The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-05

we're requested . ans<s- for ths inforns-
ton q the officials Of the+ dsparrnsnr
Objection had been made b. TIE ms1 %
giving tie desired inf9rnzrioa- WIKI tie
nlsr b ans Esrsc IA -s1 days Or t1s rezgcs-
t5On q tie 6isseu-ing sDpl0ye would Dc re-
q1srsd
This order. Mr.. Gzbbstf zsrf On % sav.
viii Be s-rsc-ly eaforc7d, and tbOss who 30
not answer e. REQ 1irs1 must Iszvs the
ssrTios. As nsDsgsr q the rod, be szys.
be proposes % perform lis duty and nos
delegz.e his authority 70 tbs soginsss, con-
ouc.Ors or any Othsr q the employs q the
read.
FECTTLEss cosFKzESCE-
Nr Gzbtet; was asked IL many q thu
employs had not sgresi among themselves
LIT % answer TIE Questionable q1estio1S
In reply Mr.. GAcbeet said be couL1u't
bs1p IL The rad. be said, requires certain
Information aud i mus have IL II the
men czonOt give i ths1 they can sex en-
pl0ynsn. slssWhsrs.
Whso asked upon what grounds the men
refuse % sign. Ar. Gsbbest replied that
none mad been assigned He said that q
COMMITTEES q snginsers Esissd on him and
stated that they objected % signing the
rule, Dut could not. OF rather did not. give
any reasou. except that IL Is not Necessary.
Mr GzDbett SAYS be told than that he
Taught be was the proper ps-son . decide
Whistler anything pertaining % the road Is
OF Is not necsz@ry. Mr.. Gabostt sd1ei that
be tod them that be was willing 70 take the
letter and 20 over the questions with them,
and discuss them IN detail, and IL they could
give good reasons for Objecting % any part
Of them, be was wiling 70 make any reason
able change. Bat they would not agree 20
that proposition, and simply objsctsd %
signing the lstser, and that eaded tie coz
ference.
DISCUSSING Az OLD AGREEMENT.
Mr. Gsbbstt says that last fall con-
mites of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers visited him, and be drew up an
agTesns1t for the pay, direction and con-
troll Of the enginsers Of the Central rail
road he went over il with tbs committee,
considering every article separately, the
engineers making s1ca suggestions as they
saw IT. aud an agreement was reached
perfectly satisfactory % the engineers and
the management, and that the Locomotive
Engineer, q journal published in New
York IN tie interests Of the engineers. pub
hshsd that ezresment Ia It's April edition
under the bead Of The Best Agreement In
America Between Railroad ami Its Eogi-
neerz.A and referred TO it In a lengthy
editorial
30 CAUSE FOB ALARN
49, @%SRAA1g WV . c1c4lz4Fe 6Ak-
gssted 70 Ar. Gabbstt that the employees
seem 20 think that the answers 20 the OBJ
1ectionable questions are intended 20 be
nssd against them hereafter, and that ths
road intends 70 prevent the collection Of
damages for injuries sustained by employees
u tbs road, and that 70 yield 10 the ex-
actions Of the letter will break down or
weaken the power OF their organization
Mr.. Gebbett positively disclaimed that IL
a fDfazndasf frr any, Of 4faaa
management, be said, wishes the answers
for its own information, and that IL all, and
that IL has no other use for IL
Mr.. Starr said IL thsss requirements had
bssn ia force last fall the road would have
not employed numbers Of incompetent men
who damaged il in very large amounts. He
said II is necessary for the safety Of their
passengers and their traffic that they should
employ none tut competent men.
The objections Of the men, Mr. Starr
edded, are unreasonable. He remarked
that some Of the men say they are too old
70 Dc telling their ages, and il they are too
old 70 run the management should know IL.
They say II ID unnecessary 10 tell the names
VI their parents, or 10 state II they have
ever been injured in any way. To this Mr..
Starr said that some time since a brakeman
was killed on the road, and his body had 70
be kept on Ice for sixty hours because the
officials did not know where TO send it.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
He cited another instance where an
engineer with q wooden leg was running on
the road, and the fact was unknown that he
had wooden leg until one day he was una
bic. on account Of it, to reverse his engine in
time 70 escape an approaching train, and
an accident was the result. 1--WE have only
asked for the necessary information" said
be.
II understand that Mr.. p. NJ. Arthur, the
head OF the brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers Of the United States, will be here
this Afternoon" broke ia Mr.. Gabbett. 81
shall be very glad TO meet him aud talk the
matter over. as have the very highest re-
spect for him. Mr.. Gabbett added that as
Chief Arthur hasn't objected TO similar re-
quirements adopted by nearly all the other
large railway systems. he doesn't see how
he can sustain tbs position taken by the
locomotive engineers here.
NO TROUBLE APPREHRSDED.
Both Mr.. Gabbett and Mr.. Starr say that
many Of the employees Of the department
have already signed, aud they do not appre-
bend trouble from the conductors and fire.
men; and while the engineers may be the
mos, stubborn, many Of them will be will
ing 10 sign. In conclusion Mr.. Gabbett said
that II they are not willing 70 answer the
questions they can leave the service, as they
had Just as well understand that they will
never be employed on the Central as long az
no Is its general manager, nor can they
secure employment on any other large sys-
tern without answering those questions. He
added snggestively that there are plenty of
engineers ia tho world besides those in the
employ Of the Central The ten-day limit
TO answer the questions will expire on
Saturday.