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Show DRY LEADERS URGE VIGILANT MEASURES DENVER. Colo., June 8. President AV. S. Carter, Acting President Timothy Tim-othy Shea and all the giand officers of the Krotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Fire-men and Engine men are in Denver to-niKht to-niKht preparatory to the opening of the triennial convention of the order here tomorrow. to-morrow. The railroad nu n will be In session for more than a month. The 3 !U9 convention is expected to be one of the most notable in the history of the organization because of important questions to be considered. Principal among these am tho wage question, gov- : ernment ownership or control of railroads and legislation concerning this subject which the brotherhood will urge upon congress. The sessions of the convention will be executive, the public to be informed of the convention's actions through a press representative. Eight hundred eighty delegates are on the convention roster. "Walker D. Hinea, director general of the railroad administration, adminis-tration, will address the convention Wednesday. , |