The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-07-14
Conductors and Trainmen
on IS Eastern Roads Issue
Ultirnaturn and Will Strike
Unless Employers With
draw Refusal to ATbitrate
Wage Scale Differences
ENGINEMEN LIKELY
TO JOIN BIG TIEUP
Order to Quit Held Up Pend
ing Conference Today in
Washington on Erdman
Act Changes Only Com
plete Backdown by Mag
mates Can Prevent Move

iAoSSO O0AA AWHILE AvAOVS
NEW YORK. July whether a
strike OF 10000 conductors and train
men on As eastern railroads shall be
declared Tuesday depends upon
whether the railroads recede from
their present position and withdraw
their refusal 10 arbitrate the wage and
other differences between the COM
pa nies and the men.
This declaration was made ton,eht
in statementssbv. the mems representa-
tives after the grievance committees
from the roads ~athered here In con-
ference had re'fified the strike vote Of
the men recent1v taken ard had
authorized A. r.. carrAtson. prAsidAr'
| of the brotherhood re RAILWAY Cor
ductors. and w. c. Lee. president q.
| the Rrotha~hood or rail&av Trainmer
to issue the formal STRIFE order 70
thAir respective organizations.
| Peace prosuects centerAd unon ne
attitude Of the roads. the men de-
clared. with the possibility that a wav
out of the deadlock world be snrnliee
by tomorrow conference In Washing
ton. where amendments TO shA Erdroan
law. under which previous disputes be-
tween the roads ard their men have
been arbitrated. wsss = considered with
a View to pressing their speedy pas
/ sage upon congress.
DELAY STRIKE FOR PARLEy
The general committee of the two
organizations authorized Garretson and
Lee to delay the strike order long
enough to permit them to attend the
Washington conference between Presi-
/ dent Wilson. representatives of the
railroads and their employees. and lead
ing public men.
Presidents Garretson ana Lee left
New York tonight for Washington
| Shortly before their departure they
/ issued a signed statement explaining
the action of the committee and their
attitude with regard to the Washing
ton conference.
'The committees OF the roads acting
! inde pendent1y OF each other" says the
statement. unanimously ratified the
strike vote of the membership on their
respective lines and empowered the ex-
ecutive officers OF the organization to
i fix the date for retirement from the
service should the attitude of the man
ayers committee remain unchanged.
and after taking such action. returned
/ to their homes
DECISION is ULTIMATUM
with the purpose in view that no
reasonable means for effecting
friendly settlement should be neglected
by us. they authorize sufficient de-
| lay in making the strike order effective
to permit the undersigned to attend
1 the conference arranged for tomorrow
in Washington with President Wilson.
called for the consideration OF the
amendments to the Erdman act as
i embodied in the Newlands bill, in tho
hope that IL such amendments were
made Immediately effective It might
/ induce the companies to abandon tho
position heretofore maintained by the
/ conference COIlIulllCo OL ludtd SCIS aiio
lead to withdrawal Of their former re-
fusal of our proposition to arbitrate
under the provisions Of the federal
/ law"
The labor leaders declared emphati-
cally that no further overtures would
be made to the roads.
Our position is plain and clear,
said President Garretson. we Of
fered arbitration weeks ago. but our
offer was rejected"
In the formal report on the vote of
the men on each railroad it Is set forth
that the conference committee author
lied to act for such road declined TO
make any concession or grant any por-
ton OF the increase in wages asked for
| or changed working conditions request
| ed, and in addition have refused to
submit the controversy to arbitration
under the federal law in effect govern
ing such matters
| STRIKE DUE BY TUESDAY
According to the workers leaders
the railroads will be given probably
until Tuesday to change their attitude
j when. il they still refuse. the strike
order will be issued calling 10000 men
from work. with a possibility that this
number will be augmented by thou
sands Of engineers and firenlen.
Az TO whether the engineers and fire.
men would join in a sympathetic strike.
Mr.. Garretson said:
..The engineers and fremen are not
bound to go out on strike with US
on the contrary they are bound to
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