Report of the Board of Arbitration

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Excerpt from Report of the Board of Arbitration: In the Matter of the Controversy Between the Eastern Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Appointed in Conformity With an Agreement of the Parties Made at New York City Under Date of April 30th, 1912 Early in the year 1912, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, on behalf of the engineers employed on fifty-two railroads in the eastern section of the United States, presented a concerted request to the management of these railroads for a general increase in wages and for certain modifications in the rules governing their employment. This concerted movement resulted in conferences held in New York City on March 14, 15 and 25, between representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a Conference Committee of Managers representing the railroads. At the last of these conferences the representatives of the railroads declined to grant the requests of the engineers either in whole or in part. At these conferences the engineers were represented by Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer, and F. A. Burgess, Ash Kennedy, and M. W. Cadle, Assistant Grand Chiefs, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The railroads were represented by J. C. Stuart, Chairman of the Conference Committee of Managers, and Vice-President of the Erie Railroad, A. W. Thompson, General Manager of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, C. S. Sims, Vice-President of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, H. J. Horn, Vice-President of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, A. H. Smith, Vice-President of the New York Central Lines East, C. E. Schaff, Vice-President of the New York Central Lines West, S. C. Long, General Manager of the Pennsylvania Lines East, G. L. Peck, General Manager of the Pennsylvania Lines West, J. A. McCrea, General Manager of the Long Island Railroad, A. T. Dice, General Manager of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, J. A. Shepherd, General Manager of the Western Maryland Railway, and B. A. Worthington, Receiver, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.