Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-09-02
M RECOGN ITION
EOR SHOPMEN' s
FEDERATION
gDlTTSCHNITT TURNS
DOWN UNION DEMANDS
HoIds That Company Would
Be Hampered in Its Duty To-
ward Public Were It to Yield
10 Men,
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Sgn Francisco, Sept. 1.-The South
arm Pacific company. through julius
gmttschnitt, president and direc-
,or Of maintenance and operation Of
tho Hartman lines. absolutely reject
.a..s s.. ,,,..anG ior recognition OF
mo liberation of shop employees, com
nriSiug five shop, craft unions with a
,,tal membership Of 20, 600 men. That
snrh recognition, with its implications
,,ouM hamper the company in per-
farming It's duty to the public was
,b. nosftiun taken by its officials
inion leaders asked for IL on grounds
A economy and expedition aud ad-
mttedlv because OF feeling that
ereatcr centraiization oi capital and
,owtr made corresponding centraliza-
.on AMONG various unions desirable.
rhe unions involved had asked their
general officers for permission to
s,rik, IN the event Of the refusal to
srsnt recognition of the federation.
4 conference LASTING three hours
and twenty minutes WAS terminatcd
Mr. kruttschnitfls final answer and
followng it, the union representatives,
soher.iaccd. went into session by
,bemselves, 10 consider the strike
yote which they may accept as bind
ag OF may reject, refusing To sanction
d strike
Those who conferred today were,
for ihe railroad, julius kruttschnitt,
RE. Calvin, vice president and gem
ral manager Of the Southern Pa
dnc: W II. scott, assistant general
manager H. j. Small superintendent
Of motive power; X. r. ClarY, assist
ami 10 the general manager and f.,
G. Athern chief Of the bureau or
economies.
For the unions appeared J. W
Kline. international president of the
Baeksmiths union and spokesman
for his colleagues; NJ. f. Ryan. gem
eral president OF the brotherhood OF
Railway Carmen j. A. Franklin, in
ernstonal president of the Boiler
makers union, j. -. Bucalew, vice
PRESIDENT Of tho International Assocl-
ad0n of Machnists and J. y. crane
Nice president Of the local sheet metal
Workers union, who represented MS
craft in the absence OF Presldent
Michael O'Sulivan Of the internation-
al union.
rodays meeting began ut eleven
O'clock a. m, I'm the local offices OF
The Southern Pacific. President kllne
il was learned tonight presented the
ease for the unions and replied 70
QlestI0ns put to him by the railroad
officials. who acted without FORMAL
Spokesman during the discussion, lie
based his pleading on economic
grounds, and one Of the officials saiu
tonight, held his own in the ques-
toning from his angle of the ease.
once or twice the discussion became
BeIy but it never ranged beyond
Oo headed argument The railroad
officials in their turn took the posi-
ton already publicly announced by
Nr Kruttschnitt, the federation ;
power and demands would render IT
Impossible for them to perform the
tnlies and carry responsibilities Whlcn
are imposed upon them hy law ana
Which make them, in the words Ol
Ar kruttschntt, "quasi-publc ON
eas"
At the end of the conference, Wmch
came al 220 p, M, Mr.. kruttSchhltl
issued the following statements
"A conference was held between the
hti0nal officers of the shop employees
and Southern Pacific officials Here
be enumerates those present ana
@ntiHues
In the conference the question OF
NE benefits to accrue to both the
mmpany and the men from Il leueTa-
non was fully presented by the inter =
Alional Officers and the Officers W
hc railroad company explained at
Rhgth the embarrassment that the
gompanX would experience in per-
l@mlng its pupic functions II nam
@fed by committee vested win SUI
Aclfnt power To control, or partlali!
fQhlrol its operations
The discussion lasted from ii a..
nL' to nearly 230 p, IN, without alt-
uhg the SITUATION
some seeming ambiguity in the I'M
" phrase, without altering the SIT
Au0n, was cleared up tonight ny It
lalltoad official who said authorita-
lively that it was intended to mean
,eal there was no change from MI
Muttsehnitt's previous position, out
aned in public statement, In when
pe sald recognition of the federation
would be impossible.
We have not refused to see the
meh lurthor, however" said this Oh
@aL We are still prepared to grant
Nf requests Tor conference,
"oush Our position is fixed
Mon leaders have made no secret
VI llelT anxiety ia uVprt "A strike if il