The Detroit times., 1912-04-22
$4,000 RAIL ENGINEERS
READY TO STRIKE IF THEIR
WAGES ARE NOT INCREASED
Michigan Central and Several
Other Lines in This State
Would Be Affected
TRUCE OVER AT 8 O'CLOCK
Conferences Are Being Held in
New York Between Magnates
and Union Officials
TRUCE OVER AT 8 O'CLOCK

NEW YORK, April 22.--The eastern
portion OF the United States was fac
ing today strike OF more than $4,000
locomotive engineers on all the rail-
roads north OF the Ohio river and east
OF Chicago.
Up at the Broadway Central hotel,
a score OF gray-haired men, were in
secret conference today. They were
the chiefs OF the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. Over In the Hud-
son Terminal building was another
group. Its members were fully as
earnest as the engineers. This was
the committee OF the general man
ayers Of the railroads.
The armistice between the roads
and the men was due TO expire at
$3.50 this afternoon. Unless the road
repres sentatives offered material con-
cessions before that hour, or apDeDed
to the government for arbitration un-
der the Erdman act, the engineers
said negotiations would be broken off
Then the division chiefs of the broth
erhood will rush to their stations and,
within three hours after they get
there which will probably be between
"a and sc hours, the strike order will
be issued.
1T looks bad" was all that Grand
Chief Stone, who will be in charge,
would say today.
Other engineers said they did not
see how a strike could be averted un-
less the companies recede from their
present position.
The following railroads would be af-
fected by the strike order:
Baltimore & Ohio, Bessemer & Lake
Erie, Boston & Albany, Boston q
Maine; Buffalo, Rochester q Pitts
burgh; Buffalo & SusQuehanna Gen.
trail New England; Chicago, Indianap-
oils & Louisville; Chicago, Terre
Haute & Southeastern: Chicago, In
diana & Southern; Cincinnati North
ern; Cincinnati. Hamilton G. Dayton;
Cincinnati, Chicago 4 st.
Louis; Coke & Coal Terminals; Della
ware g. Hudson; Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western: Detroit, Toledo &
Ironton: Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley Il
Erie Grand Rapids a. In
diana; Hooking Valley; Indiana Har-
bor Belt: indianapolis Union; Kama
wha & Michigan; Lake Erie & West
ern Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling;
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern:
Lehigh Valley: Long Island; Maine
Central; Michigan Central; New York
Central & Hudson River; New York,
Chicago & st. Louis; New York, New
Haven & Hartford New York, On
tario & Western; New York, Philadel-
pha a. Norfolk; New York, Susque-
hanna & Western; New Jersey & New
York: Pennsylvania Lines East;
Lines West; Pere Mar
luette Pittsburgh & Lake Erie;
Reading: Toledo & Ohio Central;
Toledo. ST. Louis & Western; Van
lalia Lines; Western Maryland;
Wheeling & Lake Erie; West Side
Belt Line; Wabash. Pittsburgh Ter
minal
The managers went into session
soon after 10 O'Clock, and 1t was an
nounced that statement would be
made later At that hour, the engi-
neers were in session and said that
it was the company's next move. Com
missioner of Labor Charles p. Neill
was in touch with both meetings. The
engineers fatty declared they had
nothing TO arbitrate, and If Neill was
10 be asked TO mediate 1t was up to
he railroads"