Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-09

men, today Mr. Sines is in Atlanta for
a conference with leaders of the train
men and conductors.
There viii be a conference here to-
day with representatives. of the ma
tiona organizations of conductors and
trainmen and the chairmen of all locals
on roads running into Atlanta" he con-
tinued when such a conference oc-
ours there is always an impression IN
the public mind that a strike is con-
tempated. That is wrong. We don't
want strikes. They are the last resort"
No effort was made to run passenger
or freight trains out OF Atlanta today
despite the Federal injunction issued by
Judge Grub yesterday restraining the
union men from interfering with the
malls. At the postohice. officials of the
mail service said they had not been in
formed Of any intention of operating
mail trains today and were routing
their Augusta mail by other roads, as
for the past week.
Union men resent the action of Fed
eral officers in serving officials of the
unions with copies Of the injunction
writ
There has not been the shadow Of
an accusation that we or any Of the
union men have offered to modest a
train or int fere with its operation"
said Mr.. Sines
1t is true that all disorder following
the strike has been caused by persons
along the line of the road, friends and
relatives of the strikers, while the
union men themselves have refrained
from disturbance Some of them may
have participated in the disorder in the
Union station last Sunday. but this can
not be stated as fact.
Val Fitzpatrick. of Indianapolis. one
of the national officers of the train
mems organization. is in Atlanta with
Mr., Sines and win be present at the
conference. Officers Murdoch and
Gregg, of the two unions involved. are
quoted as saying in Augusta that the
conference is called for the purpose Of
considering the arbitrary attitude Of
the officials in the matter OF the At
lanta terminals, the diversion of freight
and other matters of extreme impor-
While il is SAID no strike is contem-
plated, it is known that traiumen on
other roads resent the fact that they
are required virtually to assist in break
ing the Georgia strike bv handling
freight over their lines which have been
diverted from the Georgia, thereby re-
lieNing that system OF the clamor OF
y h.
into the yards of the Georgia road and
move freights of its tracks it is prob.
able they would refuse. All such freight
has been handled by the strillebrealipg
employees of the joint terminals for the
past few days
The Atlanta joint terminals, COM
posed OF the West Point, the Louisville
and Nashville and the Georgia road, re-
fused yesterday afternoon to take back
the 40 employees who went out when
the traiumen struck. This is the last
bone of contention. The unions hold
that the terminal employees are a part
of their union and their strike was not
a sympathetic one, as charged by Of
hciais of the terminals. The officials
insist that the Georgia strike was none
OF the business Of the terminal en-
pIoyees and they should not have gone
out
Nj. Understands published state
Went that the terminal strike was
sympathetic one is not In accordance
with the facts, said MIR Sines today
We do not go on sympathetic strikes
The trainmen and conductors have
not engaged IN strike OF any magni-
Jude In seven years. except that on
the Grand Trunk two wears ago We