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Show May . 10, wheir tha firemen Mrt that their contract waa abrocatad by tha road aifnln an asraemeot with tha Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, rranttnc to that orfaniaatlon the aenlortty clause formerly accorded to tha firemen. Tha arbitrator further find that tha firemen acted In rood faith In aaaartin thelr claim that tha contract did not expire ex-pire until January 1. 101. ARBITRATION IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC HOCSTON. Tex.. Feb. 2 .--The dispute dis-pute between the Southern Pacific railroad rail-road and its locomotive firemen. who went on strike on December 23 last, but subsequently returned to work, was tin-ally tin-ally settled today by the decision of the Board of Arbitration. The question before be-fore the board was to determine whether or not a letter written by Manager W. ( Van Vlack. of the railroad, to an official of the Firemen's union constituted a contract con-tract with that organization. The letter acquiesced in the firemen's claim of control con-trol of the seniority of the swKch eiiKl-neeis eiiKl-neeis who are members of ti.e broiher-hcxvl. broiher-hcxvl. The finding of the board is to the effect ef-fect that the letter did constitute a supplementary sup-plementary contract, covering the Texas line onlv. but that It expired on the da". |