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Show 0. P. FIRM ON SENIORITY EDICT Men To Be Taken Back Only As New Employes Official Says OMAHA. Xcb July 27 The Union Pacific railroad Intends "standing pat" by its recent declaration not to restore pension and seniority rights to striking I shopcraft employes In event they ro- I turn to work. W. H. Guild, assistant Me. president of the road, said today. In the event any of the striking employes return to work they will be taken back only as new employes." Mr. Guild declared. WIRE HARDING BOSTON, July 27 A telegraph urging President Harding to "take a firm attitude against any efforts that would be made for the reinstatement I of seniority rights for railroad shopmen shop-men now out on strike." was sent to the president Wednesday by the Boston Bos-ton chamber of commerce through its president. Frederic S Svnder. Copies 01 the telegram also v, re sent to Vice President Coolidge. Secretary of War V eeks. Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Chairman Ken W. Hooper of the United States railroad labor board TO IMPORT WORKERS SEATTLE. Wash , July 27. Negotiations Nego-tiations between the Chicago, Milwaukee Milwau-kee and St. Paul railway ami striking shopmen were formally ended Wednesday Wed-nesday and officials announced that ahey would bring men in from the east to replace those who had left their 1 jobs. I An appeal to trainmen and engine-men engine-men not to handle equipment repaired in contract shops by non-union men was made by a mass meeting of strik-Lhg strik-Lhg shopmen from all railroads. STRIKE AVERTED ATLANTA. Ga. July 2 7 The threatened strike of clerks of tho Southeastern Express company has been averted, It was announced by H. C. Caldwell, general chairman of the (clerks' brotherhood srter a conference whleh he and other union officials held hero with J B Hockaday. president presi-dent of the company. "All differences have been amicably adjusted." Mr. Caldwell said. GOMFERS1 VIEW j WASHINGTON. July 27. Government Govern-ment control, through the Interstate comrnerco commission, of movement by movement by rail of food and fuel will strenKth'-n the hands of both the miners and railroad workers who are m strike." Samuel Gompers, president Of the American Federation Of Lahor. Sclared Wednesday. The government's action, he said, will take away "whatever "what-ever chance tho mine owners expected to have for making huge profits out of a continuance of thdr resistance to the fair demands of th miners." |