The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-15
Enainecrs Min Mot strike.

Portland Ore, March t5.-Omclals
of the Hartman lines In Oregon state
that the strike Will have little o. no
effect on them. Their engineers. they
say, are for the most part members
of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive En-
gineers. who. they say. will not aban-
don their situations. Their locomo-
tiyes are equipped with oil burners.
and the officials may need but little
skill in operating
The Spokane, Portland &c Seattle
railroad officials state that they eX-
pect 10 have little diflculty in re-
placing any flremcn who strike. as
they employ hut fcw mon
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railroad have divisions tcrmi-
mailing here. AT Seattle and at TIA
coma Local officials OF these roads
state they arc not In position To speak
adviscdly as TO what effect the strike
will have upon the roads they repre-
sent
There are about $50 flremen en-
ployed by roads iu this state and on
divisions OF other roads which have
terminals here The vote cast by the
local union men of the brotherhood of
Locomotive FIremen and Enginemen
was almost unanimous In favor of call
ing Il strike. il the demands of the
Brotherhood were not granted.
San Francisco, March 15-Thougn
frankly cOncedlnC that the strike or
der issued from Chicago last night
by the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Tiremcn and Enginemcn may cause
temporary Inconvenience and embar-
rassment. officials oil railroads opera
ting on the Pacific coast say they an
tIcipate no great trouble Apparently
The motion of President Carter OF the
Brotherhood has taken some OF the
companies by surprise. and no special
measures TO meet the emergency had
been formulated The fact, however.
that the engineers are not likely to be
involved is regarded by the companies
as reassurIng aspect Of the situa-
ton. Many of the locomotives OF the
coast lines are equipped with oil burn
ere which. 1t Is stated. do not require
much skill in handling.
Little uneasiness IL manifested at
the Southern Pacific Offices here. and
reports from divisional points of the
I1dl IillS'i AihtHg iht 'i'aA ANNi iah'A hF
Santa Fc and other railroads M and
down the coast arc 10 the effect that
tho officials cXpresS small concern
over the outlook.
+. B. Calvin. yicc-presldent and gen
cral manager OF the Southern Pacific,
said last night;
While the strike will affect our
roads out here, ne do not anticipate
any serious inconvenience.
THE public does not understand
how the strike was brought about
The railroads were willing TO nrbltrate
with the flremcn on the wage ques.
tlon: IN fact. asked for arbitration.
The firemen. however, have insisted
on bringing in the question OF repre-
/ sentatiou-that Is. they insisted uuon
: being empowered to legIsletc for their
members after they had become engl-
neers. This the engineers did not re-
quest.
THE fact that We in the west use
oil burners will make II very easy
matter to replace the men"
About 90 per cent OF the Southern
Pacific iiremen arc members OF the
Brotherhood, II is officially stated, and
/ all OF these are expected TO obey the
orders OF their organization.
, Santa Fe officials at Los Angeles
say that brakemen on that road doubt
less will go out with the iremen.
Los Angeles adyices state that the
Salt Lake road viii not be affected.
as the main line Is now In operation
over the weshouts In Nevada.
FlREmEN WILL OBEY.