Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-18

Article v Interpreted.

As to article 5. it was agreed between
Mr.. Hill and MIR. Debs that all the en-
ployes of the company might return to
their proper employment without pre-
Judlce for having taken part in the
strike, except those men who had mali
clously injured or destroyed the COM
pany's property, or were in the hands of
the law; as no other exceptions were
made, this committee is of opinion that
the men who abandoned their trains
between stations, as claimed, however
reprehensible such conduct may have
been, have right to he restored to the
Employment of the Company
unuer the terms of the agreement, The
committees lnrerpreuaulon OF Jne 1nean-
ing of the term, "Those in the hands of
the law" was, and now is, that the men
now in the hands Of the law, if found
guilty, should not be employed by the
company in the future, but pending the
determination of their cases they should
not be excluded from employment by
the company because of the charges
brought against them.
Article VI was mutually agreed to
between Messrs. Hill and Debs. There
upon the committee went into execu-
tive session upon the cases of all regular
employees whose cases were not specif-
cally and mutually agreed upon under
Article I, as herein before mentioned,
and
Rendered the Following Decision.
Whereas, At a joint meeting held
this day between the management of
the Great Northern railway, its en-
ployes, and this committee of arbitra.
tion. at least ninety COY per cent of the
differences in wages in controversy
were amicably settled between the COM
pany and its employees,
Nov, after hearing the statements
submitted by the parties in interest, we
find as result Of our deliberations that
seventy five (75) per cent Of the reduc-
tion in wages made since August 1,
1898, of all other classes Of men whose
claims were submitted to US should be
restored
Taken in a Broad Sense.
In connection with this matter, we
wish to refer to the mutual agreement
and understanding, in broad sense,
between Mr.. Debs, as representing the
employees of the Great Northern road,
aud Mr.. Hill for the company, that, as
the business Of the company warrants,
all the old employees Of the Great North.
ern road would return in good faith and
give to the company their best efforts il
the discharge of their duties. The
Great Northern, on the other hand,
should not employ any new men SO long
as there are a sufficient number OF their
old employees to properly conduct the
business Of the company.
Messrs. PillsburY, Kelly, Hackett,
Seabury and Benton of the committee,
are at present absent from the city.
The report is signed by B. F. Nelson,
Richards Gordon, F. G.. Winston, T. L.
Schurmeier, James T. Wyman, Charles
P. Noyes, George R. Finch, D. Fl.
Moon and Frank R. Hubachek.
President Hill of the Great Northern
and committee of the employees were
present at the rooms Of the jobbers
union during the session of the commit
tee and were called on to explain their
construction of the agreement.
A Charge Against Engineer Best.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, May l6.-En-
gineer Best has been notified by
United States Marshal Shortall that he
was wanted in St. Paul on a charge of
obstructing the United States mails.
Best is i'll at present but says he will go
as soon as he is able to answer the
charge.
Ask Congress to investigated.
CHICAGO, May 16.-A petition has
been circulated among the strikers of
the Pullman shops, rehearsing the
grievances of the workingmen in gen.
eral, and this petition will be sent to
c0nurasa with tho ranuost fhat tho mot