Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-20
RAILROAD TROUBLES
 NOT YET SETTLED.
The Trainmen Will Not Strike if Settlement Can Reached in Any hanner-A Committee From the Workers Will Meet the Directors and Talk Over the Matter Once More.

New Haven, Feb 20.--Timothy Shea, the second vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad Bremen, who nas been assisting the adjust ment committee of members of the brotherhood employed on the New York. New Haven & Hartford railroad in tue prosecution of their demand tor speclal recognition by the company Tor the engineers who belong to tneIr organization. went to New York to. day. lie was accompanied by suD- committee Of the adjustment commit tee. and their mission was said 10 be the holding of second conference With the moneyed interests close to the management Of the railroad con- pany,' from whom, according to MT Shea. suggestion of arbitration was received last Friday. During his visit to New York last Saturday, MT Shea had an interview with the sender of this arbitration proposal, and the pur- pose of to-day's conference was de clared to be the elaboration of plans then outlined. and the presentation of new proposal to the officials of the railroad.
 MT Shea and the members of the subcommittee left here by the s o'clock morning train for New York. They declined to say definitely whon.. they would call upon in New York. or 10 disclose the identity of the "moneyed interests" concerned.
 From the side of the railroad notl- Ing has come regarding the move fer arbitration except President Mellen's statement that he would consider at any time new proposals that might be offered.
 Members of the adjustment commit tee before departing for New York expressed themselves sanguine as to the outcome of the arbitration move. The action taken by the adjustment committee yesterday is considered to have deferred a strike for a week at least. Meantime it is not unlikely that another poll of the members of the firemen's brotherhood employed on the railroad system will be taken. Should the proposed new negotiations with the company fail the poll will undoubtedly be taken. The vote which was counted yesterday. 1t IS explained. was taken before the final refusal of the demand was received | from the committee of the company s directors. and before the situation had reached the present crisis. Although this vote is said to have been strongly in support of the committee in the con duct of negotiations. no strike would be ordered. it was declared to-day, un til the firemen had been boiled direct ly on that question.
 New York, Feb 2O-The scene of acton in the situation on the New York. New Haven X Hartford railroad growing out of the trouble between the Brotherhood of Locomotive fire, men and the Brotherhood of Locomo tive engineers was again transferred from New Haven to this city to-day as result of the visit of sub-com. mittee from the firemen's adjustment committee to resume discussion Of the proposed plan of arbitration. While it was said before the meeting that the situation was delicate. all the fin. dications were that the greatest eau | tion would be observed by both sides Although the firemen's committee had full power to deal with the questions at issue as they saw fit. it was anpar- ent that precipitate action would be avoided and that every effort would be made to reach an agreement with out resorting to extreme measures.