The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-08

TO RESUME INQUIRY
COMMISSION. 1T rs SAID WILL MAKE
A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATION FOR
RUNNING OF ROAD.

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Sept. T.
With the injured from the Bar Har-
Dor Express wreck improving, the
county and State officials resting after
their week of strenuous endeavor,
| President Howard Elliott denying
himself to all callers, and the New
Haven road rushing it's official finding
| for early publication. the operating
| department employees of the railroad
today let officials of the company UNI
| derstand that a momentous change In
the labor situation is forthcoming
| The conductors organization met here
today, and favorably considered the
| plan which has already been endorsed
! by other labor bodies among the train
| operatives. Heretofore the engineers
the firemen, trainmen and the con-
ductors have not been closely allied
and were not at al apt to support each
other by sympathetic strikes. Now, II
was learned tonight, that because OF
the attitude taken toward the men oy
General Manager Bardo and Vice
| Presiden Whaley, so much dissatis1ac-
ton had been engendered among all
the operating department laborers
that they are perfecting federation
plan. under which each brotherhood
or union will retain It's individual or
! eanization, while at the same time
being a part OF the large unit for pur-
poses of dealing with the New maven
railroad management concerning
working conditions.
Resume Inquiry Today.
Coroner Ell Mix today rested at his
! home, having ordered no further ar
rests. He will resume his secret In
quest tomorrow, having summoned
several more witnesses. His inquest
will not be finished until Thursday or
Friday of this week. The finding then
will not be issued until Monday or
Tuesday of next week.
Mr.. Elliott leaves tomorrow TOT
Boston. where. on Tuesday, the road
viii present the company's side Of the
discussion over the 100000 deoen-
ture bond issue at hearing before
the Massachusetts public service com
mission Mr.. Elliott will be back in
New Haven Wednesday, for ne DE-
sjres to see the finding of the railroad
officials on the causes LINE wreck
before il gets to the pubhc.
To Recommend Long Spacing.
From conversation with the federai
inspectors and with Interstate Com
merca Commissioner McChcrd before
! ne-f rr--Nfv Haven today, seems
certain that the commission Will re-
commend in It's finding the long
spacing of trains IN the so-cailea
y danger zone" on the New Haven
system. until such time as all steel
equipment and up-to-date signals
have been installed.
I Another thing which II is said the
r federal investigators VIII recommend
is that the company Issue a new rule
/ for the government OF It's Hagmeh w
the effect that when train comes
S to a stop, other than at station, the
1,
mile. and that he remain until MS
: engineer has signaled that the tram
t is proceeding, when he may take any
Y local train into the nearest stauoh'
The Commercial Travellers Of Ne"
e England today sent letter 10 1. y
a McChord, Of the interstate commerce
p commission through their represen-
r tative, 3 Fl. Douglass. under the OATS
r of September 5th, requesting the com
mission on behalf of the United Com
mercial Travellers of Connecticut, tc
make a rigid inquiry as to whetnei
the trains on the road are manned
with sufficient brakemen He says
I he understands that only two were
on the Bar Harbor train and ASKS
II that was not a leading cause o.
the terrible accident at Wallingford
4, He points to the fact that the news
l. papers state that eight minutes
:. elapsed between the first stop of th'
Ear HaFDOT tram I'LL Inc Coii4SioIt ebN'
e place, and asks If that wasn't sufnclen
time for a brakeman who was no
L. thinking Of obeying the recall wits
Y, tie to go a distance far enough Il
1t stop the White Mountain train be
n fore 1t struck the Bar Harbor.
To Make New Ruies-
&c General Manager c. L. Bardo or tn
Is New Haven road, today intimated very
strongly that new set of rules gov
re
- freight service to the fiagmen in tn
passenger service. will be promulgated
j." even before the Interstate commerce
- commission make their reports.
~ The officials of the engineers an
conductors brotherhoods are ready to
day to protest vigorously against som
of the changes In the rules concern
ing them proposed by Bardo Toda
- there was a meeting of officers of tn
y brotherhood of Conductors in this cit
to talk over what Bardo plans to dc
These officers declined TO state wha
- was done at that meeting, but 1t wa
e. learned that they are preparing I
- fight against any rules that Bard
10 favor unless 1t has the sanction of tn
SO brotherhood.
"a Have Family Chat.
r There was a get-together meeting O
c the heads of the various divisions o
= theg New Raven rdllruau ieass h'S''t a
Is the Taft hotel. and they Were tn
guests of Mt. Elliott. He wanted I
meet his staff and have a famil
~ chat with them. 1t was strictly pri
SO vate 1t was the first time that severa
- of them had met him, and the Dime
IA lasted till about midnight This wa
~ but the forerunner of other conference
nc that Mr.. Elliott will hold from time t
~ time. to get acquainted with ms SUP
ordinates.
There has been no gathering of rep
| resentative officials of the New Haze
T road in this city In the past fiftee
l. years aside from a stockholders meet
ing.
Il President Elliott talked for a Will
and the keynote OF his remarks was
re the get-together spirit,