The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
LACKAVAENA'S MEN SAY NO
TNDH sTIONS THlT 4 STRIkE
~ TRI!NWEN ~ Mar.
E:Inplss se~ Refuse 10 NrOIIrats aRd Give
NsIIee ThaI Ihc Read Must P,-sise IT,
.rH 90 Necept the Result &C the New
Vert CrntraI'S Wage ArbtIraItaa.

! 0srk GrniraIS Vase NrbtiraI,sa.
There were Indications last night that
a strike un the I.ark aw anna railroad 10
near az hand
/ The oher oG the officials oT the IAcLa-
wanna Railroad To arbitrats the demands
oT its trainmen and conductors having
been rejected by Grand Master Ga rretsOn
~ the Conductors. Grand Master Lee Of
the trainmen and the grievance COM
mittess of its tFainmen and conductors.
who will only agree to the wages the New
York Central arbitrator will award. a
statement was issued last evening by the
railroad explaining it, position The
statement also gives the correspondents
on The subject with the heads Of the
organizations Of conductors. II says
that the baltimore and Ohio granted an
advance 81 per cent and the D.se~ars.
IackRwanna and Western offered the
same advance.
The statement also says that General
Manager 7. D.. Clarke ~ the laackawanna
IN April u sent letter To the grand
masters and the committees 81 the train
men and conductors explaining the com
pany's Position:
We have of-red to grant TO our men
an increase of per cent. in their wages
This Won advise has bsen refused We
now UHer to arbitrtts. they to select am
arbitrator. we 20 select one the two tn s
4 sel,.ctod 90 choose third. A majority
decision Ia govern This - 4 far PROPOSE
sion: We desire that our men A. well ~
the public 30 advised th@reof
This reply 10 tins proposition ~ thsn
gwen
As the. proposition has already been
submitted t. vour men and a. 7O7 Out
II total of s54 union and n,'n union
, smplovse. In the classes We represent
have sid thew prefer To retire from the
service Of the Iackawanna Railroad
Company rather than accept less than
hes already l,,..n granted On three lsading
lines IN the territory IN. committees
absolutely and unanim pusly refuse TO
accept your offer. but We are resldV now.
re- they were this afternoon. to accept
the award of the arbitratorS A. already
rho=s.fi On the New York Central Railway
under an agreement signed with the
general manager ~ that property and
th.t wall apply the rates and rules fixed
by the tribunal GA the IackawannR pre-
cisely - on the Central no more. no less.
The final position taken bv the com
pany in a letter sent to lee and Garretson
ssyu that the rnilroad will either arDitrats
directly with the men ~ pro-
posed by General Manager Clarke. or will
await the New York Central arbitration
and then determine a. to il Application
70 the IEckawanna
report reached this city last nigh,
10 ID. effect that Grand Master W q. Lee
II the Brotherhoosi e Trainmen. who
! was IN scranton Pa had said that a
strk" of the trainmsn and conductors
/ on the l.ackAwanna railroad mIght take
place within forty eight hours. The
Order of Railroad Conductors and the
( Bror herhood Of Ra,lroad Tra'nmen a."
I federated. 20 that the members 81 both
! ORGANIZATION always strike together.
I SCRANToN. Pa. April - strike nn
the I-acka wanna seems sur" - b~gin
within furty-eigh' hours. II General
Sup.rInt-rdsnt = D. CLARK" continues
} his refusal - accept IN sdvanCe the de-
cisiOn II th.. arbitra'ors in the New York
. Ceutr.il ca~. as binding upon the l.acka-
wanna there will be a strike
The men say th" questions at ISSUE on
tha New York central are Identical with
those On the IAckawanna.
! Vic,.-Presdeut VI. " Cadet % the
brotherhood 81 Engineers - expected
here Tomorrow II be approves the
4 Endorsement gwen 10 the demands ~
! the trainmsn and conductors by the
eugin-ers a strike will begin az once.