Show NEW NESY RULES RUtES LES NOT POSTED IN SHOPS Rio Grande Say Old Ok Regulations Are Still in Force There STRIKE TALK AT DENVER Machinists Said to Have Delivered Delivered ered Ultimatum Threatening Threatening Threat Threat- ening cuing Action Monday Denver March arch 14 H. Relations between be be- tween the Denver er Rio Illo Grande e officials otTI- otTI dais anti and the time officials of the machinists machin boilermakers boilermakers' and blacksmiths blacksmiths' unions have become vel very strained and antI negotiations may mar be he at an nn end before beCore another da day passes parses Late tonight the cg served ed notice on the railroad railroad rail rail- roa road officials that the demands of oC tho machinists machini ts mu must murt t be he met on Monday or ora ora orn a n general strike would follow imme lately I The men havo have stated their position I and have notified the company compan that they ther would be unable to accept the offers made by the tho company compan It had been agreed that Jf It the company had hadan an any other offer to make the men were to o be notified IJ by messenger Up to to tonight tonight to- to nl night ht the tho com company pan had not sent an any co communication Hope for Compromise The company compan has announced that tho the shop hop rules will not be put in effeN effect ef ef- ef- ef feN feet on Monday but that action willbe will willbe willbe be postponed until after aCter March 16 That leaves heaves an opening for tor time whereby some e ma may be reached It is said that the company will make some offer to the men which will open the va way for Cor a settlement settlement settle settle- ment of oC the difficulties without a strike c. c The machinists boilermakers and anti blacksmiths yesterday asked Vice President s If he would sign the proposed shop rules under which the men are to work wont for ono one years Time TIle company is understood to havo have refused c and upon being a asked ked if the they would sl sign n for thirty days lIars the compan company com coin pany pan again aln reu refused ed That is tal taken en to mean tt that at the road has decided on an nn open shop No 0 Signs Saturday The machine shops of or the Rio Granule Grande Western railway at Salt SaU Lake closed yesterday afternoon at without an any change being made apparent ap- ap parent varent in the local labor situation Today oclay the men In the roundhouse one or of f the tho classes ss s's most seriously affected b by y the new v rules will It is expected be e at nt their posts and so far Car as officials dais or of the of the railroad or the tho union men themselves would woOld state ye yesterday the whole shop force will be back again tomorrow morning The officials ls say y that if it tho the men muon go so goo goto to to o work tomorrow it will be bo under the he new set of or rules ruler to which the men were vere asked ed to signify their approval a week ago They sa say each man was notified verbally of ot the new regulations regulations regula regula- lions b by the foremen The rho men some men some of or them at least least least- sa say that if Ir the they go to work worl it will be be under the tho old rules lules for tor tho the simple reason remon that no new rules have havo been posted lote to supersede those that were abrogated by the notIce given SO ii j days ago May Il Receive Vord Today Todar In the meantime the men men meny say y that no definite word has arrived from ruin Denver and that it may como come today or it fl ma may not Master Mechanic A A. 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Cairns on the other hand saS says that ho he has ilas not heard heart from Denver for nearly a week cek JIe Hc was informed then he fa says rays that the new flOW rules would go o effect toda today and anti he lie has lias heard no word to the contrary lIe He says he 1113 does docs no not expect any word that he thinks the new rules as already proposed proposed pro pro- posed will go l into to effect and that h he believes the tho men will wilt bo ho back a at their places in the shops tomorrow morning at al the proper propel hour As is a n matter of fact tact said ald Mr Cairns yesterday there really Is n no vr very great change in the rules rule am and only a little more than five per per percent cent of ot the men are affected h by the new ne rules rule's In an any way so far tar as ns the termon term terms on which the they work goThe go o. o The provision that the rules ar are changeable at the option of ot the company company com corn pany means simply that tho the compan company com corn pany pan is asking tho the privilege e of ot spendIng spending spending spend spend- ing its money mone as it Jl wishes It Ie does doe not indicate to the men how they sha shall spend their money and it fl asks s th the same conditions from them Beyond the assertion of or that right the rule rul does not mean any change chango in th the c conditions under which the men wor work worl Some of ot the men are suspicious sus sus- of or the company l But nut tho they thoy al alread already already al- al read ready have an explicit statement from Crom General Manager I A. A C. C Ridgway that tha thero there will bo be no change chango in was wage Such I believe has hns never nc been discussed discussed dis- dis dis- dis cussed b by the officials of or tho company compan Tho The men are aro getting now just as goo good wages age as art given ghen on almost an aizy railroad In ili tho the countr country and the they know It All AU the talk about a n hour 12 day iT c 1 j v Is s without foundation Even granting granting- that hat the new ne rules give the company compan power to employ its men in the shops l 12 2 hours a day It wouldn't pay Long experience has proved that the he nine-hour nine da day is the tho most econom- econom ical 1 In the shops That is the Uie basis on n which the company compan will work worl its men nen Of course If the work worle got tat far the order might go out for a 0 iiO Pr ii n d r niti period of ot say a month 01 01 u so until tho the shops slops had caught up with the work But nul Butor for or da day In and anti day out and year Inand in anti and nd year out a n nine-hour nine da day gets the thebe be best ost t results Xo No Radical Change c. c There certainly is no radical change chango promised In itt the rule of oC the company which provides no overtime for day Inert nen until after C G o'clock In the even- even Ing ng ngWe We to 0 have men of or course in the Ull roundhouse where here some one has hns to be ben beon beon on n duty luty nil all the tim time who are now working a a. hour 12 da Jay clay and anti who are nIl laid paid for fOl 1 12 hours These men eat cat their heir dinner during that period and antl andare andare are paid for that The work Is such that hat the toy they are required to be there all nU the he time Under the ne new rules the roundhouse roundhouse roundhouse round round- house men the men regularly employed em- em seven days In tho week weel will gel get straight time for work on Sunda Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- da days s 's or holidays This affects only the thc men regularly so employed If IC we bring men to the shops who regularly work six days a w week the they are paid time and one half for or tho the work on holidays s 's or Sundays s The new rules are simply imphy those that are In effect practically on almost all ali the railroads in the country countr and the men know It Thc They know too that the railroad Is not nol going goinS' to propose propose pro pro- pose any n radical changes for the simple reason reason that such would not be bean bean an an economic move Among the men there here was WitS not much radical talk tall or an any other kind of talk yesterday There was more or less Jess suppressed excitement because e the they said the they did not know just what action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion the representatives at Denver would take Until definite word was received r so it U was stat stated d the they did not nol know whether the they would return to work tomorrow or not Some word wordis is exp expected today |