Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-06

the railroad men except the different
organizations voluntarily agreed to
modify the Overtime Feature OF the
present schedules
1t modities the orders OF Judges Dun-
dy, Riner and Halett. made In the
wage cases, the former ordering The re-
ceivers TO put the new rAles and regu-
lations in force, the other restraining
the enforcement % the new schedules
pending hearing between the receiv-
ers and the men, 1t lays down strin-
gent rules us to intoxication on the
part Of the employees. who are held TO
be servants OF the courts And it lays
down new principles Of arbitration be-
tween the contending forces OF wages
and capital, being In direct opposition
10 the opinion of Judge Jenkins in the
Northern Pacific wage matter schol-
arly and dignihed. it exhausts the
questions which have been bitterly
fought in many instances since the
century began. and is complete vie
tory FOR the rights Of the tolllng mass
4acs
or idge Caldwell with Impressive force
ad the opinion OF the court, I'm which
Judge Riner concurs, as follows;
THE relation OF these men to the
company and their rate Of wages were
determined in the main by certain writ
ten rules, regulations and schedules
some of which had been in force for
more than a quarter OF century, and
all Of which had been In force. sub
stantially as they stand today, for a
period Of eight years and more These
regulations and schedules We're the
result of free and voluntary confer
ences held from time to time between
the managers OF the road and the ofii-
GERS and representatives OF several la
Dor organizations representing the
men on the different subdivisions or
branches of services, viz; The Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers, the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen,
the order of Railway Conductors, The
order Of Railroad Telegraphers, the
Union Pacific Employees association
and the Brotherhood Of Railway Train
men. These labor organizations, like
the rules. regulations and schedules.
had become established institutions on
the system many years before the APP
pointment OF the receivers.
"rwo Of the ablcst railroad managers
ever in the service Of this system, and
probably as able as any this country
has ever produced, Mr.. s, II. H.
clark and MIR. Edward Dickinson, now
general manager Of the road. testify
that these labor organizations on this
system had improved the morals and
efficiency of the men, and had rem
dered valuable aid to the company in
perfecting and putting into force the
rules and regulations governing the
operation OF the Union Pacific rail-
way, which confessedly have made 1t
one of the best managed and con-
Quoted roads IN the country. Among
the rules and regulations referred 10
and In operation when the receivers
We're appointed, was one to the effect
that no change should be made in the
rules and regulations and the rate OF
wages without first giving to the la
Dor organizations whose members
would be affected by such change.
thirty days notice or other reasonable
notice"
Judge Caldwell then recltes how the
receivers went Into court last January
10 force a reduction on the schedule
OF wages and states all the legal
steps taken down to and Including the
hearing just ended. The court says:
AT this conference an agreement
was reached as TO the rules. regula-
tions and schedules relating to the
train dispatchers and operators which
have been reported to the court and
confirmed, There was one of the
most difficult schedules In the whole
list to adjust. and the satisfactory
agreement reached by the conference
shows great value Of good tempered,
calm and Intelligent inquiry in which
both sides are represented, and in
which both sides learned, perhaps for
the first time the great ground on
which the demand is made by the one
and resisted by the other. The re-
ceivers Rad declared to the court that
after careful consideration OF the mat
ter and consultation with the
managing officials OF the Union Pa
cinc system, they were Of the opinion
that the so-cailed rules. regulations
and schedules OF pay FOR train dis
patohers and operators were entirely
unnecessary, And yet, at the confer
ence held under the order OF the cir
cult judges. the position assumed by
the receivers in their petition to the
court was found TO be untenable and
was abandoned and rules and regula-
tons governing telegrapher's wages
were adopted"
Judge Caldwell then goes on to say
that when court OF equity takes
upon itself the conduct and operation
Of great line OF railroad. the men
engaged in conducting the business
and operating the road become en-
pioyes Of the court and are subject to
itH orders In all matters relating TO
the discharge Of their duties. and are
entitled 10 It's protection An essen
tlal and Indispensable regulate TO the
safe and successful operation OF the
road is the employment OF sober. intel