Show WAITING ON ROAD MIN fN Developments in Rio Grande Strike S ke Situation May Be Expected Within a Day The local strikers yesterday esterd y received om Denver a communication that tha a committee representing the road men men had waited upon pon I the officials of the Rio Grande with a view to securing promise of a conference By road men is meant engineers conductors brakemen firemen and switchman The purpose of the com corn committee committee is II to place before the officials of ot the company their thelt position with refer reference reference reference ence to the strike of the boilermakers machinists and blacksmiths The attitude of the transportation men is well known They The are for a settlement of the strike of the and if the settlement is not forthcoming on a satisfactory basis they the will It is 15 now openly said take t ke a hand In the strike It is the prediction of the strikers that if It the transportation mens committee does not Iret sa from the Rio Grande officials in Denver the matter will willbe willbe be carried higher and the national officers will be called upon to take up the case with the Gould railroad system Vice President Hannon of the machin machinists machinists machinIsts who is here for tor a few days da s In con connection connection connection with the strike on the Rio Grande addressed the tIle meeting at Federation of or Labor hall hail yesterday Alfred district representative of the boilermakers made a brief but earnest talk in which he cautioned the commission of any act which might be bein beIn bein in any wise construed to have hac a semb semblance semblance semblance lance of or violence toward the themen themen themen men whom the company has imported to take the strikers places It is expected by the strikers that the board of oC governors of the Commercial club will take some action tonight ht The Tho office of the master mater mechanic yes yesterday yesterday cs reported that all was quiet in the plant The word was that the force which has been at work ork during the thelast thelast thelast last few days das was intact yesterday |