OCR Text |
Show SANTA FE MEN MATWALK OUT LADOR HEADS AT WASHINGTON TO DI8CUS8 NEW PEACE PROP08AL8 Members of Brotherhood on Western Line Refuse to Work Unless Troops Are Taken From Ports San Francisco. Paralysis of tho entire western torrltory of tho Santo Fo system was tho prospect facing of. flclals of that railway Friday as a result re-sult ot tho sudden walkout Thursday ot mombera of tho big four brother-hoods, brother-hoods, tho engineers, firemen, conductors con-ductors and trainmen, on sovoral far western divisions. Tho union men explained that their action was taken as a protest against armed guards oa railway property and against tho al-logod al-logod condition of certain equipment Mombera ot tho brothorhoods said thoy would no longer movo trains through points whoro armed guards were stationed. Several passengor trains, Including tho oastbound California limited, de-sorted de-sorted by their crows, wore Btallod at points ln Arizona or southoastorn California. Cal-ifornia. Somo woro stranded ln scorchlngly hot desert spots. A wrecking crow was assigned to roraovo a locomotlvo which had been run Into a turn tablo pit at San Bernardino, blocking ontrnnco to tho round house. At Los Angelos, It was said that further conferences wero posslblo betwooa brotherhood ropraontatlvos and officials ot tho Santa Fo. After word reached Los Angoloa of trains bolng held, up at Needles, Barstow and Bakorsflold, Collf., L L. Hlbbard, gcnoral manager of tho Santo J'o const lines, whoso trains woro affected by this sudden soquel to tho shopmen's strlko, mot gonoral chairman chair-man of tho conductors, flromon, on. glnoors, tralnmon and tho Joint association asso-ciation of englnoors and tralnmon ln conforenco. At Its conclusion Mr. Hlbbard stated stat-ed that unless conditions wcro changed, chang-ed, Santa Fo officials would advlso passengers not to tako trains likely to bo hold up. Brotherhood representatives represen-tatives indicated there was iittlo thoy could do until thoy had communicated with their executives in tho cast nnd had learned tho exact situation at western railway points affoctod. Mr. Hlbbard said ho had told broth, erhood offlclalu that it thoy would promlso thoro would bo no disordors, such as had boen reported from Noodles, Nood-les, tho Santo Fo would romovo Its armed guards from company proporty. "Tho troublo Is solely ln sympathy wit htho strlko of tho shop crafts and not bocauso ot any other thing, ns tho mon havo not boon asked to take out engines or cars not in good condition," ho declared. At Fresno, Calif,, E. Y. Foley, a fresh fruit shipper, announced that his packing houses woro closing bo-cause bo-cause of rail conditions, and that for tho presont no more fruit would be ordered from tho growers. Ho ndvlsod his clients among tho growers to dry tholr fruit. |