The chronicle=news., 1913-07-14
ROADS REFUSE
To Make
PEACE
MOVE

New York. July Ii.-The eastern
| railroads involved iu til" wage con-
trovcrsy with the trainm.n and con
| ductors issued u statement this af.cI-
noon through the confercnc. commit
tee Of managers. saying tlut hey
were still unwilling to proceed un
der the E:rdman act. This is the
! roads reply to III. ultlmatuin sub
miitcd by. tn. unions yesterday.
The statement says that tn. COM
mit,se- policy has never chan sc,. :
that is has .onsisten,l, refused to be-
"coerccd through threats OF strikes
into paving railroad employees wages
out OF all proportion to the duties
performed That managers hav.
been consistent in con,cnding that
he Erdman net does no, project the
interests Of all parties concerned.
should tn. Ncwlanhs hill h.
enacted into law the committee will.
OF cours. bc willing to submit 10 nr
bitrat!on by u hoard provided In the
new bIii all questions Of rates OF pay
and working conditions oi conduct
orr and trninmcn.''
The conference committee OF tn"
F, ,uilroad managers io'iuy received
from the unions formal notification
that the strike vote had bccn ratified
yesterday. The statement rcciics
that the general committee of the un-
ions. meeting subsequently,. have
unanimously approved the strike
vote" and have authorized Mcxsrs
Lee and Garrctson to fix the hour
ut which these orKn mutations will re-.
tire. from service The letter SAYS
that lie. and GnIrctson have ALI
'"thc earnest SOLICITATION Of d,sintcr-
e~ssk intssss,s,' hctsa aistnosisss, to
attend toriay's conference ut Wash
inRton and adds:
The local committee men haSc
returned to their homes under In
s,ructions nQt 10 return to the ser
vice. pending further instructions
and We sinccrcl! trust that n crises
may not be prccipitatcd by any ei-
fort to compel any OF these commit
tccmen TO return
Most Of the delegates who attend
cl the convention that ratified the
strike vote left the city late last
night. The general committee Of 100
IL still here. Lee and Garretson CA
pect to return to New York tonior-
row and before leaving they said that
the hour for calling the men out, In
the event that no settlement could
be reached. was unknown to anybody
except themselves.
Washington. July ii.-At Prcsi-
dent Wilson's suggestion the senate
late today agreed to meet tomorrow
to consider amendments to the Erd
man act. Senator Kern tclcphoned
the suggestion from the white house.
here. while the conference between
the president and railway officials
and employees was in progress.
President Wilson's conference owe.
the railroad situation began prompt
ly at $ o'clock. Twenty persons, In
Guiding Democratic and Republican
leaders In congress, crowded into
the presidents room In the executive
offices. II was the largest confer
ence held here since the Wilson ad-
ministration began.
The unions are willing to meet
the railwoys in an effort to settle all
differences by means OF arbitration
under the Ncwlands amendments to
the Erdman act. according to the
announcement OF A. B. Garretson
and W. G. Lee, heads Of the railway
trainmen, who are here to attend
the white house conference. The
announcement OF the railway mann-
gers, they said, was complete re-
versal of their previous declaration
not to arbitrate.