Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-01
Conferences Now Being Held
With Company Officials Of
Most Bic Lines.
HAVE NO FEAR OF ANY TROUBLE
New Jersey Central Employees Are In
terested and Pennsylvania and Le-
high Valley Are Expected to Join
the Movcment---C Conductors, Engi-
neers, Firemen, Traininen and EN-
plOyes on Tugs Are Concerned.

general movement has been
started among the employees of the
eastern railroads to ask for a read
justment of the wage system, in
volving increases of wages and In
some cases the eight-hour Sworkday
Conferences are being arranged with
the officials of eastern roads and
some conferences are in progress
now.
These conferences are held every
year on some of the roads as regu-
lar thing, but this year they are more
numerous. The principal organiza-
tions concerned are the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, Brother.
hood of Locomotive Firemen, Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen and Or
der of Railway Conductors. The lines
involved in the east up to the pres
ent are the New York Central, Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western and
Central Railroad of New Jersey. 1t
is expected that demands will also
and other systems.
Conferences have been held be-
tween committees of the men on the
Central Railroad of New Jersey ami
General Superintendent Huntington
in the Central building in Liberty
street, New York, and in Communi-
paw. Requests have been made for
readjustment of wages, which
means an increase on behalf of the
baggagemen, telegraphers and freight
conductors.
President TruesdaIe's Statement.
President William H. Truesdale of
the D., l.. & w. has agreed to meet a
committee representing the employees
today. He said last night:
81 have agreed to meet a commit
tee of the men today in my Office at II
in the forenoon. AS understand Il,
some questions are to be put before
me relating to raise of wages and
the readjustment or shortening Of
the hours of work. There is no rea-
son to suppose there will be any trou-
ble The engineers and possibly the
firemen, ! understand, have propo-
sitions :. to submit The committee
conferred with other officials of the
company but was not satisfied with
the result and decided to bring the
matter before me-"
Vice President and General Man
ager William G. Besler of the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey said there
had been conferences and that the
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neers next. The relations between
the company and the men were very
cordial, he said.
Conferences Arranged.
Conferences have been arranged
between representatives of the men
on the New York Central and the
officials relative to readjustment of
wages and shorter hours. General
Superintendent G. f. Smith said thai
the men would be received not as rep
resentatives of the unions but as en-
ployes. He also said that he ex-
pected no trouble.
Demands were made few days
ago on all the railroad companies OF
Grating tug-boats or steam lighters
in New York harbor by the New YORK
local of the American Association of
Masters, Mates and Pilots for an ad-
vance i'll wages averaging $40 a
month. Luther B. Dow, general coun-
sci for the association, said last even
| ing that the demands were made in
| the form of requests, that most OF
the companies had granted them and
that the rest would follow suit.