New-York tribune., 1912-04-30
COMMERCE BOARD WON'T
SERVE AS ARBITRATOR
Nor Will Grand Chief Stone OF
the Engineers Agree to
Railroads Plan.
COMMITTEE OF 7 SUGGESTED
Union Men Censure Stone for
Long Delay in Settling Diff
culties with the
Employers

9ui PiOJ VIZ
| The managers .commit,ee Tor the
! railroads issued a statement early thlS
morning in which it summed up the STU
/ alton with regard 10 the demands OF the
| brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as
follows:
! The mediators are endeavorinS to find
some other solution. and to this end meet
/ Ings with the interested parties were cor
/ tnued throughout the day. Late TINS eIeI-
/ Ing the conference committee Submlttel 10
/ the mediators an alternative propOsltit ~
| providing for commission OF seven; one
! each to represent the railroads ahd lh"
! engineers. and these two to select nVe ui.i-
pires In the event that these representa-
| lives fail to agree on the fiVe u'npieS:
| The la tier are TO be appointed by the th,rf
Justice Of the United States
The managers in their statement tell
| of the disastrous results which would
result from strike. the enormous adj
dlton to operating expenses involved in
! the demands" and the delay the roads
would be forced To undergo in the way OF
! improvements. Continuing, it says:
| The managers committee for the ,ail-
| roads has accepted the friendly offices
! profTered by the government medlators,
! Messrs knarp and N"ill, end mas ptei
| agreeable 20 ar.'itration. with me unn"I
standing lha, here should 20 APPOINTED
commission OF sufficient numbers ana
! standing properly TO consider the important
questions at Issue.
Under the law the lnterstai" CommtrC"
Commission is made the arbitrator Det"cei.
the shippers and the railroads IN All cas"s
v here differences arise. The commission
! thus controls the railroads r'Venu'a
| through the rate-makiDg power and larseIE
controls their cNpeHCituTcS through the ap-
minlstratior of the safety appliance acI acIs
and other railroad legislation. nu'I th'S'
conditions the deStinies or the raiIToaus ar
absolutely m the hands ot the comm M
while IN" responsibility for safe ana en-
clcnt results still rests vain ihe iha"ds'
ments Of the roads, and II ~ Certalhiy no'
unrca soma bic that this tribunal Shol'u -.
lie "A controversy which Involves thc pttS-
tion Of Whether or not the nubllc III tuS
great territory shall for a time be deprive"
altogether Of railroad facilities.
The committee o. managers thereioTe
recommended TO the medstors that the In
terstata Commerce Commission De re-
uuested TO act az arbitrator OF me en-
Cineers' demands ard to consider all tartS
as regards the ability or otherwise OF lhe
railroads to pay NOR" wages L" then 'nl
ploycs. and also to provide facilities ana
ga fety appliances alleged 10 ne necessary
TO meet the demands of the public.
The proposition OF the comlnitte" on hidn-
ayers for the railroads was submitted 10
the Interstate Commerce commission, aiu %
also to MI. stone, OF III" 'IlEil'''' "i'''
mediators state that they have been ad-
yiscd that the Interstate commerce 'oih-
mission declines % serve ~ afpHrIlo' III
the case. and that Mr.. stone mas l,l'.,, alsn rr,
fused 10 accept tue Interstate '"U''''''''
Commission As arbitrator.
Trouble Among Engineers.
hood OF Locomotive Engineers took the nit
In its teeth Yesterday and let II h" known
tha, the engineers believed that the time
for action had conc and H." time for con-
f,rring over
This committee held an all day session
at the headquarters of the engineers IN the
broadway Central Hotel yesterday, ana
about tho middle Of IN" day IL was re-
ported that they sent for Warren : stone.
the grand chief Uf the Brotherhood. ana
told him that the long drawn out neso-
tiations proceeding under the auspices OF
Judge Knapp and United. States Labor
Commissioner Neil were nothing but one
more move in the gam" of delay which has
been going on since January %, whcu tho
engineers first framed their demands
NJ. ". Cadlc Stones assistant, when this
was nut up 10 him last night. refused to
deny that the committee had censured
Stone.
ported interview with the engineers com
mittcc. Stone was quoted having told
Commissioner Nei that he wanted e"tion'
Il am dissatisfied with what l think -
prccrastination. an the part ~ tn railroad
managers" was the way Mr.. stone was
quoted. II think they are simply attempt
ing To gain time. and unless they have
definite proposition to-day ! will demand
that one be submitted before noon to-inor-
row. II they do not come forth with fulI'
formulated plan by then, | Will take a'-
ton
Commissioner Noil said that he had not
received any such message from stone
hut it was noted that Immediately follow
ing the publication Of stones words the
government mediators announced night
sessions for the first tim" sine" tic n"go-
tiations began. last Tuesday
The railroad managers met with tom
missioner Ncill and Judge Knapp ycster