The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-08
WANT STRAUS TO REMAIN
AS CHIEF ARBITRATOR.
Engineers DO Not Believe NOmi-
nation should Affect Wage
Hearings.
BELIEVE IN HIS FAIRNESS
Brotherhood Objects to Paying
for Half the Cost Of Rail
road Briefs.

Pending the resumption tomorrow
OF the hearings of the arbitration com
mittee Of seven, to which the demands
Of the locomotive engineers on the East
ern railroads were referred, Assistant
Grand Chief NJ. n. Cable of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers had con-
fetenc yesterday at the Hotel Manhattan
with p. II. Morrissey. the arbitrator rep
resenting the engineers.
Before he left the city Mr.. Cable was
asked il. in view of the fact that Oscar s.
Straus. chairman of the arbitration COM
mittee. is now candidate of the
Progressive party for Governor Of this
state. the engineers would be satisfied
to have him on the arbitration board,
he said that 80 far as the engineers are
concerned he doesn't know of single
member of the brotherhood who would
want him 10 resign "a arbitrator.
We believe" he continued. that the
beard will give u fair decision and that
the engineers did no, oversta,e matters
when they made their demends | do
not believe that the decision Of the board
no matter what il will he. will affect the
candidacy Of Mr. Straus u is true that
IDfTe are fnRlIlesfS III tue fNtHts
than there are railroad ohicias hut the
railroads have. if necessary, their own
way Of controlling votes of workers Tho
question Of politics. ] believe. will have
no weight in the coming hearings Of the
arbitration committee and ] see no reason
why Mr. Straus should resign from the
board because he is the candidate Of u
political party for Governor
NO more fitting choice Of an arbitrator
could have been mad" than Daniel " Hard.
presiten, Of the Baltimore and OHIO Rail
road. who represents the railroads on The
arbitration committee Mr.. Willard rose
to his present position from the ranks of
the engineers and knows the situation
better than any other man who could
have becn chosen. The engineers expect
to come out ahead in the arbitration of
their demands. They did not pad them
and asked no more tnan they considered
themselves justly entitled to.
When the hearings are over. he said,
-leNpect il will be proved hat the en- ginee-s
did not ask too much and that the roads can
afford to pay the wages deman nded in view
of the constant increase III Els. ern traffic.
II must be remembered that the loco
motive engineers are in n class by them
selves as workers They nave no iorpmen
over them TO see that they perform their
duties thoroughly and they have re-
spoE-ibilitie. such "a few workers nave
TO face They must be prepared for
sudden emergencies callinG for prompt
action on their part to avoid Unforeseen
accidents and are under nervous strain
all the time.
All these things will have to be taken
into consideration. They ought to h.
considered of great weight"
As to the railroad engineers on these
roads paying half of the expenses Of tho
arbitration proceedings. as had been
agreed upon, il was stated on their behalf
yesterday that they we're ready To pay one
haf Of only the legitimate expenses.
Their representatives pointed out yes-
terday that the brief of the railroads,
as printed was Of great length as COM
pared by the brief Of the engineers. aud
further that the representatives of the
railroads were sending copies OF IL in all
directions IL would not b" just 10 tn.
engineers. they said. To charge Ip one half
of all this and similar eNI cnsos to them
The hearings will be in executive se-
sion and will begin to-rnorrow at II A NJ
ia the offices OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. Wall street.
Asked at Tarrytown yesterday IL he
intended to resign from the chairmanship
Of the board Of arbitration which Is TO
settle the dispute between Gfty-two last
ern railroads and their engineers over a
wage incr~ase amounting to s. .OOO. .OOO a
year. Mr.. StraIis said that he hadn't had
time to think the matter over and could
give no reply just then,