The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-02-22
DUNOY'S DECISION.
Judge Caldwell Does Not Approve of It In the Union Pacific Case-Employes Must Have Notice.

Judge Caldwell Does Not Approve of It In
 the Union Pacific Case-Employes Must
 Have Notice.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16.-Attorneys Thurs ton and Corwin, of tine Union Pacific receivers, who came here yesterday to endeavor to secure an order harmon izing the contradictory opinions of Judge Dundy at Omaha and Judges Hallett and Riner at Denver in regard to the receivers wages schedule. have met with surprise at the hands of United States Circuit Judge Caldwell.
 After some desultory talk, Judge Caldwell said to Mr Thurston that the receivers had taken advantage of the men behind their backs. "Go back to Omaha and revoke that order" he con- tinued. Then will take your case. Prepare and advertise your schedule and give the men notice-I think that sixty days might not be unreasonable Twill then go to Omaha and hold conference with your receivers and the representa- tives of the labor societies, and we will see if we cannot agree upon schedule that will be just to the employees and will be such as the receivers can afford to pay"
 JUDGE DUNDY TALKS.
 LINCOLN, Neb,, Feb. 16 Judge Dundy was found last evening. He said: "Yes, I have just been reading the dispatches from St Louis detailing the little conversation between Judge Caldwell and General Solicitor Thurs ton in which the latter was told to re- yoke the order recently made by the Union Pacific receiver, touching the matter of employees wages. The i'm pression that Judge Caldwell has over ruled the orders of this court is wrong, as you may see by perusal of dispatches The wage question has not been brought up before Judge Caldwell and his somewhat peremptory order to Gen. Thurston does not in the least affect the status quo of the wages question. My order still stands and will stand until it is reversed. The whole situa- tion can be expressed in a few brief | sentences The receivers made an or der reducing wages on certain sched- ules- They brought the order to me and approved it There was nothing in my approval of the order to prevent the receivers from restor- ing the old wages if they saw fit to do SO They can do so now if they choose Judge Caldwell's action is unusual in this, that in private con versation with the general solicitor of ! the Union Pacific he orders the receiv- CTS to restore the old rates. He does not make the order in the shape of a decision announced from the bench. | As it is all that Judge Caldwell has | done is to order the receivers to tenn porarily restore the old wages pending | settlement. His order places no new aspect upon the situation as far as the court is concerned. Of course cannot tell what the receivers will do in the matter"
 Suppose the receivers do not consider Judge Caldweli's decision mandatory and leave the wages where they are under the schedules approved by your self, will the employees have the right i to strike?" asked the Associated press representative.
 "Why certainly" responded Judge ! Dundy, with significant twinkle in his eye. ''Of course they have the right to strike in the sense that they have the right to quit work and go home. But if they attempt lowell, if they attempt to raise a row-they will find that the orders of the court are very much in force, yesterday's order of Judge Caldwell to the con- trary notwithstanding.