Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-01 | Page 9 | Federationists Keep Their Vote Close Secret

FEDERATIONISTS KEEP THEIR VOTE CLOSE SECRET ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. SI. It was stated tonlKlit a I ic headquarters of the switchmen's union thai several affiliated orders of the railway branch of the American Federation of labor have voted on the question of soinp on a strike, and that other members are still voting No results of the vote could bo ascertained and It Is not known whether action will be taken by the orders Independently or all In a body. The stair: railroad and warehouse commission com-mission tonlshl pave out n statement in regard to traffic conditions in the state. The commission pent out letters to the mayors of 500 cities and villages, askinp actual t raffle conditions. Of 220 answers received, fifty complain of a shortage of coal, but replies show there has been no aclual suffering. The statement concludes. "Although conditions on the railroads are not yet normal, and the public Is experiencing ex-periencing considerable Inconvenience, from nil the replies received there seems to be a general Improvement."