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Show SHOPMEN REPLY BYJTATEII1EIT (Reply of tho Local Advisory Committee Com-mittee of tho Strikers ) Ogden, Utah, Nov. 2Sth. 1911. Editor Evening Standard und Morning Examiner: Reply to Mr. Rowlands. We, as tho striking shopmen of Ogden and as a Federation, wish to reply, through your papers, to tho slatoment appearing in tho Evening Standard of Nov. 27th, as given out by Mr. Rowlands, Superintendent of tho Southorn Pacific In this city. We are taking this meanB of rcpljlng to Mr. Rowlands statcmenL that the public might not bo misled as to the conduct of tho striking shopmen of Ogden "Wo havo endeavored at all times to conduct our Btrlke In a peaceable manner ns loyal citizens of this city and are willing at all times to assist tho city officials In preserving order during the contln-uanco contln-uanco of our strike. There 1b a reason for tho statement state-ment as Issued by Mr. Rowlands as tho same thing has occurred In railroad rail-road strikes in tho past. In tho endeavor en-deavor of railroad companies to break strikes they havo seen fit to scour the high-ways and tho by-ways of the United States to secure men to fill our places and in the meshes of tho net thrown out they get men of poor mechanical abilities, men who do not want to work oxcopt In times of strikes, where they are able to pick up some of the easy monev offered by the railroad companies and do as llttlo work In roturn as possible. pos-sible. Wo will leave It to tho public pub-lic to Judge wliat qualities for citizenship cit-izenship these men possess who will act ns strike-breakers for the rnll-road rnll-road companies. These men are Induced In-duced by the promise of big wages, j free board and other concessions that the formor employes would not think of asking for and which are granted by the companies to keep these men within the stockade, In their endeavor endeav-or to defeat the men who are seeking to bettor their working conditions, thus depriving tho merchants of Op- I den and other cities from tho rovonue 1 that would come to thorn from tho citizens of this 'community who are now uireciiy connecicu wun 1110 strike. It Is apparent that the railroad rail-road company has discovered that the Inducements offered to the strike- 1 breakers has become burdensome and now for the purpose of reducing th)R extra expense they now wish to un- 1 load thc6o strike-breakers among the I good people of Ogden. The company wishes to cut down some of this extra ex-tra cxpenso of housing and feodlng thtise men and arc seeking to bollttle tho striking shopmen and endeavoring endeavor-ing to lead tho mcrchnnts of Ogden to beliovo that thei Imported men are more desirable than the old employes, em-ployes, with whom the merchants havo transacted business for years and men who 'havo spent all the wages, we havo been allowed by the company to earn. In this communltv, and are bona fldo citizens of this city, mon whoso characters and reputation rep-utation Is woll established They are property owners, thoy have aided In the upbuilding of Ogden and now tho railroad company Is trying to supplant them with tho above mentioned men-tioned element Wo are contending for nothing but what wo think is Justly duo us and we aro endeavoring to put up a pood, battle to guln recognition of our Federation. Fed-eration. If the roadors of the Standard and Examlnor will tnko notlco of the presB reports appearing In theso papers pa-pers of Saturday, Nov. 25th, In regard to the settlement of the difficulty of tho Rock Island railroad, thoy will note the fairness displayed by tnat Bystom In trcntlng with their Bhop employes. After several conferences botween tho Rock Island officials and tho shopmen, nn agreement hns beon signed. RECOGNIZING THE FEDERATION, FEDER-ATION, giving tho men an increase in wages and bettor working conditions, condi-tions, which tho Harrlman system has seen fit to refuso their old and faithful employes. Fifteen othor railroad rail-road BystcmB In the United States and Canadn havo also recognized tho Fodoratlon of Shopmen and have nothing to fenr. Why should tho Harrlman system? Tho official states that conditions nro normal and trains aro on time, otc. Wo know that this Is not tho caso, as No. 9, the fast mall train, has not beon on time but once in throe weeks and has boon runnnlng from ono to six hours lato and nearly all othor passenger trains late. Wo also know that tho frolght yards contain con-tain porishablo frolght and other merchandise which cannot bo moved for the want of power. The normal conditions In the Ogden shop beforo tho strike was tho overhauling of from nine to eleven engines per month but slnco tho strike was called two months ago, there has been but three engines turned out of the shop, two of thcBc were nearly completed when tho men walked out. Does this vouch for the statomout thnt the company com-pany has all tho competent mechanics mechan-ics they need? A perusal of the Btrlke bulletins, placed at Mr. Mun-sey's Mun-sey's cigar store, on the corner of Twonty-flfth and Hudson avenue, will give n truo statement .of tho difficulties difficul-ties under which tho""Harrlmnn officials of-ficials aro operating the rond. We can also stato In contradiction to the statement that tho strikebreakers strike-breakers are at liberty at SparkB and othor places, that this Is not tbo caso as thoy aro kept within tho soveral stockades all over tho system. |