The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-28

70 tie proc@elings already had. which
themselves. II sssasd have no prece1snt In
the r aEted States courts
The N0rthern Pacific employees havs
eofugIesef their svstssa Of federation snsi
al employees are INC S1ed.
IsgeMA. DEE. II SperE8l. la rsv1eW-
Ing tsse action 81 tbs Northern Facst1e
managers in eufo5n.ng the representatives
Of lis employees from striking. 4. H. f.g-
bert, state repssser.at.v and orgaoszsr for
che Americas Eaf}wsy Union Tor ne
western division OF ths Northern Pseaas
system. says labor Is being crowded %
point where il vii bare 70 vindieaie asei'
sfth bzilsss, fEe arbitration point having
passed.
This sort Of feeling Is rrsciultstsd BY The
fact that there - no provision ~ the rev
schedules 81 the Northern Pacific system
for sav grievance committees representing
the ia1or unions, winch = the VITAL oe1ec-
sson. Ia1s far no schedule Ehatsyer hSt
been issued for the train dispascbers gnd
felsgrzp1 operators. and IN the -caeGates
for engineers, fremen and traiumeB, in
e.ualng conductors, braksmen and switch
men. the company - prepared TO deai NIsn
individuals no reference being made to a
committee i ~ also fact not generally
understood that the delegates representing
the woykigen nov 50 -. Paul are IN 10
sense representatives, of labor unions. II
being understood that snca delegates
would ne. be rscsiTed. bur they went
simply as representatives Of the employees
OF the Mort heTu Psclne.
Notwithstanding the following. which is
the references IN the nss schedules TO as
charging men, the men claim any ofbcer
OF toe road IN almost every instance can
arbitrarily drive disliked employs ont OF
the company's employ:
No sngiaenan shall Be suspended or dis-
charged without prUpse cause. All cases tex
capf REORGANIZATION or drunkenness, 10 this 10
added Dishonesty IN the ifsinmsBs scheiuts)
viii have tai Investigation by division super
lneaGea1 and master mechanics fEaaster me-
cannie not ia tFaiarasns scaedpiel. who viii
render prompt decision. All parties interested
Will l9 notifies 10 De present IL party Is NOT
satisfied with sueh decision he may sppesl 10
she next higher authority, continuing sech ap-
peal. II fasire /, 10 the general superintendent
Naase Dec sion. hen approved By the general
manager, shall 1e fnal.
II it's decided thss the nss Is slsmeless be
shall be ifnmsd steiy FesBstated aDd snaa be
paid for time iost On account OF suen suspen-
sIDn discharge ~ tie rate OF one day CT lvo
miles for sasA ealepdar day
The company's officials say this IL very
liberal proposition. aud fully ENSURES the
rights OF every honest. capable and faithful
employe.
In case of a strike being ordered, the
plan outlined bv the railway union has
been TO " arrant President Brayton Ives OF
the company in appealing to the United
States courts TO rescue the property from
the hands of the receivers, on the ground
tia. under their management II has en-
cUuntered the antagon.sm Of the majority
Of its employees, and was thereby tied up.
In this regard the injunction may be over
come by the wholesale resignation of en-
ployes. However. since the break VAS
made in the federation plan by the with
drawal Of the representative OF the train
dispatchers, there has been much hedging
among those who talked strike at first.
The latest order OF the Northern Pacific
has been for reduction in the wages of
the men employed by the month IN the
company's large mines at Roslyn. The
cut will be per cent. for those receiving
between so and SIS, and 10 per cent. for
those receiving more than that amount
The reduction goes into effect simuitane-
ousiy with the others---on January J.
The old schedule provides for a commit
tee TO reinyestigate cases of men dis
charged. Changes in the rules were also
to be approved by the brotherhood and
signed by the general nanager of the road
and the general superintendent There
are no such provisions IN the neg sched-
uie. The Northern Pacific officials say il
was desirable 10 revise and coud~nse the
schedules and that al the salient features
Of the former have been preserved.