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Show BROTHERHOOD MEN IT LARGE MEETING li OGDEN The first personal report of the negotiations which were held in Washington, D. C, during the last two weeks, looking to a settlement of the present controversy between the four brotherhoods of railway trainmen train-men and the railroad managers, was delivered in Ogden today by Vice President A. E. Phillips of the Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and J. C. Davis, general chairman of the Oregpn Short Line branch of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The two wero members of the committee of 640 representatives representa-tives of the branches of tho four railroad brotherhoods in the United States that favored by majority vote the proposition of President Wood-row Wood-row Wilson for the eight-hour day and arbitration of all other big points in dispute with the railroad managers. manag-ers. They are en route to their respective re-spective headquarters at Seattle, Wash., and Salt Lake City, respectively, respect-ively, and both addressed a meeting of trainmen held this afternoon at the Odd Fellows' hall, the first within with-in their jurisdiction. The meeting was attended by about 150 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine-men, Engine-men, employed on the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line railroads. The remarks of both were in the nature of a report of the negotiations at Washington, D. C, and instructions instruc-tions to the trainmen as to how to conduct themselves, beginning Monday Mon-day morning, September 4, providing the strike order is not rescinded before be-fore that time. Mr. Phillips stated that the newspaper news-paper reports of the negotiations were a true resume of the proceedings between be-tween tho employees' committee, President Wilson and tho committee of railroad managers. He stated further that President Wilson had displayed an entirely non-partisan attitude at-titude in his endeavor to bring tho contending parties to an amicable agreement. The brotherhoods committee, com-mittee, he said further, had accepted President Wilson's proposition as a foundation for a peaceful settlement on August 18 and had waited for the railroad managers' answer, which was made on August 20, before leaving Washington to return to their homes. Should the strike order not be re scinded, Mr. Phillips, who has jurisdiction juris-diction over the firemen and engln-men engln-men on all the railroads in the northwest, said that the Instructions were for all of the members of the four brotherhoods employed on railroads rail-roads operated on mountain time in this section of the country to cease work at 5 a. m., Monday, Sept. 4. "We must stand united for peace," he said, and continuing, told his hearers hear-ers that it was the emphatic order of the brotherhood officials that they should keep away from railroad property prop-erty while the strike lasted and refrain re-frain from any action that would tend to break the peace and bring the condemnation of the public upon them. Mr. Davis' remarks were of a similar sim-ilar nature and both speakers were frequently interrupted by applause. Mr. Phillips, it was announced, would conduct the strike of the firemen fire-men and enginemen of the northwest from his headquarters at Seattle. He expected to depart for Pocatello, Idaho, this afternoon to address a meeting of trainmen there and is also to conduct meetings at Portland and Seattle. |
