Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

The Denver News says. The puhlicn.
ton m the News yesterday of impending
railroad troubles all over the country
and. bcuvcrs participation therein ere
aicd q great deal of gossip omung pu-
pioNe' aud officials That there was fouu-
uauuu Tor the reports was pviucpd hy
lhe tuUhvr announcement OF other pt-
lorts to prevent the formation of unions.
NE freight depot clerks aud other em-
poycs, who arr known as platform men,
OF all the roads venturing i'm Denver strut
ru the organization of q union % few
weeks ago. As soon as the movement
was known the men were notified that
lhcN would not be wanted MS members of
q union. This discouraged zoo many
thnt the organization received check
intelligence comes from MctOut Nph
10 the effect that one of the brst.knowu
telegraph operators of the Burlington line
m the West, was recently notified that
ms services were mo- longer wmtcd As
the man had served at Mutuuk for
twelve years he asked the rcnspn of the
sudden action ON the part of the COM
plny, INCOMPETENCE was Che reply
and with the word ringing iu his ears
the operator packed his gripsnrk and
started for O. new field IL rs claimed hy
the operators friends that hc was fired
because oi tlc Interest DC had taken Ina
the organization
Railway employees who have been keep.
ing "a close watch ON the situation are
of the opinion that the general mnnug.
ers have come 90 au understanding. aud
one of the leading Western roads will
start the ball In motion within the ueXt
few months
~ Tor one road 10 begin the hwht tho
others having pledged the financial as-
sistance necessary 10 curry the bnttlp
forward from day TO day.
should public sentiment fan tO sup
port the railways ia the movement 10
is probable that the corporations will
proceed much more slowly than under
other conditions. The great strike on Lhc
Burlington is estimated 10 have cost the
road Sj,uOO,OOO II has recovered from
the fight and now the whole work is to
be- done over again. as the organizations
have second time secured iouthuld
in the cnpmy's territory
One of the claims nude by nilrond
men working In the unions ~ that the
stock will be- lOppcd on and the com.
puuies cuu then pay dividends II the
time comes the men say q new era viii
dawn SO far ms wages are concerned
The request for increase of wages g
now met 10y the answer that the company
Is paying mo- dividends and therefore Il
not iu % condition Co meet amy additional
drain on lis treasury With the stock
reduced 90 the actual cost of the prom.
erty, 10 rs cuimcd there viii be- no pK-
cuse for asking men TO work for $50.
$40 or $50 month in positions rcquir.
ing cZpyriencc and ability
The Denver and Rio Gmndo pays am
average of $500 ycur tO its employees.
This is the highest average paid los amy
railroad In the United States President
Je1cry has frequently expressed himself
friendly tOwnrd railway organizations,
argue with q committee Of 1--WE men than
with a body of 500. From long cNperi
cuce with railway organizations Mr.
Jcffpry has arrived at the conclusion
that the work of the roads rs better done
because Of the existence Of those bodies
II the advice Of the president of the
Denver and Rio Gmnde is followed
there will Ice no cucrOuchment on the
privileges Of the men on the largest rail
way system OF Colorado