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Show TUEY wnumm. The Union Pacific Trainmen Don't Propose to Monkey With the Officials. THEY WANT WHAT THEY ASK TOE. A Batch of General News Concerning the Eailroads of Utah and Elsewherei As a result of llinir meeting at Cheyenne Chey-enne last week with division olllcials of the roud, the Uuion Pacific conductors have given an ultimatum to General Manager Dickinson, which, they say, "means business," says tho Omaha Bee. One member of the committee asked that several statements in Cheyenne, Denver and certain other papers regarding re-garding this controversy be corrected. These made it appear that only a few conductors on the Nebraska and Wyoming Wyo-ming divisions were interested, whereas the brotherhood of brakeineu, tho baggagemen bag-gagemen and all the conductors belonging be-longing to tho entire system have been giving the movement their support. "We had," said he, "representatives from every district and they were not all conductors either. Tho impression that we alone are responsible for any disturbances tho matter may have created crea-ted is what I want the press to remove, because every railroad organization having anything to do with the running of trains is in it with us. "There were forty-three committeemen committee-men preseut. I stated that every division di-vision was represented. That is not quite true. There was uo one from tho Oregon Short Line. 'Our demands for pay, less mileage, additional crews and a conductor for every light engine run, have already been made public. They need not be repeated. "Managers McNeal and Ressegnic, of tho St Joe & Grand Island and tho mountain divisions, indicated their willingness wil-lingness to grant anything we asked. "Managers Dickinson and Meek, of tho Missouri Pacific and Pan-handle divisions di-visions hold out. "Division Superintendent Choate, of tho Colorado system, felt as McNeal and Ressegnio did, but being subject to Mr. Dickinson's orders could do nothing. noth-ing. "Kvery one of these men gave us ro-spectful ro-spectful treatment except Meek. He was very uncivil and left an impression among tho boys not entirely complimentary compli-mentary to him." It is understood that Meek went up to tho meeting one morning from Denver, made a speech to the committee, which the latter did not like, and disappeared. disappear-ed. Vigorous exceptions, it is said, were taken to some of his statements. Continuing his conversation, the conductor con-ductor asserted this matter could neither bo passed over lightly nor compromised. com-promised. "They say there is no danger dan-ger of a strike because tho conductors are a non-striking body; further, that a clause in the constitution of tho brotherhood brother-hood prohibited them from striking. "While all this is so now, it may not bo so very long. Our annual meeting will bo held in Rochester, N. Y., and then wo hope to have that clause stricken out- Tho issue is up in a fight for chief conductor. William P. Daniels, Dan-iels, secretary aud treasurer of tho order, is our candidate. In other words he represents tho clement favorable favor-able to doing away with the prohibitory strike clause. , "f wo fail to elect him, then there will be a split in tho order. All of the conductors west of the Mitsoui'i river propose to withdraw and fo "m an organization or-ganization of their own. They feel strongly inclined to lake this step anyway any-way if for no other reason than they arc opposed by the eastern brethren in nearly every proposition. Tho struggle strug-gle is certain to be a hot aud hard one." "Then, if you succeed in electing your man aud a set tlement bo not made with the Union Paeilic will you inaugurate inaugu-rate a strike?" "Time will toll. While the mountain division men got what they wanted, every one of them has pledged himself not to accept it until thoso on the Ne braska or Missouri division also have their demands acceded. "Our ultimatum requests Mr. Dickenson, Dick-enson, providing he cannot accede to its provisions, to appoiut a conference for June 2, with Vice-President Hoi-comb, Hoi-comb, when every member of tho com- mittee, as well as Mr. Daniels, if he succeeds at Rochester; C. S. Clark, general gen-eral organizor of tho order; S. E. Wilkinson, Wil-kinson, grand master, brotherhood of brakeineu, aud T. T. Slattery, who looks after their interests iu the northwest, north-west, will bu present." Mr. Dickenson was seen, aud said that some of their demands were according ac-cording to his views, moro than tho compauy could stand. "These men cannot say that I treated them in any other than the most respectful maimer. "I simply argued my side of tho question from a business standpoint. I said to Mr. Holeomb lust Saturday afternoon that I would bo perfectly willing to adopt tho schedule of any road west of Chicago. The men, however, how-ever, I am satisfied, would oppose that proposition There is not another road paying as big wages as tho Union Pacific. Pa-cific. In a few instances passenger conductors get more, but freight conductors con-ductors and brakemen receive considerably consid-erably less. Whero they pay this class $40, $15 and $50 a month, our schedule rims from $00 to $75." |