, 1885-02-06
RAILROAD TROUBLES.
New Rules and Regulations of the
Union Pacific.
The Employees say They are Unjust
and T%yrannical.
The Men Declare They viii not
Sign the Agreements.


The new rules and regulations Of the
Union Pacific company are not received
with favor by its employees II appears
that a number Of the rules are 50 object
ionable that the men are holding meetings
and organizing a resistance
The employees are given an examination
in the rules and are made to sign an agree
ment binding them to abide by the rules.
A knowledge Of the meaning of some of
these rules is rapidly being disseminated
among the employees and vigorous protests
are following. The other day a certain
engineer, well known in Cheyenne, signed
the rules Subsequently he learned that
under their provisions he would have his
pay withheld for any damage to the prop
erty OF the company he might cause or for
any live stock he might kill. He at c
returned to the Office and rushing in ex-
claimed Il want that agreement l
signed. want it bad and | want it
quick The agreement was given him,
and he tore it into small pieces. As he
turned to go on he said, That's my
opinion Of that document Subsequently
about twenty men ven to the Office and
recalled their agreements.
One of the causes which meets
with disfavor IS found in a
Personal to employees which p~refaces
the rules. 1t reads;
Employees must carry out the instruc-
tons issued by the heads Of departments
pertaining to the business Of such depart
ments, and carefully observe the instruc-
tons contained in the notes on the blanks
for report to the general and other offices.
Entering or remaining in the c%ompany's
service is understood to be an acceptance
of all its instructions and conditions here
in contained, and expression OF Wiling
ness to obey them and all other rules issued
by proper authority.
Outside Of this, the fifth, seventh and
seventeenth rules are the ones to which
most exception is taken. They read as
s.. All persons employed by the com
pany are required to exercise the greatest
care and watchfulness toprevent injury or
damage to persons or property, and will
be held to legal liability for injury occas-
by their misconduct or negligence,
and the company reserves the right to
withhold any pay then or thereafter due,
to defray the expenses oil the same
Z. Employees leaving the company ser
must deliver up the property en-
trusted to their care, or at any time when
by proper authority.
1T the property OF h company rs I'M
properly used or damaged, a deduction
from pay shall be made, suihclent tomake
the damage or to supply new ar
ticles-
The above rules are particularly obnox-
'ous for the reason thai another rule
makes them unjust IL provides tina
the wages OF an employe are stop
ped by garnishment, the employe Will b
suspended IRON the service OIL the COM
pany from the date OF the notice oil gar
nishment and unui he shall have settled
the matter in court He can return to the
Of the road provided
he brings an order oil the
court certifying that the action has been
This certificate must be for
to the superintendent. n then
employee will be re-iustated.
The men claim that this rule, when
taken in connection with the Others, is
radically wrong. They say, suppose we