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Show 4' IB. Representatives of Railroads' ii'B . and Trainmen Meet to Ad- jl ; just Wage Scale. I I i ..BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT lj , OF SUCCESSFUL ISSUE j If Conference Will Last Several jfl ; Days; Result Afferfs Over f ' 14,000 Employees. 8l. Consideration of tlio questions in- ; J ' volving the wipes of between 14,000 IK nnd Jo,000 employees of Westorn rail-on rail-on : roads was earnestly taken up nfc a W mooting between railroad oflicials and ' Ifvf' representatives of tho Brotherhood of I la - " "Railway Trainmen. About forty men J j represent the trainmen's organization, j II ' uud approximately thirty oflicials were j J. ! present in behalf of the railroads. Tho L m !real issue is the 2-cent. difforcntial asked U ! by the switchmen. Inquiry among the 3R I , representative members of each commit-', commit-', Loo developed the fact that, there was a ilj t strong confirlenen on both sides that 1 JJ tho (fifferenccs would be satisfactorily 1 1 nettled. I- ; At the conclusion of a meeting of afT i tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. m 1 Grand Master P. JT. Morrissoy is quoted ' i: i is saying: I , "re nave nothing to say for publi- I i cation at this time.. Tho public knows 3 .what wo arc here for. and it would Hi -) be decidedly inopportune at this time to K 5 j make any statement, as we have not V ! met with tho company oflicials. Wo 1 ) ', are certain!- enlisted ih a most righte- flg t ous cause, and we aro confident that nf ' ..; our position will be sustained." HI Officials Aro Reticent,. Hi , The company oflicials were equally W reticent. They simply nnnounced that jjl! so far there was "nothing doing;" fltf that they would meet the grievance IH I committee within a short time. IflK Tho conference is taking place at the Brown Palace hotel, ill ( It is believed that the conference will i j .settle definitely and for a period of in years the question of the 2-cent dif- 1 . ferential. which the men claim for work 1 . on the mountainous divisions ofvWost- j j j cm railroads. In behalf of the demand , - ! I .for this concession they point out I i that living is much higher in the West III; i tnan in tlic East, and. therefore, they ill should bo granted an advance over the III Chicago wago scale. I i Result Far-Rcaching. I'M j . The result of tho meeting will be jtW i , far-reaching in its scope and extent. Kti ,' An agreement on the part of tho roads rA . -to grant a 2-cont. dilVcrential to the 1 P ' J .switchmen will prove an "opener" for m j negotiations toward granting an in- Uf .' crease right down the line. I jf The committees now present in Dcn- j ver represent tho best brains in both i i 1 the executive departments of failroads I ,f, j and among the men who are employed 1 in the actual operation of the Western U j 7 While a statement is olokcd for, it, is I almost certain the two committees will lr be in session for some time in other words, an immediate adjustment is ndt l 1 looked for. I I Discussing the matter one of the . .trainmen's committee stated that the L trainmen felt that, they wore working h , "0 hardship on the railroads in mak- H ; ing a demand for a 2-ccnt differential, I H 'or the reason that" in every case tho Mi companies charged a higher freight rate Kf8 ' for linJs through the West than along Ijjf the prairies of the East. |