Show STRIKE OF YARDMEN FEARED All R Railroads ill ads E Entering er n New NewYork I 1 York City May MY a Be Tied u Uj U. U h I TW TWO COMPANIES SETTLE I II I of Unions UnIon In Conference Say 1 They Will Iro nt Demands I on nn Monday I Now ow York Dec J JG 16 where There Is an anair anair air ala of oC expectancy about the headquarters head head- quarters of oC the tho yardmen of C the railways railways rail rail- ways was entering tho the city who are alO considering con con- tho the question whether they thoy shall on Monday next inaugurate a astrike astrike their demands strike lo to enforce upon the railway managements nt which so o I far ha have 0 been refused It does not nol seem that the strike will be declared as soon us UR URIon Monday Monday Mon Ion Chi day but hUl It I is Ig predicted that unless the railways accede to the Ule demands th the first t of tho the year car will see sec one OtiC of oC the tho greatest strikes the city has ever known I rho Tho Broadway Central hotel where the officers of or tho the various brotherhoods nave ilave made malle their headquarters was visited vis vis- Iced UNI hy by many of oC tho the leading spirits In the agitation tda today An 1 early arly arrival at the hotel was I vice chief of the John Brotherhood of C Trainmen n who came from Huntington Ind Ind for Cor the purpose purpose pur pur- pose of meeting Grand Master T T. R R. Morrissey y of the same brotherhood PUW Power r I i n Hosts I. I t With Two T 0 Upon lI the v re result of oC tho the conference between these two heads bends of oC the order and with the tho chief of oC tho the or affected will depend the Issue If Ie a 11 Ht 1110 Is ordered It fl will affect tho the yard conductors yard artI brakemen anti other yard ard and the freight feight handlers of oC the Pennsylvania i Delaware Lackawanna Western Vestern Central Railroad of oC New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey Baltimore Ohio Staten Stat- Stat StatI I en Island Erie Eric LehIgh Valby Valloy Valley Val Val- ValI I ley loy and ancI Long Island roads In fact every line entering this dt city except the Ih New York Cent tl and th the tho New I I York New I companies companies com com- which have havo effected a n. settlement settlement settle settle- ment of tho with their 11 men nten The fh men are art asking tho the roads to put pill In effort effect O Ct th Chicago standard of or wages Not long ngn 80 a a. new standard was agreed upon at fo which I gives nl night ht conductors of or switching I I 1 trains 38 cents ji er r hour old night n 31 3 cents p JI per r hour dl day con coo I If 36 rl c cents per hour hoar and brake brake- I men Inca 32 32 cents cent 1 of or one Hup Crud lit i TIl this nis understood r that th lie iho Now v York i C Central and Now New York YI Maw W Haven Icy companies settled on the till Chicago basis which t Is practically an increase 1 of nf live coats cents per pOl hour all around Th The other roads are aTC willing i ito Ii to pay an increase of four tom cents per hour but hut not nol more The matter has been h cn under r discussion discus discus- u sion SIC for 01 some omo and as a 3 r result ull j of tho the difference of or one on cent pt per r hou hour between th the two Interests the matter mat mat- mat mat- matter I t ter r has hns been heen put hut to a 0 vole vote ninety ninety- eight per cent cont of nr the men mn voting voUn t. t to i sustain n the HII demand |