The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-18
STILL HOPE TO AVERT STRIKE
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deavor To bring about an amicable al.
justment IL the differences between a.,
conductors and trarnmen and the Penn
sylvRnia Railroad another meeting viii
be held ia the Offices of General Manages
Myers at n o'clock tomorrow morning.
" will be attended 10y the general COM
mittee Of the conductors and trainmen.
That the employees do not want n
strike is evident. and they ara doing all
in their power to bring about an adjust
ment. II was at their instigation that
the meeting 10 he held Tomorrow was
arranged.
That there has been 4 mIsunderstand-
ing IL generally admitted and one OF the
objects OF the meeting tomorrow Is tn
correct that Misunderstanding.
4 am a sphinx to-day" said Presidents
0arretson, when asked what would he
discussed at the meeting tomorrow. Z
don't know just what will come up. We
certainly do not want strike 10 one can
be avoided and will do all in ourpower To
prevent one. We made demands THAI
we think are fair and we want thsm
granted
President lee Of the traInmen saed
that one OF the propositions that mighs
he preached at the meeting Tomorrow
morning would be fer scale OF sa.os for
40 miles and an additional 80 3 cents for
every ten miles thereafter.
i simply say that that IL a disAissabis
proposition said Mr.. Lee. 'and could
not saw for sure that it will be preached
at the meeting
IL IL generally believed that a great
deal depends upon the outcome Of a
meeting 10 be held in Pittsburg Tomorrow
morning, which will be- attended hv
General Manager Peck. acting for a."
Pennsylvania lines west Of Pitt.bur...
and representatives Of the trainmen ami
conductors. Union leaders from u,
lines west came here on saturday AMI
conferred with Presidents Garrcrsnu and
Lee. and u ~ believed that plan Of
procedure was mapped out al thai tim,
and thar the visit 81 the Western rrt
was responsible for the rrupar.uc u.
negotiations here
AZ the offices Of the railroad TO-DAY D..
was said that all plans had becu muG" %
insure the running Of trains even II ih,
trainmen do walk ont II was said thai
the company would he able to Law i'g
hands on enough men To operate iis traIus.
Anticipating the possibility of a -trIh..
the officials both east and west Of Pitts.
burg have not been idle and at Philadc..
phia, Pittsburg. Harrisburg amt Altoona
arran gemen,s have been made for mer 80
take the places OF the conductors ard
traumen in the event that strik. ~
finally declared. In this connection u n
said that the sherifs Of counties through
which the line runs have been notified ~
have a sufficient force Of deputies To pre-
vent any possible destruction Of property.
rHnor was IN circulation to-day -
the effect that locomotive engineers in
tho employ Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road are about 20 demand an Increase IN
wages. but the rumor could not ba verb
fled President Garretson Of the con-
ductors said that he had heard 81 no such
In the first place. he added.
the engineers have no connection a. an
body with tho conductors or
the trairmen and therefore | know ~
nothing 81 what might be done by thsrn.
Even II ! did would not be in position
to CIV" ont any Information
q VI Wilson. assistant president 81 the
Brotherhood 81 Locomotive Engineers,
was IN Philadelphia on Friday and con-
ferred with Lee and Garretson The lat
Ter said that the talk was general and had
nothing To do with the possibility ~ the
m gineers or hremen walking ont IL the
rainn.n decided 70 do 80.
PIrrsBURG. July ~ There il marked
Ineasnes% here tonight over the strike
PROSPECTS on the Pennsylvania All dav
thousands Of workmen hung about the
Yards and roundhou-es and IL il under
stood at midnight that "A strike AZ day
break or not later than noon Tomorrow
nav De expected Late tonight the union
abroad men ~er" still meeting in their
iiferent headquarters and no secret ~
made Of the fact that AN immediate strike
la- been advised 10y many inside the
meetings. There il a joint meeting ba-
ween employers and workrnen scheduled
or 10 A VI tomorrow and IT IL likely
he men will hold off until after thai
Meeting
sheriff Judd II Brrn 81 Pi,tsburg to-day
that he would not consider
{ his duty to protect men whom the
brought in to take the place 81
striking workm"n, sheriff Brun admitted
hat he was nov ready 10 swear IN 81
leputy sherifrs al the first - gns u trouble
,ut added.
i will lie prepared for any emergency
which may require the protection IL
property in event Of strike. but this
ioes hot include the protection - tho me-
yho will take the places of the -trIkir.
yorkm-n. wish this point mGie very
lear aud haN" emphasized ~ to tho rail.
oSI people II there ~ TO l.. "A strIt-
iere will be on hand TO prs;ect property
nd Will protect It fully. hut | viii not
,ermit my men 10 b- usel a. guards f,r
TRANCE men coming To tax" tn. places %
l-sstisfie workmen
i do not propose To permit any moi
4 strikers or otherwise To- get STAR
IA me. II ! see there il bound To w..
rOubl". where property II thrca'areI
will act ~ a manner calculated - dIs-
ourag" ANY further trouble | have
old INV Geput"- who will b" leaders Of
nv squads what | intend them TO d1