Show a RAILROADS MEET 1 UNIONS UNIONS' DEMANDS Trainmen Who Asked for Five Cents an Hour Will Get F Fou Four ur I. I ARBITRATION TO FOLLOW I Final II al Co Conference 11 ft i co Sunday When All 4 Difference Arc Are l Expected to Be Dc Settled New York 1011 Dec 21 As AM As a a. result of the conference between the officials of oC the several everal railroads entering New NewYork NewYork newYork York and the tho hl higher her officials o of the tho Brotherhood of oC Railway Hallway Trainmen Switchmen hold held today th the railroad companies have receded from their declaration that thc they p would not grant granta a general Inc increase cag In iii wages wa-es The They have promised to meet the claims of or ortho tho rho men within 1 a month if IC IO possible and ana to lun IH pay r P an increase o of 4 cents an ho hour bout r Immediately Stale Labor I r. r hol Commissioner Sherman members of the tate state board 1 of or arbi V ration and the union an and 1 railway officiAls officials of of- discussed the situation pro pio an and 1 eon con sc er several hours before the plan was finally finally- uree agreed 1 upon that has ha cried averted the contemplated contemplate 1 strike I Statement Grandmaster Morrissey of the Trainmen Tl at his hotel tonight said gald Our union made a demand 1 of 5 cents per pcr hour increased Increase 1 wages The various railroads were willing to meet our proposition more than half way nn and 1 offered an increase of oC 4 cents per lIer hour the Increase Increase to date from Crom Dec 1 The Increase of oC the additional 1 cent asked ed for by the men was left for 01 arbitration on and 1 It will follow the tho usual course coune This will wm be a conference on this additional 1 cent per Ier hour ben betteen be- be oen n the representatives o of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads lU and tho rho representatives of oC the union the latter part patt of next month here In Jn New C York YOlk CIt City and the question question question ques ques- tion will then be settled Speaking of the conference he lie said All the railroads with Hh the exception of tho rho Long Island railroad agreed to the he 4 J cent centI per yenta I er hour homo rate late Tho The Staten Island bland Railroad aad 1 company differences were cre settled amicably p on the 4 1 1 cent ba basis lson and for 01 the reason that the thc Staten Island stand railroad 1 had already given the themen themen men nen a raise of oC 1 cent per hour some sometime time Imo ago so that with the granting of oC the lie 4 cents ad asked for or the theco co company p n has hus given the men all thc they asked asIH 1 for Cor There will be a conference tomorrow to 1 Sunday in which I on and 11 1 Mr Murdock representing the union will tal take c part with tho the Long Island railroad to confer conor on the whole hole proposition on the 5 cents per hour hour lour increase a I U t |