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Show SANTA FE MEN MAYWALK OUT LABOR HEADS AT WASHINGTON TO DISCUSS NEW PEACE PROPOSALS Members of Brotherhood on Western Line Refuse to Work Unless Troops Are Taken From Porta San Francisco.' Paralysis of the entire western territory of the Sante Fe system was the prospect facing officials of-ficials of that railway Friday as a result re-sult of the sudden walkout Thursday of members of the big four brotherhoods, brother-hoods, the engineers, firemen, conductors con-ductors and trainmen, on several far western divisions. The union men explained that their action was taken as a protest against armed guards on railway property and against the alleged al-leged condition of certain equipment. Members of the brotherhoods said they would no longer move trains through points where armed guards were stationed. Several passenger trains, including the eastbound California limited, deserted de-serted by their crews, were stalled at points in Arizona or southeastern California. Cal-ifornia. Some were stranded in scorchingly hot desert spots. A wrecking crew was assigned to remove a locomotive which had been run into a turn table pit at San Bernardino, Mocking entrance to the round hons At" Los Angeles, it was said that further conferences were possible between brotherhood reprsentatives and officials of the Santa Fe. After word reached Los Angeles of trains being held up at Needles, Barstow and Bakersfield, Calif., I. L. Hibbard, general manager of the Sante Fe coast lines, whose trains were affected by this sudden sequel to the shopmeu' strike, met general chairman chair-man of the conductors, firemen, engineers, en-gineers, trainmen and the joint association asso-ciation of engineers and trainmen in conference. At its conclusion Mr. Hibbard stated stat-ed that unless conditions were changed, chang-ed, Santa Fe officials would advise passengers not to take trains likely to be held up. Brotherhood representatives represen-tatives indicated there was little they could do until they had communicated with their executives in the east and had learned the exact situation at' western railway points affected. Mr. Hibbard said he had told brotherhood broth-erhood officials that if they would promise there would be no disorders, such as had been reported from Needles, Need-les, the Sante Fe would remove its armed guards from company property. "The trouble is solely in sympathy wit hthe strike of the shop crafts and not because of any other thing, as the men have not been asked to fake out engines or cars not in good condition," he declared. At Fresno, Calif., E. Y. Foley, a fresh fruit shipper, announced that his packing houses were closing because be-cause of rail conditions, and that for the present n more fruit would be ordered from the growers. He advised his clients among the growers to dry their fruit. |