| Show BIG MEETING IS 16 ISNOW NOW NO ON I DENVER Managers of All Al Western Wester Roads Considering Dif Differential Question Queston DEMANDS MAY BE GRANTED GRANTE GRANTEr If IT r ne IN IH s Not ot Satisfactory to 10 Work Workmen ork men ni Biggest Strike Ever Seen Sen SenIn In West t is hm l Probable I managers of oC all DI western vestern railroads are uro gathered In Denver to intend a general conference begun yes f with the Brotherhood o of Rail Railway Rai Railway way roy general conference committee to settle seto the tho question of ota a differential In yardmen pay lay The rho conference was called caled by Ass General Manager W S Martin of ot the tho th Denver Douel Ulo Grande system stem More Mora Melo than thun dozen lines ore arc represented be besides besIdes besIdes a I dozel IC sides the th roads rodl centering In lit Denver Dener A D 1 vice ico president of o the Colorado Southern General Manager W VI V S Martin lartin of ot the Denver 8 8 Rio Grande Orande George Vallery Vallary Valer gen gao Ien oral manager of ot the Colorado Midland are ore on tin Ih ground around BUCKING HAM FOR 0 O S L LG La G a W v general manager or ot the tho th Burlington tol reached Denver Monday morning In his special oak car carH H it T 1 Simmons general manager of or orthe the El gl Paso lago Southwestern got gal In Sunday night So Sf did dil E fi I Buckingham general superintendent of tho the Oregon Short Line Lino and M J Buckingham ham of or the tho Oregon Railroad and Navigation company also A T F Palmer assistant l of ar the Union Pacific at nt Kansas City General Manager Mohler of or the Union Pacific arrived ll Monday Monda W O G OVan Van Von Vleck lt vice president and general manager ot of the tho Galveston Galeston A San Antonio o a division n of ot the tho Har Hil ilman line came camo In Monday ollay also 1110 LOOKS LIKE GRANT GlAT This rids Gathering Is one on of ot the most mast Important meetings evi ever eyer r held heM In Di Den Dener n nver ver er cr by b western railroad officials Up Upon UPon Upon on the outcome will wi depend whether or not the controversy over o r the tho wage vage question for or men will bo be ad nd adjusted jl ted There Is a disposition on no the part I of lor tho the railroad managers latia to grant the demand In tact fact the thi recent train mens on the tho te Colorado South Southern ern era which threatened to spread to the tha othet western lines linea was wal called oft off with Ith the tf tacit the tho conference would settle the whole satisfactorily to nil all concern concerned q nl ed ad e d The Tho harriman lines to he be bl In Ina Inn Ina a n conciliatory mood mool and It appears app ass that all al tho the are ready lead to meet the uG fairly and squarely Some of the bigger managers have hae con confessed fe l a belief belH that Ulal the demands demand of the men In this thia Instance are aro no more morn than thap demands for tor something to which they the are arc fully tuly entitled Little progress prof ross ress was made yesterday e towards an ap Ultimate settlement as o tho the matter In hand liand hald Is so large larse and nd Important that serious and lengthy consideration will willbo I bo be necessary before any conclusion can be reached Serious Is IL on nn today toda and will wi bo be on tomorrow and ald probably nil all ni week cek RESULT AWAITED ANXIOUSLY The he 15 or so 10 delegates presenting the side represent men while the th ninny many man officials pres present present ent Cut represent thousands of miles of Time The number of or private cars carsin In n tho the Denver yards this week weck breaks all ni former records as lS In time the neigh neighborhood of or 20 lines lIars have attending tho time convention antI and III numerous roads have hae each sent ont set sev several e eral cral delegates The result of the meet log Ins ng must bo be either cither of or these theM two things the tho granting of oC the yard menu de tic demands mends mands or the tho most moal disastrous railroad ever seen In the tho west vest |
