Bisbee daily review., 1922-08-05
MAY BE DRAWN 1. IN I ] DISPUTE F CONDITIONS
 :. NUT BATTERED.
Engineers, Trainmen and Fire men Seeking Conference
 With Harding
CONDUCTORS MAY JOIN
Complain of Being Asked to Take Out Equipment in
 Dangerous Condition

CLEVELAND, O., Aug, 4.-Legisla- tive representatives of three of the four railroad brotherhoods in Washing ton were requested by telegraph to- night to arrange conference be- tween President Harding and.the chief executives of the brotherhoods for the purpose of presenting to the president their views in connection with the present strike of railroad shopcrafts.
 A telegram was sent direct to Pres ident Harding tonight by the three local chief executives of the brother hoods asking for a conference.
 The matters has been under consid- eration since yesterday by Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Engineers; w. c. Lee,- president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men and D. B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Bremen and Enginemen, but because of failure to get a reply, for joint action from L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors and other mem- bers of the big four" it was decided tonight to ask for the conference. through the legislative representatives of the engineers, trainmen and fire men,
 f A message to the three legislative representatives signed by the three chief executives sent tonight, gives details for the urgency of the con ference, made necessary by the flood of complaint received at headquarters regarding working conditions on rail- roads since the beginning of the shop mems strike, through brotherhood members being asked to take out lo- comotiyes and equipment in dangerous and unsafe condition and of assaults and insults to brotherhood members by armed guards.
 The legislative representatives are requested to file this message with the presidnt as a basis for discussion with him on the auctions at issue.
 The message follows:
 I'll. E., Wills, Arthur J. Lowell, w. N. Doak:
 Washington, August 4. 1922.
 Complaints in increasing numbers are pouring into our respective of fices against demands that our men take out locomotives and equipment in a dangerous and unsafe condition, in violation of safety statutes and rules which have been enacted for the protection of the lives and property of the public, and of assaults and in- suits to our members by armed guards that are placed on the various rail road properties.
 Up to this time, by constant ur- ging of neutral attitude, fidelity to their contracts and in the interest of public peace and safety, we have pre- vailed on our members to continue at their posts. Constant aggravation of the above conditions and the refusal of the arilroad executives to accept the proposals of the president for compromise settlement of the pending questions are making the situation in- finitely difficult to handle. The plain intention of the railroad executives to smash the shopcraft union is re- sulting in more and more of the To- comotives and equipment getting into disrepair. and the dangers of a most hazardous occupation are being daily increased.
 We fear that continuance of these conditions will result inevitably in our members. as a matter of self protec- tion, being drawn into the controversy and we greatly deplore such a con tlngency."