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Show Ml FE If) MAYWALK 001 HEADS AT WASHINGTON ) DISCUSS NEW PEACE PROPOSALS rs of Brotherhood on Western e Refuse to Work Unless roops Are Taken From Porta Francisco. Paralysis of the western territory of the Sante tern was the prospect facing of-o of-o that railway Friday as a -re- the sudden walkout Thursday :nbers of the big four brother- the engineers, firemen, eon-s eon-s and trainmen, on several far n divisions. The union men ned that their action was taken rotest against armed guards on y property and against the al-condition al-condition of certain equipment, nbers of the brotherhoods said would no longer move trains .h points where armed guars stationed. eral passenger trains, including astbound California limited, de-l de-l by their crews, were stalled at in Arizona or southeastern Cal-a. Cal-a. -Some were stranded in lingly hot desert spots, wrecking crew was assigned to e a locomotive which had been nto a turn table pit at San irdino, blocking entrance to the I house. Los Angeles, it was said that er conferences were possible ;en brotherhood reprsentatives officials of the Santa Fe. er word reached Los Angeles ains being held up at Needles, Larstbvr and Bakersfield, Calif., I. L. Hibbard, general manager of the Sante Fa coast lines, whose trains were affected by this sudden sequel to the "hjpmen's strike, met general chairman chair-man of the conductors, firemen, engineers, en-gineers, trainmen and the joint association asso-ciation of engineers and trainmen in conference. At its conclusion Mr. Hilvbard stated stat-ed that unless conditions were changed, chang-ed, Santa Fe officials would advise passengers not to take trains likely to be held up. -Brotherhood representatives represen-tatives indicated there was little they could do until they had communicated with their executives in the east and had learned the exact situation at western railway points affected. Mr. Hibbard said he had told brotherhood broth-erhood officials that it they would promise there would be no disorders, such as had been reported from Needles, Need-les, the Sante Fe Trould remove its armed guards from company property. "The trouble is solely in sympathy wit hthe strike of the shop crafts and not because of any other thing, a the men have not been asked to take out engines or cars not in good condition," he declared. At Fresno, Calif., E. T. Foley, a fresh fruit shipper, announced that his packing houses were closing because be-cause of rail conditions, and that for the present no more fruit would be ordered from the growers. He advised his clients among the growers to dry their fruit. Several fruit companies in the San Joaquin valley announced that they were not accepting fruit. Canneries had limited their immediate purchases. purchas-es. It is estimated that several hundred hun-dred cars of fruit remain unpacked in the San Joaquin district. |