Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-03
FIVE THOUSAND
YSTR|KE IN
COLORADO
TRAtNMEN THREATEN TO
WALK OUT ON SOUTHERN
Efforts to Settle Switchmen'S
Grievances FutiIei Trouble
May Spread TO Rio Grande
Road, is Feared,
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Denver, Aug. Negotiations look
ing to a settlement of the strike of
switchmen and yardmen of the local
Colorado and Southern railroad yards
came TO an end this afternoon when.
Vice President A. ~ Parker of the
railroad company turned down two
propositions made by the strikers
committee and the latter reciprocated
bN declining to agree TO two sugges-
tions from the company's official. Tho
brotherhood leaders declared a general
strike Of the Brotherhood OF Railway
Tralnmen Is now unavoidable but do
not indicate when such an order Is
ilahle 10 be made. For the present
ONLY the Colorado and southern road
VIII be affected according to the strike
leaders. although they viii demand
conference with Denver and RIO
Grandc officials for the purpose Of ac-
guainting the latter with certain
things the Brotherhood men want the
railroad To do. General Manager
Ridgeway and Vice President Schlacka
being out Of the city there IL 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
). T.. Herlinger. vice president of the
Switchmen's Union of North America.
says his organization controls the
Union Pacific and Burlington local
yards and consequently the Brother
hood of Railway Tralnmen cannot die
tate to the yardmen of those roads and
they viii not be affected.
At the conference today besides
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 read who are mem
bers of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen and the order ~
Railroad Conductors. They were there
as friends to both sides to the issue
and took no part In the discussion.
Vice President Parker alone repre-
sented the railroads. Mr. Parker pro-
posed arbitration as means of set
Element and falling In this. suggested
that the men so to work at the old
scale and refer the matter of a raise
In wages To meeting Of a committee
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and the general managers Of the
western railroads to be held some time
in the near future. Mr.. Morrissey
pointed out that arbitration could not
be agreed To on the spot because there
are things which the whole organi-
zation would have to endorse Mr..
Morfissey proposed that the strikers
be granted an increase at the end OF
the year II this did not suit Mr.
Parker he suggested that the twl
cents an hour increase be granted tenn
porarilv and the matter then referred
to general managers and brother
hood committee meeting in the near
future Mr.. Parker thought thGt
either plan. n 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 en-
ployed by the Colorado and Southern
and a general strike order
would bring them all out. the leaders
gay that the result would be to cripple
the entire system. over 1000 em-
ployos OF the Denver and Rio Grande
train service are brotherhood men.
MIR. Parker stated today that all ot
the seventeen switch engines In the
local yards, each with full crew.
were working today and that every
strikers place had been filled.