The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
WILL DECLINE
To RECOGNIZE
THE NEW UNION
Julius Kruttschnitt on His
Way to San Francisco
to Confer With the
Labor Leaders.
STRIKE QUESTION
UP TO EMPLOYEES
Vote Taken in the Various
Shops on Hartman Sys-
tenn; Men Reticent Re-
garding Matters.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune
~ GDEN, Aug. 26,-Julius Krutt-
schnitt, vice president and direc'
tor of maintenance and opera,
tion Of the entire Hartman rail
road system. and one of the most
prominent figures in the railroad world
of today, was visitor for forty min
utes in Ogden today, where he was met
by leading officials of the Oregon
Short Line, Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific railroads.
The thought being uppermost that
the prominent railroad official was
ready and willing to talk "strlke" In
preference to any other subject, owing
TO the recent reports regarding the ac-
tivities of the Federation of Shop EN-
ployces of the Hartman system, was
readily dispelled by Mr.. Kruttschnltt
upon alighting from his car when he
announced to members of the press
that he wished first of all to inspect
the underground subway which is being
built from the union depot to the pas
senger tracks and to discuss with local
officials the progress of the work.
GIVE been waiting to get this thing
built for the last three wears, and | IN
very much interested in it, he de-
clared. Later he expressed willing
uSSS ~ hHsNtI lUeSbiou PiOpouAaco
by the newspaper men.
Ready to Give Hearing.
After impressing upon his inter
viewers that his trip to the Pacific
coast is one of his regular semi-annual
trips of inspection, and not taken for
the purpose of meeting with any of the
Officers of the federation or committees
renresenting the shop employees, the
railroad official said: ~ may meet
with labor representatives of the re-
Gently organized federation, and will
give any official of the federation or
sired, but it will be impossible for the
Hartman system to concede to the
federation what it demands.
ave will not treat with the shop
men as federation. We will only
treat with them as individuals or
through their respective unions as we
have done in the past, but We will not
regard the union labor organizations as
unit, nor will we enter into any ne
gotiations with them on that basis
Asked as to the reason for this, Mr.,
Kruttschnitt said: "We are running
the railroads, not the unions. If we
recognize the federation. we will have
10 deal with men who are not in our
employ. and this would never do.
Do you think there will be Il
strike,' was asked the railroad off.
cal.
UP to the Employees.
'That is entirely up to the en-
ployees We are not seeking any diff
fieulties with the shopmen and do not
wish to have any, but insist on running
the railroads according to the plans al
ready mapped out. We can't permit
them to dictate our policies or TO tell
us how we are to conduct our business.
We have been dealing with the separ-
ate unions and that is as far as we are
to 90 with the labor organizations. That
is not all, however, that the labor unions
are asking. They have four OF five
pages of demands that have been pre-
sentcd, They want more money, shorter
hours and lot of working rules that
would mean additional expense to the
railroads. We cannot grant them these
demands and do not intend to.
Mr.. kYuttschnitt referred bis inter
viewers to j. F. Dunn, superintendent
Of motive power for the Oregon Short
Line railroad for further information
on the precise demands which are be.
Ing made by the shopmen-
Superintendent Dunn spoke freely of
the reasons why the federation could
not be recognized as a unit in deal
ings with the shop employees. He de-
clsred that it is organized on the Same
principle as the old Knights of Labor
union, the American Railway union
which handled tho Pullman strike sew
eral years ago and the I. w. w. organ.
ization. All of these organizations be.
came so unweildy that they were COM
PEELED to be dissolved, said Mr.. Dunn,