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Show I f LOCAL FIREMEN DENY . I MAHIE BUM FIGHT V' Say That They Are Asking for" $'- Nothing New and Arc Not ! -i, Attacking Engineers, j i jS . A ili'JcRatioH of firemen from I ho i lo lodges in Salt Lake that arc ofl't- 1 I'i.'illy cunenmcd in thn strike Jiooliu- I , r'i' lions now bcinjr eoinhictcil in Chicago : .'; c-alloil on The Tribune on Thursday j r;': night and gave out the following slate- ! ,. !':'! i jiient : ,.i '-''iu "Thr lircmcn an: not attacking the ! ;jj J Hrollicrliood of Locomotive Knginoers. I 4 'li or any other body. Wo arc asking noth- 1 'I !' ! ing licw from the railroads, .but only IVJI 'I l he renown I of arrangements that wo v' 'j liavi- enjovel for years. It is the rail- i ; roads who" aru seeking to change conds- I : iions. not the firemen. 1 "The incrcaso of wages we have .i ' asUeil for, bolh sides liave agreed to J ' U submit to arbilration, so that does not J! I now enter into the. vital pari of the l jj! ililTerence. between the (ireuien and the ' 'i' i'S roads. What we ;i;0 for is this; We I ' ' I w:int (ireineu promoted in Iho order of '.:!' j their seniority, not according to the judgment of certain officiate. In other ;t,.j ; words, we want that the man avIio 1i;is , j served the longest as fireman shall .t , have the first chance to become an U engineer. Xcxi. we want that the t firemen's union shall retain Hip right , U . lo represent its engineer members, i d', "The railroads claim thai they have '' 'i i an agreement, with Ihe eng'meers that a :-fl.i man working as an engineer must be : ; !, represpnted by the engineers-" anion. A, j l .Mid for this j-easonthey cannot rccog- H; jit nize ihe firemen's union as ropresont- 'jfi'j ing a man who is an engineer, even if J ,1 he does belong to the firemen's union. j This is the first time, the firemen have Tt,!J heard of this arrangement, agreement ". s ' j or contract with the engineers. Such 'j': was not the case Ihree years ago, nor i ,? ; ' for a score of years behind that. ,'n;i ""Wlieii a man has worked for years j under the firemen's union he does not '; .!j j want to leave his old union and join a ti'i ," j jipw one when he becomes an engineer. Js Jle never had to do so before, and we j . do uot see why he .should do so now. ;j j .ji;M because the railroads and the en- c :': gineers, without consulting us. have 'I j made certain agreements dial all'ecL 5 1 'Mir members. We are making no light .j igainst the engineers. We are asking U I only that 1 lie agreement we always ..' " I have had shall be renewed, and we arc 'jj '1 fighting agaiusl any change being made |