| Show UNION President Hurt Burt Meets Them Thell to In Con Now New York Vork uc Omaha Jan 30 3 President Hurt Hutt of tho Union Pacific railroad today mot representatives of ot the striking shop men of that thal system to continue the conferences begun lit In New York YOlk threw three weeks ago meeting meet Ing resulted In the tho representatives without having a they declare that the th strike will 1 now bo continued Indefinitely I Int will willbe be bl extended over tho Southern Pacific system President McNeil of the As s of ot as spoken nan for the strikers and anil told lold President Hurt lurt hat a thorough canvass of ot the had been b en made 1 ad with wih tho re result sult that they the unanimously agreed that they the could coull not accept the piecework system Hurt replied that the men could return to work under unter no other conditions mid expressed himself as orry Horry that the men len would not give the system B a u trial The conference lasted li H minutes The labor leaders le returned to tho ho la In labor bor temple und and stated that a n mass would bo called cn I Il at nt once Olt steps niton by the strikers to extend tho strike to all parts of ur the system I OFFICIAL STATEMENT At Al Union Pacific headquarters this statement was made concerning strike Piecework has been beon a n successful l ss tun tm In the shops of oC our company comp ny for tOI months past llast mid the tho committee the strikers striker was WM told that no change chanse in tho could be made at this time bout About SS 85 per pcr cent cOli of the work done daM In the Omaha shops s by piecework per Iler cent of oC it at It Arm Armstrong Armstron strong stron from SO 90 to per cent at nt other places We e have more 1011 men In the shops hops hero here than wo ever had before and their character and skill are lre all tl that we e could ask A reduction will wl soon soonbo bo be necessary because lecause our busiest sea seaton ton Ion Is now over oer The fame pOO condition at piles ples to all 11 other points on the line With Wih new shops new ne machinery here the same number of men Can an do much moro more work worl than formerly In point of oC work done litre herc we have never neer turned out so many engines In hI tho shops as us during durin the past six months month The ThE same condition applies at Chey Cheyenne Che enne elle elleNO NO HOO I FOn If I we wore to take hack hac the strikers cr no now It would mean menn that our force toree In tho here would be le crowded out and td this we to tl do but we WI would not It have hae room for two forces Our train service Is becoming bet better better ter than during durIn previous weeks We Wo arc Irr having some lome trouble this week w ek bo be beC rinse C se of ot high winds and stormy weather elther er out ut west for which the strikers will wl probably claim credit Last week weel we put twice as ns much mich coal Into Nebraska as during previous week w lk on the road lad and uni every min nt Hook Springs la I running nt It full Cul capacity Six new ne engines have Just arrived tour four moro are arc on the road an ni Indefinite number lumber of or new engines will wi continue to arrive Wo Wl wi soon have engines to burn bum This strike Is over so po tar far as ns the company Is con conc corned c The men quit ul the service last July and Ild we hired new nol ones to lilt 11 places all ni there Is to toI I |
