Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 32 | modify Embargoes as Truce is Made

iilF? E110ES IS TK!S MADE Strike Situation So Far as Salt Lake Is Concerned Unchanged. MEN AWAIT ORDERS D. & R. G. Grievance Committee Com-mittee to Leave Tonight for Denver Conference. With optimism in all parts of the lounlry existing for a favorable outcome out-come of the threatened railway strike, :i new angle, presents itself in the ease of the employees of the Denver & Bio (iranrle, whose grievance men will meet in l:nvov Tuesday to take up their differences, whioh axe entirely apart from the original complaints of the four lire! he-rhoods. The men Hcleetdl by the employees to present their grievances to the higher high-er officials of the Denver & Rk Orande road ore A. C. Wilson, representing the conductors; VT. A. Perkins, the trainmen; train-men; .lames A. Irvine, the engineers, lui.l William Jensen, the firemen. According to one of tho men, the grievances to bo presented are of a ear 's duration and have been unfavor-iihlv unfavor-iihlv passed upon bv tho officials located locat-ed 'in Salt, Lake. They consist mostly of alleged violations of agreements vritb the railroad company, and are known for the most part as schedule iolations. They are 17 in number. Will Meet Tuesday. We have tried in every way locally to adjust these differences," one said, 'and', in view of our inability to do 60, we will lav them personally before the vice president of the railro'ad, who will moet with us Tuesday. This iourney to Tenver has nothing to do with the national na-tional issue, and we expect to return to Salt Lake City in plenty of time to take part in the strike, in the event one is callod. There wi!) be about fifty employees of the D. & K. (i. in Denver Tuesday to air their grievances, among them 'representatives from Helper, Urand Junction, Pueblo, Salida, Trinidad Trini-dad and other places, While in Denver we will confer with the grand lodge officers of the four brotherhoods." Says Men Are Loyal. In an interview with H. E. Mclrityre, the local chairman of the joint committee commit-tee of brotherhoods of railroad employees, employ-ees, it was stated that, aside from what information can be gleaned from the newspapors, he knetv nothing. Mr. Me-Intyre Me-Intyre stated, however, that the employees em-ployees of the railroads in this city and adjoining towus would, in the event of a striko order being issued, remain loyal to the brotherhoods. " We can get along verv nicely without with-out the switchmen in Chicago 'in the event of a strike." Mr. Mclntvre said. "Newspaper reports have it that that organization will refuse to go on strike if one is called, and if such is the ease I don't think they will be missed." Express Embargoes . Anticipating the possibilities of a strike being declared, the local officials offi-cials of the Wells Fargo Co. 's express ex-press have refused to accept shipments of livestock of any description, including includ-ing birds and poultry. This is in keeping keep-ing with instructions received Tester-dav Tester-dav from G. F. Johnson, superintendent superintend-ent of the express company at Denver. The instructions fire: Refuse all livestock, animals of every description, including poultry poul-try and birds. This in view of the threatened railroad strike. Also decline shipments for New England points. All other shipments must be receipted re-ceipted for ''subject to delay account ac-count strike. ' ' Accepting Shipments. This embargo has not been issued to the American Express company in this city, and that company up to the present pres-ent time has been accepting shipments as usual. The lines covered by the American Express companv are the T'nion Pacific, Oregon Short Iine, O.W. P. & X.. Great Northern, Western Fa-cifie Fa-cifie and the fvalt Lake Koute. The Wells Fargo Express operates over the lines of the Denver & Rio Grande and the Southern Pacific out of Ogden. About the only change locally with reference to the strike situation was the modification by some of the roads of embargoes placed on livestock, perish-fiblee perish-fiblee and explosives. Silence Still Prevails. Even before the information reached here by press dispatches that the strike had been postponed another fortv-eiebt hours some of the roads had notified their representatives that the effectiveness effective-ness of the embargo had been postponed thirty-six hours. Not all the roads have placed embargoes em-bargoes or even restrictions on freight Fhipments, and as yet. no reference has been made to restrictions or embargoes on passenger traffic. Both railroad officials of-ficials and brotherhood leaders professed litter ignorance of strike plans and asserted as-serted that they were awaiting instructions instruc-tions from the' east before taking any further action.