Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26
RAILROADS YIELD
TOAvERT STRIKE
Demands of Employees Are to
Be Submitted Alone 10 Ar.
bitration Board.
WAGES UNDER AWARD
effective OCTOBER |
Men Secure All They Asked Except
That New Scale Be Made
Retroactive.

NEW YORK. July 28.-The eastern
railroads tooay withdrew their demand
that their grievances against the en-
ployes should Ne considered by the fed
eral board appoi nted to arbitrate the de-
mand for better wages and working
conditions made by conductors and train
men.
This concession apparently removed the
only remaining obstacle to arbitration
and averted a strike. With this issue
disposed of. the railroad managers and
the labor leaders expected to reach a
speedy agreemtn upon the text Of the
questions to be laid before the board Of
arbitration. In a statement exp.aining
their position, the managers said they
have made this concession because they
felt 1t was their duty to protect the
travelling public.
Working Demands Unchanged.
After a brief conference with the labor
articles of arbitration would present the
without change.
was an agreement that the decision OF
the arbitrator should become effective
October 1 instead OF being retroactive.
The managers decision was announced
after they had spent the morning IN con-
sultaiion by telephone and teles. aph with
the presidents OF their roads. 1t was an
nounced in the form of a letter addressed
to the board of mediation and concilia-
ton. The letter said:
Position of Railroads.
ITO preclude the possibility OF
another crisis such as this arising
when the railroads should desire to
have considered important questions
relative to the pay and the working
conditions of conductors and trainmen'
he conference committee Of managers
July Is announced that IN the interest,"
Of the pubic as whole those mat .ers
(which were given in detAil-shoulo
be passed upon by the board " hAen
would arbitrale the demands of the
conductors and tralnmen tor increases
IN pay.
The managers committee has never
refused to arhitrate the demands OF
the men under the provisions OF Inc
4>ewiands act, but they thought In all
fairness that the matters the railroads
desired passed upon should be c0nSlo-
cred at the same time. They presented
a question of inequity and excessive
wages hat the railroads felt should be
corrected.
Men Were Obdurate.
1.-THE right to include these in the
agreement to arbitrate was denied by
the men: they also declined to let the
United States board of mediation and
Cancellation decide whether these mat
tiers should be arbitrated; they then re-
fused the suggestion Of the railroads to
arbitrate the question Of the introduction
OF these matters, and announced that un-
less the railroads withdrew their re-
quests a strike would be called.
.'It is evident that the conductors and
trainmen's organizations would SO to the
full extent of subjectins the company
to the calamity that strike on the
eastern railroads would cause rather
than have all matters pertaining to the
questions at issue submitted TO fair and
comprehensive arbitration.
1.-The railroads must protect the pub
tic. Therefore they waive their right TO
include their requests in the arucies OF
the agreement to arbitrate at this time.
without prejudice TO any other rights OF
the railroads"