Show UNIONS WILL VILL ASK fOR FOB EXPLANATION Rio Grande Shop Men Waiting to See What Recent Order Really Means HOLD MEETING AT D DENVER NVER Business Agent of Organizations Organizations Organizations to Hold Conference With Railroad Officials of tho the Rio Grande system will be asked to to explain the meaning of their notice to shop empl yes which many of the tho latter hatter have construed construed con con- as an abrogation of their working Working work work- ing ng agreement ant and an attempt to reduce reduce re re- duce wages and destro destroy the unions Such Is the th word that comes from Denver where the grand councils of the he various arlous unions affected will wiil take ho tho matter up with the railroad au- au o ri ties Locally no action was reported by union men to have been taken as ns yet The officials of the labor organizations stated that they would leave the mater matter matter mat mat- ter er to the grand rand council which has its business representative who Is paid p ld for or the express investigating 1 any grievances the men may have and of or securing their remedy from ron ron-i ho thc railroad companies So far as ns the company Is concerned either cither there was no chal charge change e In n a the situation Nothing further is likely to be given out on the matter Master Mechanic J. J H. H mater Gairns returns from tho East E t. t At At Denver Den er however a meeting was held Satur- Satur da lay ay night at nt which the business agent of If f the union M M. J J. J was Instructed In- In to ask for a conference with he the officials and to ask the latter later to explain fully to him as the representative of or the what men the post post- postIng Ing ng ag of or the thc notice means Not ot Stirring Up Tip Trouble Moderation marked mC the Denver Denver- meet InS ng ag and no rash action acton was advocated until the tho men mr thoroughly understand what Is Intended d The The Ri Rio Grande machinists ma ma- say that thal It II Is IB impossible ble for forth tho th road rond to do eo 10 such tsuch nn art unfair Act net es especially especially es- es under the tho following wording wordinG of their thol last contract These rules shall remain In force until superseded by another ee- ee mont moat mont Ix Local cal boilermakers Helpers and ap- ap rotor refer to a orkinI agree agree- t by the tho wbk 1 J R 4 I J elj effect April 1 I. I 1 1907 1901 dad And Ina shall continue one year from date date The men say if It this a agreement Is ta thrown aside e as well wel as the strong agreement with wih the machinists It means menns nothing more than an attempt to break up the union No other system except the Rio Grande is Js Involved and about mr mt und and ant helpers will wUl be the he district including Pueblo Gra Junction Alamosa Alamos Burnham and S Sf S Lake The car men are also taken In b b the he order issued by the tho company Th The Themen Themen men cannot see sec their way clear Inasmuch inasmuch Inas Ins much as the tho officials of the road have announced through the press wa wages es were ere not to be reduced re nor working hours ours J. J H. H Dunn superintendent of ot molye motive mo mo- mo- mo lye tive power ant and machinery on the Ore Oregon Ore Ore- last night that thatTO ron gon Short Line stated stat TO no son such action as the Rio Grande had b by the liar Har- ar- ar taken akon was contemplated riman road rood He stated however ever ho that that there Is no agreement existing between of or the emlo em- em the Short Line and an any lo es of or the tho shops except tho the boiler boiler- boier- boier makers We pay the men wages equivalent to tho the scale of or tho the unions said Mr Dunn and wo we have havo at present about 70 per cent of our forces working five fo week We days das of oC eight hours each a have no quarrel with our men and so far Car as we know they have no quarrel with us The Thc Southern Pacific east of or Sparks has an nn agreement with wih the In Its Is shops |