The Wilmingtonian., 1886-02-06
Tl,rottling Labor.

AuIHbJlMS buuOTs
Some days since, the officials Of tie Penn
sylvaria Railroad Company announced that
they had concocted an immense charitable
scheme for the sole and erclusice benefit of
their employees. Whatever may be the
ostensihle object Of this Insurance enter
prise which is to be foisted upon the employ
ees Of this gigantic corporation, its direct
purpose is 10 beggar the laborer in order to
fl the coffers of the Pennsylvania r. r.
Company.
The employees of the Company take issue
witt the off ioials Of the Railroad %, and
protest against the unholy Invasion viii III is
proposed against their sacred rights.
circular TO the employees, introductory Of
the relief department has been issued, and
between thc lines 1t may be read that its
provisions are mandatory upon every one in
the employ Of theoompany.
II the relief department" is to be SO shlu.
tory for the employees, why does not the
Company permit voluntary membership?
The objections more prominently notel
NAV be thus summarized: Its compulsory
membership; the rate of taxation per cap'-
ia is out Of proportion to the proposed Ivan
tages; aud furthermore the capitat on tax is
lar ely in excess Of mutual beneficial assa-
Citations based upon like principles which pay
much larger death policies.
1t is also argued by many Of the employees
that they are nov carrying as large insur-
auce policies as they IN afford, aud they ale
not disposed either to drop the old for the
new, or 10 anl45ss'trily accelso thsir insure
ance burdens.
The members of the "relief fund" shall
have no voice as to who shall be their medi-
cal advisers in case of either accident or ILL.,
ness furthermore all members must sub.
scribe to the following iron clad agreement
viz -
Il d. har3by further acknow!elge, CON
SEN aud a5ras Z that my r51igna-
tion from the service Of the SAID company or
my being relieved from employment and pay
ths at the pleasure Of the company or its
proper officers with or without cause, sha
forfeit my man 5,rship in the af 'resa 4 relief
fund and all benefits, rights or equities
arising th3rafron"
A second realing Of this agreement dis
CLOSES its inqlltous provisions For in
stan3e, MANI " Of the 4sh class VIII, il
GO npenel to ply tribite to the Rtlroat
Company in the sun OF $50 per year fiad
after the lapse of fifteen years service in tn
Company that his resignation is demanded
!. i.s SJilpe.satioa K, le t5 sGosSss lot Jus
$40 which he involuntarily has beel
com elled to ply int) the treasury Of tn
Railroad Co npauy?
It is well known that the Pennsylvania
Complny hesitate about employing mel
over forty five years Of age, because younge
men are supposed to m)re willingly submit
to isyanies al which elderly men woul
IGnGi, dul ~ CAL bC lINuAJ oNoh N'AN' u
this ''rcli9f scheme" may become poten
factor in muzzling the mouths of the employ
eeN
Suppose after man has paid hundreds o
doll RS into tho insurance funi an ordsc is
issued for red tcto Of twenty or cent ii
his weekly allowance, either submission
the exactiou or dismissal is the inevitab
sequence, with the attendant loss of a
which has been extracted for the "Rel
Fund"
Well my the employees Of the Conpln!
protest against the many unrighteous fei
lures of the ''reller project for it
simply wholesale bid for both Il
scul and the body oft iose who come unle
it's provisions.