Arizona republican., 1910-03-15
WEST
 THROTTLED firemen's Strike On Forty
 Seven Roads Called ORDER GOES OUT TODAY
It is Predicted That Every Freight Train Will Be Brought to a Standstill. Railroads Will Appeal to Washington

Railroads Will Appeal to Washington
 Chicago. March lJ.-W. =. Carter president Of the Brotherhood Of Loco motive Bremen and Enginemen. an- nounced at midnight that strike oi aj 900 firemen. on all western roads had been called. The decision to strike was reached at meeting of forty three members of the Western Feder- ated board of the Brotherhood, each representing a western railroad.
 The exact hour the strike will go Unto effect. he said. would he decid ed tomorrow. and every fireman be tween Chicago and the Pacific will he informed by telegraph when to quit work.
 The controversy which has been under discussion more than six weeks involves fOrty-seven railroads. cperat- ing west, northwest and southwest Of Chicago. and embraces l50e0u miles of track It is stated by both sides that if the strike is called il will tie up practically every freight and passenger train between Chicag1 and the Pacific. The strike has been called-tlSi much is certain. said Carter Ii means that not only e5,0OO firemen members of our union. will go out but perhaps many more employes will be thrown cut
 i T notified the railroads, that the men had voted strike, and we were prepared to call strike unless grant ed an arbitration of all questions in dispute. The railroads refused ,o ar bitrate anything but the wage pues ton.
 At midnight tonight We decided that il was useless to barley further and we adopted Il resolution calling the strike
 owing to the latcnCSS of the hour and in order that the men may not go out in confusion, not knowing tn, true state of affairs. We agreed to wait until tomorrow before telegraph ing the order"
 will the men quit work?' Garter was asked
 The men will quit work wthir twenty -fohr hours after The order Is
 issued" he replied
 The points in dispute are: An in crease in wages demanded which tn, union officials say will amount tc about 12ls per cent, but which ths railroads assert win amount to % pei cent
 The right Of the union to rcpresen taiinn when firemcn have been pro- noted tQ engineers or any other ca. pacity over which another unior claims Jurisdiction.
 Questions Of the seniority and pro motion d new men oyer old time em
 ployes.
 The, raiir6ad managers committee composed of ten general managers o' western railroads. headed by W. C ! Nixon. general manager of the St Louis X San Francisco road. had al ready agreed to submit the wage uucs. ton to arbitration under the IGrdmar act, buf declined to arbitrate the oth- er two points on the ground that they were matters of discipline. and coul, not he arbitrated
 The union officials on Sunday sem what was called an 'ultimatun'' de ciaring that if all points were no submitted to arbitration a strike wa. inevitable. The railroads informed Carter that notwithstanding, the strik, | possibility. they were determined {, stand pat" refusing to arbitrate any thing hit the wage question. The, answered that if all the wage de { mands were granted. the other rail- road unions would soon demand sim. liar wage increases. and this woulc bankrupt the roads. s
 We have figured it out, and i would mean deficit Of more than per cent on every road granting tn, increase said O. L. Dickeson. as. sistant president of the Chicago. Bur lineton and Quincy The arbitration board would easily he convinced O this fact. We are willing to submi the, wage controversy to mediation but not the. other questions whicl ' clearle concern efficiency and anthor | ity. - 1 Chairman Nixon, issued the follow ing statement: The railroads hay, | not received the answer of the fire { mems committee. Consequently w, l hesitate to make any comment Blu i 1t doesn't seem reasonable that j; l strike should be ordered in the face Q offered arbitration. The railroads of 1 fered to arbitrate the wage question i on January 27. This still hold l good. ts Tn case of the firemen's reply t
 the effect that strike will be calte,
 the railroads will invoke the aid of tn
 Erdman act through the chairman O i the. interstate commerce commission
 and the commissioner of labor q 1 Washington 10 prevent the labor lead F.