Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-13
RAILROAD MEN
 ID SEE WILSON
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few said frankly they could see hop
 of a settlement favorable to them
 Their views seemed to- have beel
 based on the arguments offered in re
 buttal by Mir Hines as the unio1
 leaders presented new statements o
 proposals.
 Director General Hines, in transmit
 ting data on the controversy to Mir
 Wilson today, was understood to have
 made suggestions" relative to fina
 disposition of the problem.
 The director general in his con
 ference with the union heads. told
 them that he could not grant theiv
 demands because of the early termi
 nation of federal control, and ex
 plained that passage of pending leg
 islation was expected to set up ma
 chinerv to provide impartial and un.
 biased" handling of the wage claims The union ar9ument to this was that they were thus compelled to face another delay with no assurance of relief
 While the controversies with the other unions were Quiescent because of a switch in the center of interest from the railroad administration to the White House. MT. Hines cOnFe~r- ed with renresentatives of the P~0th- erhood Of Maintenance of Way Elm. plaves and shop Ilahnrers who havo called 9 strike nf their BOO 0n0 mem hers Tuesday. officifhS of the Broth erhood of Railroad Station Emploves and members Of the Longshoresmen's union.
 The conference with the mainten- aDce of way workers resulted practi- callv in placing their demands in the same category with those now before the president MT. Hines told the committee frankly that he could not agree to their demands for higher pav p' thie time hnt inFo~urad them os his willingness to leave the case open pending decision Of the president
 Differences between tn railroad ad- ministration and the station emDloyes and longshoresmen were understood to have been settled several weeks ago. but MT. Hines told them at that time he would discuss their griev- ances further whenever they desired | P. J. Coyle. president of the station l emploves, said after the conference l he had not given what he intended | getting" but that the question had not been disDosed of finally.
 The maintenance of way employees representatives presented state ] rment from their president. A. E. l Barker. the contents of which were not divulged J. P Mailer, vice presi- l however, declareE the agreement | 1a-I oh ha o6r afrf let nf ficials claimed would be broken by | the prouosed strike. contained no pro vision with respect to wages which l required a notice of 30 days before i cancellation. His construction of the l agreement was that the 30-day clause | applied only to "hours of service and working conditions" On this basis l he contended, official notice was un- i necessary.
 A conference had been tentatively arranged between MT. Hines and w | c. Lee. president of the Brotherhood l of Railroad Trainmen. but 1t was de- ferred pending the White House. de- cisiou.
 Whie House officials indicated ! strongly their feeling that the crisis l has passed even though the neeotia- | tions thus far have been harmonious. | Developments have come so rapidlv in the last AS hours that further changes. any one of several which | mipht nrove serious, would not be surprising.
 Counter to this however, was the offered in manv quarters that repardless of the outcome. ru- mors of general strike of ell rail wo-kers were not to ha raparded se- riouslv at this time because of tho pondino lepielation + was nointed ] ont that fOderAl wa9a boards have failed to satisfv few of the organi7a- tjons which cH-na before them with | grievances and that the railroad en- ployes generally have confidence in | any report which srch body as is | proposed in the Cummins-Esch bill | would make in thhir ease.