Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-03

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WANT INVESTIGATION
Freight Conductor n. o. Brown,
James Muir and ]. DAILY quickly fol-
lowed suit while Conductor G. T.. O'Con-
nor was laid Off and Is apparently for
gotten. The last named with his brake
men was accused of being drunk The
men calm they were not intoxicated
ana say If they were they would have
never been allowed to leave the yards
with their train orders They asked
! an Investigation and were turned down.
Engineer Gamer Is another who was
discharged. He tarrIed two minutes
over time eating his lunch Mt Thistle.
lie has been relnstated, however, for a
committee of engineers called on Mi
Cotter and demanded that he be put
back,
OTHER OFFENDERS.
observation-disclosures got his papers
for short tagging T., G. Miller an en-
gineer at Helper, was discharged for
knocking off the steps OF Il oaboose be-
cause he could not stop in lime owing
TO a stlff lever Engineers Burke and
Wilson on the coal runs between SEQ
field and Ogden were ordered out Of
service last night for 'slanging' each
other in the Ogden rOundhouse two
months ago Fireman George Mitchell,
who was handling an engine, bumped
into car He was given five days and
after he had returned 10 work for three
days he received letter laying him OF
for thirty days more for the same Of
Tense
WAS ENGINE UNSAFE?
Such are the stories told by the men
who also assert that there was an en-
glne ordered out at Helper last week
and the engineer declined to take 1t
out on the grounds that II ought to go
into the shops, as II was unsafe, Five
other engineers We're called upon but
they all refused to take the engine out
The half dozen got their discharge,
Among the others who have been
discharged have been Coal Contractor
Joe Notti who has been with the road
for five years.
AFTER BETTER DISCIPLINE
That the new trainmaster is a dis
ciplinarlan can be gathered by the fact
that last Monday there were 80 men
on the carpet by 10 a. m. Six operat-
ors have resigned In one week and sew
eral have been DISCHARGED, including
Operator Mcconnell for giving a
scratch order at Helper TO Passenger
Conductor Lynch on Saturday
IN the face Of the sweeping changes
that are being made the men say that
all Of the discharges cannot be for in
competency as most of the men let out
are old employees and the Rlo Grande
Western for years past has had the
reputation Of having the best and most
efficient LOT Of trainmen of any noun
tain road In the west
INVESTIGATION ASKED.
They ask for an investigation and
also are taking steps to compel Gen
Manager Herbert TO remove the new
trainmaster and relnstate those VINO
have been discharged for insufficient
cause II this Is not done they declare
emphatcally that they Will tie up the
line as stated. The conservative ele-
ment is Of the opinion that Mr. Herbert
Will grant their re-'..st when he has
the matter laid before him In It's prop
er light.
ALLEGED SERIOUS THREAT.
In substantiation of their assertion
they state that on the occasion Of the
visit OF MI Herbert here last month
that he received q communication from
the men at Alamosa, Colo, asking that
the obnoxious new tralnmaster there
be removed and II such were not done
the tralnmaster aforesaid would be
shipped c. O. d. to Salt Lake In pine
box The trainmaster was removed
MR.. coTTER OUT OF CITY
There are two sides TO every story
Above Is the story told by a member
of the brotherhood TO the News this
morning Mr. Cotters side Is not
forthcoming az this time, as he Is out
of town. From the present temper of
the men, however, II Is a situation
which requires the incest kind of hand
ling. .,o,.e
In the meantime the heads continue
10 tall. the latest being John Reed
chief clerk to Mr. Cotter here, who has
been with the company for the past II
years. He retired today and was sue
ceeded BY ]. Y. Neville Of Denver re-
Gently OF the Missouri Pacific,