Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-25
ON THEIR OARS.
The Disseminated Railway Employees
Waiting for Instructions.

Inc 0iScoutenteu Railway Employees
Waiting for Instructions.
There were no new developments
yesterday In regard to the Missouri
Pacific labor troubles. But little work
was going en- in the warehouse on nc.
count OF the abandonment OF all trains
on the Missouri Pacific for the last
three days, and there Ia scant opportu-
nifty to Judge OF the real effect of the
diamlssals upon the business of the
road. II Is claimed, however, by
the employees that five new
men have been engaged to
to take the places OF those discharged
on the first OF May. A delegate has
been sent from here TO participate In
meeting which will be held Mt Mar
shall to-day between Superintendent
Cummings and representatives Of en-
ployes OF the road from several points,
who will present their various griev-
ances.
unless we get Justice" remarked
one OF the men to "A reporter, there
will be strike that will paralyze the
road. IL will be far more general than
before, and we are much better organ
lied and prepared for the struggle.
All the machinists would 20 out and
no trains OF any sort would be able TO
novel,
"What concessions do you want
from the road 20
First, we want general SCHEDULE Of
wages 10 be established and adhered
TO; then we ask that when II becomes
necessary TO dismiss any Of the en-
ployea on account OF a slack In business,
the oldest men In the service of the
road ehall be retained and, lastly, we
demand that when n man IL dismissed
for cause he be given fair and im-
partial trial
i AN EMPLoYE TALRs.
The following communication from
one Of the disatiected employees states
very fully their grievances;
FoHr woRTlf, Tx, April a.
To the Editor OF the Gazette,
The article In this morning's GA
, ZETTE on the dissatisfaction among
!. the freight-housemen while substan-
TALLY true, erred In one or two partic-
ulars, and In justice to them their own
version Of the affair Is here presented.
The difficulty AZ stated by the GA
zETrE was precipitated bya notice OF
n cut to 81 - per day, the notice hav.
ing been served on the Sd Inst, and
the cut to take place on the LIST OF
: May. While this notice Ii In direct
violation OF the company's
agreement with the strikers, that
!, agreement calling for q notice OF thirty
. Is 80 little that II cuts small figure In
) the real cause OF the dissatisfaction.
. The notice Of cut 10 $i.25 per day,
followed by the discharge Of q number
y OF the old strikers, while new men
. we're obtained, Is the prime cause Of
5 the trouble. II was In the reference
TO the discharged employees that the
article In THE GAZETTE erred. Eve
OF the six men discharged
were members OF the
I strikers organization, while the
! sixth man openly supported and lent
all his influence TO the men that went
outn on the 9th OF last month, though
( At that time he was not In the COM
. pany's employ. Some Of these men
: had been In the employ OF the com
:. pany for years, excepting few inter
= missions, and all but one had with
stood numerous previous cuts.
Considering these facts, and the es-
: tablished custom which prevails In all
branches OF the railway service, Of dis
charging new men and retaining ola
|, hands, II looks 10 the strikers very
y sIgnihcant aud much like case OF
= discrimination against them.
Furthermore, II In selecting men 10
. be discharged the company was not
= influenced by prejudice against
. strikers, why did they not, IA
!. has invariably been the case previous
/, 7 TO this, allow the freight house fore
y man TO discharge men instead Of hav-
. ing one higher In authority discharge
y hands who were, or had been, obnox-
= ious TO some one else?
This action has certainly carried the
y conviction among the strikers that
y their discharge Is due 10 n prejudice
y against them caused by the strike, and,
= II 80, the company has violated
. its agreement made with
them on the 10Th OF last month. The
article ia TnE GAZETTE on this cub.
: ject intimated that the men objected
: 10 the decrease In force, bat such "
!. not the case. They object TO nothing
!. but the cut 10 81 20 per day, sDd the
violation Of the company's agreement
! with It's employees which Terminated
the great strike.
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