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Show UNION PACIFIC CANCELS RIGHTS Striking Employes, Says Gray, Return Only as New Men OMAHA Neb., July 17. Prssldeqt Carl R. Gray of tln Union Pacific system sys-tem In a letter to E E. Cnlvn. vice president of the system settlnp fnrtli the position of the 1'nlon Pacific IS)- Kar.iinf: stiiKingr siiopnien. taid that the only way a former employe could 'nfor the service would be a a now employe and that the I'nlon Pacific plcrljrod Itself to muhe no ssttleinsnl of the strike which would ln lir v 1 deprive now emplns or thos. who remained loyal to their rlsrhts or ol. Mr. Gray sets out that since the-strikers the-strikers loft thi employ Of the Union Pacific of their own free will and accord, ac-cord, that they ceased to be employes of the system and can have no part In bargaining with the company, that thS men now worklnK, thOM Who ha., entered the service since tb strike 1-egan and tho.-si whn remained loyul. are the only ones who may bargain with th company regarding rules and working onditlons. Tin' striklnK shopmen. Mr. Gray Naid, are not striking strik-ing against wages and working conditions condi-tions imposed by the employer bui .iguinst a government tribunal and1 tha. the rules and working conditions In effect before the strike arc in effect ef-fect now and may not be clfanged ex-. ex-. pt by agreement between the system sys-tem and the men now working In the fehopa. I Mr. Gray said that tho strike re-?ol re-?ol cb ttflelf Into merely a quest of v.hether tho orderly prooisn of law I and order or the arbitrary action of' a small minority shall prevail; that J the Union Pacific Is a law-abiding or-canU.itlon or-canU.itlon and that law and order shall prevail. |