Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-22
ENTIRE SYSTEM TIED UP
FROM MORNING UNTIL NIGHT
Before Noon 5000 Employees between Rouses
Point and WikesbaTe Go Out--SeVeral Days
Are Needed to Dispose Of Mail Express
and Freight That Has Piled Up.

Albany. ~ y, Jan. I2.-The strike
On the Delaware & hudson railway
was settled tonight. Company Off
cials met tho unions demands that
ihcv restore two DISCHARGED en-
ployes, Engineer james \. Lynch ana
Conductor +. A. Slade. to their former
positions, MI strikers will return to
duty at once. &. w. w. Hanger. a
member Of the federal board of media
ton and Cancellation, brought about
the agreement
y settlement was reached only after
Mr.. Hanger had suggested to tho COM
pany officials that they yield to the
demands of the men. Arbitration, he
declared, was impossible.
Normal conditions would be restored
in two hours, union officials promised
ut o:30 o'clock.
As soon as Clifford :. sims vice.
president and general manager of the
railway. and union officials had signed
the agreement, orders were sent out
for men to report for work as quickly
rs possible. Many crews that had been
tied up at terminal points were noti-
fed by telegraph to resume their runs
without reporting here.
a few minor matters still remain
unsettled. but these will be adjusted
at the convenience of the union and
railway officials They have to 40
with tho cases of other discharged
employees. but they did not enter into
the strike proper. Union officials
agreed early in the da5 that when the
cases of Slade and Lynch We're dis
posed of the strikers would return to
work
Slade and Lynch were discharged more
than year ago when car on their train
running ON the Susnuehanna division,
Jumped the track and bumped alcns the
lies for three and half miles. The mer
were discharged on the ground that they
were negligent and had violated \ COM
panY rule and caused much da mage 10
property. The union officials replel tina
the accident was unavoidable ana thai nC
serious damage was done.
VOTE FOR STRIKE WAS 9S PER CENT
Thereby developed tho trouble. Fol
several months the company and union OF
ficials debated the proposition of restor
ing the men to work. Then a week ago
9S per cent. OF the employees voted Il
strike if Sladc and Lynch were not re.
stored to duty.
At 5:45 O'Clock this morning the first
body Of men walked out. From then on
until noon engineers, conductors. train
men, telegraph operators and towermen
gradually quit as the safety OF pas
songers would permit. At noon it was
estimated that 900 men were out, and
the entire system was parayzcd. Shop
workers and office employees alone re-
manned on duty.
1t was less than two hours after the
last striker had left his work that Mr.
Hanger arrived here and began ncgotia-
tons with the two sides, Accompanying
him from New York was Mr.. Sims. He
agreed Immediately to an arbitration OF
the differences. and Mr.. Hanger ap.
preached the union officials with this Il
view.
UNION STANDS FIRM.
They We're firm in their demands, how
ever. and told MIR. Hanger that il Na,
useless TO talk aTbitratiur with them
Then ne began q series Of trips between
railway officials and the men, Trre
times be met each side separately anC
three times from each sid. nc receive,
the same reply, the Unior- dernandin:
the reinstatement OF the employees an,
AR. Sims holding out for arbltrat ion.
Then he returned to confer with unloi
laadars and within an hour Hanger &c
cdcd arbitration was Impossible. II
drew IN an agreement granting the dc
mands. again went 10 MIR. Sima's office
obtained his signature and the striKo wa
ofao.ally declared Of a rew minute
later.
In a statement iseued after the aarea
ment had been signed Mr.. Sims sal
that the company officials had yielded t
the suggestion oe Commissioner Hanse
that they recede from their position /
the best interests Of the public 1t wa
the railroad officials who originally ask
Cd the federal board TO interccde.
60 TO IT, OLD MAN"
Il wish ii understood that the settle
ment was brought about solely by III
efforts Of MIR. Hanger" asked NJ.
Carey, vicc-prcsideut Of the order C.
Railway Conductors, and the only gran
lodge official who was present at tn
conference.
"Go TO it, Old man." was the key tel'
gram, which flashed over thu wires frol
Carey TO various union leaders along II
system when the strike was settled TT
last message was filed just iG hours aftC
the first man walked out
Commissioner of Labor James y
Lynch Of the state labor department di
not take a part in the negotiatiXns. a
though he offered his services, In n
tempting to call Mr. Lynch by telcphor
carly this morning Mr.. Carey got in touc
Ia tod ttV.N-a
as tho commissioner and said he could !
Seen during office hours That angeTe
Nj. Carey until he learned In lett'
from Mr., Lynch that II was not he lc
any member Of the labor department {
tine telephone,
MEN AVOID VIOLENCE.
40 violence was reported az result {
the strike, Union leaders told the me
10 Leave tbs company property quiet
aid rhsy did 40. The fsw rnsstshgs (