Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-15
An Roads Entering Salt Lake, Except
One VII be Affected by the
Fjren1e,1 S Strike

The great fremous strike. which is
expected To- be called at any time from
the Brotherhood quarters u Chicago.
win affect aU OF the lines which com,
into salt Lake with the exception of
the Denver a. Rio Grondo and It Is pos
sihie that tho men on this road VIII
go out On sympathy There win be- but
a Few over 200 men directly implicated
I'm the strike iu the city but their ac-
tion will deprive many thousands OF
work and "a practical te-up OF transpor-
tatlOu win eusuc
Tho fIcmeu. or. explicitly. the order
of Locomotive Firemcu and Engine
men, are fght'nc for what they call
"repres. 10 iS "a sort or
three-ooruered affair with the railroads
and the brotherhood of Locomotive
engineers az the other points. These
two unions have been "a. loggerheads
Cor several wears and la8 fan the SIT
nation became So strained that the hre-
men quietly began preparations for the
movement which is expected 20 cul-
inmate soon.
An emplove cannot become an engi-
neer until he has served noVtate OF
three years as "a fireman. When ne Sc
cures an engine, ne must. according 70
the rules OF the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. drop his former ar
hUation with the hremou and become a
member OF the senior order The hie-
mems order. as 20 is usually called. not
only Includes the men who handle the
shovel but also those who have grndu-
atcd and are pulling the throttle.
DECLINE TO QUIT ORDER
Many nremen. after they have
passed their examinations and are 10
command of au engine, decline 70
drop their old order ln"l MAINTAIN
that they have right 90 their Or
ganizatiou and the fight between the
two orders has been of "A fierce ma
ture for several years. Toe engineers
union. which BE- the older ana the
more powerful. will not bulge an
inch from the stand that their con-
stitution holds them to.
The matter of representation, which
IS really the gist of the Wno'e an
fair. and which duplicates the Iall-
roads. a. that grievance committees
from the Locomotive Ftremen ana
Enpiucmcn are not given recognition
by the railroad officials while the en-
ginccrs are moro favored. The uulclals
claim that they viii recognize nut
one order OF engineers ana mat the
dremen's members must state their
grievances through the engineers
body. The engineers have am agree
mont with the railroads, 30 o. said,
that nobody but those who belong 10
their organization shall represent any
engineers grievance
The matter Of wages. which' also
enters mo the strike is but a side
issuo and would readily Doe adjusted by
arbitration. I'm q nutshell the order
of Locomotive Fircmeu ana Engine
mon are asking for a recognition of
tbcir organization as engineers atter
tbe, have attained Co those positions.
with AN rights Of representation az
present granted 10 the brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers
LOCAL PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
=. NJ Qualuough, president of sait
lake Iodce 40. l1S. Locomotive Fire
mon and Engiuemou, was loath % tax
~ the situation this morning lie SAID
mat the matter was being handled
nom the Chicago end ana nothing
,.,uid he given out az the present time
tf,,,,.o,.sr no volunteered the informa-
ti,r that the Denver a. Rio Grande
r,iir,od was not necessarily implicated.
hcrsuse OF the fact that they had rep
,esantation already and the wage scale
Was satisfactory, He also said that
mere were four other western lines
which would not necessarily be aheet-
IA still while giving this Information,
h, animated that the strike would be
geueral N II was declared, ana tn'l
Inc other roads would 90 out in SYM
pathy. ...,u la ,,,,
,,e, the roads. with the help OF the
st,,lsers ina case the strike - declared.
van he the mails These VIII be man
neJ and run as usual, as fa as the
st,itsrs are concerned according to =
n welsh. recording secretary OF inc
San lake lodge He said that thciq
,,ere about eco members of tho nv
mons organization in salt Lake, ana pr
,bcse about 30 are running engines.
I'M case thc strike should be declarci,
tho loss ion Utah would be tremendous.
rhousands OF men would be thrown out
of omplovmont. not only those Directly
ae.cted. but others whose work io
largo extcrt hinges upon that of the
etrikers business generally world be
| sffeoted. not only because % want OF
/ transportation facilities, but aso be-
couao of the cessation Of Expenditures
| M man, men who would be in enforced
! idlencss. ...-.
About the railroad yards gday there
ia an air OF gloom. Work p going on
as usual. hat there is suAdued air of
I oxpcctation which is fclVeverywhere.
Nobody knows whether ~ not. or when.
| the anticipated news Is - come, but an
| are expecting IT, Their are thoughtful