Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-21
Managers Of All Western Roads
Considering TWo-Cent Dit
ferentiaI Question.
DEMANDS MAY BE GRANTED.
IF Result Is Not Satisfactory TO Work
men Biggest Strike Ever Seen
In West is Probable.

Executive managers Of all western
railroads are gathered in Denver to
attend general conference begun yes
terday with the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen's general conference
committee to settle the question of a
2-cent differential in yard-mens' pay
The conference was called by Asst
General Manager w. S. Martin Of the
Denver & Rio Grande system. More
than a dozen lines are represented be-
sides the roads centering in Denver.
a. d. ParalSer. vice president of the
Colorado & southern; Asst. General
Manager w s. Martin of the Denver
& Rio Grande: George Vallery, gem
eral manager of the Colorado Midland.
are on the ground.
BUCKINGHAM FOR o. S. l..
q. w. Holdridge, general manager
Of the Burlington. reached Denver
Monday morning in his special car.
r. j. simmons, general manager OF
the FL Paso IL southwestern, got In
sunday night. So did r. buckingham,
general sunerlntendent of the Oregon
Short Line. and M. j. Buckingham.
general superintendent of the oregon
railroad and Navigation company.
also A. IT. Palmer assistant superin-
tcndant of the Union Pacific at Kansas
City.
General Manager Mohler of the
Union Pacific arrived Monday. w. @:
Van Week. vice president and general
manager Of the Galveston, Harrisburg
4; San Antonio, a division OF the Har-
liman lines. came in Monday, also.
LOOKS LIKE GRANT.
This gathering is one Of the most
imuortant meetings ever held in Den
yer by western railroad officials Up
on the outcome will depend whether
or not the controversy over the wage
question for $4,000 men will be ad-
justed
There is disposition on the part
Of the railroad managers to grant the
demand In fact. the recent train
mems strike on the Colorado g. South
ern, which threatened to spread to
the other western lines. was called off
With the tacit understanding that the
conference would settle the whole
question satisfactorily to all concern
ed
The Hartman lines seem to be in
a conciliatory mood and II appears
that all the roads are ready to meet
the issue fairly and squarely. Some
Of the bigger managers have con-
fessed belief that the demands of
the men in this instance are no more
than demands for something to which
they are fully entitled. Little prog
ress was made yesterday towards an
ultimate settlement as the matter in
hand is so large and important that
serious and lengthy consideration will
be necessary before any conclusion
can be reached. Serious discussion
is on today and will be on tomorrow
and probably all week.
RESULT AWAITED ANXIOuSLY.
The Is or so delegates presenting
the yardmens' side represent $4,000
men, while the many officials pres
ent represent thousands of miles of
trackage. The number of private cars
in the Denver yards this week breaks
all former records as in the neigh
borhood of 30 lines have representa-
tivese attending the convention and
numerous roads have each sent sew
eral delegates. The result of the meet
ing must be either of these two things.
the granting of the yardmens' de-
mands or the most disastrous railroad
tie-up ever seen in the west.