Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-18
STRIKE IS UNLIKELY
Conferences on Pennsylvania
Troubles Bearing Fruit.
Meeting THIS AFTERNOON
President Lee Says Chances Of Set.
Element Are Good.
NEGOTIATIONS WILL GO ON
Wage Schedule to Be Submitted to
General Manager of Lines
West Of Pittsburg.
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON
NEGOTIATIONS WILL GO ON

PHILADELPHIA, July 1S.-The meet
ing between General Manager Myers of
the Pennsylvania railroad and the 12O
representatives of the company's con-
ductors and trainmen on lines east of
Pittsburg lasted from II am. to 80 pm.
W. G. Lee. president of the 1rainmen' s
Union, said on leaving the Pennsylvania
railroad building:
Several apparent misunderstanding,
or whatever you want to call them, have
been cleared up I won't say whether
concessions have been made by us or by
the company. but our subcommittee prob
ably will meet Mr.. Myers this afternoon
or tomorrow
Mr.. Kapp, who acts az chairman Of the
conductors and trainmens' joint commit
tees, said:
I'VE have cleared away the misunder-
standings and now hope to fix things up
committee will meet at $50 for the pur-
pose Of instructing the committee, which
is to meet General Manager Myers
later 8
Everything Satisfactory.
In a later talk Mr.. Lee said: Every
thing Is satisfactory and there is every
chance for settlement. The subcommit-
tee, which will consist of sixteen men,
will continue the negotiations with Mr..
Myers
According to Mr.. Lee, Mr.. Myers said
he would meet the men as many times as
they desired. in order that the matter
might be fully cleared up, and that II the
men would only give him an hours no
tice their request for another meeting
would be granted.
PITTSBURG, Pa. July 1s.-It is prob
able that the day will bring forth a
settlement of the question whether
men on the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg are to strike or to reach
agreements with their employers. The
third conference which the committee
of the men have held with General
Manager G. l. Peck was arranged for
o'clock this afternoon.
The previous meetings. according to the
men, have been encouraging, and accord
ing to L. E. Sheppard. vice president of
the Order of Railway Conductors, an in
timation was given that at least a portion
of the mems demands would be con-
coded
The union officials would not say this
morning whether they would accept COM
promises.
1t is presumed that the result of the
may be known before the conference
here, and it is likely that that result will
have considerable effect on the western
situation.
Vital Issue Taken Up.
"Our two previous meetings with Gen
eral Manager Peck have been but elimi-
ma tion conferences. and today for the
first time the vital wage issue comes
up said Chairman Carlton of the COM
mittee just before today's meeting with
Mr. Peck. IF negotiations are not sud-
denly broken off by the company, which
is not probable. We are likely to devote
the whole week to similar conferences
with Mr.. Peck
The committee spent the morning in
preparing a wage schedule for submits
sion to the general manager. The de-
mand is, as previously announced, chiefly
for a ten-hour day, with the same pay
as now given for the eleven and twelve
hours runs, SO that under the ten-hour
day the long-run men would receive over
time for an hour or two which is now
included in their regular work day
kITTANEING, Pa, July 1S.-Sherif
Thomas Shanor of Armstrong county to-
day swore In forty deputies at the re-
quest of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to have them in readiness to pro-
tect railroad property in the event of a
strike.