Show I t LALL L AL L ON v s' s EQUAL S I I Such Probable Intention of 01 Ri RiS Rio S T I Grande Says Master Mechanic Mechanic Mechanic Me Me- Gairns S NEGOTIATIONS AT t Unions and Railway S With Reference to New Agreements 1 S. S i Do the fact that all sorts of Un I oo as to the intentions Intention I l of or tho 7 Rio V- V e system ni toward towar the KB men Then cj who win Work in Its shops are arc reach reach- In me Salt T Lake from Denver local loc H om- om 1 t dais V ot or the line assert that nothing il- il of n a t nature to o organS organ organ- n- n lJJ i labor abor Is S- S Jf contemplated In the tho reS re- re S CC cent or orders cl'S s Issued by the company compau T The settlement of whatever ques ques- i Hans ons i arise arise however howe will bo lie mn made e at 1 I Denver ier where IH r the matter wl b bo be men T up UI n b by or of the unions the heads of f de of or the i c Itlo Grande Th Tho return office ot I Ires 5 Ment hent C. C H. H to Denver Demer from Salt Lai he lie was as conr conferring Y will with w W. W xi H T L Bancroft- Bancroft manager 5 or nf the thc i Orce Oregon 11 Short Line anti and R. R Eells E E. S w Wells i. i ells genera manager of the Salt S 'S Lake Like Route with to regard traffic matS mat mat- S tens rf Was th the tho i signal Cor or active negotiations to start Conferences have hu S been leen heM held and more are promised In Inthe A 40 the meanwhile the proceedings s arc are kept Jelt v S. S secret sj Were cre ToM of JD A few w days das ago said sal Master Me- Me te- te J. J H. H Gairns of tho thu Salt shops yesterday a the he Ie master mechanics S or ut f tho tido system were called calle to Denver S. S and wo we were tol told that It was the In Intention In- In or of the officials to abro abrogate atc the S agreement with the men Nothing was as asS S sol said about the cutting of wn wages s nn and Si 1 1 do o hot not believe bellere anything of or that S nature was vas Intended ed Neither does docs the S' S abrogation or of Ul nil agreement mean the theS S I establishing of open Oled shop We e have ha that already As B to whether a new nev 5 agreement 1 Is to be made with tho the men menS S In regard rc ar to shop rules I do o not know S That will necessarily be settled In Denver Den Den- ver vcr S The rho reason that the old agreement ns f I is 28 to be lie abrogated effective he Mardi March M 14 Is 18 I 1 take it it that the oJ old rules were unsatisfactory In some details 5 Take Initiative t S It Is no very uncommon thing for lor these agi to be abrogated atc That has hag been almost a 5 yearl yearly early occurrence occurrence- The Tho only difference this year ear is that S the tho railroad Is taking the initiative in instead instead In- In stead of or the unions In the past It has hns generally general been the unions that have o served tho the notice and an asked for tor u a Conference with reference to changing the silo sho rules l Some of ot the tho defects found foun In theS the S rules from rom the railroads railroad's standpoint standpoint- i 1 r. r and un it Is partially S from Crom fr ft the men's mens as us well WOlO ii tho agreements agree i S ments with tho different trades trade OH did not liot ot correspond Tho The went vont u ut at uI I and aid the i iau au an nn lour hour or ear or later liller c Colt CH the tha ease ns may may bo be There w e weI-e to differences Ht 1 In the overtime agreement by ny y which some ome of or tho the inca seemed to be Je getting S the best beat est of It and an proportionate proportionate- dissat- dissat arose among the tho others Other matters of jt f a similar nature detracted somewhat from rom the effectiveness of tho the shop forces fortes All ul on UD Footing As 1 I understand It t the purpose purpose of ot S the railroad Is 18 to place all the shop shop- men IDen on an equal footing with the accustomed difference In wage wag sched ached ules ulos Our agreements with our shop 7 are ale with the ot of the S Itlo TIlo Grande system Some of these though h not very many are union non-union S men nut But wo we are not n a closed shopS shop'S shop S I system On the other hand han the Rio Gran Grande Grante e has hns treated Its men In the past S ns as well wel or OF better hotter than any other 55 S 5 cm In the West cst and aud nu I do not think either cither the railroad or the m men inca n arc goIng goS going goto go go- ing to do anything rash at present 5 S Mr 11 Gairns says sas he le has heard nothing noth noth- ing In that would signify that It Is the S. S intention of the tho Rio Grande Grandt to abrogate abrogate abrogate abro abro- gate Its agreement with the tho men inca March 1 I Instead of or March tarch H. H H 11 nor that the theS theor or order er abrogating the thc agreement with S to lo the engineers engi engi- C the men Is to be extended ens neca and n trainmen J P. P Denver dispatches say that as ns soon as C. C c II 11 vice president ent of the Rio itlo Grande Gran returned d to Denver er yesterday yes yes- tor ny he held an nn extended e conference with the tho heads of ot departments over A the l labor bor situation on tho the system conference between the tho e representatives cs boIlermakers car cal S. S of or the machinists S repairers and helpers was hel held In the theL the situation afternoon to discuss L no- no The railroad company compau has posted poste that es in all of or tho the mechanical mc- mc departments will wUl bo be placed place on four tour hours a a. day o. o time until further notice The notice does not carry carr with S Jl it nn any order for tor the tho reinstatement ot f discharged men held A Pl preliminary conference was afternoon between T. T B. B PurVis Pur- Pur yesterday Vis ils sup superintendent of or motIve power of ol an and M. M J J. J representative tho the machinists and an another will be held this afternoon The results of ot these J made public publicS conferences are not being S at this time on un All thi Curtailment fn in every department and an the office of superintendent superintend Is to be abolished abol abol- transportation ent of ot March 1 The policy of the road 1 to the general gen sen- Is still as much a a. mystery eral cral public as ns over ever an and the tue Impression S In Denver Don that thi the thO Is growing sion slon has ns as much to dc tic O open shop policy question of re re- re with the tl move as 15 an any anT t. t Includes has policy The Tho curtailment the re reduction rc- rc 2 the thc closing closing- o or of tic several stations tion auction of or the numbers of if agents ag am cutting S operators tho the telegraph clerical forces In th tb auditing and of at of oil headquarters the tho taking general al and und freight trains tin the of or of or several sc s Including abolishing auditors au ticket that of ot passenger pass nger work is being done one b by tho thu conductors con whose reducing of or salaries and anel tho tide re the mechanical me mo in S curtailments S n as well an as the departments YI o ON u as L to tu n Confer lJ heat bt other othur railroads than thau tho those c In That riat Wu l in lu general r l. l c J thy Uv 10 1 5 th are Gren c in ha n particular th the ownby by y 1 is shown s op t. t n. n hi W a di tc r r railway n Southern to t S with Ith et reference acting Southern however c is hZ 1 rot nOt The Into coni con- con without first calling its Us men mer r. r crenco and from thorn thum what method of ot curtailment t would bo b most m st satisfactory to the tho men Tho The Wash Wash- to Tho rho Republican lean says After Atter several conferences between Southern railway officers and representatives of or the machinists ant an and kindred workmen of oC that cull called hero horo to agree to a 0 general in induction reduction ye- ye in wages which the Southern finds in s It Il Is necessary to make It ii is said by tho the machinists today that the two Interested classes classes' are far fal from rom an agreement ag The Southern has hag submitted submitted sub sub- a 11 proposition which Is 15 not satisfactory satis- satis factory to the machinists The delegation dele deo- gation gatlon was In joint conference with General Manager Ackert of or the tho road today at which the machinists submitted submit submit- t ted a a. counter proposition The nature of the Southern's proposition proposition proposition was made malIc known tola today It Is ts briefly that a r reduction of or about C 6 per cent in tn wages must be made mad and 1111 the men are not given assurance that scale of hours 40 hours work worle a week will not also be reduced re uce The men work b by the hour and arid not by b the day da and they tile do not regard ard fa favorably th the e proposition The counter proposition submitted to tho the Southern management Is said to tobe tobe tobe be radically different from tho the one tho loa road oad proposed Its details have hac not been given out HIGH n. IL S 'S rn lIth Origin fur for Term i Peculiar to The origin In of the term high ball us as applied to tv railroading from which It has s spread r ad to the other walks of life lifo Is given In a n profusely illustrated nh little booklet of or about aboul 40 pa pages cs on Railroad Signaling Sl Issued Issue by hy the Union Pacific and just to hand at the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of or D. D S. S Spencer assistant general general gen gen- eral cral passenger agent of of oC the Oregon on Short Line One of or the earliest forms foma of block signaling or train dispatching says sas tb the booklet was operated In England long long- before 01 the telegraph was In Invented Invented invented In- In vented cs as follows At each ch station was a high pole or r mast ast on which i a huge hUJe ball could be raised or lowered When a atrain atrain atrain train left a 1 station the ball was raised to tho the top of or the tho mast when the train was read ready t to leave station tto o. o 2 2 the ball at that station was raised to full mast the attendant at It station No Xo 1 watching for tor this with his Held field el glass then lowered his ball to mast half when the train left station No o 5 ball ballat ballat at ut st station No o 2 was ns lowered to half- half mast and that at nt station No o 1 lowered low low- ere eret ered to the tho ground In this way In Information information in- in formation as to the thc lo nUon of the train was passed parsed Se along the line rhe The term term- term high high ball rne meaning a n band hand signal sIS sig nal from trainman to to probably originated from tram the above system of or signaling The book Issued by the tue Union Pacific Pa Pa- elite Is 18 a particularly particular handsome crea crea- tion Prom From the standpoint of or the printer print print- I er It Is almost perfect It In is printed In two colors and amI has 17 17 full tull pa past colored Illustrations of ot scenery along the lines together with a u map It contains full Information o othe ot of the methods metho s of ot railroad signaling ant its Us history It has an embossed cov cover i In four colors I |