Show MACHINISTS VOTE W MONDAY Rio Grande Say They Will Not Work Under Mew ew Shop Rules ASK COMPANY TO RECEDE I Unless It Does Say They Will Quit Job When Present Contract Expires I Unless the Rio Grande railway o officials ofil- ofil daIs recede from the position on they have havo taken with regard to the labor situation in their shops the i in Salt Lake shops will wm not return re return return re- re turn to work next l Monday y This was the determination reached by the executive ex cx- x- x committee of the local union at a gathering In Federation h hall ball ll to to- to night It means that a strike is threatened and it Is held heM by man many that If such occurs it will vm endanger traffic not only over o the tho Rio Grande but over over practically every overy railroad in the country coun coun- try The Tho action was taken aft after r ad advices vices had hatI been received from Denver as as' as to tolie the lie result of the vote of the machinIsts machinIsts' machinists machinists' machin machin- unions along the 8 system While exact figures are not given out by lo local local lo- lo lacal cal union men it Is Jq stated that the time general decision was to strike e If itis It ItIs ItIs Is found Cound necessary to do so to preserve pre pie servo serve the principle of unionism Tho machinists' machinists vote was taken here before b rore the new shop rules proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by the company were received These reached reache Salt Lake last Saturday Saturday Satur- Satur day lay In the tie shape of ot a proposed set of re regulations tc which each Individual v. v working In the company's shops was asked to signify his approval or disapproval disapproval disapproval dis dis- approval by signing Yes or No About 15 16 per por cent of oC the tho local force it lt is stated slated nearly all In the car re re- repairing pairing department signed Yes Nobody signed No lUd way uy's Statement When General 1 Manager r A. A C C. way oC of the RIo TUo Grande reached Salt Lake Tuesday he ho that the company company proposed to put tho those e rules Into effect utter next Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- up to lo which time time ol old agreement em between the tho ho company n and Ar arg cM L J 4 v oL ThI w WasT tho tha slI lt It a r p F. F the tho wJ they met hero last Just night Secretary C C. E. E Parson of the tho exe executive committee committe announced after the tho meeting that th the tho pr proposal ha had been thoroughly discussed ed and that th-nt the men had decided not to return re return return re- re turn to work Monday Monda unless the raIlroad railroad rail raIl- road would repeal what was virtually its propose proposed contract with its help Tho Thu local machinists state that similar meetings of at machinists machInists' were held last Jast night or will be held before Saturday at all aJl points on th the Rio tIo Grande Orande system stem wh where re shops nr are ard m main main- ln- ln They express no do doubt bt as to the time result Locally no protest has been h heard ard against the tho men In charge of tho the shops except that they have continually so union men state state permitted per per- or practiced violations of or the tho theold theold old agreement at present in effect I Word ord Coming From Denver The makers boiler blacksmiths and car repairers have representatives In Denver upon whose decision tho the lo local Jo- Jo cal representatives of or those unions sa say they will nm act While no machinIsts machinIsts machinists machin machin- here herey say y the they have no official word as to the probable action of ot the other unions they nevertheless J expect that the they will take tho the same sarno stand as re regards regards re- re gards garde tho the proposed new rules Local No 33 3 the executive committee commit commit- tee teo of ot which met last Jast night contains it Is stated practically all the machin machinists isis in the Rio Gran Grande c shops as well as those affiliated with unionism in inthe inthe the tho cU city at large The executive committee committee com corn consists cons of some 25 members of ot whom a fair fall proportion are em em- of tho the Rio Grande railway Officials of the thc com company pan state that they never ne have had hatI any agreement with the tho union as such Thc They assert that the tho agreements now In effect were made not riot with the union but with the tho company's employee They y further further further fur fur- fur fur- ther take the position that that the tho Rio Grande has always been in a position where whelO It could employ men in the shops who were not union men Position of or s. While this thus muy may be so technically th the shop s of or the company state that they are practically all union men The They claim that almost to a man the they stand for unionism The claim of the comp company il is that it has In the tho past practically surrendered surrendered dered tiered all Us Its rights to the men and antI officials say that In the tho this future iut ref the tiie railroad proposes to run its own af af- af fairs Cairs From the thc trend of ot the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed new rules the company compan it la is I held will not recognize unions at alL What hat undoubtedly strengthens the time machinists in tho the stand tand they i have havo avo taken is the belo belief that the Rio Grande Is but making a test cash case cas in behalf of the few capitalists who ar arIn are in control of all aU the railroads of tho the country The m men n claim they will vill m have tho the support of ot union l labor labor borall bor all allover allover allover over the country They further assert that the thu present pres pres- ont ent is as good a time tImo as any to strike if it a strike must come It Is springtime spring g- g time tUne when work is soon to be re resumed resumed resumed re- re In all branches The Tho men further make tho the statement that there thero is an engine on tho the Rio Grande system that could last two days on the tho road without being brought into the shops for tor repairs They think therefore re that a strike In the tho shops or of the company compan would quickly iy tie tic up th the whole Rio Grande system j jr r f |