Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-07 | Page 12 | Enginemen's Vote is in Favor of Strike

iEMWSVOTEIS. IfJ FAVOR OF SHE j Denver & Rio Grande Employees Em-ployees Insisting on Granting Grant-ing of Demands. Enslnemen of the Denver Sr. Rio Grande are reported to be returning- an over-whlemintj over-whlemintj vote In favor of a strike In the event that the railroads reject the demands de-mands of the brotherhoods for an clg-ht-hour day and time and a half for overtime. over-time. The committee representing the brotherhoods broth-erhoods and the conference committee of the railroads were unahle to reach an agreement at the eastern conference and the executive hoards of the ' brotherhoods have ordered that a si tike vote be taken. It is expected that the ballots will be turned In at the national headquiirlers of ttie various organizations not later than August . That the vote will be overwhelmingly in favor, of a Ktrike under present conditions con-ditions was predicted last nifrht by an officer of the local organization of the brotherhoods. The actual vote, he Paid, however, could not be determined until the ballots are counted at the national headquarters. Committees composed of representatives representa-tives of the four organizations the Brotherhood of I oco motive Engineers, the Order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Jxnomotive Firemen and Eng-inemen and the Brotherhood of Rnll-way Rnll-way Trainmen are at work on all railroads rail-roads affected collecting ballots for forward for-ward inn to national headquarters. The ballots are scaled by the voters and will not be opened until the work of counting is bpRun. While the men roHe'-tinf? the ballots may have a general idea as to the sentiment of the brotherhood members, mem-bers, the artual ntatus of the question cannot be determined until the ballots are counted.