The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27
RAILWAYS AND
EMPLOYEES IN
ACCORD AGAIN
Managers of Eastern Roads
Withdraw Demand That
Their Grievances Be
Arbitrated.
QUESTION TO
BE SETTLED FIRST
Hearings Will Begin in New
York in September and
Award Will Remain in
Effect One Year.

| NEW YORK, July 26.-The eastern
railroads today withdrew their demand
that their grievances against the en-
ployees should be considered by the
federal board appointed to arbitrate
the demand for better wages and work
ing conditions made by conductors and
trainmen.
This concession apparently removed
the only remaining obstacle to arbitra-
tion and averted q strike. With this
issue disposed of, the railroad managers
and the labor leaders expected to
reach q speedy agreement on the text
Of the questions to be laid before the
board Of arbitration.
In a statement explaining their DO
sition the managers said they made
this concession because they felt it
was their duty to protect the travelling
public.
Effective October 1.
labor leaders the mediators announced
that the articles Of arbitration would
present the sixteen original demands of
the employees without change. The
only point won by the railroads was
an agreement that the decision Of the
arbltrators should be effective October
instead Of being retroactive,
The conductors and traipmen an
nourced the names Of their representa-.
tives on the board of arbitration this
afternoon. They are Lucius E. Shep-
pard of Cedar Rapids. Ia, senior vice
president of the Order Of Railway Con
ductors, and Daniel L. Cease of Cleve-
land, O.. editor and manager of the
Railway Trainmcn, official organ of the
trainmen's organization.
The managers decision was an
nounced after they had spent the morn.
ing In consultation by telegraph with
the presidents Of their roads.
Letter of Managers.
1t was announced in the form Of
letter addressed to the board of media
tlon and conciliation. The letter said:
To preclude the possibilities Of an
other crisis such as this arising when
the railroads should desire to have con-
sidered important questions relative to
the pay and working conditions Of con-
ouctors and trainmeD, the conference
committee or managers, on July 10, an
nopnced that in the interest of the
PUBIC as whole these matters-which
were gwen In detail-should be passed
on by the board which would arbitrate
the demands Of the conductors and
'rainmen iMI for increases in pay.
The managers committee has never
refused to arbitrate the demands of the
men under the provisions of the New
iands act, but they thought that in all
FAIRNESS matters which the railroads de-
sired passed ON should be considered at
the same time. They presented a ques-
non OF lnequity and excessive wages
That the railroads felt should be cor.
| rected.
Threatened Strike.
"The right to include these in the
agreement to arbitrate was denied by
ne men; they also declined TO let the
Onited States board of mediation and
conciliatlon decide whether the matters
should be a!bitrated; they then refused
I9e suggestion Of the railroads to ar
nierate the question Of the introduction
OF bnese matters and announced that
unless the railways withdraw their re-
quests strike would be called.
1t ls evident that the conductors
and tralnmep's organization would 90
10 the full extent Of subiecting the COM
panles to the calamity that a strike on
the eastern/Tallways would cause rather
tnan nave al! matters pertaining to the
questions at issue submitted to fair and
comparative arbitration.
:. ne railways must protect the pub
nc Inerefore they waive their right
TO include their requests in the articles
OF the agreement to arbitrate at this
time, without prejudice to any other
| rlghts of the railways
representatives. Of both sides met
and signed the articles Of arbitration
this afternoon.
Under the Newlands act the cues
tlons at issue will be decided by siA
aToitrators, each side to chose two and
these four arbitrators to select the re.
manning two members. If the original
four. cannot agree on the two Hneu.
tral' members they will be chosen by
the permanent federal board OF media
tion and Cancellation. Hearings must
begin within thirty days after the com
pletion Of the board. The hearings will
be in New York City and probably will
start early in September The award of
tho arbitrators will remain in effect one
year. at the close Of which period the
railroads may give thirty days. notice
1t they desire a change