The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-10
GOT THEIR BACK PAY
Onion Trunk Line Employees
Win I Barren Victory.
4 GAME or cur AND THRUST.



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PursuAnt 10 notice given On Saturday
evsnin9. fsdaction ef 10 ~ eat in the
vaaes az the motcfmen and CONDUCTOR on
the Unioa Trunk Hns, which operates the
James strssf csbis road and % IL electric
railway connections, goes Into eject to-
day. Forgive employees are affected,
and The saving 70 the company viii
amount 10 shout 5000 Per ysas. The
men were getting AZ and nv cenis IN
hour On the cable foad and 40 Z cents On
hour on the elsctSie branches, the men
putting In SEVENTY hours . week On the
former and sevsnty-sssen hours O tie LAT
tsf lines.
Whan the cut was announced 70 the men
On Saturday evening they said that they
would consult about the matter and
let the company know shsir DE-
termination yesterday. One Phase Of the
matter vas discussed ct the time. however,
and that Was the six weeks back DAY due
10 the men, amounting 70 about 3o,0O0.
The men wanted to know what the COM
pany proposed dong about this back pay,
and were told that IL the reduction was
agreed to the com pany would pay the new
scale in fall and 10 psr cent each month
on the back pay. The men consulted
among themselves and - was the general
opinion among them that Is would BE- the
best thing 70 accept the reduction provid-
ing the company would pay mp the
back pay in full. At . generd meet
ing Of the street railway men from all
the city lines held on Sunday, however.
the men from the othsR. linss in the city.
forsseeing that If this reduction was not
resisted, their own WAGES would in ell
likelihood bs also reduced, outvotsd ma
jority Of the Union Trunk Line employees,
and retaliatory measure Was determined
upon.
Attorney Donworth q Howe we're
committed, and it was decided to
commence an action against the
company for the back pay and
at the same time have . receiver for the
road appointed. hoping thereby to pre-
vent the reduction and at the same time
force the payment Of their withheld wages.
Twenty-thres out OF the forty-6vs en-
ployss Endorsed their claims, amounting
TO $3.50. over to one Of their number
named Van Vert, In whose name the &C.
ton WAS commenced. the summons being
served upon the company ct II {. 10. yes.
terday. Within . few hours, however,
Directors T. r. Wlttlsr, ]. D. Lovman.
Joseph r. Mcknight and Fred r. Sander
had raised the necessary amount
Of money, and . certi fed check
was paid into court 70 cover the amount
OF the mons claims. providing they should
Be found TO b correct. An examination
Of the claims Was then made, and o. the
men came IN on their ears they were called
into the ONCE. given orders on their attor-
neys for the amounts due them and then
discharged. The first half-dossn men were
% taken BY surprise that they had nothing
to say. bat after that, whom the intentions
Of the company had been discusssd among
the men. the rest Of the twenty-five men
who had joined IL the action began to
weaken and asked TO be reteined on the
road at the new wages, and also agreed to
wait for their back pay. The other twenty.
two men. whQ hsd not assigned their
claims, silently acquiesced In the reduc-
ton. and altogether only . dozen men
were released.
The Street Railway Mems Union held q
meeting last night and canvasssd it, de-
feat. II Was determined to try and az up
compromise with tho company and have
the discharged men rcinstated.
The petition of the employees Of the
Rainier Avenue Electric railway line for
the resembling Of the cut in wages recently
made BY Receiver w. J. 0rsmbs viii bs
heard by Judge Langley on April Is.
Union Pacific Cats Freight Rates.
SAN FRAHcIsco. April A circular vas
issued today by the local representative OF
the Union Pacific Company announcing .
reduction in west-bound freight rates to
California terminals. taking sffs,e April
II On that day the Union Pacific system
will apply the same commodity rates (not
class rates) from Chicago. Mississippi
river and Missouri river common points to
terminals in this state as the southern Pa
cific road has in effect from New York and
Atlantic seaboard points via the Sunset
route, except that no car load rate viii bs
less than 80 cents per 100 pounds. The
reduction is made with the consent Of the
Southern Pacific and in pursuance Of the
complaint Of the Union Pacific that the
rates put into effect last year over the SUM-
set route had the effect Of diverting traf-
fic from the Union Pacific system. The
reductions in many instances are iargs.
The lnvesttgstion Of Judge jenkins.
MILWAUKEE. April 9.-The investigation
Of Judge Jeakins BY q congressional CON-
mittee consisting OF Boataer. of Louisiana:
Terry. OF Arkansas. and w. A. Stone, OF
Pennsylvania, was begun today. He 10
charged with oppression Of Northern Pa
cific employees in his famous injunction of
December last. Chiefs Clark aud Sargent
testified today. and Chiefs Arthur and
Ramsey will go on the stand tomorrow.
Railroad and Cerporation Notes.
George ". Willard has been appointed
commercial agent for the Wisconsin Gen.
trail lines for the Pacific North west, and
will have his headquarters in Seattle.
r. b. Wakeman. general superintendent
OF transportation for ths Great Northern
railway. arrived in Seattle yesterday aud
is visiting with County Clerk Gordon, at
1904 Marion street.
c. r. Huntington has instructed the
land department. Of the Ceniras Pacific
Railroad Company TO reduce the rate OF
interest on ali land sales hereafter made
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