The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-06


vent the organization of a labor union. The
facts are that Zumwalt was not released
from the employ of the company until
March. 1894. when Ii became necessary TO
reduee expenses BY cutting on conductors:
The receipts, the company says, were not
sufficient thcn to continue two men to a
car and had not been for many months,
but the company did not believe Ii kind TO
tie men TO remove their source or income
during the winter and preferred TO carry
them as long as possible. IL was not de-
cided TO remove conductors from the cars
until after the winter months had passed
away and the opening of spring work
should give the men opportunity TO find
other employment. Zumwait. the officers
say, was a troublesome man to the COM
pany and the other employees on account
or his disposition TO make reports against
would fail OF substantiation. 1t was natural,
therefore,, that he should be one of those
dropped, when the reduction came and the
fate that befell him was not a disagreeable
relief TO the other employees. There Is no
evidence TO support the charge made by
Zumwalt that he was or that any OTTER
employe was ever removed for believing in
or participating in organization OF labor
and il would strike most persons that,
having been carried on the payroll through
the winter at a loss. the company should
be entitled to gratitude instead of viii
hcation that party servitude and personal
spite has prompted him 10 utter. The aft
davit OF Lenroy Cox. the superintendent Of
the company, a Democrat. gives the lie to
the assertion that he, Zumwalt, was COM
PEELED 70 work sixteen hours a day for
Sl25 a day: The facts are. and Mr.. Cox
makes affidavit to them, that when Mr..
Henry gained control of the line he raised
the wages from $1.25 to $50 a day, and
there has been no change since. The day
in the street-car work is from s a. m. 10
1880 y. m, divided i'm three parts. and each
man only puts in two of the three. maxi
ing about eleven hours work, the customary
hours for such labor, instead OF the sixteen
hours mentioned in the Zumwalt affidavit.
For all time over regular hours the men
received extra pay, For further considera-
ton of this subject, the following affidavit
or Mr.. Cox is printed In full:
state of Indiana, Madison county, S.:
Il Lenroy Cox, being duly sworn, on my
oath say that the statements in the affi-
dayit OF Christian l.. Zumwalt, published
in the Indianapolis Sentinel Oct. 3, 1894, in
which he says that this affisnt said to him:
4 understand that you are helping to get
up a union among the street-car motormen
and conductors. Now, / don't want to see
Henry fire you. and 1 want TO advise you
TO let the matter drop. You know Henry
Is "plzen' against this union business, ar
If you fellows persist in getting up this
by Henry's orders" that said statement is
absolutely false, and that no such CONVERSE
ton and nothing like it ever occurred be-
tween this affiant and said Zumwalt or
anyone else, and that as a fact this affiant
never heard any expression of any kind
from Charles l.. Henry to the effect that
he was in any way opposed to organized
labor.
"Affiant further says that Charles Nation
and John Gambrel left the employ of the
Anderson Electric Street-railway Company
in June. 1898, and that at the time Charles
J.. Henry, as president of the company.
gave Charles Nation a recommendation. at
mis- request, and that John Gambrell did
not ask for a recommendation, except a
special recommendation 10 a certain man
for a situation. which was given him, and
that neither Of said men were discharged
from said railway company on account Of
any talk or intention of the formation of a
union among the street-railway employees.
He further states that Christian L. Zum-
the company in March, 1894, at the time
that the force was reduced and rearranged
in order to dispense with conductors; that
in deciding what men to retain and what
70 let go in the rearrangemen Of the force
Zumwalt was let go for the reason that he
was not a desirable man on the line. having
always been in the habit OF making trouble
among the employees by reporting alleged
violations of the rules by other employees
or the company. which were usually found
TO be without foundation.
"Afiant further states that the statement
OF said Zumwalt. in his said affidavit, that
said Zumwalh worked sixteen hours a day
for SIPS. is absolutely false; that said Zum-
walt did not work sixteen hours q day, and
that for more than a year and a half before
said Zumwalt was excused from the COM
pany's employment he was paid at the rate
of S1.50 per day.
"Afhant further states that ever since he
has been connected with the street-railway
mpan each days work has been divided
into three parts. viz. from morning until
noon, from noon until supper, and from
supper until 10 o'clock, and that each man
works two turns and is off one turn, and
that when extra duty is done extra pay is
given. LENROY cox.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
4th day of October, 1894.
EDGAR K. HENDEF, Notary Public