The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-07
NO STRIKE OF
The TRAIN MEN

Chicago, Dec. b.-N. u. Lee, plSSl
cat OF the brotherhood OF Railway
h-nnmen, tonight sent message to
resident Taft, assuring him that sen
'etionnl reports regarding a general
.llroad strike were without founda-
zion.
following is President Lees mes
&C 70 President Tar:
n order that yourself and the pub
may know inc truln. | deem It
,essa,v TO state that the press
g., orts indicating that strike OF the
otlcrooud Of Railway rra,nmcn,
..d other affiliated organizations.
.lremcls at this time ns q result OF
" demands made Tor increased pay
i iho territory east OF Chicago, are
oiutely without foundation,
Whatever action Is taken by the
, anization | represent WI depend
rely upon the Individual eXpro5'
IN OF tHe members tnrodgh the gen
aral committee Tor the railways in the
tc,rtory and viii be handled in the
sual manner The demands oi the
lr2in employees in train and ward ser
vfec east Of Dnicago cannot take prop
er form even for deliberate considea-
ton between the railway officials and
tEcir employees before the early part
OF 1910
"All this talk about a strike of the
| brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen and
ahiliafed organizations is absurd. and
the membership of the organization
fully rnalizss it."
AT the close of the sixth day of tho
switchmea's strike" reads state
ment. I'VE have shown greater prog
ress than any day since the strike
was called. hat we feel little concern
was called. That We feel little concern
| merchandise, live stock and perish
able freight Is evidenced by the fact
that all lines continue to accept traf-
&c TO and from all points without re-
striction and that unless conditions
were practically normal. il can be
readily determined that the railroads
would hardly continue TO accept
freight to f1ll UP their terminals and
freight houses at the risk OF enormous
losses.
1T has been stated that the coming
Christmas would he a gloomy one be-
cause OF failure of the railroads to
transport merchandise With refer
ence TO this. we feel the public need
feel no concern.
THE railroads al no time have been
apprehensiye of any controversy in
dealing with other organizations and
the labor leaders themselves to be
met in the future undoubtedly have
the same attitude toward the railroad.
h, ir,1 - ,f Ill
CARNATIONS pursuing fair and busi-
ness-likc methods cannot sit side by
side with the higher officers of the
railroads and discuss in confidence
their difference
The railroad conference committee
is at work obtaining authority from
railroad lines involved to meet a COM
mittee from the switchmen>s union.
Missoula, Mont Dec 6.-Freight
trafiic on The Rocky Mountain division
OF the Northern Pacific is again be
coming normal The mll quota of To-
cal trains is being sent over the di-
vision and today several through
freight arrived in MiSsoula The To-
cal striking switchmen are still op-
tnaistic regarding the situation and
express confidence in the outcome
Not man has returned To work as
yet The local freight Office was open
ed again today and freigth is onco
more being received for shipment
Acting Superintendent NJ NJ. Fowler
stated today that strIkebreakers
would arrive within the next couple
of days and that the switching trouble
would be over just as soon as few
more crews were at work The strln-
ers refuse TO talk regarding the new
men, but no violence IS expected The
Tlen will be housed on the company's
property.
Seattle, Dec 6.-Steady progress to-
ward full resumption of freight ser
vice was made by the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific roads today, the
freight Offices being open for the re-
ceipt OF shipments II is reported
that 250 Strike-breakers for the vari.
Gus Puget Sound cities are coming
west over the Great Northern and
VIII arrive Wednesday.