The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-02-28
"MoDIF1EDv no DEATH.
An Impo. that Order Concerning the Rail.
road Iusui ance scheme.

road InsuI ance Sch me.
The SUNDAY TATTLER was the first paper
this city that had the courage, and the
first paper in this State that had the enter
prise, to make known the fact that the
widest opposition was encountered from
the Pennsylvania Railroad employ
ees to the Company's insurance scheme.
The agitation was not started by the
TATTLER, but it was reported as an existing
and important piece of news. Since that
time the feeling against the scheme has
grown apace till finally, ten days or so ago,
an order was issued from the company's
office directing the suspension temporarily
OF further subscriptions to the fund, and
requesting the employees to elect dele
gates to meet with the companys officers
at Philadelphia on Friday next, with a
view Of reaching compromise. Last
evening, however, a ssGeneral Notice" was
received at the Superintendent's Office in
this city which seems to be practical
abandonment of the insurance scheme by
the company unless the men voluntarily
come forward to go into it. The order was
made necessary by the fact that the pay
rolls are about to be prepared and the main
reason tor its issuance at this time seems
to be to prevent the deduction of insurance
assessments from the pay of the employ
ees. The General Notice" declares that
"the feature of the Relief Fund requiring
employees entering the service of the COM
pany, or receiving promotion therein, to
accept its provisions, having been found
Objectionable, notice is now given that no
one at present in or on entering the SER
vice, will be obliged to become member
and the regulations will be modified ac-
cordinglv. La view of the fact that some
of the employ ees may have become men,
bers of the Fund under Misrepresentation
of its features, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and other companies interested
in the organization of the Relief Depart
ment will contribute to that Department
the full amount of the contributions due
for the months of February and March
from those employees Yho have made APP
plication for membership which otherwise
would have been deducted from their Feb
ruarY pay, If there be any who desire to
withdraw the regulations will be SO modi-
fed as to permit withdrawal by notice
being given before March as, 1886. Under
the provisions of this netice no deduction
will, therefore, be made from the pay of
the employees for the month of Febru-
ary."
The men last evening noticed in the
quoted order that it was so drawn as to
give iIse to the supposition that perhaps
its effect is only temporary and they will
not probably know the full purport of it
till they shall have had the Conference on
Tuesday next fhe delegates have been
chosen by the men. The yard hands and
freight men employed in the city had
decided to elect Messrs. Filter and Harrison
TO represent them at the Conference; but
superintendent Geer, of New York, se-
lected New York men and as the New
York and Jersey City men vote together,
and there are more New York than Jersey
City Len, Mr., Geers delegates were
chosen. 1t is said that the delegates have
been instructed to oppose the enforcement
of the scheme IN any shape, though if it
SINNERS down TO 8 mere volunteer organ
ization, as the order quoted above indi-
Gates, the men have no right to make OBJ
jections to it. The delegates elected from
all departments between New York and
Philadelphia are First class. Biore, j.
Acton second class-W H. Quincy, Geo.
Auehter third class w. Griffin. A, e.
Brown fourth class-A. Y. Scarborough,
r. Thorpe fifth class-W. H. Everson,
W. L. Sven sixth class-T. L. Chandler,
I. G. Leet.
Since the agitation commenced the
Knights of Labor have been very active
ar1ong the men and Ill railroad men have
joined one lodge of the Knights, and 1913
another.