The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-08


Vice President Park Of the Illinois
Central ana other officials told the
committee there was little doubt some
increase would have 10 he granted and
he advised the committee. as did rep
resentatives Of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul and Chicago & North
western railroads that the increase
would cut off the roads surplus un-
less higher rates could be charged.
IN view of this, the sudden cessa-
ton OF conferences between the en-
sinemen and the roads today caused
considerable surprise, since before the
commerce commission the roads used
tbs fun figure OF the enginemens de-
mand-24 per cent increase-as a ba-
sis Tor rate increase arguments.
At that time, likewise. the railway
oIIiesais predicted that demands from
other branches of the service would
follow a successful plea from the en-
ginemen. and they too. IL was predict
ed, would be more or less successful.
The Railroad View.
Late today Chairman scott Of the
conference committee issued a state
ment giving the railroads side OF The
case he said in part.
THE advance offered the engineers
would have been a higher percentage
or increase than was awarded by The
state and federal boards OF arbitration
last spring to the sWitehmen and fire
men In view OF the present earnings
q the ROAD. there WAS no Justification
for this demand, except the awards al
ready made the sWitchmen and fire
men by the arbitration boards.
The net earnings of the roads in
volved were $500 geo less in July and
August, 1910, than in the same months
In 1909. In this connection IL should
De also remembered that in 1907 the
engineers were given increases in
wages averaging 81 per cent.
About week ago WarrsOn S. Stone
asked the railways II they would join
III a request for mediation OF the Ques-
lions involved The railway managers
promptly replied thar they stood viii
ling 70 submit the question 10 arbi-
tratiOn.
Then. the next day, MI Stone de-
liVered an ultimatum 10 the railway
managers lie was asked IL he had
WlthdraWn his mediation proposition.
He said that he had not made any
proposition that he had merely asked
If the railway officers would consent
10 arbitration, and announced VigOr-
ously that ne would not consent to me-
diatiOn or arbitration OF any OF the
questions involved"
Officials and members of local or
ganizatiOns OF the Brotherhood Of LO-
connective Engineers, who are interested
and belief that the difficulty between
the enginemen and the railroads viii
be settled without an actual WalkouL,
because OF the seriousness of the stu
alton that would result should a strike
be put into effect
we have received no information as
to the action of the men who have
been handling the matter" said the
secretary OF one OF the local unions,
and probably viii not until the divis-
ion chairmen are notified and they in
turn, notify the local chairman 10 call
for ballot on the question of strik-
ing.
Each local will have a voice in the
matter and each member Of the locals
will have an opportunity 10 ballot upon
the question of whether or not there
shall be a strike. The results of these
ballots viii have to go to headquarters
and all be canYassed before IL will be
known what the result is