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

There IS serious trouble brewing on
-, p,o nronde Western and the Dem
s W., 8 Rio Grande lines. To-day a dele
,o,,on Of the brotherhood of Locomo-
sys ENGINEERS representing the men
wy ,,no an fine Denver & Rio Grande,
.a waiting ON General Manager Her
sor, m Denver on his return from 81
fons where he has been in consul'a-
,on wlth the Missouri Pacific officials
rhis committee win ask for the REIN
s,s,ement Of large number OF men
w,o have beon recently discharged
n, alleged trivial offenses, and their
rioces fled by men brought In from
,ba Missouri Pacific and the Wabash.
Unless their demands are complied with
mo tralnmen In Salt Lake say that
,bere viii be q complete trie-up Of the
uno by March 10, or few days later
at most
similar action is to be taken by
he Rio Grande Western unless the De-
mands OF the men are complied with,
with the result that the entire system
wifi be tied w from Ogden to Denver.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
The men are very reticent regarding
,be impending trouble, but when ap-
proached today admitted that the mat
ior has been taken up by the Brother
Mood OF Tralnmen, and that 1t VIII be
pushed for all IL is worth.
Tho whole trouble arises from the
noIIey that has been Instituted, Of dis
charging old men and filling thf'r
paces with men brought from other
Gould llnesG. Cotter, Drother-in.law to
General Manager Herbert, who was re-
cnty appointed trainmaster with head
quarters In salt Lake, is a particular
thorn In the side Of the Rio Grande en-
ployes who state that he il too young
man. only q years Of age, with a
uenchant for welding the axe on the
slightest prOyOcation. The men claim
that they have been pulled Off for
most trivial oifenses and been discharg-
ed without an investigation. They ask
that their ohenses be investigated, and
say II Il ls proved that their acts have
merlted discharge, they viii De willing
10 abide BY the decision.
suPERsEDES WELBY.
A new phase of the management OF
The Rio Grande lines under the new adj
mnistation comes to light with the
trouble Those old men who have sup
ported General Superintendent A, ~,
Welby IN the past and were regarded
by him as being competent employees,
naturally, on receiving their dis
charge went to the general superln-
cndent with their grievances They
were received with the old-time con-
sideratlon, but all the comfort they got
was the Information that such matters
were out Of the Jurisdiction Of the gem
eral superintendent When II came to
the hiring or the discharge of trainmen,
dlspatchers, station agents and other
employees Mr.. Cotter was the man who
dld Il ana his word was final Mr., We'll
BY ls saiG 10 have put IN word for an
employe who had been with the COM
pany for the past 10 years, but his re-
quest that the man be laid Off for 30
Gays IN place Of being discharged was
without avail Mr. Cotters word was
again final
FIFTY MEN DISCHARGED.
Indicative Of the way the axe has
heen falling during the past month 1t
sald mat there are close upon 80
men now hunting jobs elsewhere while
strangers have come In to Ill their
places
me ball was opened by the pulling
gu OF Passenger Conductor Il. j. Rob-
Oihs who had been 10 years in the EN-
lloy OF the Western Robbins was
lVW minutes late In pulling out of the
cepot here, Under the old regime he
would have probably got off with
IepIlmand or al the most been suspend
60 Tor few days.
Iheh station Agent y. w. Ammer-
,uah az Bingham Junction, who has
peeh il years with the company. was
". OUT 10 make room for one Arrias of
c Vw lork who Is said to be a cousin to
NVAttE,
.hIakeman Mldtby was let out for not
Ss,ne FOUND when wanted by the call
IVY an oiiense which Ii generally fol-
vNsu by reprimand Brakemen
cnoughterty and RAIDER and Freight
N.to1auclor r, d, Warwick then got
c cu.r waking papers for dlsputing the
So .. who had the right Of way.
eV''eF IN iring the men said that 1.-THE