Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-14 | Page 12 | Denies Railroad Intends to Lay off Shopmen because of Strike; Enginemen Receiving Guarantees

DENIES RAILROAD INTENDS TO LAY OFF SHOPMEN BECAUSE OF STRIKE; ENGINEMEN RECEIVING GUARANTEES j Rumors that the Southern Pacific (company intends to lay off a number of employes In tho Ogden shops, which have been circulated about Ogden Og-den thp past few days "arc absolutely absolute-ly groundless." Assistant Superintcnd-lent'F. Superintcnd-lent'F. E. Smith, of the Salt Lako dl-j dl-j vision of" the Southern-Pacific stated j this morning. I He said rumors of a wholesale lay-; ! Ing off of men -had been widely circulated, cir-culated, evidently' with the view pf creating dissatisfaction among local employes. No changes In the strike situation were reported by Mr." Smith. Tho 'company was paying regularly! assigned trainmen and engineers whether they worked or'not, he said. Approximately 80 freight conductor-and conductor-and brakemen whose work is hamp- I ercd because of the strike, .arc being , paid their monthly iguarantee, while about 30 engineers and firemcji are ling paid, although their work is cur- j tailed, It was said. I The awovc figures were given 'out . regarding Southern Pacific employes I running out of Ogden. About the same number of firemen i and engineers are drawing their monthly guarantee at Carlin and Mon-1 Mon-1 tello. and practically the same number num-ber of men on the west end of the division are drawing Ihclr money, according ac-cording to Smith. J). H. Hlckey. master mechanic at the 'Southern Pacific shops, 'confirmed Mr. Smith's report that no orders for a whpesale dismissal of shop em-j em-j ployes was anticipated locally. Word from the offices of. the Ogden Og-den L'nion Railway and Depot company com-pany indicates thaht no change of attitude at-titude was apparent on the part of striking switchmen. Despite this, the trend of opinion around tho depot is that the switchmen will return to work soon. The local yards have been cleared of perishable freight, it Is dccIaVcd, a carload of -fruit from California having gone cast yesterday. Meat and other pcrishablo material has also been shipped from the yards. Cattle on tho Union Pacific, between be-tween Ogden and Evanston, aro suffering suf-fering acutely because, of the strike, it is reported. Feed at Morgan, Coalville- and other, points on the Union Pacific, has been eyhaustcd. and cattle cat-tle are starving. Shipments of hay consigned to ranchers in that district 'are said to be held up in the Ogden J yards. Local members of the Erotherhood of ' Railway Clerks met last night at ' the Eagles' -hall - to -discuss the -strike situation. No action was taken at the meeting, it was said, from a resoutlton that there would be no strike unless1 orders from headquarters of the or-j or-j ganlzatlon, were received. No trouble of this nature Is anticipated. Shopmen working at the S. P. shops have not received orders to walk out, i according to authoritative advices and i have received no In-formallon as to I whether or not they will he .called upon by their central organisation to i strike. oo