comIAittee also claimed
that this privilege had been granted it by
former President Hall in March, 1909, and
had been the practice for eighteen months
following that date
Pre- ,idant Mellen announced that the
engineers have assured him that they have
bosa at all TINES ready TO take up any rea-
son1hie grievance OF an engineer. The
IN s,us,r, IL hs 50 desired. could appeal
% the company personally He also
serted positively that nothing could
e found in former President Halls papers
10 show that he had any agreement with
Tho fremen as they had represented.
When Mr.. Kelly, representing the fire.
men was called upon 10 produce the let
ters from President Hall. which he claimed
to have hc failed to do 80 President
Meen mentioned the conference he had
With Graniml, tsr Hannahan Of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen, who had
called upon him with Mr., Kelly, This
mad no result Then followed many oon-
lerences, the company maintaining that
Il stood ready and willing to take up grew
snce, Of engineers when presented by
engineers, grievances Of firomen when
presented by fremen. He declared that
tho fremen declined 20 arbltrate the mat
ter although the engineers were willing 10
DO 80.
Tomorrow At II A. N. Ave members of
the board Of directors Of the New Haven
Road will meet the hremen's committee
1t the company's Office in the Grand Cen
raj station in New York. 70 discuss the fire.
mems grievances, the latter having ap-
pta.ed to the directors after having been
tuned down by President Mellen and Vice
President Todd.
There was a good deal OF talk among the
tFemsn tonight when it was reported that
over so men had been hired ga fremen for
the New Haven road to-day in New York
~ l2s Cedar street IL wGs said that they
are 10 he held in reserve. 10 take the places
d bremen Il there should be a strike on
Tie system. IL WAS announced that Com
rad schulze was hiring the men, He is
The same person who hired lot OF men
ast simmer 70 break the strike Of the
height handlers on the Sound steamers
9Sned by tie New Haven road.
NEW BOiRD'S FIRST STRIKE.