The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
YARD STRIKE is DUE TO-DAY.
THE pennsylvania GETS A DE-
LAYED ULTIMATUM.

Grand Master MorrIsey TO Have . Talk To-
day with the General Managers. but
Hal No Authority 20 Lessen the De-
mands-State Mediator on Hand.
The officials Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road sent a communication yesterday to
the committee of the trainmen in the local
division OF its yards to the effect that the
yard brakemen and conductors in the New
York district would receive the sameadvance
as is offered by the other roads. namely,
four cents an hour. The officials there
upo got the same ultimatum as the other
roads received, giving them until noon
to-day to grant the advance OF five cents
an hour or face a tieup.
Grand Master P. H. Morrisey OF the
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen will
be here this morning in response to a re-
quest from the General Managers Assoc
citation and will have a conference with the
general managers this forenoon at the
Jersey Central Building, las Liberty street.
On the result OF this conference will de-
pend whether or not traffic will be tied up
through the remainder OF the Christmas
season in h local yards Of eight railroads.
According to the officials OF the train
men, Grand Master Morrisey sanctioned
the ultimatum and the only agreement
will be the granting of the demands.
Michael j. Reagan, industrial mediator
Of the State Department OF Labor, visited
yesterday the office Of W. @. Besler, chair
man OF the General Managers Association.
to offer his services as a mediator. The
message Of the managers to Grand Master
Morrisey. however, had nothing to do with
hSa OMAR IL lfl Mt a,noaad Ia tnfavuiaU-
ing n Of the representatives of the yard
men. Fourth vice-Grand Master Murdoch
said yesterday that no offer OF arbitration
would be accepted anyway. no matter
from source it came.
when a strike ultimstum Ia ordered
he said, "the time for mediation or arbitra-
ton is over. Every means Of settling the
trouble amicably is tried first. When We
send out an ultimstum like the one we
sent out we mean h we say and there
Can be no further temporizinR The
Pennsylvania Railroad kept us until to-day
waiting for its answer TO our demand.
II offers us four cents an hour and has
received the same ultimatum as the other
roads.'
While he was talking he received a long
telegram in cipher from Grand Master
Morrisev. After d~eciphering il by the aid
Of a key he said that-Mr. Morrisey was
coming here, but that the message did not
change the situation. He was asked IL
Grand Chief Morrisey could not override
the strike ultimatum or set il back pending
further negotiations.
The grand masters authority is, OF
course. supreme, but he has not ever limited
at anything Of the kind, he replied. Every
thing has been lone that is provided for
in the constitution Of my organization and
it has been done with the approval and
sanction Of the grand master. He would
be going back on himself IL he overruled
anything Of the kind. l never knew him
doing anything Of the kind"
Murdoch thought that there might not
be a strike. Everything he said was
prefaced by the words If a strike takes
place. He was asked what grounds he
had for thinking that the strike would not
take place and replied;
Il am inclined to think hat good sense
will prevail among the managers n that
they will avert a strike by granting the
demand That is all the grounds l have and
il is only supposition. Hope am right"
Though the ultimatum gives the man
ayers until noon only 10 grant the demand
the strike will probably go into effect about
midnight.