Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-14
THE COMPANY'S SIDE.
General Auditor Loop Defends
the Express Company.
Says That The Illinois Central Messen-
ger Was Dismissed For Good and
Sufficient Reasons.

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ger Was Dismissed For Good and
Sufficient Reasons.
The strike Of the Southern Express
messengers, now the center of at
traction in the South, has more than
one side TO it The position of the
M nssengerS has been given more
prominence hy the press of the coun-
try than has the position of the COM
p ny, The Am rican, however, in
teryiewed General Auditor Loop
Tuesday night and the following was
brought out by the questions pro-
pounded to him by the reporter:
Eyes, about 81 out of 275 messen-
gers have chosen to relinguish their
employment with the oslensib|e pur-
pose OF coercing the company into
reinstatingS messenger who was dis.
missed from the service OF the COM
pany for good and sutfi lent cause ty
Supt Fisher, who is one of the most
kind hearted and forbearng men |
ever knew. The original trouble oc-
Cured on the Illinois Central Rail-
rond, Supt Fisher had recently con-
siderably advanced the salaries of the
messengers, and in the face of this
the further demands were made. 1t
has been alleged that the company
had reduced the salaries. thus i'll
creased. This statement is untrue.
"The next demand upon the com
pany was that no messenger should
be suspended or dismissed except af-
ter a submission of the matter to a
committee of three messengers. OF
course the company h not the
slightest idea OF conceding any Of
these demands. The Southern EX-
press Co. owes large responsibilities
to its patrons in the transportation of
express matter, which includes valu-
a"les, and great care must be taken
in securing the most faithful and re-
liable men.
"From such information a. / have
gained, it seems that man formerly
in the employ Of one Of the Express
companies at Chicago, but discharged
some time ago, has been going out
among the messengers, getting up
some kind of an organization, which
has produc the result rpferr, d TO.
"Odr men hitherto have cen most
loyal and true. The poll y of the
company has always been just aud
liberal and all old and faithful en-
ployees have never suffered.
"No spirit of pn'aGonism be-
tween officers and N n has ever
existed, and in all probability moth
ing of the kind would have occurred
had it not been for scheming men
using ot erwise good, honest, well
meaning men for their own ends.
"The express business is one tn t
cannot be 1ansacted by men Who. re
sort to methods OF thoS VIII have
abandoned their duties with a view
to the embarrassment of the com
pany and IT. ffic l. in the perform
ance of THEN dufiss.
"There are always many more APP
p ications for positions than there are
positions to fill, and our officers are
constantly in rec ipt OF messages
from old d faith ul employees ten
dering their services for eA ira duty.
"There is nothing but real sympa
thy for the men who have unfortu
uately been led into strikers move
ment, for no doubt some are into
ii against their judgment and against
their real in.linati7ns, as much
against their real interest.
"lIearly all Officers of the company
began as messengers, now on that
SCdIP anu hil ui ~StilStl tOIII IpCtCi''
for higher position is almost sure of
promotion in time. So you ste
how the men have everything to
gain by sticsine TO their duties and
zealously serving tie interest of the
company.
"If man wants to see what kind
of vacancy he leaves when he quits
his place, or even dies and leaves
this vale of tears, he should take
Holmes advice and stick his finger
in a bucket of water and observe the
hole it leaves when taken out"
Since the above interview Mr.
Loop informed reporter that four
Of the oldest messengers running in
to Nashville have cancelled their
membership with the Brotaerho d
and filed applications with the Ex-
press Company for r'instatement.
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