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Show H GRABLE OUT OF UNION POSITION Rail Maintenance Men Elect Fljozdal of Canada as President. PETROIT. Mich.. Oct. 13. (By 1 Th Associated Trow). Overthrow i of E. F. Grahlc. of Detroit, as grand president of the International Brotherhood Broth-erhood of Maintenance of "Way Em-' Em-' ployes and Railway Shop Laborers and nnnnunc-nient by his successor. V If. FIJozdnl. of Dauphin. Manitoba. that a demand "for Improved work- T""l mg conditions and a living wage" .J would be made by tbs organization upon me I nite.i states railway moor board, marked Friday's session of fhe brotherhood's triennial convention here ' President Crable. credited with j having nverted a strike of the 4110.- bm railway maintenance men of the country last rummer after they bud 1 voted overwhelmingly In favor oft Joining the shopmen's walkout, was J defeated by more than 3.000 votes J out of a total of approximately 86,- 600, each delegate casting ns many 1 Votes as there were member In Ihe I i 1 union be r. nr. ntod PP isi s STRIW 1 in a statement maun inrourn nis personal represejitnth e, Frank l 'lnn- son. of Detroit, the prcsidcnt-eiert declared his opposition to a strike ( 1 maintenance men at any time in the future, but announced that "the Union membership might be prepared prepar-ed to walk out if Improved working conditions and adequate wage Increases In-creases were not forthcoming." Mr. Fljosdal, It was announce. by his representative. Is prepared Im-j Im-j mediately upon assuming office to ' jnnke nn appeal to the lubor board i "setting forth the needs of the main ly n.inre men for higher wage and Improved working conditions" and 1 that the organization Is prepared to ' prove to the public as well as to th board, the Justice of our demands." Ti l l .K M to BO VRD - Shortly before the result was made i known on the convention floor, a tel egram sent by Mr. Orable lo labor nunibcrs of the labor board was read The telerr.ini was an appeal for a quick decision of the case of mainly main-ly nine men now before the board, n protest against so small an Increase In-crease as two cents an hour for jpnalntenancc laborers, and a threat inleas a larger Increase via., granted I to all classes of workers In the .tirotboihood that "loyal members of tin Itvtherhood may adopt ex-trevs ex-trevs tactics, fostered by questionable question-able leaders t.. rsnv 1 thi lr Just grtovajoces of long standing" B Elmer F. Mllllman. of sfount Morris, Mor-ris, NT. Y.. was elected secretary of the brotherhood, defeating s. J. Pegg, of Detroit. Incumbent. "MODERATE 1 VBOR M N." S DAUPHIN, Manitoba. Oct. 13 F JH. FIJosdsl, elected grand president of the I'nlted Urot herhood of Maintenance Main-tenance of Way Employes and Railway Rail-way Shop laborers at Detroit Frl-' Frl-' day. came to this town from War-road. War-road. Minn., a ir ago to 1 1' sr the duties of roadm iter Dauphin district, Cana.lian National rails 0 Mr. FljOtdal who is an old em- ' ploye of the C N It.. Is regard. 1 I . 1 George H Talmer, former labor member of the legislature for Dau phln. as a ' m di r.ite labor man." 5-Te was formerly general chairman of the maintenance rf wnv employes of the C. N K In this district, and 4atrr vice pr. Bldl Dl |