Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-13
PRESIDENT MEETS
OFFICIALS TODAY
AS Alternative to Demands Rail
Workers Will Claim In
creased Wages.
SEE LITTLE HOPE OF RELIEF
President Is Said to Have Made
Suggestions to Dispose
of Problem.
[ny Associated Press. ]

(1y Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. Feb. .1e.-Presidcnt
spokcsmen for the, more than e.00o,oo0
railroad employees that definite asstlr-
Sn in be tis fyon cost ct az % nn
night. As an alternatives. the uniSn
wages, demands for which Were nor
pressed at Mr.. Wilson's request last
summer.
nepTssentatiyes Of the workers, /.
hope for higher wages largely, on the
Increase in the cost OF living since tho
ass Ths Goaa 6a wage IN 1917
ways to the fore In the negotiations
which the union men have had with
ployed to the full oNtent of tho unions
power in the conference with; tho
President. 1t was Indicated.
To oner Verbal Statements.
ment from the WSite Whit House hs aahaahss shas tSs
tee OF. three personally. a meeting OF
iroversy was called and and prepara! re ara ions ions
of verbal claims ps in amplifeatioa Rfssehoa,e &c
through Director General Hines TRe
employees will be represented by b., NJ.
Jewell acting president of .he Raft
can Federation Of Labor: e. j. alanion.
president OF the Order Of Railroad
s Of the snsa act q
The conference. viii be heid on tho
Mr. Wilson spends ! q portion. OF. his
mornings. fiss.. &
E. sp,an hope fss Rssief. AZ
There was titmistakable ble yid4rce fto4y
ngnt ta nmoPE fSo The .aSn sfsials
to grant their wage demands. "a few
said frankly they could sec no ;hopeyoe
view seems to have been based IN fhe
arguments offered in. rebuttal by Mr..
Hines as the union leaders presented
ting data On the controversy to PrSs!-
dent dent Wilson today was understood te
q final disposition OF the problems.
These. however. did not taket the form
said. Union leaders had Knowledge OF
what Mr.. Hines' stand was, and they
.n, Wsre Understood dsGssto t,s to fesr the presi
along the same lines. .. ).
The director-generals in his confer
ence with the union heads told them
because OF the early; termination OF
pending lssslation n, passage OF which
| unbiased" handling OF tho wage
that they uaaa asre ssss IL fs
face anether delay with no assurances
other unions were qSieseent Because use
fro fsom wss,s shs dj.. Eailroad e
hood. Of Maintenanee Of way En-
eaes pGEses snd asfks shsp a soo who
Tuesday. officials Of brotherhood eof
railroad station employees and chiefs
OF the lonGshoremen's union ~
Demands In same Caterer.
Tho conference with the Mainten4
ance, of Way Workers resulted prao-
tically in placing their demands In tho
the Presldent. Mr.. Hines told tho
committee. frankly that he could not
agree to their demands for higher pay
Willingness to leave the case open
poRd5rinE ,5raEEon decision Of the Prssidents.1
ministratiea and tSe station n patiT1aa ed
and longshoremen were understood to
have been settled several weeks ago,
he Would discuss @ 'sa taeir at griasasaiess 1aas sis
coyie. president OF. station employees,
been given what he intended setting"
but that the question had not been dis
posed OF finally. .. ..se.1
OemaAds OF ma1ntenancc Men.
The maintenance employees' repre-
sentatives presented q statement from
their president. A. e. Barker. ,the con-
tents Of which were not, divulsed. j.
r; Mailoy. ytce-president. who headed
ton officials claimed, would be broken
by the proposed strike, contained no
provision with respect to wages which
required Teaa ed notice Of thirty days be-
Of the agreement was that tho thirty
day clause applied only to s"hoursqof
service and working conditions" On
THIS THIS basis. he contenued, official notice
Mr.. Hines did not confer with w. G.
Lee. president OF the brotherhood OF
railway trainmen. who has abrogated
conference has been tentatively ar
ranged but 1t was deferred bending
the White House decision.
White House onlclals Indicated
has not passed even though the neEo-
tiations thus far have been harmoni-
gus: Developments have come 80 rapid
ly In the last forty..e!ght hours that
eral which might prove serious--woGid
not be surprising. There was no IN
timation as to what these turns In the
the sitaat'oh was IS af sIass,y ssysraT
snSso.,iaa seastsT e srs1aa t1as owsysr Sas
q sas s,sks Fl
4, ,his IS time bessass 4, ths \ pe eadIas iss.ss
few of the ORGANIZATIONS which SSse
sS Sas the Ss'ea Parosa s an
have have cSnfdenss Snds In any rspo,s Chishs