Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-09-12 | Page 4 | Excitement Caused by Broken Whistle

EXCITEMENT CAUSED IS By BBOKfJ WHISTLE Long Blast in D. & R. Yards Starts ;t Number of Rumors. bn-kTi whistle in ths DtBVOT Mp (Standi oauaad a great of ?x- pltomont yesterday afternoon iibout i o'clock. The first report that CMS up to TIM Tribune offices WH lo the effect that tho whlntle waa a sUnnl t tho shop men ; go on a Mrike and peopk lirtened Kitxlously for further development?. Tin second report was that ths shops were burning and. in up'" of tilt Act thKt thars no sii?" ',r many hastened to s'e what the trouble ww The cam total nf the iroubls Of 'he prolonged pro-longed whittling, which lasted about r.n minute?, was a loose boxing and a full h'nd of vtesm on one of the yard engine?. en-gine?. SCHOOL FOR EMPLOYEES. Southern Pacific EttabHshes Place of Instruction In-struction for Apprenticei There has Just beSli established by the Bouthern Pacific company In its Oakland. Oak-land. Cal , vards a school for the odu-iH'lon odu-iH'lon of nppronti'o Tiia-hinlsts In the tpaohajlicsJ class. Kor about a week the school ha.s horn in full oparailOfl Under f-.ir.'"- ifi"ti of a s-r . - . - 1 m."t motor. It is similar to other Institution a' different dif-ferent points alone tha Southern Pacific lines The toolH aro furnished free and the --..itiR men nr mad- lo fool abso-lutelj abso-lutelj at home, and nf offered an OP-pBrtanity OP-pBrtanity to larn a trade In a thoroughly scientific manner. A Kpe-liil building ha been erected in Oakland vards. fitted with Slesfcs and black boards, and a library is maintained and operated i" conjunction with the library for employe. - in tr.o i m i build-in! build-in! in Pan Fram iaco. Arranaements havo hcei, made to Rive regular and systematic Instruction to all apprentices. A miliar hnlld'nir Is located at Spark.-, Kei where evening classes ro held tin-!- r the direct supervision of one of the professors in the unlversltj of Nevada. Tin pin la to cie apprantleee Instruc-Uon Instruc-Uon f- to th practices in the shops ann In theory In the school room. The Bo'tthcrn Pacific company Is the only ruMiojid i-orporalion west of the Missouri river that makes such provisions for Ks apprentices.