Show THE MEN TALK The Origin and Cause of the Strike as Given By Employes The Chairman of the Committee Gives the ReasonsThe Public are Being Accomodatcd GKASD Juscnos Colo Oct 17 Special telegram to THE HEBALD The following statement was today made public pub-lic by Chairman j B BIdwell the chairman chair-man of the committee of union employes by instruction of the union meeting consisting con-sisting of 6 members composed of conductors con-ductors engineers firemen trainmen switchmen and operatives of the D R G railroad at this city The origin of the strike lies in the occurrences at Minturn on August 2 but the facts of the first trouble are not as has bean given to the public in Denver The Bulletin forbldin the trainmen to take I lunch was posted that morning and William I Gordon was the first man out The second man was also a GordonGeorge Gordon When William Gordon was due to leave Minturn be requested that the bulletin should be taken down because he did not wish TO VIOLATE ANT BULLETIN He assured the train master that he was first out and no man would run around him This bulletin had no signature A bulletin is always signed by order of R M R Superintendent or whoever may be issuing it This bulletin had no signature but was signed Superintendent There is no other bulletin in our register that has not had the signature of tho man issuing it The trainmaster notified the superintendent superin-tendent at Solids and within five minutes the BULLETIN WAS BEOALLBD by the superintendents orders and the train left on time and arrived in Grand Junction on tme The train was not delayed de-layed Another bulletin was iasuedeigned M R Ridgeway Superintendent re eluding the bulletin in dispute George Gordon states thatiWilllam Gordon never need the words attributed to him that no fireman could fire a hog from Grand Junction to Minturn for him without Having Hav-ing something to eat on the road and that he didnt care 8 damn i henover worked another minute He did say that he would not uk any fireman to FIE THAT RUN without something to eat but did not say that he would not allow one to do so George Gordon i no relation of William Gordons The statement a heretofore made regarding time which trains lay at Glenwood is a mistake Glaawood and West Glenwood are one and the same place The time card of train No 61 gives its arriving time at 1230 and its leaving time sti 10 making PIFTT MINUTES OF DEAD TIME at that station instead of the arriving and departing time atWest Glen wood which is fifteen minutes The train arrives at Glenwoodat 1220 and the engine cut off and side tracked while a switch engine handle the train cuts out the Aspen cars and brings it back again when the engine Is again attached and leaves at 110 There has never BEEN ANT LOSS OF TIME on any train because of the traInmen stopping stop-ping at Glenwood to eat Between Min turn and Grand Junction two hours and a half can bo made up above the running time of this train without exceodlng the speed allowed extra trains Our contract with the railroad company requires an official investigation in all cases of suspension sus-pension within three to five days This offense occurred August William Gordon Gor-don notiuspended for It until October 2 and the bearing was held at Salida on the tblrd The contract says I JJfO XSGISEEK SHALL BE DISMISSED from the service of the company for cause unless his case ha first been properly inS in-S 3Ugted baths executive committee or ty t 1 fl CS < I I officers nor until such engineer baa had 01 full hearing before said committee The said executive committeo snail bo composed com-posed of the general superintendent the assistant general superintendent the superintendent su-perintendent of motive power and sand s-and one engineer to be selected by the other members and the DECISION OF THIS COMMITTEE or 8 majority of them In all such cases oh all be final as between the engineers and the railroad company This would require re-quire the committe to be Messrs Sample I Burns Willson and one engineer The committee before whom the hearIng was actually had B composed of Messrs Ridegway Jones J E BaInes G H Barnes and Baker the latter an engineer Mr Baker was therefore the only man on the committee who hat any business there and the investigation was not legal or 3 ACCORDING TO OUR CONTRACT with the company Whenever committee has gone to Denver the officials have left the city and avoided meeting them when nnl ever possible Wo have maintained this strike solely because we had asked for justice at the hands of the railroad company com-pany and It has been refused We are protecting pro-tecting the railroad property and have men on guard in the yards and at the companys buildings all hours of the day and night We are CAKING FOR THE PASSENGERS in need who are compelled to stay here because be-cause of tho strike 4Ve are and always havo been ready to move the mall cars and thus accommodate the public We are permitting the Midland to exchange the Rio Grande tickets that come in from the west for Midland tickets with the understanding under-standing and agreement that the THO GRADE DERIVES NO REVENUE from that ticket this agreement having been effected through Chief Clerk Brosnau of the Midland The conduct of the men as far as our organization has them in charge has been without reproach No Incendiary act no conduct unbecoming a gentleman has occurred We are in this strike on its merits on the justice of our position and by that means alone we intend to win Signed J B BEDWELL Chairman George Gordon was present when Mr Bcdwell made this statement and declared de-clared that all statements contained in it are true There have been no mails received re-ceived here yet but Postmaster Connelly has been pending out the eastern mails by express C the Midland The postmaster today telegraphed the superintendent or the railway mail service for relief in the matter of incoming eastern malls None of which have been received here since 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