Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-02
KEMELL PREDICTS STRIKE
Chairman Of Union Pacific Engi-
neers Blames Managers.
WOULD TIE UP ALL TRAFFIC
Headquarters to he Opened In
Omaha Monday, which VIII he
I'm Charge of officer of
Engineers.

ION August at noon. unless other
wise ordered In the meantime, a strike
will be called on ninety-eight western
roads. effecting 5000 men," said a. l..
Komoll OF Laramie, Wyo.. general chair
man of the Union Pacific engineers, who
was in the city yesterday afternoon on
his way home from the east, where for
weeks he has been in conference with
the railroad employees and railroad man
ayers in an effort to settle the mat
ters in dispute between the men and
the roads. Continuing Chairman Komol
said:
"If strike takes place it will bottle
up the roads from end to end and will
apply to every character of train. II it
does occur, It will be by reason OF the
refusal of the general managers of the
roads to accede to the proposals of the
mediators. which are as follows:
The schedules In effect prior to octo-
Der 10, 1918, with the amendments thereto
and accepted rulings thereon to be re-
| stored and continued until changed by
arbitration.
as set forth In their communication of
| that date to the conference committee
Of managers. and no other question, or
| questions, to be submitted to axbitra-
| ton under and in accordance with the
act of congress of July Is. 1913. COM
| monty known as the Newlands' law.
| All subsequent demands OF the organi-
| cations and all counter demands OF the
managers 10 be withdrawn without
prejudice
Chairman Komoll declined to discuss the
rcsnner In which the strike would be
called or what the ultimate result would
b.. other than to say that 1t would be
conducted in an orderly manner and would
/ Ia aE IA hA
the engineers and firemen are asking for
nothing unreasonable.
Meets Firemen's Chairman.
The chairman of the Union Pacific enc
gineers stopped at the Willard hotel
where during his stay he was in confer
ence with d. w. Smith of Council Bluffs,
chairman of the Union Pacific firemen.
They discussed plans for carrying on the
strike and met a number OF the engineers
= and firemen OF the roads operating in and
/ out of Omaha
e Early this morning Chairman Komoll
8 will go west over the Union Pacific, stop'
= ping off at division points and meeting
, the men. He will continue his trip as far
: west as the west line of Utah and then
4 return to Cheyenne, reaching there Au-
4 gust 8 There he will establish headquar-
y strike is settled, in the event one is
o called.
r Chairman Smith will accompany Chair
y man Komoll out on the line. but he will
a go to Denver and return over the Kansas
e lines Of the Union Pacific, meeting tho
I engineers and firemen at division points
e VIII Open Headquarters.
: Monday headquarters will be opened at
J. charge of some officer Of the engineers
: organization and be maintained 30 long
= as the labor problem remains unsettled.
! Chairman Komoll has been with the
s Union Pacific for more than a quarter of
It a century, has q high regard forthe Of
}. ficers Of the system and regrets that a
srtiks is about to be brought on. How
b ever. he takes the position that It has
n not been brought on by the employees,
: hut rather by the managers OF the west
+ ern roads who have refused to arbitrate
II what he considers a business proposition.
Vt AS to the strike vote on the territory
e west OF Chicago. the poll in the possession
Q. Of Chairman Komon shows that out Of a
l. total OF 52s2s engine men. 62.S2s voted yes
d On the Union Pacific 81 Is per cent voted
/ to strike and Of the firemen. els pei
l. cent.
le Vote Nearly Unanimous.
n The vote on the ninety-eight roads In
le volYed, Chairman Komon regards as
Is being practically unanimous and this
A. being the situation, he asserts that the
l. only thing that will avert it will be for
n, the managers TO accept the meGiatios
le proposals prior 10 noon Of August Z Thess
1t accepted, the men will continue at work,
d butif notaecepted, he is Of the opinion
that when the hour arrives every mar
W win quit his engine and will not return
n until the demands have been agreed "a
a and accepted.