Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-03
FIVE THOUSAND.
MAYSTR|KE IN
COLORADO
TRAINMEN THREATEN TO
WALK OUT ON SOUTHERN
Efforts to Settle Switchmen'S
Grievances Futile; Trouble
May Spread to Rio Grande
Road, is Feared.
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Denver, Aug. 2.-Negotiati0ns look
ing to settlement of the strike of
switehmen and yardmen of the local
Colorado and Southern railroad yards
came to an end this afternoon when
Vice President A. d. Parker of the
railroad company turned down two
propositions made ny the strikers
committee and the latter reciprocated
by declining to agree to two sugges-
tons from the company's official. The
brotherhood leaders declared a general
strike of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen Is now unavoidable. but do
not Indicate when such an order IL
liable to be made. For the present
only the Colorado and Southern road
will be affected according to the strike
leaders, although they will demand a
conference with Denver and Rio
Grande officials for the purpose of ac-
quainting the latter with certain
things the Brotherhood men want the
railroad to do. General Manager
Ridgeway and Vice President Schlacks
being out of the city there Is no one
in authority, the brotherhood leaders
say who can be seen just at this time
This condition puts the Rio Grande
out of the controversy for the present
5. r.. Herlinger vice president OF the
Swltchmen's Union OF North America
says his organization controls the
Union Pacific and Burlington local
yards and consequently the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen cannot die
tate to the yardmen OF those roads and
they will not be affected.
AT the conference todav haefdas
Grand Master Morrissey and Third
Grand Master Newman of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, there
were present employees of the ColO-
RADIO and Southern road who are MEM
bers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Firemen and the Order of
Railroad Conductors They were there
MS friends to both sides to the issue
4td took no part In the discussion.
Vice President Parker alone repre-
scented the railroads. Mr.. Parker pro
posed arbitration as a means of set
tlement and failing In this, suggested
that the men go to work at the Old
scale and refer the matter of a raise
In wages to a meeting of committee
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and the general managers Of the
western railroads to be held some time
III the near future MI MOfrlSSel
pointed out that arbitration could not
be agreed to on the spot because there
are things which the whole nrgani-
zation would have to endorse Mr..
Morrissey proposed that the strikers
be granted an increase at the end OF
the year If this did not suit Mr.
Parker he suggested that the two
cents an hour increase be granted tenn
porarlly and the matter then referred
to a general managers's and brother
hood committee meeting in the near
future. Mr.. Parker thought that
either plan, If agreed to by him. would
be a practical surrender and an ad-
mission of the justice of the brother
hoods demands and consequently re-
fused to agree to them. The confer
ence then broke up without an under
standing that the participants should
come together again.
There are something In the neigh
borhood of 5000 brotherhood men em-
ployed by the Colorado and Southern
railway and n general strike order
would bring them all out. the leaders
say that the result would be TO cripple
the entire system. over 1000 em-
ployes OF the Denver and Rio Grande
train service are brotherhood men.
Mr.. Parker stated today that all OF
the seventeen switch engines In the
local yards. each with a full crew
were working today and that every
lstrlkers' place had been filled.