Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-14
CONFERENCE HI;ID Ar
WHITE HOUSE TODAY

Washington. July Whether
strike of trainmcn and conductors of
thu eastern railroads may be avoided
Was the subject of "a conference az
the White House between President
Wilson and Representatives OF the
employees and the railroads concern
ed President wilson Secretary VII
son, Chairman Ncwlands OF the sem
ate interstate commerce committee,
Chairman clayton ot the mouse iu-
dicmr, committee and Republican
Leader Mann represented the gov
eminent Presidents samuel Rca ~
the Fcnnsykunia. Daniel willard of
tho Baltimore and ohio. W e..
brown of The Ncw York Central lines
and Frank Trumbull Chairman Of
the luard OF the Chesapeake and
ohio. represented the railroads, and
Presidents \. u Garretson OF the
order Of Railway Conductors and W.
q. Lee. uf the Brother hood Of Rail-
way Trnlnmeu represented the EN-.
ployes.
Today's conference between the
railroad men and the president con
Germs two bills pending In congress
for the amendment of the Erdman
act. providing means for arbitration
of wage disputes u is understood
that both the hruthcrhoods aud tho
railroads are sadsncd with the New
lands bin already PASSED ~ the sem
ate, but that the Clayton blll intro
duccd in tho house largely AT the in
stance OF secretary Wilson, is not 50
satisfactory The latter proposes
/ that The secretary Of l'bnr should bc
| included as one Of the official mcdm-
tors. There hns becu considerable
1 objection 90 that feature.
/ Acceptance bog the house uf thr
/ Ncwlnnds bin as il has passed tho
( nate. which has also lcen approved
I ny the civlc federation would un-
/ ldoubtcdly remove thc possibility of q
strike.
President WILSON on h.s arrival
4 nom Cornish had before him pile
/ ol documents on the situation which
/ he said he would examine before the
conference.
President Wilson's conference
over the railroad situation began
| promptly at o'clock Twenty per
l,uus. including Uvmocrau, and re-
publican leaders In congress crowded
Into the presidents room iu the rN-
,,utiVc offices. II was the largest
conference held here since the VIII
son administration began.
The conference committee ut IN,
railroad managers today received iron
the unions tu.nul notification thai
.the strike vote had bccn ratified yca
90 Nat
general committee ot the union'
Injecting uubscqucnuS have unani
iuusly approved the strike vote IAN,
lhave authorized Mrssrs Ice AN,
lGarrctson to hX the hour at whicl
these ORGANIZATIONS win retire iron
lscrNicv."
The letcr SAYS that Lee aud Gar
rctson have ut "tut earnest soliCi
ltutlou of disintcrested interests beel
authorized Co attend tudaS confer
fence at Washington, and adds
The local committeeman have rc
turned Go their hom,s under instruc
tion not 10 return Ca the scrylv,
, pending further instructions and Va
slnccrclA trust that q crisis may NO
: Dee prccipitatrd by un enort to com
I Ii'l "NF 'i N""'' ''N'''i'''''A" w w
7 turn"
Most of the delegates who utteudc
3 the convention that ratified the stuk
vote loft the city late last night IN
j. general committee of 100 is still hers
4 Lee and Garrets0n expect 90 retur
e Go New York tomorrow morning an
e before leaving they said that IA
r hour for calling the men out in IN
event that mo- settlement could d