Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-27
GoAaADl SSioN OF MEDIATION AN.
houkcEs DIFFERENCES WILL
BE MEDlATEp.
WAGES ANo CONDITIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Hallway offieiaIs and Employee Agree
70 Submit Questions Under Dispute
to Arbitrators-Troubi Arose Over
General Revision Of Rulss Of Com
pany.

Chicago. Aug. 37.-There will, be no
ltrike on the part o; the traiamen en-
ployed By the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad, according TO Judge W.
L. Chambers. United States commits
sionsr OF mediation. who announced
hotel late yesterday that the question
Of wages and working conditions would
be submitted 10 board OF arbitration,
thus preventing . general strike Of
railroad tra.nmen thruou, the coun-
try.
The disagreement between the rail-
road officials and the members Of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Conductors
and OF the Order Of Railroad Trainmen
employed by the Burlington arose over
a general revision Of the rules o: the
company regarding wages and work
ing conditions.
Judge Reviews Case
The rules Of the COMPANY" said
Judge Chambers in reviewing the case,
were made n September. 1902. and
were revised in 1908. 1907 and again in
1910. Since that date the trainmen
have demanded a complete revision OF
Inc rules regarding working conditions.
and finding that nothing could be ac-
complished by the local union, the ma
toinal officials were called IN.
2 Whitney. vice president Of the
Order Of Railroad Trainmen. and ". <.
Turner, vice president Of the Brother
hood Of Railroad Conductors. present
ed 10 me in a request for mediation un-
der the Newlands act brief asking
for the general revision, covering nine
ty-seyen propositions.
The company had considered this
demand and hftyniae OF the propo
sitions were disposed OF. leaving thir-
ty-eighth unsettled a. TIE time l ar
rived IN Chicago last Thursday"
Arbitration Agreed Upon.
81 have met with the railroad off,
cias. represented by First Vice Presi-
dent II. E. Byrans. General Manager E.
p. Bracksu and P. II. Mor-.ssey, as
sistant 10 the president, and the repre-
sentattves Of the tratnnen. holding two
and three sessions daily. The officials
OF the railroads were willing TO a,bi-
Gate twenty three OF the thirty eigh.
disputed proposals. leaving fifteen thai
seemed Impossible to agree upon unit
late last evening. when both sides con
ceded sufficient points 10 agree upoI
An arbitration OF the entire trouble.
The arbitration VII De held in ii.
federal building, with Judge e s. Hus
ton, Of Washington, acting as arbiter
There will be six arbitrators, two from
the railroad company. two from III.
tra.nmen and two from disinte-estet
lines Of industry. The hearing viii bs
about Sept. 90
Strike is Averted.
There will be 10 strike on the Bur
iiagton, for which re are ali grateful
as a Strike there would mean genera
strike thruou, the entire west.
The arbitration OF the troubles o
the Belt line and the Chicago & West
ern Indiana roads will be heard mex
week in the federal building F. A
Burgess viii aptIa- for he trainne,
and w ]. jackson, general manager G
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, for tn
failroad companies"
Judge Chambers will draw up tn
papers Of arbitration today. and whel
they are signed by both parties ne wi
return to his home IN Washington.