The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-15
STRIKE TALK is DYING OUT.
RAILRO an CONFERENCES ARE
PROCEEDING PEACEFULLY.
rhe Militant Goes west. but
He'll Re Bac On The J0b In n Few
Days -EIectrIncstiOo % the Erie sub
urban Lines COmplicates the Problem.

There was little left Yesterday Of the
strike talk among the representatives of
the employees Of the railroads at the Broad
way Central Hotel which was started lat
week by the warlike declaration OF Grand
Grief Hannahan of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive FIemen relative to n strike Of
the Erie firemen. He has indulRed in no
strike predictions for the last two days.
He left New York yesterday for Peoria,
H., and will not be back until tomorrow
lr Saturday. Before he went away he
said hat he was going to attend to some
personal business. He continued:
Matters are in such shape that | can
easily leave the city for the present, but
/ will be back az soon az | have arranged
some meetings. Indications are that there
will not he any trouble"
II was said that Mammalian may see Presi-
dent Underwood of the Erie before he comes
back. He declined to show the letter from
President Underwood about which there
has been such a difference OF opinion, and
said the vote as to a strike would be in when
he got back.
The general idea concerning the vote
which was going the rounds yesterday was
that il was not for the purpose of ordering
a strike. but simply to ascertain how the
men stood az to the demands. n il is in
favor of enforcing the demands Hannahan
will be guided by It in his future movements
but could sanction a strike later if he,
thought it ~expedient.
Meantime the railroad companies are
proceeding as if there had been no strik e
talk. There was a Irimor that rhe wages Of
al tha ynoy, NJ tho forpntpa la of tho ruilrnoAa
at Jersey City are likely to be Increased
soon, This. however, was in contempla-
ton before there was any suggestion of a
STRIKE @.
Grand Chief Warren =. Stone Of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers left
the city late on TUESDAY night. leaving
Assistant Grand Chief Hurley in charge.
The latter said that the engineers wanted
the eight hour workdsy OF the slow freight
trains.
at could be easily arranged" he said,
"by adding to the - eed Of the slow freight
trains. Those which rlod along at ten
miles an hour could have their 81 eed in
creased to twelve miles by draw ing lew er
carr"
In reference to statements that there
was a national federation of railway EN-
ployees and that a STRIKE could not taxi q
place in one branch without taking place
in all, he said:
Il believe there wac such a federation
some years ago, but il does not exist now
There may be some systems that are feder-
ated. but each branch has its own methods.
If there is n strik q in one branch 1t dOtS not
follow by any means that the memt ers Of
the other brotherhoods would strih p. |
see no signs Of a strike in the present situa-
ton, however
The adjustment COMMITTEES of the en-
gineerS of the New York Central began
yesterday their conferences with the Off
=. n - $500 II
that Chairman Watson Of the committee
would say yesterday was that he believed
everything would be satisfactorily adj
justed.
The Erie engineers continued their con-
f~erences with Assistant General Manager
Stone Of the Erie in the Bowling Green
Building. II was said on behalf of the
Erie Railroad that il was considering plans
for the elect %rlcatiou of the suherban llres
in New Jersey. The statement continued:
There will be about 275 miles Of these
lines which will be electrified. No ar
rangement can be made until the plans
are under way for the employment OF the
force 10 run them. The engineers may
he employed "a motermen. blu IN the case
OF an old engineer and a young fireman
the latter would have the best chance of
becoming a motorman. as a young man
could learn a new ~ stem as a rule much
more easily than an old man. An engineer
who has ! cen forty wears at the throttle
world find il hard to learn a radically new
system. No one could possll ly forsee
at the present time exactly what proper
ton Of the men could be- employed under
the electric ~ stem. as he change in the
conditions will lie a new proposition which
cannot Re settled Theoretically
The railroad emplo eee who are at the
Broadva, Central Hotel reported last night
that the fremen on the divisions on the
Erie lire from Port Jervis to : r-nuehanr a
ard from SrsoueharT a to Hornell had voted
unanimously for a strike.