Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-25
ToTLsRS' TROUBLES.
Dissatisfaction Deepening Regards
ing RbiIrOad Relief.

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From Evt ry Euen ne OF Thursday.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
( insurance scheme is IN absorbing question
In tho minds OF workiugmen and the gen
eral opinion Is that ii Is onn-sided mnd out
: rageo,is. This dissatisfaction is deepening
and many persons are afraid trouble viii
arise therefrom. The locomotive engineer
! and fremen Of the several branches I tn,
Pennsylvania's system met In Philadelphi,
on Sunday for the purpose of discussing
the scheme and deciding on some plan o.
action. They are still in session. Seyera
times during the past three days they have
attempted to secure interviews with Presi-
dent Roberts, but as yet have not been able
to find him. Not more than twenty of the
employees at the railroad shops In this city
have Joined the relief department, the mass
having decided to wait and be governed by
the action of the engineers and flremen.
In accordance with the following ragula-
tion of the relief department three painters
employed In the Wilmington shops were ex-
amined last Saturday by DIR. Reynolds of
Washington, medical examiner Of this dis
| trict:
| Immediately upon tho employment Of any
| person for the c0mpanys servlie, who, under
/ the regu ations, Is required to become mem
| Der of tho relief fund, notice OF such employ
ment will be sent, In the manner required, to
the superintendent Of the ralief dApartmeOt
and to the medical examiner of the district In
latter will, as 500 thereafter as possible, make
the necessary examination, advise the I,roper
employing ofiicer of the result, and. II Ii Is
favorable, complete and forward the i,pplic4-
lion. No officer will be justified III rfiaiung
such employe In the service tor II longer pnrlbi
than 10 days without the required examination.
II the examination is not t'iade wltltin thit
time the empl0ye must he tempOraril relieved
from duty and the superlntendemt oi the re-
lief department notified at ouce, II The result
OF the examination is u,fayorable the employe
bn rpl fla nrufnf
Yesterdly Jlcob Scheller, foreman of the
paint department, was advised by Dr. Rey-
nolds TINT Francis A. Mcguire one of the
men examined on Saturday, did not pass
i.fpt;tplt examination and Mcguire was
discharged last evening. Mr.. Scheller was
9th t. ialrt with Mcguire, he having been
in the company's employ off and on for
several years. The foreman says Mcguire
is an excellent painter and that he can do
as good Il days work as any man in the |
shop. Mcguire is about 28 years DID, and |
went back to work for the railroad COM
pany 10 days ago. Apparently his health is |
good but his chest is narrow. The foreman |
and the employer are very indignant and |
pronounce Maguire's discharge an outrage. |
For several months the machine men in 1
the mill shop on Third street have been |
promised an advance Of wages. They |
have been receiving $1.35 per day and |
desired 50. Last Saturday about a dozen |
Vi Hlout tlt6u Vi WhllluB tOF Illb duNt0Cb
quit work and put on their coats prepara-
tory to leaving. They were pacified by |
General Foreman Hutchinson, who assured |
them that their wages would be advanced
at once. Thereupon they returned to work
The insurance scheme, Maguire's discharge
and the troubles occasioned by their work
time and piece mixed, have worked many
of the employees at the Third street shops
up to high pitch and some of the work
men are afraid that violence will be COM
mitted.
Headquarters for DIR. Reynolds are being
established at Dover.
more Beneficial Association will be dis
solved this month, and on February 2Sth
the clear assets will be converted into cash
and divided among the members In such
shares as that each member shall receive
such proportion thereof aswill be just and
equitable according to the whole amount of
money paid by him into the treasury of the
association, and SO as that the dividend to
each member will be such share of the said
assets as will be in that proportion which
the whole moneys paid by him shall bear to
the whole amount paid by all the persons
who shall be members when the dissolution
occurs. The members are requested to
surrender their certificates of mem
bership by Saturday. II by February 2Sth
the members have not agreed to the disso-
luton, the president OF the organization
will dissolve 1t in accordance with the laws
OF the states. Many certificates of mem
bership have been surrendered. The
organization has upwards OF 2,400 members
and the estimated amount of money to be
distributed is $4,000. The amount re-
ceived by many of the members will be very
Insignificant.