Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-19
REVISION AFTER CAMPAIGN
RAILROADS HOLD OFF ACTION
ON RATES AND WAGES.
Will Let Troublesome Questions Rest
Pending Result Of Election-Em-
ployers' Liability Law.

PAUL SMITHS. N. Y. August 19.-t
was definitely concluded at a conference
of railway men here yesterday to postpone
any action. upon freight rates or wages
until after the national campaign.
The representatives of the traffic depart
ments of the railroads were not present
and the conference was devoted almost
exclusively to plans for the examination
of employees of railroads to determine
their physical fitness to avoid injury TO
themselves and to guard against accidents
In which others may be injured.
Railroad Men There.
Those present at the conference were
c. E. Schaff. vice president in charge OF
the operating department OF the Ne"
York Central lines west OF Bunaio' A. II.
Smith. vice president and general man
ager of the New York Central lines east
of Buffalo: D. c. Moor. general manager
of the Lake Shore; ]. Q. Van WlnKie' gen
eral manager Of the c.. C.. L. ana 81.
Louis: r. II. L'Hommedieu. general man
ager of the Michigan Central: Z. w.
Hotchkss. general manager OF tne mi
cago. Indiana and Southern: J. w. Hustls.
assistant general manager OF the Boston
and Albany; P. E. Crowley. assistant gen.
eral manager of the New York Central:
George T. Travis. general manager or the
Rutland: 1. A. Place. vice president OF the
New York Central and OF the Hu anara;
counsel Of the New York Central lines;
L. j. Hackney general counsel of the Big
Four; John B. Cockrum. general attorney
of the Lake Erie and Yves . n; Henry
Russell general counsel of the Michigan
Central: Mr.. Hill. chief claim agent Of the
Lake Erie and Western: Judge f. L.
Glennon, general attorney of the Chicago,
Indiana and Southern; J. F. Deems. gen.
eral superintendent Of motive power and
machinery Of the New York Central;
Chief Surgeons L. B. Coley. New York
Central: L. NJ. Bingham, Rutland rail-
road: F. E. Pierce Lake Shore: Kellogg
Speed Chicago, Indiana and Southern;
Dr. Leseure, Michigan Central. and DR..
Ford of the Big Four.
Discuss Liability Law.
The conference took place in the offices
Of w. c. Brown, senior vice president of
the New York Central, In the Casino at
Paul Smiths. and was presided over by
Mr. Brown who invited the railway men
here. The new employers liability law,
as it affects the railroads. was explained
in remarks made by A. H. Harris, vice
president and general counsel of the
New York Central lines: Henry Russell,
chief counsel of the Michigan Central;
L. ]. Hackney, general counsel Of the Big
Four: John B. Cockrum. general attorney
of the Lake Erie and western. ana Judge
Glennon, general attorney of the Chicago,
Indiana and Southern.
The application Of the new law to the
railroads was discussed. and then fol-
lowed experiences and accounts of exam
nations made by surgeons Of men who
have met with accidents while in the serv-
ice of the railways. DR.. l.. B. Coley Of
the New York Central. DR.. L. NJ. Bing-
ham of the Rutland DR.. E. F. Pierce of
the Lake Shore, DR.. Kellogg Speed of the
4 Ilv
LIS cure of the Michigan Central, chief
surg cons Of the respective systems, spoke.