The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-18
NO STRIKE ON THE D., |. &W.
COMPANY AGREES TO ne Mound
~ CENTRAL ANIMATION.

?. 70. MerTissey and y. e. Ctark. Bath
EN-Omesrs 90 Railroad InIsns. 60
RallrSad's DeclsIoR 20 IIeId Fel-
lows I.sas Csnreseaees at srrantsa.
SCRANTON. Pa. April II. President W.
q. Lee Of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Trainmen announced at S.SO tonight that
che Lackawa1na road has agreed to abide
by the decisiou in the New York Central
arbitration. There will he no strike.
After the strike order calling upon
employees Of the d.. l.. A W. 20 90
out NJ midn light had bcen Issued here
by the federated board % engineera.
conductors and trainrnen General Super
intendent Thomas Y. Clarke OF the Lacka-
wanna ssnt for the members Of the board
and after a conference which lasted an
hour came 60 the agreement Messages
were az once sent 20 every point on the
road csncelling the strike order.
The settlement of the difficnlty cams
suddenly. Fairly this morning q pre-
liminary statement was issued by tho
federated board. consisting 81 NJ W.
Cadle. assistant chief 81 the Bro,hsr-
hood % Locomotive Engineers: c. A
Wilson. assistant president OF the Brother
hood 81 Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen; A. y. GArretson. president %
the Order Of Railroad Conductors. and
W. q. lee. president Of the Brotherhood
% Trainmen.
This statement was To prepare the msa
Tor the strike order that was 10 follow
late this afternoon the federated board
conveyed to- General Manager Clarke
the ultimAtum that IL the company did
not agree before O'Clock this evening
to accept the award OF the New York
Central arbitration . strike call would
he issued. 60 take effect At HES O'Clock.
Immediately a call was sent forth 70
every roundhouse on the road where
the engineers and conductors and train
Of the. brotherhood locals. for in every
city along the line the engineers. co.,
ductors and firemen were in session.
The grand officers Of the railway mon
were summoned at $50 O'Clock to tho
ONCE % General Superintendent Clarke.
After an hour they emerged and Mr..
lee. who was the spokesman IN the al.
sence Of President Garretson Of the con.
ductOrs. gave out the statement that
there would he no strike. that a can
collation. of tho strike order had Just
been wired to every point on the road.
Il have the documents hero IN my
pocket. said Lee. and I shall leave for
New York tonight to be on hand whso
the arbitration hearings begin
Mr. Lee declined to state the manner
in which the railroad company had ca
pitulated. Throughout the day the ten
sion was great Supt Clarke was in
his ONCE from early morning until go
O'clock.
Those who participated in the CONFER
ence which brought about the amicablo
settlement were J. 7. Downing and c. D.
Bennett. president and secretary of tho
district hoard of conductors; W. J. Walsh
and y II. Allen of the trainmen districe
board. J. =. Clark and Wilson Martin of
the district board Of engineers, G. p.
Huber and T.. G. Paul ~ the district en-
giDeers and fi-emen's board. and four
Representatives % the national bodies.
Mr. shepherd Of the conductors, Mr. Leo
of the trimmer. Mr. Wilson of the firsnen
and engineers. and MIR. Cadle Of tho
engineers.
The following statement was issued
last night by General Passenger Agent
George A. Cullen Of the IAckawannA:
Subject 70 the concurrence OF the arbi-
traitors com promise underst anding has
been rearhed between the lsackawmnnR
Railroad Company and it, conductors and
tTaininen whereby the Iaackawanna n 10
he represented In the New York Central
arbitration and he governed thereby
Nomeans could be found by the ofacisIn
Oi the railroad OF reaching the arbitratora.
p II. MOrTirsey and u. T.. Clark. but thsrs
was little doubt in the minds Of the men
that they will raise no objection to tho
lackawRnna being represented in the
arbitration.
The conductors and trainmsn In the
Hoboken yards appeared to be highly
pleased last night that there would bs no
strike. Many OF them admitted that they
did not want a strike. hut they said they
were ready to quit in case the strike had
gone into effect. some OF them pre-
dicted earlier In the day. the wish being
evidently father to the thought. that Q
settlement would be reached. one Of them
remarking:
Il don't think you1l So Q bis railroad
strike here. They'll come 20 terms and
no Eastern railroad wants a strike
The following was posted in the con-
ductors' room AZ Hobo<en last night:
Satisfactory settlement
strike order revoked
Pate settled nv faith
The smoke has cleared Awav
b GARRErsoN.
y W. CADLE.
a.. a WILsoS
wG Lar
The siEners are respectively rhs grand
master of the Order of Railroad Conduc-
e.,yn sha sis,s sKrand rr,nafaua ~ tia Rrofhar-