The Washington herald., 1906-11-14
IEOUTLOOK BETTER
Indications Are for Peaceful
Settlement Of Trouble.
HAWAIIAN IS NONCOMMITTAL
Central and New Haven Make SIX
Months Arrangement on Electric
Work ReadjustinR Wages-NegO-
tIatIOns in Progress at Pittsburg.

New York, Nov 13-The indications OF
to-day pointed to the peaceful settlement
| Of the questions at Issue between the
officials OF tho various railroads running
into this city and the employees in the
various branches Of the service now
under discussion
While the poll Of the fremen on the
Erie Railroad system may result in
strike vote, and Grand Chief Hanahan. Of
| the fremen, may then make a strike
operative AT once by sanctioning it or
may veto it, the officials of the Erie Rail
road say there is nothing In the situation
to warrant strike talk, and the engineers.
who have begun their conferences with
the company, say there IS no chance of
any but a peaceful settlement OF their
| propositions
/ AS far as Chief Hanahan is concerned,
/ his intentions seemed 10 be locked In his
own breast to-day. His promised state
ment did not materialize, and he 'efused
/ 20 discuss the strike vote or anything
/ else.
! The version Of the letter which he ad-
m!ts having received from President Tn
to-day on behalf Of the company. dif-
/ fered radically from the version given by
/ Chief Hanahan on Saturday last, when
/ he announced that the strike poll had
| been ordered. He said then that Presi-
/ dent Underwood letter had confirmed a
/ refusal OF the demands OF the firemen by
/ General Manager Stuart, and that Mr.
/ Underwood had advised the fremen's com
mittee to 90 home and think over the
matter
Make SIX Months Agreement.
The adjustment committees of the fire.
/ men on the New York Central and the
! New York, New Haven and Hartford
reached an agreement with the COM
panies this afternoon as 10 the status
Of the fremeu who are 20 be employed
on the electric motors 10 be operated by
these roads.
The agreement reached was that the
new motors are 10 be operated for the
two companies for the next six months
by the engineers as If they were still
engineers, the firemen 10 be employed as
helpers. Al the end Of six months an
other conference is 10 be held ana a final
adjustment will be made. based on the
7
that I'm the final adjustment the mileage
for a day work viii be increased.
In few days conferences with the fire.
men and engineers will begin as 10 the
regular fall adjustment OF wages. This
viii have nothing TO do with the matters
discussed to-day General Superintend-
ent Smith. Of the Central. said he believed
he would reach an agreement with the
/ engineers and fremen as usual.
Adjusting Engineers Wages.
The adjustment committee OF the Erie
/ engineers began a series OF conferences as
10 wages and conditions with AS
/ sistant General Manager A. J. Stone, OF
| the Erie Railroad. at the Bowling Green
| Building. this afternoon. Il was said that
/ the conference may last several weeks.
At to-day's conference II was agreed 10
make the mileage system of payment
+ general Hitherto the mileage system had
+ been in vogue on some divisions and pay
ment by the day on others.
/ on behalf OF the company the following
/ statement was made.
There will be 900 OF 800 different rates
T Of payments 70 be adjusted. covering as
lmany different kinds Of work. This will
/ take considerable time. but the relations
| between the engineers and the company
are very cordial and the same sausfaC-
/ tory arrangements as in other years will
I be had"
Negotiations af PittsbuFg
/ PittsbUrg. Pa. Nov. Representative
/ OF the Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen
and Brotherhood Of Railroad Firemen are
still in conference relative 10 the demands
made on the Pennsylvania lines west for
/ wage increase.
4 c. B. Sawash. chairman Of the general
/ committee of the Brotherhood OF Railroad
I Trainmen. said the matter was now up
/ 10 the general manager Of the railroad.
/ Mr. Sawssh said the increase granted by
I the Pennsylvania Of 10 per cent to IT'S
employees would positively not be ac-
Cepted.