The evening world., 1913-07-05
100000 TRA|NMEN
ON 52 LINES VOTE
INFAvOROF STRIKE
Official Figures Withheld Until
Report Is Made to Managers
Next Tuesday.
WANT Si7,ooo,ooo MORE.
Railroads Refuse Demand Be-
cause They Granted $50, ,0O0,-
600 Annual Increase in 1910.
WANT Si7,0o0,ooO MORE.

IAs result q Tie recent strfks vote
oaAsa Among he 10000 trainmsa and
senauessss % al the dfty.tvo iinss east
g CAisago ana north Of Richmond will
- formally submittsd nsxt Tuesday TO
- nAaAssn Of the various railroads
Asehessh the exact figures viii b kspt
secret Until delivered to the manassrs,
4 , admitted by the railroad employees
eat the vote 10 ov@whslminsiy in t.
W. sf . strike unless psaosabis means
90 procure sor thsm large incrsass b
W00ss.
Ne vote for . strtks does pot nsoss-
onsiiy mean that the railroad traffic m
~ Dast viii be paraiyssd BY . waikout
q the men, but II 70 conceded to-day
Nat the situation 10 more critical than
h has bean Tor years. because Of the
statement Of the railroad managers. al
ready delivered 10 the employssst that
they will nsht arbitrntion TO the end.
The trainmsn and conductors were
sfantsd Approximately . Soo.ooo.on In
crease In iSio The incrense demanded
at this time will add t17 10000 q year
- the Sayrolis Of the railroads In
viewed.
NOTIFIED THAT THERE WOULD
% NO INcRGAeG.
~ . recent meeting in the Engineer
lng oocisty building the committee from
the Order Of Railway Conductors and
Brothsrhood Of Railroad Trainmen were
notnsd By the Conference Committss
Of Nanassrs Of the railroads that no
increase In wages would be granted.
Tue trainmsn and couductors imme-
Aiatsly countsred with . proposition 70
suhm,t the question to arbitration un-
- the terms Of the FEDERAL Erdman
aot.
A subsequent meeting was held ~
which Elisha Lee. heading the man
aeers' committee. refused to agree TO
ARBITRATION. declaring that the trainmen
ana conductors were well paid; that n
lSao they had received . large increase
In wages and that the railroads OF the
East were not financially able to stand
the additional expense demanded.
Il was pointed out that the nsv
FEDERAL laws were causing immense
expenses to the railroads and that the
full crew buls." recently enacted II
New York and New Jersey at the N
stance Of the trainmen and conductors
had added another large sum TO opera
ting sxpenssa
The refusal Of the managers to agree
to increased wages or to arbitration
was accepted q deh by tho trainmes
and conductors and At their annus
conventions = strike vote was ordered
among the employees OF the Easterr
roads. This vote, secretly taken. wa
counted a New York this week. tn,
exact figures will not be made publi
until they arc formally delivered to tn,
Conference Committee Of Aanager
next week. when . further conferenc
viii be demanded my President Lee o
O; tAe conductors.
WILL MAKE ANOTHER PLEA FoI
AN INCREASE.
Al this conference. which will b,
srrsaged for on Tuesday. the unio,
leaders will lay their proposition
again before the railroad managers
backing u up with q statement tha
their followers have. by their vote
authorized them to Issue q strike or
der In the event no satisfactory set
tlement can be effected.
Determined efforts will be made 4
arrive at some solution OF the con
troversy. the strike order being with
he'll to the very last. 1t Is expecte
that officials from the Department o