The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-07-16
FAVOR
MEASURE
Impending Railroad Strike
May be Ayerted by Pro-
posed Legislation.
Great Efforts Being Directe dBy
Statesmen Towards iyerting What
Would BE National Calamity.

Would BE National Calamity.
The eastern railroads involved in
the wage controversy with the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the conductors issued a state
ment Monday afternoon through the
Conference COMMITTEES of Managers
saying that they were willing TO ar
bitrate the questions at issue under
the provisions of the Nelwands ar
bitration bill now before congress,
but were still unwilling to proceed
with the Erdman Act This is the
roads reply to the ultimatum submit
ted by the unions yesterday.
Unions DemanI
The unions demand a higher wage
for 100000 men on As railroads. The
railroads chief objection TO the Erd-
man Act is that there are but three
arbitrators under its provisions
The statement says that the COM
mittee's policy has not changed, that
it has consistently refused Ito be CO.
creed through threats of strikes in
to paying railroad employees wages
out of all proportions to the duties
performed
The managers have been consistent
in contending that the Erdman Act
does not protect the interests OF all
parties concerned.
Favor Newlands Bill.
Should the Newlands bill be en-
acted into law, the committee will,
of course. be willing to submit to
arbitration by a board provided in
the Newlands Bill, all questions of
rates of pay and working conditions
of conductors and trainmen."
The reply Is addressed to Lee and
Garretson, heads of the trainmen
and conductors organizations, re-
spectively. and is signed by Elisha
/ Lee, chairman.
Hinges on Conference.
The whole situa tion seemed Mon
day to hinge on a conference at
Washington among President Will
son and representatives of employees
and the roads concerned.
President Wilson, Secretary Will
son, F. G. Newlands, of the SEN
ate Interstate Commerce Committee,
Chairman Clayton, o fthe House Ju-
dietary Committee, and Republican
Leader Mann, represented the Gov
ernment: President Rea of the Penn
sylvania, Daniel Willard of the Balti-
more & Ohio, George W. Stevens of
the Chesapeake & Ohio, w c. Brown
of the New York Central lines, and
Frank Trumbell. Chairman of the
Board of the Chesapeake & Ohio,
represented the roads, and Presidents
A. b. Garretson, of the Order of Rail-
road Conductors, and w. G. Lee, of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men representing the employees
Strike Vote Ratified.
| The Conference Committee of the
Railroad Trainmen, represented the
railroad managers received Monday
fom the Unions formal notification
that the strike vote had been rati-
| fed The statement reeites that the
General Committee of the Unions
unanimously approved the strike
vote" and authorized Messrs. Lee
and Garretson to fix the hour at
which these organizations will retire
from service"
The latter says that Lee and Gar
retson have, at the earnest solicita-
tion of disinterested interests been
authorized to attend to-day's confer
ence at Washington, and adds:
"The local committee have return
ed to their homes under instructions
not to return to the service, pend
ing further Instructions, and we sim
cerely trust that a crisis may not be
precipitated by an effort to compel
any Of these committeeman to return
to service"
Hour of Strike Secret.
Most of the delegates who attend
ed the convention that ratified the
strike left the city last night. The
General Committee Of 100 still is
here. Lee and Garretson expect to
return to New York tomorrow 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.