New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-18
STRIKE ORDER STILL
HELD IN ABEYANCE
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ence. The mediators were in confer
ence with the fremen's committee after
that. None of the conferrees would say.
after the day conferences. what their
result had been.
After the conference at the Hotel
Manhattan Elisha Lee. chairman OF
the Conference Committee Of Managers,
made the following statement:
The interview of w. ;. Carter pres
ident Of the frcmcns union, is mis-
leading. He does not take the public
into his confidence as 10. the real rca-
sons why the fircmen have made such
excessive demands. If the frcmcn now
show they are able TO force larger
increase in pay out of the railroads
than the engineers did. it will tend TO
draw members to their organization
from that of the engineers. The re-
quest for two frcmcn on certain loco
motives is but the forerunncr OF a
request for two firemcn on all locoiho-
tivcs. all Of which is done to increase
the membership of the hreihch ,
brotherhood and the power OF INC
union.
! "Insinuations that the railroads re-
fuse to submit 10 arbitration undcr
the Erdman act because they WISH 10
introduce false testimony are Only
made to cloud the real issues at stake
| The Managers Committee would much
prefer the introduction of sworn tesu-
monv in the arbitration OF any wage
controversy. but past experience mas
shown that such procedure does not
IL the slightest deter representatives
OF the unions from rcsorbhS 70 al
kinds of sharp practices
mir. Carter says the railroaGs' II
/ they object so strcnuouslN to Inc LT"-
man act should have refused ~ inc
nag, IN arbitratc under it, Mr.. carter
knows that when the Erdman act was
ouactco il was contemplated for con-
troversy involving ONLY one railroad OF
company.
There arc many objections 10 'he
Erdman act. but the principal one ~
that too much power and responsibility
is placed In tho hands of one man
Arbitration under any method. JUST 10
ovor, a strike. means the puhhc VIII
eacriflce permanent welfare for tenn
rorarv convenience and accoinmoda-
t;on. Such arbitration would mean
,,o,.inp into the hands OF the leaders
y, the unions. who deny any RESPONSE
,u,,,, IN any one other than their mem
bers. ,.,oods c,bon he
eavs the engineers received II" "i'"
nav under the award OF the engineers
arhi,ration The fact is that the award
,ove the engineers increased pay Tor
al work performed between May ana
Novembcr and thereafter. ON
number Of roads the back pay mas a.
ready been granted TO the engineers
AS the public has to pay for any
largo increase in wages. they should m
sist that this controversy be arbitrated
by a board sufficiently large to make
, conplete investigation OF the qucs-
lions at issue and to look at these
questions from all points of view
When MIR. Carter was informed last
night of the statement issued by Mr..
Lee. he said:
"See here. I don't want 10 talk about
(, I'm too busy otherwise. | suppose
that il takes up the question OF the
enpineers' award, and for anything re-
,ating 70 that ! refer you to dispatches
from Grand Chief Stone of the Broth
erhool of Locomotive Engineers, re-
ceived in this city this afternoon, in
,,,,,,cb Mfr stone substantiates me in
every respect
dispatch received yesterday from
Cleveland quoted w. s. Stone, grand
ohiof of the brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, as follows
afr Carriers statement regarding
..osont status Of arbitration cases be-
twecn Eastern railroads and the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
10 correct. Up to date only one rail-
road has put settlement into erect
| l..,or, decline settlement, claiming
Guard means almost anything but
,,.,o, u reads. with the result we can
~, agree and a meeting OF the board
hoe hecn called by Chairman Van hise
Cor Thursday at Chicago to decide
,,ha, the award really means
carter and other executive officers oi
-, amen were in conference carly
TODAY at their headquarters in the
broadway Central Hotel. Mr.. Garter
I'D n was up to the railroad man
.oors "a reply TO the last ultlmatun oil
the fremen.
II was STATED by Carter that mas
,,,cb as the federal medlators are
s,riving earnestly TO avert strike, IL
uould be unfair to order the men to
ouit the railroads until Judge Knapp
and Mr.. Hanger formally announced
that their efforts were OF no aVail.
| Carter also said that the engineers VIII
maintain their agreement with the
! companies and that the firemcn did not
EXPECT them to strike.
| Questioned in regard 10 the method
! IN be adopted in the event that a strike
| was ordered, Carter said that oppor-