St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-26
RAILROAD BLACKLIsTs.
Names of Men Who Are Not En-
titled to Free Passes, With Rea-
sons WHY.

sons Why.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A railroad blacklist is not a rarity in
the offices of managers and general pas
senger agents, but it is not often that
an outsider is honored with a glimpse
at one. confidential Memorandum
No. AZ, for the exclusive use of those
persons to whom 1t is sent" has re-
Gently been issued, and a copy fell into
a Dispatch reporters hands. 1t Isl curl :
osity to the uninitiated. The little
pamphlets only birthmark is the date,
Jan. l, but whence it came is a mystery.
The whittier goeth" end of the Quota
ton Is clear enough. One-half of the
little book is devoted to the individual
list, the other portion deals with news
papers. The parts are reversed, as if
two pamphlets had been tied together
to make one, and as you turn it over
you will see either the names of black
listed men or newspapers.
Woe betlde the man or firm, so far as
getting pass is concerned, whose cog
nomen ornaments the pamphlet. His
name is Dennis on every railroad in the
country, unless he is restored in their
good graces. The circular announces
OHob oONCtd1 pdpSIS anu individuals
have made amends and are eligible to
favors.
Each page in the pamphlet has four
columns, giving respectively the name.
residence, business and reasons why
passes are refused. 1t certainly can't
be pleasant for man to feel that his
name is posted in the main Offices of all
the railroads in the United States, with
some biting remark following it. as. for
example, ''first-class fraud" s'sold
his Dass," loaned it to an
other" which is minor Of
Tense, but, nevertheless, not excused
by managers; fraud throughout"
dead beat of the rankest kind;o the
editor doesn't smince words, tasks for
passes under false pretenses," ''sells
non-transferable mileage" loaned his
pass" forged passes," ''disposed Of
his annual pass" ''nO such paper" mo
such railroad, makes out a list of Off
GERS and asks for passes for Them" or a
hundred other offenses of a similar
character.
Clergymen are not exempt. 1t would
certainly make preacher blush with
shame to see his name and residence
published with such remarks after it as
''alters and loans One-half fare per-
mits," changed permit to include his
Wife," "willfully allowing his half-fare
permit to be used by another" ''sells
his reduced-rate ticket to scalpers." etc.
The offenders against the pass rule
live In nearly every city in the United
States. In g!ancing over the pamphlet
it would strike casual observer that
the greatest number of black sheep re-
side III Chicago. Pittsburg has one, an
alleged newspaper man, who is not
known here in the profession and an
other citizen who formerly lived in the
city. In the newspaper list none of the
great dallles of the country appear, but
there is formidable array of minor
sheets, bogus and legitimate, whose
editors must be fond of acting as pass
brokers. An agent said:
1T is the old story. People think
they have done a smart and righteous
act if they beat railroad, but If they
were posted they would know that it is
the poor clerks and Woodworking en-
ployeS who suffer. The man who walks
away. with too much change or takes
two tickets which were given him by
mistake when he was entitled to one.
does not stop to think that it is not the
company that bears the burden of his
trlckery, but the agent. He is re-
sponsible for all shortages caused by his
plumbers, and it comes out of his
salary"