The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-11
THE OTHER SIDE.
Rock Island Man Tells What He knows
ofthe Condition OF Affairs.

THAT was a great interview you had in
this mornings EAGLE" said w. H. Her
big. freight agent of the Rock Island rail-
road, yesterday.
"Mr Apologize makes some statements
that are misleading" be continued, and
that only tend to injure the Rock Island
company. There has been no order issued
TO stop receiving freight for shipment at
this station, and at none other that have
heard OF. IF you will 90 down to The depot
you will see that we are billing out freight
right along
yesterday we had four freights east
and two south. Today we had three south
and two east. The trains are all running
right on the dot. No seven conductors
were discharged since the strike. Neither
were any discharged on account
of anything connected with the
strike. Last week four conductors
were discharged. Three were freight con-
ductors and the other one an extra pas
senger conductor.
'There are only two stations between
Harrington and Caldwell without an oper-
ator and those are Whitewater and Cor
bin, and we will have them filled tomor-
row. A number of applications were
received today from the old men who want
to get back to their places, and we Will
take them as fast as vacancies occur. The
back bone Of the strike is broken, and 1t
will soon be over. Not train dispat cher
went out. A man named Cope who was
on the Chicago committee talked to me
today. He said he was disguised with
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bows were manipulating the strike aud
that they were too hot headed. When he
told them all the men on this division
would not join in the strike they laughed
at him, but you all see he was right.
WHAT AN OPERATOR SAYS,
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Inotice in your issue of the 10th inst. An
| interview with Mr.. A. j. Apologize IN
the second column, page 5, in which Mt
! Apologize is quoted AS saying that there
| was seven of our most popular passenger
| conductors discharged for refusing to run
| on orders handled by scab operators Also
several other misrepresentation. Now IN
| order to put the facts before the people as
| they exist, I beg your forbearancc and
request you to give us fair show by
| printing the following:
TO begin with the lowest salary PAID by
! the Rock Island to an agent and operator
! excepting In one lnstancel Is S4O
per month and at such stations
the agent and operator has house rent,
| fuel, lights, etc. which at a fair estimate
| is equal to SIS per month or total OF 500
per month At all other stations the
salary is graded from S45 to 500 per month
At a number of stations we have operators
who do nothing but telegraphlng Whefe
the compensation Is $50 per month. Now
| in regard 20 the one exception above re-
| terred to the operar or an O. K. T., receives
! $50 per month and he has never taken a
train order and says be would not attempt
| TO do so. Now the statement as to the
/ discharge of conductors above referred TO
| is unqualifedly false and without a
shadow Of truth. As for the officials at
Chicago saying that they would not recog
nize the O. r. 7, or other labor organHa-
tion in the companys service, that state
ment is likewise false and without tonn'
dation, III fact. as will he seen by circular
! herewith A large number of the opera
tors have voluntary remained at thelI
| posts saving that they are going to look &c
| their own Interests first.
Lsigned AN OPERATOR