Arizona republican., 1911-08-31
LABOR ENv0YS TALK OF PLANS
 ..- [ Just One Way to Avert
 Threatened Strike
 ; h ti STRONG FOR RECOGNITION
Say They Are Anxious to Hold Men in Check, But Claim to Be Uncertain AS to What Will Be the Outcome.

San Francisco. Aug 3O-Gcneral officers of international unions of the railroad crafts arrived here today to take up the question of recogni- tion by the Hartman lines of the federation of shop employees. which exists among these unions. They expect to meet Julius Kruttschnitt vice. president and general manager Of the maintenance system, either tomorrow or Friday, according to his convenience. Three international presi- dents are now here. They are J. w Kline. blacksmiths; R NJ. Ryan, car men; P. M. Franklin, machinists j. D. Buckalaw, vice-president of the machinists, is also here Michael O'Sullivan, president of the sheet metal workers, is not here, but a representative is expected to arrive tomorrow. With a vote by the men already taken which strongly advises international officers to call a strike lon the Hartman system. officers of the unions will go into the confer with a view of averting such calamity If possible. Said Kline. spokesman of the party. tonight:
 If negotiations fail, the only way to avert a strike will be not to sane ton one. The question then arises whether we could hold the men We are conservatives, not radicals; we be- lieve Kruttschnitt intends to be fair in all things; we do not intend to embarrass him by announcing in ad- vance preliminary threats or plans We are on the brink of a strike that's the plain situation, and we feel burdened with the responsibility of ,averting one We hope to persuade Kruttschnitt to see the federation plan is reasonable
 It seemed likely tonight the spirit and intent of the late F.. H. Harri man will be invoked as one of the two strong arguments to be advanced in discussing what Kruttschnitt termed "an irresponsible committee of federated employees representing a very small portion of the public
 Precedent will probably be the other "Harriman told me-" said Kline. that the Hartman lines have not time to do business with indi- viduals Bring in your committees, he said, and we will do business for 5O. 900 at once I believe the time is now come to do business at one time for groups of unions, as formerly Hartman found it wise to do busi- ness with groups of men. It's to our common interest. Kruttschnitt IS setting no precedent if he recognizes the federation The Southern Rail- way and it's allied lines recognized it and is doing business with II now. The Canadian Pacific, both east and west; the Rock Island lines; the Gould lines; the Chesapeake ana Ohio: the Wabash; the New York New Haven and Hartford. have all adopted the plan. and it works. It does not produce chaos. Federation Is necessary to our protection. Gen eraI managers of railroads work III what amounts to a federation; Tn the southeast they have one, and l have been told a plan to have a group of general managers meet groups or unions is now being discussed. That's just what this proposition amounts to. Who wants to striker Nobody. if he. can help 1t.
 Chicago. Aug. 3O.-A peaceful settle ment of the labor dispute involving S.0 900 shopmen employed on the Illinois