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Show fill? MEN 10 SEEK SHORTER BS? Salt Lake, Feb. 24. Resolutions announcing an-nouncing the intention of the railroad unions connected with the train and yard service to enter negotiations with the managements of the various railroads rail-roads for an elghthour day and time and one-half for overtime were adopted adopt-ed last night at the joint meeting at Eagles' hall of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Train-men. The meeting went on record as against arbitration or mediation as a means of effecting a settlement, and appended explanatory paragraphs to the effect that the demands are reasonable rea-sonable and just and that the unions have suffered in the past through such methods of settlement. Last night's meeting was tho third of a series of meetings held this win-tor win-tor by the four organizations Joseph Bywater of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Loco-motive Engineers and chairman of the joint union meeting committee, presided pre-sided at the meeting. About 100 members mem-bers of the various unions were In attendance. at-tendance. The resolutions adopted" are as follows: "Whereas, the representatives of our organizations, B. of L. F. and E., B. of L E., O. R. C. and B. of R. T., In the near future are going to enter negotiations ne-gotiations with the management of the various railroads throughout the United States and Canada for the pur pose of securing an eignt-hour day and time and one-half for overtime for all employes engaged In engine, yard and train, except passenger, service; therefore there-fore be it "Resolved, by the tho members o the above four organizations assembled assembl-ed in joint union meeting at Eagles' hall In Salt Lake City, this 23rd day of February, 19W, that we are opposed to arbitration or mediation as a means of effecting a settlement in this matter mat-ter for the following reasons: "FlrBt That the demands are reasonable rea-sonable and jUBt and that we are entitled en-titled to a large product of our labor than that which wo are receiving at the present time. "Second That past history has taught us that arbitration and mediation medi-ation generally result in a victory for the masters and defeat to tho workers. "Be it further resolved, that copies ot these resolutions be forwarded to the grand 'officers of the four organizations organi-zations and to the journals and such others of the press as is deemed necessary-" |