Show BABCOCK DENOUNCES REPORT ABOUT STRIKE I I All this talk of a strike on our temis simply the gossip gossip of ot a few men the management has seen fit tit to discharge said Assistant General Manager Manager Manager Man Man- ager Babcock of the Rio Grande this morning There Is no foundation whatever whatever whatever what what- ever for the the reports that have been published hed It is always the case with a road that has be been n In operation a considerable considerable consider consider- able number of years that men are are found In the service who are not entirely entirely entirely en en- up to the standard The management management manage manage- ni ment nt knows It but does not like to dis c charge arge time old-time Then when a new man tak takes s hold of the situation h he is is' is desirous only of perfecting the system and is not Influenced by any personal ideas of sentiment He lets out some men for the good of the road who should have ha been dispensed with before and the talk of disaffection and strike comes from them That is the whole situation It is not true that the committee of the the- Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen Firemen Firemen Fire Fire- men now in Denver Is agitating or countenancing coun coun- a It is simply holdIng holdIng holding hold- hold Ing a regular conference with Manager Herbert upon such matters as come up for discussion from time to time There is no dissatisfaction among our men who are in the service and everything is in excellent shape all the line |