The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17
THE UNION PACIFIC MEN.
To Take the Famous Wage schca"'e
Into the United states Court.

Omaha, Aug ia suit has been hled
in the United States circuit court wh.cl
Is likely TO demonstrate Just how great
permanent benefits the men on the Union
Pacific are TO reap from the famous vase
schedule held before Judge Caldwell ~
March. 1Se4 Among the Other results or
this famous conference. in tact the result
ii was called 20 accomplish. was the adop-
ton Of a wage schedule and code OF rules
which was 20 govern the wages or the
men and receivers. Among the rules Was
one which provided that no man should
be discharged without Just cause. and an
other was that the schedule OF pay nXed
lpon at that time was not TO be altered
except by order Of the court.
The men in the telegraph branch OF the
service allege that both OF these provi-
slons have been violated. and on this the
issue will be Joined IN case which was
flied Yesterday In the United States cir
cult court. In this case J. I. Weybright.
l. NJ Tudor l.. Rosenhaum and n. a.
Smith. representing the Order OF Railway
Te,egraphers. members OF the Joint board
OF the employees of the Union Pacific sys-
tenn. appear as plaintiffs.
The petition recites the order entered by
Judges Caldwell and Riner at the eouclu-
sion of that hearing in March. lN9i. ana the
conference leading up to it. Then they
proceed 10 state that the following rates
of pay fo- 'elcgraph operators were hNed
by that order: Rogers, So per monta.
Benton. So: Aida. &c.. Boone. sic, Rock
vile. S45. Without notice 10 the men or 10
the court and in violation Of that order.
the petition states. the wages at these
stations have been reduced AS Ioilo"s-
Rogers to So per month. Benton 10 30.
Aida Ss5. Boone So. Rockville 80. Ihts
petition the court that the wages OF tAe
men be restored TO the amount named n
the schedule. and the difference between
since the reduction DC paid 10 them.
By far the most important portion OF
the petition is contained in The next par
agraph. In it the petitioners ailege mat
the managing officials of the company are
hostile TO organized labor and particularly
TO the order of Railway photographers.
and that a systematic effort has been
made TO weed cut the leaders in the or
der by summary dischargins them with
cut cause. Among these are cited +. +.
GiniIand and r. X. DreAback. The tfle-
graphers have another grievance when
viii be brought TO the attention OF the
court fin a petition which VIII be flied to-
morrow. 1t has been the custom o. the
Unlos Pacific for long time 10 deduct
from the pay or each man on the system
the sum OF 80 cents per month for the
maintenance of hospitals on this system
The telcgraphers aliege that they reeve
DO benefit from the hospitals except in
tAso u tito WY AtN NAio fNasHe - -
places whore they are maintained. They
complain they are not given an account
nag OF the expenditure OF the money cot
lecfed for this purpose from the men.
which they aliewe amounts 10 1boat
500 90 a year and that II they must pay,
they arc entitled 80 know what becomes
Of the money. They. wiz also allege Ia the
petition that Al the present time the
linton Pacific does not maintain any hes
plfais simply having the use Of 4 small
number Of cots in hospitals conducted by
private parties or associations, and the
expense attached thereto is no. Sufficient
20 warrant TIE collection Of The ~ n II
money that Is at present taken from the
employees