The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-09
OGDEN NEWS.
offea 24s4 Washington Avsnu.
Ogden, Saturday, March 9.
RAILROAD MEN
EXPECT PEACE
Believe Questions of Hours and
Wages viii Be Satisfac-
toriIy Adjusted.

The local representatives of the Broth
erhood Of Railway Trainmen and Order
of Railway Conductors, who were in ses-
sion at Oakland during the early part of
the week, returned to Ogden yesterday.
This meeting was for the purpose of
hearing reports from the general chair
man, r. Mcintyre of the Trainmen and
i. Veach of the Conductors, as to the
result OF their conference with the Off
Gals of the railroad companies in Chi
cago in February. There were full com
mittees in attendance at the Oakland
meeting, the representatives of the two
organizations working jointly on the
matter The local chairmen will now
convey the knowledge they gained to the
members at large of the organization of
the Southern Pacific system. After
learning the sentiment of the men rela-
tive 10 the questions at issue negotiations
between the general chairmen and the
representatives of the railroad companies
will be resumed.
The questions under consideration
which have been discussed for virtually
four months affect both hours and wages
The chairmen of the various districts of
the Southern Pacific held their first meet
ing in Oakland when the general chair
man went TO Chicago to meet with the
railroad officials the latter part of jan
uary. At that time the representatives
0 fthe union acted under specific in
structions from the men they represented
and with their hands tied in this way
were not empowered to accept anything
that might be submitted by the company
in lieu of the demands of the employees
II is evident that the controversy was
continued at the Chicago meeting until
the railroad officials considered a coun-
ter proposition to replace the demands
that failed to meet with favor at their
hands. The only thing left for the rep
resentatives of the brotherhood TO do was
to ask for an adjournment until the prop
ositiOn was put up to the members. as is
now being done.
The employees of the Southern Pacific
or even the entire Hartman system are
not the only ones affected by the ques-
tons at issue. There are forty-two diff
ferent railroads west of the Missouri riv-
er to which the same applies. Represen-
tatives of all these lines were in attend
ance at the Chicago conference and the
railroads were represented by ten gen.
eral managers. Meetings similar TO the
Oakland session have been held since at
various points throughout the west and
similar action has been taken.
There has been considerable strike talk
in connection with the present delibera-
tons. but the officials of the unions in
terested deny that there is even a remote
possibility for such a move. They in
sist that the existing relations will con-
tinue. 1t is claimed that but a small
margin separates the labor representa-
tiVes and the officials at this time. But
for the fact that the general chairmen
were acting under instructions the entire
affair would have been adjusted at the
Chicago meeting last month
A. s. Messenger, local chairman for
the trainmen. upon his return from Oak
land yesterday. said: Everything is
working out nicely Our session at Oak
land was entirely harmonious. the repre-
sentatives of the conductors and our men
moving hand in hand. We expect to see
an amicable adjustment of the whole
matter All this talk about strikes is
pure rot. The entire proposition will be
settled by arbitration to the satisfaction
of all When our representatives re-
turn to Chicago they will be in a position
TO act on the questions pending and 1 ex-
pect to see everything adjusted at that
time"