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Show I Railroad Strike to Begin in Ogden At 7 P.M., Saturday Every engineer, conductor, fireman and brakeman on the Southern Pacific system has been ordered out on strike at 7 p. m. Ogden time (6 p. m. Pacific time) tomorrow. The Btrike Is ordered or-dered as a result of the failuro of the grievance committee of tho railroad brotherhoods to receive any satisfaction satisfac-tion from tho railroad officials on the matters which they have been considering consid-ering at San Francisco since May 10. C. B. Doty, representing the Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Railroad Trainmen; P. E. Davis, representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; A. L. Miller, representing tho Order of Railroad Conductors, and George Culver, representing repre-senting the Brotherhood of Locomotive Locomo-tive Firemen and Englnemen, who compriso the grievance committee of the Salt Lake division of the Southern Pacific, returned to Ogden yesterday afternoon and announced this morning the call for a general strike. "Our negotiations with the heads of the railroad at San Francisco, which have been in progress with only ono short recess since May 10, came to nothing," members of the committee stated. "The railroad refuses to grant the demands of tho men for overtime pay and other concessions to which the men feel they are entitled under the recent railroad bill enacted by congress. There Is no alternative for us but to call the strike. The strike has, therefore, been called for tomorrow. tomor-row. Unless the railroad grants our demands, the biggest strike In the history his-tory of the Southern Pacific will begin at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening, Ogden time." Will Handle Soldier Trains "Will not the calling of a strike at this time reflect on the patriotism of the railroad men?" members of the committee were asked. "Not at all," was the answer. "Wo have instructed all our members to stand ready to handle all bona fide soldier and munition trains. We are perfectly willing to do everything in our power to facilitate the movement of troops, ammunition and government war supplies, but we will absolutely refuse to work on trains used for any other purpose unless the railroad meets our demands." , Preparations have been mado by the heads of tho railroad brotherhoods to prevent any rioting or other disorders resulting from the strike. Members of tho unions have been ordered to keop away from all railroad property and to refrain from "picketing." "If the strike is successfully carried out, and there seems no reason to believe be-lieve that it will not be, it will bo the biggest striko that has over affected Ogden and tho other railroad centers of tho Southern Pacific system," declared de-clared the committee. "Not a wheel will turn on any of the Southern Pacific lines between Ogden and San Francisco, if the strike goos into effect, as now seems certain. Only when tho government gives orders or-ders for the movement of troops or munitions will any of the men be permitted per-mitted to go to work." The members of the four differont brotherhoods will walk out at the same time all over the Southern Pa- cinc system. Hundreds of railroad men living in Ogden will be affected by the big strike, thirty-seven freight and eleven passenger crews on tho run between Ogden and Carlin having received notice of the strike. Will Be No Picketing Headquarters will be established in Ogden for the Salt Lake division of the railroad and the striking brotherhood brother-hood members in Ogden will be required re-quired to report for roll call at these headquarters twice a day while the strike is in progress. The roll will be called in the morning and again at noon. Losses aggregating thousands of dollars a day will bo suffered by tho railroad company as a result of the failure to move freight and passenger trains, but members of the brotherhoods brother-hoods said today the railroad will have only itsolf to blame for these losses. Tho order for the men to keep away from the railroad yards and to refrain from picketing while the strike is in progress is unique in the history of western railroad strikes. |