Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-09
RAILROAD CONVENTION.
Proceedings Of the Meeting Held n
Chattanooga.

Proceedings Of the heetinS helu "t
Chattanooga.
AT the recent railroad meeting held at
Chattanooga, the following roads were rep
resented:
Western and Atlantic. E. Brown,
President; Cen. w. McRae, Superintend-
ent.
Louisville and Nashville, and Great
Southern, and South and North Alabama
Railroads-Albert Fink, Vice President and
General Superintendent: d. W. {. Row
land. Assistant General Superintendent; NJ.
III. Smith, General Freight Agent; NJ. Stan
ton, Superintendent South and North Rail
roadr
Central Railroad of GeOrgia-W. Rogers,
General Superintendent; g. j. FOreacre,
Superintendent Atlanta Division; Virgil
Powers, Superintendent Southwestern and
Mobile and Girard railroads.
Mobile and MOntgOmery-G. Jordan,
Engineer and Superintendent
New Orleans. Mobile and TeXaS-S. ii.
Scranton, General Superintendent.
Memphis and CharlestOn-W. j. Ross,
General Superintendent.
Georgia.. W. Cole. General Superin-
tendent.
Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
t.. ~.
perintendent; c. w. Anderson, General
Freight Agent.
Atlanta and West Point-L. p. Grant,
Superintendent.
St. Louis and Southeastern-A.E l.. Schra-
der, General Superintendent.
Piedmont Air-Line-H. HaUpt, General
Manager.
Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line-B. \.
Sage. Superintendent.
Western. of Alabama-CharleS Il. Ball,
Engineer and Superintendent.
Port Royal Railroad-W. w. Thomas,
General Freight Agent.
Mobile and Ohio-IIOn. \. Murdoch,
President.
Alabama and ChattanOoga-A. +. Elliott,
Receiver.
Selma, Rome and Dalton-JOhn b. Peck,
General Superintendent.
Col. L. w. Cole was made President OF
the Convention, and John Il. Peck, Secre-
tary.
The following resolutions were unani-
morsly passed:
Whereas, in the present financial crash
the business usually done by railroads IS so
greatly diminished as to make it necessary
that we reduce expenses; therefore,
Resolved, that we will make such reason
able reductions of expenses as Is made IN
every other branch of business, and that
each company make such reductions as IT'S
own necessities require, and such as can be
made in Justice to all employed. While
we regret the necessity which compels us
TO reduce the wages Of officers ana ell
plovees, we find this compensation To thoSe
affected by our action: That provisions
and almost all the necessities OF lie are
being reduced in full proportion to the re-
auction we propose to make, so that the
WAGES ofsuch officers and employees, at the
reduced rate, will purchase as much OF the
necpssaries of life as could have been OBJ
tanned before the crisis for the wages then
received by them.
Resolved. That while we recognize the
right of any employee ola railroad company
To refuse to work for the wages offered OF
TO leave the service Of any company II he IS
not satisfied with its rules or the discipline
enforced. we condemn in the strongest
terms rs uniustifiable and indetensible all
combinations for the purpose OF resisting
the rightful authority and discipline OF any
company by interfering with or attempting
20 intimidate or iniUre others willing Il
WORK for the wages offered, or to submit t(
tba disoipline and rules Of the company
And we TAeJge ourselves to each other thai
we will in no place employ any one who
mas been discharged OH account OF lllsuoor
dination to authority, or G2mDihaIlon t'
stop the operations of any road, by intimi,
dafion or Interference with others Willing
to work, and to submit 20 rules and diSciIp
line. And we will by printed circular
promptly inform each other Of all such IN
subordinate combinations with the names
of those engaged. e.,
Resolved further, That we invite all rail
road companies in the United States to co
o,,.rate with us in carrying out these reso
ITtionS. and in suppressing insnbordl1aI
communications who attempt to accompllsl
their ends by, violence and other unlawiu
means.
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