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Show I!0 CilHIiK CI RAILROAD SmiATIOIl Vice-President Krattschnitt Leaves for Eant Orer Santa Fe. FEDERATION MEETING LIKELY T OLE CALLED Will Be Strike, Says Kline, Unless Federation Is Recognized. BAN FBANCISCO, Sept. f.-Jnling Kruttschnitt, rice president of th Harrimaa system, left for th east at o'clock this morning orer the feanta Fe. He had no further conference with the respective president of the anions of the company's shop employ, and so far a th railroad is concerned the sltuatioa ia just as it was yesterday at the closing of a three hours' debate, which ended ia positive refusal xt Kruttschnitt to recognise the Fed or. tion of Shop Employees of th Harrimaa Harri-maa Lines. Th labor leaders msds ae attempt , today to reopen the subject with the eompany. . "The meeting yesterdsy was final e far aa we are concerned," said J. W. Kline, president of the blseksmiths', union aad spokesraaa of the labor leaders lead-ers during yesterday's eonferene. May 011 Oanaral Consreno. Mr. Klin intimated that a call-probably call-probably would b sent eat at oaee for a general conference of the executive committees of th anions included in the federation. Apparently it ia planned to bold that meeting ia this city. A joint meeting of the craft unions Ta this city will be held today, it is expected, and the eall for the general gen-eral conference will be discussed. Mr. Kline said he felt positive thst the general committee would not recede re-cede from the determinatioa to have the federatioa recognized or to strike. TsUXS NOT rMlsmrr-wT ON ILLINOIS CENTXAl , CHICAGO, Sept. . Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing refusals by railroad officials to , deal with any general federatioa of shop employees, labor leaders in Chisago Chi-sago were inclined today to believe that bo strike waa imminent. Fee ta -mp)ovees sentiment was voiced by Becretary Kramer of th International In-ternational Brotherhood of Blacksmiths Black-smiths and Helpers. He said: "Jt caa b truthfully stated that negotiations ar atill pending. Until peace efforts have eeased I see no reason rea-son for forecasting results." Referring perticulsrly to the situation situa-tion oa the Illinois Central, Mr. Kramer Kra-mer added: "We believe that we shall be' successful suc-cessful in maintaining peace. Ia asking ask-ing President Markham for another conference it is our purpose to present to him additional reasons why it would be advisable for the company to deal with a federation of its mechanics. "While the international officers now ia Chicago have full authority to direct matters aa they see fit, it is th Intention to continue to see conciliatory concil-iatory taetiee." Thirty daya' notice of n desire to change the nature of the ehepmea'a eon tree ta en th Illinois Central will, it ia expected, afford time for bringing bring-ing about lee strained relations between be-tween th employee and the railroad officials. Tber Is also n hope that the example thus set msy have a powerful pow-erful effect indirectly as to th situs-tioa situs-tioa on other roads. Ia additioa to the 8000 shopmen in-rolved in-rolved en the Illinois Central, there are 35.000 affected oa the Southern Pari Pa-ri fie aad allied lines, and the issnea have been mad nearly, if not quite, a acute en the Northwestern, the Rock Island aad the Chicago, Milwaukee Milwau-kee St. Paul. anmBBsmnmaaxsnnnsansBssaa DENT IEJ.VTNO NOTTfJH ON ILLINOIS OXNTXAIi CHICAGO. Boot. I ICmphatle denial was muds today by officer of the Dllnoi Central shopmen's unions that a thirty-day thirty-day not lc had aeon givea the rallroada t abrogate th existing was agreements. agree-ments. At a meetlne- of the labor osa-ferenc osa-ferenc It waa decided that n such notice no-tice wss necessary. President McC'reary of the federation of entuioveee of th Illinois Central railroad rail-road said: . . . "The report that the grand todg of-' fleers recommended thst a thirty-day nolle be given the railroad of a desire to confer In reeard to our demands la untrue. W consider w have given the railroad alxly davs notice, as our letter of June IS fully set forth thee farts and would be considered ample no tire to any fair minded person. At our ronferunc with President Markham yesterday yes-terday the queetlon was asked If a thirty-day iiotlce was given If he would then sere to meet the efftcere of the federation In conference end he replied he would not. In view of this there wouM be no use of givlne anv further notice. The situation Is this: Wi have met President Markham. who appeara to be the only official of the road .with authority au-thority to act In the matter, and he haa declined t recoeiilse our federated body. This 's the only oueatlon Involved et present. The meeting of our officers and committees, which have been tn proerees all week, while nelrotlatlons fur peace were being planned, have been adjourned ad-journed and tb men hav sons home. "I cannot sv when another meeting will be held. Th ofneers of the federated feder-ated boHy and representatives of the ersnd lode will remain on th around and w are authorised to deal with any nueatt" that may srle. I cannot say what th next mov will be." a-rjHJ SAYS bTTTJATTON LOOKS MOKB HOPEFUI. AN FRANCISCO. Sept. I. Th pm-ped pm-ped for peaceful settlement of trouble between the shopmen and th orrtrlaia of the Harrtman lines took a more favorahl turn todav when tt waa learned that the unloa leaders had axaln got Into lotirh with th railroad men. A brief coner-enc coner-enc between shin of the intemaitlonal union officer and R. K. Calvin, eeneral mana-er and Vic prealnent of the Houth- (Coaliausd oa page 12.) . NO CHANGE Continue-, from page 1.) em pgr I Re, was secretly held and It was also learned that another brief meeting was held with Mr. Kruttarhnltt prior to his departure to the east. The fact that the opposing Interests had resumed negotiations was csrefully guarded and neither side would disclose the nature of the proceedings. Not all of the nven composing the commission were riresent at the conference and tins meet-ng meet-ng with Mr. Calvin and that with Mr. : krunttschnltt were held at different I times. It was after Kruttarhnltt depart de-part ure that two or three of the labor l Waders Saw Mr. Calvin. At the Houthero ParlR" headquarters It Is said that J. W. Kline, spokesman of i the labor men. yesterday had spoken to I Mr. Kruttschnltt esrly In the dsy over I the telephone. Nothing waa given out as to the nature of tho t-all or what had taken ta-ken place. Mr. Calvin had tokl the men that he would be g'sd to meet them any time before they left. In a friendly way as individuals. He had known the men for a long time and haa been on friendly terms with them personally. There seemed to be a general feeling that tl situation had cleared a little, although al-though neither side would dlscloaa an reason therefor. "Things have taken a more hopeful turn touar." nald Kline, but he declined ; lo further explain himself. "Aa a result of tndav'e meeting of the International presidents, the tuerutUe committees of the various Internatlonnl uhUmis have ben iiimmoned by telegraph tele-graph to Hut Krancisco and a general .onfererKe will follow. Although the International In-ternational officers have received a vote nf coi.irdi-pce for the men and are fully empowered to act for them in rvgard to tht-lr iiemamis. they with again to can-vsis can-vsis the situation before taking further drclxhc slps. This will be dona at the gvncrsl meeting liere next week. BATXROAD NOTES. J. II. Maiwterfteld. assistant general freight anj pttssensrr sgrnt for the Rait jk mute, mill leave tunlit for a business busi-ness trip to Denver. 'M. II. Ilunklne. general agnt for Hie Milwaukee, returned thla afternoon from a business trip i' tl- north. see The I'inclnnntl Kaglea. loe strong, arrived ar-rived In Halt laike t'lly this morning over the Halt Lake route, following the 8a n Franclsi-o vonventlon th.-ae Kagles w-nt south to loe Angeles, and are taking tak-ing tlivtr time In returning home In hlelr special train. Th vwlll leave for the -ast lonlghl over Ihe Denver eV Rio lirands. |