New-York tribune., 1905-02-18
FIREMEN LOSE DEMAND.
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of the report or substance Of same prior 10 ith
receipt by the flremen's committee
Mr. Parker left the Grand Central Station at
g o'clock, reaching New-Haven just before D
O'Clock He then gave the decision of the COM
ynittee TO Mr.. Shea and A. 7. Kelly, one Of the
national trustees of the brotherhood OF FIRE
men.
Major Isaac II. Bromley advertising manager
OF the railroad made the following statement
explaining the company's position:
MANY members of the Brotherhood of Firemen
have been promoted to engineers They sun
maintain their membership in the nreInens or
.aufzation as well as being members OF the
Engineers Brotherhood, as they 90 not ~lsh
to give up the benefits In the fremen's organi-
zafion There are about four hundred or theSe
men II is the contention of these men that in
any grievance regarding them they must be rep
resented as firenlen as well engineers
At the Firenen's Convention in Buffalo a year
ago a resolution was adopted that the hremen
insist having representation when any OF
the four hundred engineers refer TO are facing
charges There are about thirteen hundred fire.
men and thirteen hundred engineers on the road.
The firemen, after this resolution was passed,
appealed to the general manager; He refused
their request. They went TO Nice-President
Todd. and he refused it. Then they went to
President Mellen, and he refused it. Then it
was taken to the board of directors, asking that
they review the case. This subcommittee was
then appointed to consider the case. AT flrst the
subcommittee offered arbitration to the firemen,
but they refused it.
Since the present action Of the hremen was Or
dered by the national body, the flremen on every
railroad IN the United States who are MEM
bers Of the Brotherhood, directly interested.
Should a strike be ordered sympathetic action
ssnight be taken by hremen on other railroads.
A bureau for the employment of fremen was
opened yesterday at No 129 Cedar-st., where
Conrad Schultze was in charge. The bureau
tnad advertised for able-bodied men. to fill the
places of locomotive fremen. No experience
WIS required.
All the applicants at the offices were informed
that they were to be hired to take the place Of
strikers on a road that entered New-York,"
though the name Of the road was not given
They were told that the engineers would not
object TO working with them. and that the whole
difficulty was between two unions. They were
told that they would be paid at the rate of 81 50
for day Of eight hours and 81 95 for ten
hour day. The pay on passenger engines was
placed at 81 60 a day, and the pay for over
time was also stated to the applicant They
were also told that If after an examination of
lsheir eyesight they proved acceptable and salts
factory, they would be paid at the rate Of SZ
a day until regularly employed.
There was no great rush Of applicants and
many Of those who went there did not leave
their names when they learned that they were
TO take the place Of strikers.
DISSATISFACTION ON OTHER ROADS.
II was learned yesterday lnaL uleInDeIS u
other railroad brotherhoods throughout the
country occupy the same position with regard to
the railroad companies the dissatisfied fire
men of the New-Haven road, and that if the
disputed point is not settled for good and all
more trouble is likely TO follow.
Other railroad brotherhoodS have the same
point to settle, notably the Brotherhood Of Rail
road Trainmen of which P. H. Morrissey is
grand chief. So many trainmen have been pro-
NOTED to be conductors that there are more
trainmen who have been made conductors than
there are members Of the Order of Railroad
Conductors, of which z. Z. Clark is grand chief.
The trainmen remain in their old organization
rather than lose it's insurance features.
George Macculloch Miller said last night that
he did not think strike would be declared, al
though he had heard from New-Haven reports
that there would be one. If IL came, he said.
the road was prepared for it.
a tie-up the New-York, New-ELaVen and
Hartford Railroad would not only tie up New
England freight and passenger traffic to a great
degree, but would mean the complete discom-
future of thousands Of commuters in Westches-
ter and the nearer Connecticut towns west Of
Bridgeport Commuters would be almost
tirely isolated, particularly along the Harlem
branch, where the trolley lines would be of little
avail Forty trains between New-YOrk and
New-Rochelle would be laid off on this branch
alone.