Show RECEIVED WORD VORD VORDi I i FROM NEW NEV YORK V f Boilermakers Boilermakers' Vice President V Writes Local Striker on Situation p t STILL PREDICTS VICTORY V Franklin Says Final Conference Conference Conference Confer Confer- ence Was as for Dunn V Word Yord received by Albert of tho the on on strike from the VI Rio Rio Bio Grande Orando local shops Is to the effect I that negotiations aro arc still on In New NewYork V V York Tork between the tho presidents of ot the International unions of or E V machinists ts and blacksmiths on the theone theone one hand and amI George Gould owner V and J. J J. J Jeffery president of the Rio V Grande Grand railroad on the other V Less these cont conferences should shoud not ZV prove successful It Is stated that a 0 V vote voto Is being bains' taken In the tho boiler boller- r V maker unions of or the Rio Grande Grandet t V system with reference to a 0 strike e all bV along the lines owned b by tho the Goulds Tho letter Is from J. J J J. J Frankln Frankin V one of ot the International vice ico presidents V of or the boilermakers who was In Salt tit Ln Lake e on strike business a few weeks ago It states that In addition to tho the the National V International officials Civic l Jc Federation has taken tho the matter V up and that It Is Js expected that good goodnews V news will wm be received from New ew York V J at almost any time President OConnell O'Connell OCon V J V nell of or the machinists and Kline of ot tho the bl blacksmiths were ero In New York Tork at zt tho the timo Mr Franklin wrote tho the V t V letter and President Dunn of or the V V V boilermakers was on his way there Decision Was as Postponed V Tho The word from New York accord accord- Ing to the letter was to the tho effect that V conferences had bc ben n held with the I railroad magnates and and that the matter matter mat mat- 1 ter had been postponed without any V decision V. V We Ye expect Js is continues that the 4 three International presidents will outline out- out 4 t lino line a 1 policy to bo be pursued while they ft aro are In Ne New York 0 r The letter contains promises that V V tho the International officials will use V 4 t every cry effort to assist the strikers and commends the men for the manner In which the strike h has hag been conducted I i J It expresses the sentiment that there can be bc no doubt as to the outcome so sot V t long as the strikers resort to no violI viol viol- 1 t ence and keep public sympathy thy on V their side At the local shops It Is stated that V there are now more men at work than there were before tho the strike and that partly on account of the additional equipment Installed In the shops durIng durN during dur dur- N ing Irig the tho lull the tho efficiency of the tho shops has been greatly Increased V lit V L 1 BACK CI V Say They Compelled Railroad ond to V Furnish Famish Transportation V Denver Donver April 7 Fifty Fifty strIkebreakers strikebreakers strikebreakers strike strIke- breakers who WIIO arrived In this city yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- from Salt Lake and other points Vr r V on tho the line secured passage to Eastern cities from the tIle Rio Grande after en engaging engaging en- en V c an attorney and threatening V suit If transportation were not nol furnI furn- furn S I hed them Another gr group up of ot men V arrived d this morning from various various' V V points along the tho system and will take V similar steps Mops unless the company pays V their way back to tho the the cities clUes from V which they came The men say gay that V they came to Colorado under misrepresentations misrepresentations mis mis- representations and that thoy they were told that there thero was no strike on the road I Reports arc to the effect that conS considerable con con- S dissatisfaction has broken out among the men brought hero here to S break bieak tho the strike of tho the mechanical V I E forces force and that man many of them aro are lea ln leaving before the re regular Ular payday V which h Is n next Saturday t. t V 5 WORKING G AT I E V I D n cr Newspaper Reports on ShopS Shop S Conditions ThereWith There V With regard to the efficiency of the new forces forces forces' of ot men at work In the tho machine machine machine ma ma- chine shops of the Rio Grande the tho i V Denver De ver Republican has tho the fOll following wing j t to sa say about the plant at Burnham V tho the Denver Den suburb where tho the Rio Grande has its yards ards ul In order to settle if possible the V reports concerning the V V amount of ot work being accomplished by tho the newly imported men at tho the V V Burnham shops of ot tho the Denver 8 Rio lUo V Grande rii II ro a d' d and to determine whether or not tho the company Is able to toke V ke keep p it Its rolling stock In condition for tor V V sa safe use use a reporter from the tho Republican S V lI lican lin in visited tho shops yesterday and V was allowed to Inspect them from one ono V V S end to the other The facts as ns stated I V V below are arc vouched for fOl b by the officials I E. E In charge of or the shops with regard to V matters which tho the reporter was unable t f t to determine by personal Inspection g V In the main machine shop and it In fri F V the round house there thero are aro 20 O maV machinists ma ma- V at work almost all of ot whom I l learned arned their craft In the tho Baldwin I 2 Y l locomotive works in Philadelphia V V When hen they tool took their positions man many of them pre presented indenture releases signed b by N. N W. W Yo V. Sample who was V fOrmerly s superintendent of or motive o I pow power r for the Denver Rio Grande Grando GrandoV V V road These releases aro are certificates I I Ii i V that the tho men had served their ap ap- ap- ap I 2 at their respective trades I 1 and wore were of course couse course issued to them V only after alter they had undergone thorough thorough thorough thor thor- V I. I ough pr preparation for tho the work worl they are aro now doing Amon Among machinists a V training at the Baldwin locomotive V wOrks means that a man understands I V I his hIs hIs' business whon when ho he has served his time there The men working in the Bur machine shops hops now are men who were ere steadily employed at their trade j until within the past year car Most or of 1 I I them were from four tour to 1 12 months i iback back In their thell time when tho the Denver Den I Rio Itie Grando Grande hired them At the time the strike was declared In tho the shops there thero were were wee CS 65 machinists on tho pay pay- roll The force has been Increased 20 21 men mon |