| Show RIO GRANDE RANDE STRIKE I SEEMS IMPROBABLE I Votes of in This Di Division Division Division Di- Di vision Said to Be Neg Neg- Little Information concerning the controversy elS as to wages between the Denver el Rio lilo Grande company compan and its train es is obtainable at the tho offices of the company compan In this lIll city The movements mo involved ol In the matter are being conducted from Denver and aud only mca meagre l details of or their theil developments developments develop elop ments can be hI learned at nt this end of tho the line The themselves e are ale reticent In talking of the situation situation situa situa- situation tion asserting that the they know practically practically practically cally nothing about It It Is reported that a no representative I of tho the Order of Conductors and Trainmen Trainmen Train Train- men left en Salt Lake Laie Saturday evening for Denver carrying with him him the votes otes of or tho the local trainmen as aJ to whether r or not they favored n a strike to bring tho the railroad company compan to their thell terms As to tho the result of or the ballot taken nothing definite Is as yet known mown but it is Ig the general opinion that a R majority of the local trainmen stood out against a strike It I Is said that thata a n. Rio Grande Western conductor expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed the of or many of or his fellow fellow fel fel- ellow el- el low workmen when ho he said on Sun Sunday a last While we want all the mone money that we can get for fOl our work we wc arc are reasonable enough to see sec that the company compan has done pretty well b by us considering the great expense It has hasIn hasIn hasIn In operating its line in ht this mountainous mountain mountain- ous country The men who have put millions of dollars Into a a. railroad are arc entitled to pretty good interest on their investment and while the trainmen trainmen trainmen train train- men must be paid enough to get set good work out of them they should not ask as what I Is unreasonable When hen the company can afford to give o ho more It is time to ask asli 10 more are In case the offer is IR 1 rejected by y the the difficulty l ma may be tume turned over ocr to the Interstate Commerce Commission Corn Corn- ml mission ion for fOI settlement under the plo plo- visions of an net act of con congress June 1 1 1898 1593 which provides for fOl such a a. procedure pro pio- In case of nn an unsettled controversy controversy con con- ers tro between the mana management and the thc of or an Interstate line |
