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Show oo METAL CRAFTSMEN SELECT OFFICERS Salt Lake, Juno 14. Ejecting officers offi-cers for the ensuing two years, adopting adopt-ing a constitution and by-laws, drawing draw-ing up new agreements for the several crafts, to be submitted to the railroad rail-road companies, and selocting Denver as the meotoing placo for 1913, the delegates of tho several crafts of tho Harrlnian system, who havo been, in session hero for the past eight d'ayq, completed the work of perfecting thp organization of the Harriman system ; federation bringing the shop employees employ-ees of seven western roads, owned by the Harriman Interests, under a single umbrella organization, yesterday yester-day afternoon. E, T. Roguln, of the International j Brotherhood of Machinists of San Francisco, by a unanimous vote was chosen president of the system federa- 1 tlon for the ensuing two years. J C. Crouch of the International Brotherhood Brother-hood of Boilermakers of Sacramento, was elected vice-president and John Scott of the International Association of Carmen of San Luis Obispo, California, Cali-fornia, was selected as secretary and treasurer. The fight for the next convention con-vention soon narrowed down to two cities. Salt Lake and Denver, Denver ' winning on the final 'ballot by a vote of 4C to 23. The next meeting will be held in May. 1913. In addition to the officers of the system federation there is an advisory board for each road, composed of ono member of each craft, who will endea- V vor to settle the difficulties of their own road, after the local union com- f mitlee and the district committees of I tho individual crafts have failed to r reach an agreement. In case the ad- '.'' vlsory board of the road fails to reach an agreement with the company, a i genernl meeting of all the boards Is . called for the purpose of considering the difficulty. Failure tocffect a settlement would mean a general strike of all the shop employees of the seven railroads included In the system federation. The advisory boards arc as .follows: " i Oregon Short Lino: S. T. Feazelle, ! boiiermakers; G. B. Sanborn, blacksmiths, black-smiths, W. R. Blaglock, carmen; C. E. Owens, sheet metal workers; F Weis-gerfer, Weis-gerfer, machinists, and T. L. Pearson, pipefitters. San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake; J. Dushack, boiiermakers; M. Maloney, Dlacksmlths; H. C. Smith, carmen"; I. G. Madison, sheet metal workers, and R- F. Mayner, machinists, machin-ists, Union Pacific: John Soth. boiler- :i makers; Thomas Wilcox, blacksmiths; I C. B. Hutton, carmen; Nels Anderson, sheet metal workers; George Norman, machinists, and J. E. Jamison, pipe- ' fitters. ;: Southern Pacific: J. J. Jones, boiler- , makers; F. D. Mixer, blacksmiths;;; !' J. Sturman, sheet metal workers, and B. G. Warrington, mndhlnJsts. Oregon-Washington Rollroad and Navigation: Carl Walforth, bollerraak- I ers; H. Weber, blacksmiths; William Thorogood, carmen; J. C. Dea, sheet j ) metal workers, and C. R. Merrill, ma- . A chinlsts. Houston & Texas Central: Frank I Abbott, boiiermakers; W. T. Maroney, blacksmiths; W BrietsbecKer, car- ' men; George Brock, sheet metal work- J ers, and George Beers, machinists. fj Galveston, Harrlsburg & San Anton- 1 io: John Koenig, boiiermakers; T. B. IS Goff, blacksmiths; E. C. Harris, car- I men; J. D. McCormlck, sheet metal II workers, and C H.( Poe, machinists. : jl nn IB |