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Show STRIKE ISUPTO So Says Julias Krattschnltt ' In an Interriew at , Ogien. aw- .aanwnwaanaBn. TAKES FIRM STAND ON FEDERATION QUESTION Says System Will Not Recognize Recog-nize It; Improvement Work to Continue. VrTWB OF THX bAT IV An.ROAO SHOP rrUA.TIOJf . . . V OonfareEvca, to b held at Baa Franelaoo, arranged bsf a Tic - Preatdsot JoUon Kratt- aohaltt aad InMrnaUoual protl- -f daata f anlonf oonaacted with railroad shop. Knmaehaltt, at Ogdaa, da- f Claras he will meet official of individual anion, bat not of federation of ahopmaa, J. W. Kline, ictarnatlonal d praaidant of blackarnlUi, gayi th calling f atrlk depend r on what U don at Baa Fran- daco, and that th man will la- it that federated body b reo- ogniaad. . CHICAGO, Aujh M. A eonfrne aa bee arranged between Vie President Presi-dent Juliu Krnttsehaltt of th Uaioa Pacific and Houtnara Pacific aad th international presidents of th trad union involved in th labor dispute el shopmen employed by lb xtarrunaa Usee to be held at baa r'raneise eater eat-er day. Beptamber t, at which aa other effort will be mad t avoid tb threatened threat-ened strike of W.tHMt railroad worker. J. to. Kline, international president of th blacksmith union, received telegram from Vie President Krutt-sckuitt Krutt-sckuitt today, stating he weuJd be in Han Franciaeo until September , and that ha would meet th iutaraaiioaai presidents there. Mr. Kline, after communicating with the international - preaidenU, arraaged tor th conference ia Baa Franeisca Th meeting of the labor leadre, sched.' nled for Kanaa City oa Monday, was called off. Presidait Klin will meet a committee commit-tee from the Illinois Central road tomorrow to-morrow before leaving for Kan r'rn-eisco. r'rn-eisco. Mr. Klin said today: "Th calling of a strike of th shopmen on th Harrimaa linos depend on what ia do at th conference to be held at 4 San - Francisco with Mr. Kruttscbaitt. W insist that . th federated body of worker b recognised by th railroads.'' EJLUTTBCHNTTT'i STAXD CLEAK. . "W will not treat with th shopmen as a federation. W will treat with them as Individ- oal or as separate unions, a w hav don in th past, but not on body," said Juliua Krattschnltt, at Ogde. today. Th vie president and director of maintenance and operation of all the Harrimaa line arrived in Ogdea in hie rrivate car ever the Union Pacific at 1:17 'clock this morning. Att 11:52 a. m. h left over the Southern Pacific for Baa Praneieeo. During hi short stsy ia Ogdea he. wa met by William H. Bancroft, vie president and geaeral manager of the Oregon Short Line; K. H. Knickerbocker, his assistant, and Superintendent Bowlaad of tb Union Pcie. In few minute' Interview he gave to THE TELEGRAM Mr. KrutUchnitt did not show any snprehensioa of a strike. There wss nothing boasting or reaentlr in his remarks. Just a plain statement of the position of th Harri-man Harri-man line toward ita ehop employee. Mr. Kruttschnitt declared emphatically emphati-cally that th system would not treat with the men as an fbliafd onion. Whe asked if be waa, going to Sa Franeieco te hold a meetin" with the nioa leaders he id: May Meet Lsadsra Thra. "No, I am not going to Saa .Francisco .Fran-cisco for th purpose of holding a meeting meet-ing with sov onion leader, or leader, though I may meet eome of them there. I hav said, and again repeat, thst any of onr employee mav eome to m at any time, either aa individuala or as a committee of th onion, if they think that they have anvthiue- of importance to diacuea. Thia haa alwaya been my polic v and will continue to be. "W wil1 not. however, treat with th mra as aa affiliated anion. Draw a Comparison. , "You might just well put cloth-j ing. aboe, bate and all of the ether wearing apparel that a man needs in, one store, and then tell him that he must go to that store to purchase all bis wearing apparel, rather than go and purchase aa he pleases. I repeat that any of the mea ea cease to me at any time and discuss aay matter that may scess of importaaao te them." Talki What Demand Ar. ' Mr. Kruttschnitt said that some time go the new federation through some of its officers, presented several page of typewritten matter Betting fort their demaads. Among thee was th reeog- .. nitln. f.f the -iins, T ccn. " " "- ICoauauea en nag !. STRIKE ; N (Continued from page 1.) hour increase in pay, double t time for overtime and triple time for Sundays snd holidays; that thev be allowed to name the number of apprentices In each shop; that they have the right to name ths foreman, or .st least to insist on a foreman bein(r relieved should he not get along with the men; that in ths event of it being necessary to reduce the fores or cut the tints in any shop, the union was to have the right to say who should be- laid off and bow tha time should be reduced;. and number of others, "Tha demands were so many and of such a character that we simply eonld not accede to them," said Mr. Kruttsehnitt. Whan asked what, in bis opto- ion, were) tha probabilities of a striks, Mr. Bjurtacnnltt simply said: "That is up to ths men." He. Was informed that ths press dispatches dis-patches stated that from 20 to 33 per cent of ths Southern Pacific shopmen at Sacramento had been laid off today. Ho said: About Retrenchmsnt Policy. "I do not know jnst how many men have been laid off at Sacramento, or at any other point. I do know, however, that the number of shopmen that have been laid off is not nearly so large, proportionately, as ths number of office men who have been laid off. "Ths reduction is absolutely ne-essary. ne-essary. We have been losing money since lsst January. Other roads laid off men and rut ths working time long , ago, but we held on, hoping that times would improve. They hsvs not done so. and it is necessary for us to reduce forces. .... x "As to how many men will have to go, I cannot tell. It will all depend on business eonditiong. We have hoped sgainst hope that eonditione woold im- prove. So far as I am concerned, I would like to take every man back on full time tomorrow, but it cannot be dona." Will Continue; Improvements. When asked if the present business renditions and the possible trouble with the men would mean that the announced an-nounced improvements of the Harriman lines in the west, such as doable tracking track-ing and branch lines, would stop or be retarded. Mr. Kruttsehnitt said: - "Not at all. We expect to go 9' right along with the improve- menU we have announced. This work will cover a period of a little over four years yet. We hsve no intsntion of stopping any of these improvements." On Inspection Trip-Mr. Trip-Mr. Wrutteehoitt is making one of his regular semi-annual inspection trips over the lines of the Harriman system in the west. From Ogden he will go to 8s n . Francisco. Further than that -his plsns are not definitely settled, but will depend Isrgely on ths outcome of the present differences between ths eompsnv and the shopmen. It is possible pos-sible that he will go north from ban Francisco and return over the Oregon Short Line, in which event he will likely visit Salt Lake City and inspect the local property of the Short Line, as well ss the Utah Light and Bailway sys-tsm. sys-tsm. : |