New-York tribune., 1906-11-10
MAY BE ERIE STRIKE
CONFERENCE FRUITLESS.
Appeal to Underzrood-Trouble fo1
Other Roads also.

| The demands OF the grievance committee OF the
! fremen on the Erie Railroad for an advance IN
wages or what considered to be equivalent
| to 10 per cent advance were refused oy Gen-
eral Managesr Stuart yesterday. after conferences
lasting several days. The grievance committees
OF the fremen freight handlers have also made
demands. but they are for readjustment or con-
ditions.
| The conferences took place In the office Of Mr.
Stuart In the Bowling Green Building. Grand
Chief Hanrahan OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen who has been In town several days. sent
letter in reference to the demands to the OF
ffcials Of the company yesterday. when the fire.
mems committee went TO Mr.. Stuart After the
conference. at which the demands were refused,
ove- the committee went TO the broadway
Central Hotel. where the grievance committees
of the men on number Of the railroads are stay
ing and conferred with Mr.. Hanrahan
me members OF the committee were angry and
said they would ask for conference with Presi-
dent Underwood OF the Erie. Mr. Underwood
however. is known to have been In touch with the
sitaution right along and, though he would prob
ably be willing to see the committee. It is not be-
lieved that he would overrue Mr.. Stuart He Is to
60 to Chicago to-day.
After yesterdays conference Mr. Stuart made
the following statement:
was approached by a committee OF the irerlen
a reduction of working hours, which practically
to appoint suBeommittee H to Confer with an
sistant With view to comparins ths hes scdes deGr 0
into the matter carefully we found that. our pay
companies. and higher than IN most cases. !
then told the men that the condition OF anairs OF
raise in wages and said greatly regretted that
we could not come TO an agreement
Chief Hanrahan, when seen at the Broadway Cen
trail Hotel, would not talk about the demands or
what to be the outcome He made the
admission that he had received letter from Pres-
dent Underwood, but would not make public IT'S
contents 1t was ascertatned. however, that the
hat ha
should not act In a hurry. that the general condi-
tions as TO the demands all the railroads were
vague and that IL would take some time to learn
the probable action of the Othe- railroads
The alternative proposition made by the officials
OF the Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Railway
Comnanv 10 the demands Of the grievance COM
rnittee OF its engineers 1t was learned yesterday.
has been rejected by the committee The commit
tee will have it's final conference with the oncais
OF the company today at No. 2S Exchange Place
President w II. Truesdale said yesterday. when
asked it trouble was likely;
Considering the propositions we made to tho
engpeers n bera nere EISn % none mS TO be sH
no road on which conditions are better.
He said that he expected the grisvance commit
tees of the other branches 20 make demands. There
is a general tendency ALI 10 demand mora
wages
J. E. Clarke. chairman Of the grievance
mittee of the Delaware, Lackawanna * Western
s VIII MoPd b dS1 gt 5Sy nS SS mst as
reached to-day, IL is understood that tho lie
mands were for increase In wages and that the
alternative proposition was equivalent TO smaller
increase.
The grievance committee OF the telegraphers OF
the New York Central Railroad Company began a
conference yesterday at the Grand Central Station
with A. H. Smith. the general manager. ov$r It's
demands. requests" they called
MIR smith said that the engineers fremen train
men and conductors had not scheduled their
quests. but that their committees are expected
next week He was asked ii the company favored
giving increase In wages, and replied that Il
trouble
Representatives OF the men employed by several
other railway companies at the Broadway
Central Hotel last night. According to a repra-
sentative OF the Order OF Railway Trainmen, Grand
Master MOrrissey OF the trainmen had gone 10
Reading and, by the threat OF strike. Induced
General Superin tendent Dice TO grant an increase
of 20 per cent 10 all trainmen the Reading road
receiving less than 500 a month. This doubted
by some OF the others, they said they had heard
nothing officially about It.