The sun., 1919-07-20

BOSTON CARMEN
ACCEPT UMPIRE
Henry B. Endicott Chosen as
Neutral Arbiter in Strike
Issue.
OUTLOOK Is BRIGHTER
Business Seriously Hampered
by Tieup Which Began
Thursday Morning.
OUTLOOK Is BRIGHTER

Boston, July 1s.-The trustees Of the
Boston Elevated Railway Company an
nounced tonight that representatives OF
the striking carmen had accepted Henry
B. Endicott as the neutral member of the
local board OF arbitration which is to
settle the strike that has tied up the ele-
waited service since Thursday morning.
Mr.. Endicott was one of twenty mon
nominated by Gov. Coolidge to serve as
the third member of the board of arbi-
tration. He accepted the position and
announced that no would call a confer
ence at the State House tomorrow
morning. The other members OF the
board are James ii. Vahey, counsel for
the carmen's union, and ii. Ware Bar
mum, counsel for the company.
The carmen's union will hold a mass
meeting tomorrow and 1t Is expected
that the members will vote to return to
work Immediately pending an award by
the board of arbitration.
The street carmens union. according
to statement to-day by leaders. insisted
on Francs'J. w. Ford as the third men,
Der of the arbitration board. Until the
return to duty OF Mayor Andrew j.
Peters to-day MIR. Ford was acting
Mayor. The trustees of the road said
they would accept any one Endorsed by
Gov. Coolidge. The Governor refused to
indorse Mr.. Ford on the ground that he
had discussed the strike publicly In
terms regarded as prejudicing the case
favorably to the men.
a list of twenty names submitted by
Gov. Coolidge as material for the selec-
ton of the third arbitrator. as announced
to-day. included Chief Justice Hugg OF
the Supreme Court, Federal Judge
George w. Anderson, Joseph r. East
man. Interstate Commerce Commits
soner; Henry b. Endicott, former chair
man OF the Committee on Public Safety:
Brig. Gen. Charles II. Cole. Col. Edward
L. Logan. former Governor John L.
Bates and James i. Doherty, Federal
trustee of the New Haven railroad. The
union leaders rejected all. They would
insist on Ford. it was said.
Mayor Back for Conferences.
! With the return of Mayor Peters. who
had been foSbound on the Maine coast.
conferences between State and city off,
Gals and others were renewed. Boston
newspapers were invited to send repre-
sentatives to confer with the Governor,
and labor leaders also were asked to
submit plans for a settlement
AT the conclusion of several conferences
Gov. Coolidge said that he was convinced
the outlook for an agreement OF some
kind was brighter than last night. al
though on the surface the situation pre-
scented no change. Labor leaders who
called on the Governor left the executive
offices with the statement that they
found the Governor had a plan 30 good
that they had not presented their own.
The name Of Mayor Peters as the
third arbitrator was suggested during
the forenoon and was discussed I'M
officially. The carmen's committee, how
ever. announced that Mr.. Ford was still
their choice. The committee arranged
for tour of the railway system TO ex-
plain the situation at mass meetings OF
the strikers.
Congestion at the terminals. ferries
and starting points for bus lines was
even worse to-day than on the first
day of the strike. Street and sidewalk
Jams occurred frequently In the business
districts and quarrels over tangles and
broken umbrellas replaced the good
natured tolerance of yesterday and
Thursday.
Added precautions were taken by the
police to prevent accidents at street
functions during rush hours. Several
persons were injured yesterday in the
crush and one man was killed in a jam
of automobiles.
Railroad Travel Doubles.
Patronage on the steam railroads
entering the city increased more than
100 per cent. over normal yesterday and
to-day. About 300 trains were added to
the regular schedules OF the Boston and
| Albany, Boston and Maine and New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
| roads. Hundreds on motor vehicles were
| added to the bus lines started yesterday
and Thursday.
Extra ticket booths and employees
! were placed in the steam railroad ter
| minals to keep the crowds moving Sub
| urban towns which under normal condi-
tions would have but three or four trains
| a day had five or ten minute service
| during rush hours. The regular COM
| mutation tickets for many points were
| replaced by special strip" tickets sold
at Communication rates. the supply OF the
former having been exhausted.
| During the rain thousands obliged to
| walk or patronlze unprotected auto
mobile trucks were literally drenched
| Many business offices. which usually give
| their employees a half holiday Saturday,
did not open to-day and the usual Sat
| urday retail business suffered greatly
Some merchants estimated that trade
had fallen or so per cent. during the
| three days of the strike. Theatre man
ayers also reported heavy losses In
patronage.