The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-23
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BKNJAMIN F. lsUFlER
AuIcAsLr An AfsAY

AuIcAnLY ALI Afa1 {
The recent STRIFE o( DIXON eFAcfAc
employees was ssttled in fvor otthe men,
md everything i once more moving
along e,oothly. The en- ploygA AfsunAi
itsd by the pnblic With : victory, and
they ale eatifled to the credit, put there
srsl1>1po4aAo bglsAI4sd dum thi trsdE
20, 81 ii uiiof dAc ia and
those Il Other callinE.
The man gained their POINT solely be-
csuse they were oreaui.s 4, md By this |
do mot mean 70 say tkattHS @nsaer q
the road, who acted 80 gentl,manly .
psrt in the arbitration wlaich t,ok place,
would not hsye done the men justice II
an organization had not demanded it ct
his hands; bat il there had NOT been or
s.nisation, fpd iSoolda at fhsysibeea
unanim4y offeeling amo lg thesmployes,
and thssp Nhsla not hsss bses : trusted
ably. s'e''os'
It Is probably we'll known to the
readers Of this paper that Mr.. Clark,
general manager Of the Unioa Pacific,
positively denied Al knoHledtpe Of the
attempts at rsdutiSnswiiich i Ore made
BY his subordinstes 81 iyas;ots points,
and it should also be known that he de-
clared himself pleased kj learn that the
employees had perfected in organisation
by means Of which they could meet the
manaeemSAt ~ tke rosd a1d lshfoagh
commitssS discs4 ptIns stsTs ef couesfp
to them jointly, He said he was sorry
such an sfafaiinssment i L Ratl not been per.
fscted long 20, isa1 ,,slfI;9 * az
Ali who have obseryt,d Mr.. Clark's
course during his control Of tie Union
Pacific road. cheerfully testify to his
kindly feeling for the employee, and the
disposition to fight any attempts made
by the directors or others to re luce theil
pay, which he ,hsa Away, clearl,
evincsd. IthH fe&ly 70 be regretted
that ~. Csk1kb Nm tf Office % soor
to s5pise, AStA g not one hance il
ons 1de4rsda6et Ns4 4uccsassr win be q
his disposition. lis because II is under.
stood that his resignation will go into
effect before s.oshsf iBae Of Itilis paper
that the matter ID ID freely J ssokenI O
now, and personalities brought into this
article. s.z.--ll------.--
Z Now that all trouble between! the men
and the company has been amicably ad-
justedit Is to be hoped nothing in the
fnture Will occur I'd nnsettie aft iirs again.
It has beeh ssfeedf that in future no
changes either in wages or fores in the
shops, or other departments included in
the treaty, shall be made without the ex-
ecutive board of the organization being
notified I'M AdYance.Y r1tilis understood
that the hours of labor shall be reduced,
when retrenchment III absolute " neces-
sary, and not the wages or working force.
Whom the management desires to cut
down expenses ia any departnent rep
resaS aish d, The. exec4
tive board Win be notified and the matter
will be considered together ; then If the
Management and the board cannot agree,
the question shAll be referred to and set
tied by arbitfators.
ThSsia the only fair and honorable
meshod ~ deciding the wages question,
and it may save great deal of trouble
and expense If the new MANAGEMENT oi
the Union Pacific will realize it and be
70 governed. The woikinemen certainly
have right TO set q price upon their
lsbof, we'll - the storekeeper upon hi.
goods, and the msnagemspt hss an equal
right to consi3 36G&pa in deciding The
rate Of pay. sThsSsfSfS 6s Airest
method Of arriving at mutual oonclu.
Eon when opinions differ is to meet,
man to man, and argue and settle the
question In dispute.
AduLtthS Is I 90 the riahh Of en-,
bloysrs IN tAsse'masters, I.fostAer main.
tain that when there is arrogance bred
Of . supposed superiority Of money and
power, and employers coSliy re fh6l
employees suffer for the necessaries oflif
rather than yield one point, it is the di.
vine right Of the ignored and starving
poor to compel fair recognition even ifthe
sparks fly and blood isspilled. Justice
must be done though the heavens fall.
Let us hope that the programme
adopted 1t the recent conference II
Omaha viii be fully carried out, and thai
radical measured viii never be needed t
obtain the rights Of the employees of ths
Union Pacific road, and let US further
hope. that the employees d. other corpo
nations and, in fact, eyeri workingmar
v,av nor,o info fha- Fl Ia nf orus nj xor