The Helena independent., 1894-11-14
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ARntrrArfoN NUT CONF.
The report Of the United states gov
ernmcnt commission ON the great rail
way strike. which started with the
troubles al Pullman, is a document that
will receive close attention and much
discussion. The gentlemen composing
the commission were Carroll ID. Wright
federal labor commlssione-; John d.
Kcrnan. for many years a member OF
the New York railway commission, and
Judge ". l.. Worthington, a former
member OF congress from Illinois. and
\ iurist oc distinction. The character
and standing OF these gentlemen are
such "a to give great weight TO their
findings. They sat Tor several weeks IN
chicago and had before them railway
managers. lcadcts Of tho strikers. rep
rcscntatiycs ~ the various labor unions
and officers Of the Pullman company.
They w,re therefore enabled TO get a'
facts which had never been clearly
brought 20 light before.
The report OF the commission reflects
severely on the general managers as
soclation. This association. II says has
no standing in law II can not incor-
norate because railway charters do not
authorize the roads to form corpora
tions or associations 20 fix rates for SER
vices and wages nor to force their ac-
ceptance. nor TO battle with strikers
"The association is an illust ration OF
the persistent and shrcwdly disguised
plan OF corporations 10 overreach their
Limitations and TO usurp tyrannical
powers and rights not contemplated in
their charters, and not obtainable from
the people or their legislatures"
The organization OF this association
OF the railway managers. the commits
sion declares had mach Ia do with pre-
ioipltatlng the recent suike. The en-
ployes were for the first time this year
brought sharply face 10 face with the
iae' '"'' III H"''''''''' "' ~ ''s-' ',''
30 Io''n' ''''' '''' wac a'Pp'' ''u ~
twenty-rour combined railroads. This
Ass'''io'"'' P''p'''" ''''p''''' f''''''
ui'' '' "'E'' N' '''''' ''e' ''"' ""'"
what tha others were paying. Where
one ROAD p"'' more mar "h''n'r' 'he
ahs"'''''"h ''''S'u INV S'"'uu's anu
pni aoWn wage l' a Hiii''n rate
The commission reached the 'onelu-
sion thni with such ON organization as.
the board az managers coufprtmg
them. iur employees were fully lustilled
IN 'N"iln" '1 organization Tor iholr
own proi' GOA. 'lt should be- noted, 20
Aays 'he o'mnisston, chat until the
railroads "ot the example, the great
union "i railway employees was never
attempted. Tho unions had not gone
beyond "nlis'ing mer from different
syst.ms in -opnmto trade organizations.
Those nenralize and check ench other
to some extent. aud lwy' uo such scope
or capacity for good or evil as is pos
sihlc under The uulycrnai combination
iaua tHauguratcd by railroads ANA fol-
lowed bg the American Railway Union
Refusal ~ the general managers ssso.
citation to rrrDgnizc ana deal with such
combination oC labor or the Amoricat
Hallway Union seems arrogant aud ab
surd when wg consider its standing be-
fore the las" i'H assumptions aud iti
past nnd ohyiou'ly contemplated N
tu'H ac.'ou,
TIN report W th" commissioners ais,
cennnr'H thr railway managers FOR thoi
refusal oi all oF"ruur"s for arbitration
conrillaiion ana f.ttl'loont The com
mia'ion,' IL Says 'in Impressed will
the belief by tine evidence that u dlr
icrcnt uolicy would Invc prevented th