The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-12
" to seek r.dre.. from III. court by pc

or 70 seek redress from the court oy Pc
tssion.
A paragraph reiters.ing that the BROTH
srhos,d prefers 70 settle disputes By srpi-
trafioa and drawing dzrk picture OF sas
effects 81 strikes - here inserted. and iaen
the petition continues by stating thAs
since the receivers appointment he mas
Gu. the wages OF ali employees except soco-
motive engineers. bat that the cuts ~ers
accented with all their resulting hardsnips
by tns employees Who thought - for tne
lest interest. OF he ro.d. and vbo would
re wiling 10 work now for such wages 80
the court mar tEink suitable 70 the times.
This il OF course an insisustson ina; tns
cut. ~sre not ordered by Judge Haniora-
The conclusion Of the petition -
PRAYER that the court will order that tns
recsiyer shall give reasons for the dis
charge Of sli err ployes: that the petitioner
Corcorsn nave the right, which shall also
extend 70 the other discharged employees,
10 come before the COMMITTEES Of investiga-
ton and meet specific charges and his sc-
cusers. and TO be reinssa.ed II found inno-
cent: that Il in the judgment Of the court
il Is necessary to reduce wages that
the reduction be made pro rata,
share and share alike. upon all ON
GERS and subordinate officers and employees.
without distinction or preference: that the
receiver be compelled 10 pay the costs OF
suit out Of bis Dan funds or the funds OF
the road. and that the petitioners may Be
allowed 70 enjoy their constitutions rights
as guaranteed by the United States and BY
the state Of " Washington.
The names Of ali the petitioners and the
n -. "A. sSA nv ia
Il. G. Williams, are appended.
Receiver Brown dubs the suit As the
final attempt OF the discharged conductors
10 ascertain his means OF getting informa-
tion-that is, who the road employs as
"spotters."
Il had not the slightest knowledge
of this alleged agreement. he said 10
Posr-iNrELLEsKScsR reporter, until 1t
was called 70 my attention by the attorney
for the men. Their contention that the
agreement is in force as 10 the road under
my receivership is the yeriest nonsense. i
vas put In charge by the court, and my
power is only limited by my best judgment
of what is best for the road and by the
courts approval. l have had no contract
with the Northern Pacific, as the complaint
alleges, and the Brotherhood of Trainmen
has nothing whatever to say about the
management Of the road. As long as it
was possible continued to pay the wages
which had been paid by the Northern
Pacific. but not Influenced by an agree
ment OF which / was ignorant. What
about the men? Why. I know nothing
about the first four who were discharged
by Mr.. Kline. OF the five who were dis
charged last do know something. They
were discharged for dishonesty. They
would have been discharged by Mr.. Kline.
but he was away on his wedding tour and
had Mr.. ii. NJ. Mills. acting superin-
tendent, do IL. Coreoran applied TO me and
wanted me TO file specific charges. How
shalt 90 IT? I said, 4 have tod you the
reason for your discharge You can
compare your report for that day with
mine. and that will tell you whether the
number of fares agree. he replied. / an
swered that by fling charges / would be-
tray my informants, whom | might wish
to use again. lie persisted in his demands
and then I said: You know, Corcoran,
whether you are inn ocent. If you are you
can get an investigation in this way. /
viii file charges against you in
a justice court and then you
can prove your innocence He
said that be did not want TO be arrested
and that il would hurt his character. I
told him that if he vas discharged it would
not in the slightest degree, and that in no
other way would give him an investiga-
ton"
Have you heard anything about a
threatened strike among the trainmen,
Mr.. Brown7" asked the reporter.
II have not" was the reply. but if they
do strike we will make a pretty good
scramble TO stand up for our rights"