Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-12 | Page 2 | Big Strike May be Prevented

BJG STRIKE MAY BE PREVENTED President Carter, Representing the B. of L. F. and 13., Is iu Favor of Mediation. 1 By International News Sen-Ice. NEW TOBK, Feb. 11. Although it was expected that a final crisis would bo reached today between the mauacers of tho fifty-four eastern trunk line railroads and the 34,000 locomotive firemen and enginemen in their controversy con-troversy over the manner of arbitrating tho domand3 of the union for an in-creaso in-creaso and standardization of their wages, the deadlock that' has ozisted for weeks promises to be continued for some time yet. At a joint conforenco held in the afternoon af-ternoon between tho committee representing repre-senting the railroad managers, and Presidont Carter of tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginoraoa, no baso of arbitration was agreed on. When the executive chief of the workmen work-men left tho conference room ho announced an-nounced that he would send a communication communi-cation to Chairman Elisha Lee of the conference committee of mauagcrs. m A big ray of hopo wns s-hed on the situation when Carter's communication had been read and thoroughly digested, for it plainly indicatod his unwillingness unwilling-ness to order a strike boforo ho had exhausted every resource of a peace-able peace-able settlement of tho difficulty. His pronuueiam'ento was that he had telegraphed tele-graphed to Judge Martin A Knapp, chief justice of the court of commerce, and Acting National Labor Commissioner Commis-sioner 11. W. Hanger, "requesting that they attempt to mediate our differences under the provisions of tho Erdman act and thus prevent a strike."