Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-25
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the Hallway Mail service.

lBy telegraph 10 the Dlspatch.l
WASHINGTON, June 24.--Ths fol-
lowing special notice was to-day issued
by the general superintendent of rail-
way mail service "By order Of the
Postmaster General, the clerks named
below have been removed from service
for INSTRUMENTATION in conspiring to OBJ
stIuct the regulation of the service OF
the Department and to injure its eff
cheney. They have secretly attempted
10 form an association with view to
dictate action to the Department, aud
many Of them have also been guilty
Of deception toward their fellow-clerks
by representing the purposes Of such
association to be merely benevolent.
and thus entangling thom. At the
same time the Postmaster. General di-
reefs me to express his qualification
that so few comparatively could be
found to engage in such scheme, and
bis acknowledgements to those who have
kept the Department informed"
A list Of twenty-seyen clerks in the
railway mail service is appended-all of
them located west of Pittsburgh, north
Of the Ohio river, and east Of Omaha;
the majority OF them in Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois.
The Postmaster General, in further
explanation Of the causes which re-
suited in the issuance Of this notice, in
an interview this afternoon, said : "Sev-
eral weeks ago information was received
by the Department that few postal
clerks, who were apparently conscious
that there were reasons for their re-
moval from service, were endeavoring
to enlist the cooperation of postal
clerks generally in an association to be
formed for the purpose of interpoSing
their opinion on the question of re-
moyals by threatening strike
or combined resignation of many
clerks at one time, so as to menace the
Department with embarrassment. The
attempt to enlist general cooperation
failed, the greater number Of the postal
clerks who were approached on the SUBJ
ject refusing TO entertain it. 1t was the
plan of the originators after the initia-
ZION Of a member, during which be
was bound by an oath to secrecy
and obedience, TO secure his resigna.
ton in blank and to have all the
designations in the hands Of an execu-
tive committee, to be filed simultane-
ously, and to require clerks who were
members Of the Association to abandon
their run at time to be fixed. Their
object was to maintain their own posi-
ton and tenure of Office. The Depart
inent has waited until the principal ring.
leaders and executive officers were GER
tainly known, and those removed en-
brace all those who have been specially
active.
Z" in point Of fact" continued the
Postmaster-G General, "the scheme never
secured general favor, and the Depart
ment is not DESTROYS of Furnishing by
removal those who have been cheated
into nominal cooperation, but does not
wait for designations from any who
have been active in the enterprise. 1t
is curious commentary on the folly OF
men," said the speaker, "that upon
examining the files in the cases Of the
men who are removed by this order it
appears that very many Of them have
been complained against for some rea-
son and their removals sought before.
But the Department had refused to
make the removals, and entry had been
made in their cases for their retention.
Their position would have been quite
secure had they not forfeited it by in
subordination."
The headquarters Of the movement
has been Indianapolis, Ind. Some lit
tie effort was made to organize at Chi
csgo and other places, but with no sue
cess.
81 do not anticipate the least trou-
BILE or inconvenience to the business in
terests Of the country, concluded the
Postmaster General" in consequence
of these removals."