Arizona republican., 1912-04-23
One of the Greatest Tie-ups i'll the History of the Country Seems
 Likely.
SLIGHT HOPE FOR
 ANY ADJUSTMENT
All the Roads East of Chi cago and North of the Potomac Would Be
 Affected.
ASS0cidfcd Press Dispatch l

NEW YORK, April 22-A tender of friendly offices by the government called a temporary halt tonight to ! the strike of railroad engineers in the i territory east of Chicago and north | of the Potomac Is is estimated 52 J per cent of the railroad traffic of the entire country is handled in this ter ritory- Mediation by federal officials came immediately after the refusal i Of the board of managers of fift> railroads to concede the engineers de- mands for d fifteen per cent increase in wages when Chief Warren S Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers had announced that in view of this refusal. a strike of the engineers would go into effect within 1 thirty-six hours. Knowing the situ- alton had reached a critical stage Martin \. Knapp, presiding justice of ! the United States commerce court. and Charles F. Neill. commissioner of labor hurried here from Washington. | As soon as the break occurred they addressed q letter both to Chief Stone and J. C. stuart. chairman of the conference committee of railroad ] managers. declaring that d grave sit uation had arisen and q sense of duty impelIed them to tender their friend ly offices" in the hope that some means might be found To adjust the matters in dispute without the calam- ity of d general strike. Although Chief Stone a few minutes before. had declared his associates on the en- gireers' committee would proceed to- might at their headquarters tJ prepare
 for the strike he was impressed with the letter of Knapp and Nein to the leXtent that he amended the order. The committee met and voted to accept
 the proposal for mediation. He said:
 No organization is 50 strong that it can fail to harken to an appeal from representatives of the federal government"
 Chairman Stuart. of the railroad committee received the letter from
 Knapp and Neiu but would not com ment on the position the railroads would take as to the tender of medi- , alton He immediately ordered a meeting of the committee for tomor- row to consider the proposal IT this manner the crisis rested tonight It is still regarded by many observers
 as critical. but by others ds prom ising some sort Of adjustment,
 NEW YORK. April 22.-Chief en-
 gineer Stone announced late today, strike of the engineers on fifty rail
 roads east of Chicago and north O . 1 the Potomac will become effectivr 36 hours hence. Later he announced < he had received d letter from labo
 
 rendering their friendly offices in tn hope of averting a strike. He sai' , he would lay it before the committee
 of engineers tonight. He said m I reply would be made tonight. now
 ever. and would not comment on tn
 probable outcome.
 Railroads affected by the strike in clude the Baltimore and Ohio: tn , Boston and Albany; Boston an
 Maine: Central New England; Chi
 cago. Indianapolis and Louisville
 Chicago, Terre Haute anu Southeast ern: Chicago. Indiana and Southern C Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton | Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago and S 0 Louis: Delaware, LackaWanna an J 1 Western: Erie. Lake Erie anl West q ern: Lake Shore and Michigan South ? ern: Lchish Valley; Maine Central e Chicago Central: New York Centra e and Hudson River; New York. Chica e go and St Louis; New York, Ne' s Haven anJ Hartford; New York, On
 tario and Western New York. Phila
 deIphia and Norfolk; New York, Su4
 iuuehanna and western PeansylNani
 Lines. East and West of Pittsburgh # Pere Marquette; Reading system; To
 1edo. St. Louis and Western, Van
 idaIia: Western Maryland; Wheelin n and Lake Erie; Wabash, Pittsburg II terminal.
 O The list includes virtually all e> Y. cept three railroads in the Ierritor j.; roughly described as East of Chicag it and north of the Potomac river. I'll Q. three exceptions are: The Centri n Railroad of New Jersey, whose COT t, tract with the engineers does n' r. expire until June and the Cen~r 1t Vermont anu Rutland railroads IS Vermont. which have an adequa le 1 agreement