Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-01-04
DENY BLACRLlSTlNG.
what the Railroad OfnlialS Have 10 Say
About the WlnSlow Affair.
1TiLGEAA FROM MUIR

VI Junu pruur superintendent "
tram utlHiiuu ut N" Ntlaatlr n Pacific
railroad returned from Mln~luw this
morning aui this ait"tupIu was seen At
hl- office ~ u representative " TN CIT.
MS T." got lb- version II the muflrruu-
attack made uu HIM h H. ". curtis
VII lIruAit SAID
hr statement uf curtis that hr saw
tu he haui- IT Nr Muir superintendent
ul the ~uuthru Pacific. among the papers
covering his ra>r. one with an Atlantic \
IIrlur letter head. which runNtncr him
That 'r hal hrcU black listed l., the NJ.
Iu'lr a Pacific u'hrlals. l. purely -p-cu.
N'N' "u hl- part aui not war
Iuiul hN thu fact \ut unlN wa-
h. vi uo, black listed l., me on the
~u'lu'u Pacific. tut the truth l. | have
ur'N,d uo inquiry concerning his ante
,rl,uir. 90 connection With the Atlantic
n Pacific from Mr. Muir, NJ ANY other o.
urlh IT the southern Pacific, ~ indeed
irom tN "nlclm ~ person connected
WITH ANY other railroad IN this country.
! hli to- Idri II turtl-' whereabouts un.
uI lrr. l.,I, uu the morning II which
hate Vi. Mil- showed ~" letter from
rLIll,. written iIum l"- Angeles. dated
lrr. Iulh, ~ which hr charged that had
hhrkll lri HIM | denied that charge
At that llur Substantially ~ u" same
language a. dhuNr used
.NUNINI - nI\tRll -uUkKNItNp-
iNl WILL.
Il ran oulN -iN. said ururral ~uIrtln.
tru'l"ut WE'LL, IN regard Ia that part u
N"ui Nn-luM correspondents statement
which appeared ia Your Yesterday after.
u""n'~ paper, stating tina, two or three
mead officials IT the company were con.
uuuallN following discharged employee
with their lrttrt- hlarklisting them
wherever they ~ that IT l. without u
shadow ui truth There l. not an official
connected with the \lAntlr y Pacific
toad who would dn such u thing. When
w. DISMISS u man frr carI-" 1t Is with re-
luctaucr. aud II l. "nk tr-urtri tn br.
CANS" ~ handling large h"Ir- ~ men
ll-cipln" must hr maintained
Il want H. ,aN for nv self AMI the other
ulllrri~ who ATE charged with maintain.
lng discipline uu this ROAD that W. all
d"ptrcalr what l. kuuHn ~ the black
list system. ana certainly ~ long ~ |
am connected with this read no black
lit All follow any man uT sci ~ men IN
nuN direction, II ran hardly h termed
nlirkN.tlug tu rruuir" ~ Il man who
~""k~ "mpluN m"ul with u railroad refer
rIcr- {" lii capabilities. We always eX.
act such, aud verify ur otherwise what
any man seeking employment with us
NAV have rlaln"d ~ hiI connection with
ullr't railroads, sometimes W. lind that
a IMAM ha. been dismissed fruR another
railroad lur hahitual drunkenness nr Tor
stealing, such man W. very promptly
refuse Ir retain ~ our employ"
There l. 81 much entrusted Ia the rail
roads, there are ~ many lives dependent
upon the efficient aud faithful handling
ui Trains, that Il cannot hr regarded other
than ~ u duty Ia the public and wise
hu-lu"~- -rI-" L. adhrrrtO such policy"
T'i"grsm~.
llr following kilograms explain them.
-rl,r-
Nnuv FHgt J., bee. 81, iN!E.
Is n N,.' H'.,.d Manager southern Cal.
uu.N k1tND lu- Nngrles
I"hn lrnaIr was shot al saturday At
Mlu,l"w ~ "a Discharged conductor
manned Il. v, ,urll~. lie undertakes to
lu-liN hi, action hy claiming that Mr..
h"udlf black li~lrd him with the south
rrn Pacific runIauN. that while super
intrudrnt Nun alleges that he was dis.
missed iut failing Ia satisfactorily pass
mrdral examination. hr saw IN the
hands At Mi. Muir, among papers which
evidently covered his ease. one with A. "
T., heading aud h. there charged Mr..
MuIr with turning him dawn h'causa of
the rcc,rd given him by the 4. n l.,
hr ptr~- here has given this version VI
the Affair.
viii You not kindly al once see Mr..
NUT ascertain and let ~" know II any
a II A a l...
VIZ. Mar has an, communication " any
Kind from any \. y T., official ahnut Cur
III. II so. from whom. AMI the substance
Thereof signed \. Il, WELLS,
irnrTal superintendent.
In the nhnNr telegram the following re-
pts vi, received hN Mr.. WE'LL:
l.U- Angeles. dee. 70.
\ -. Wells, hhulurrqur, y. VI.
Nuur Telegram thlftlrth. Have seen
Mwr and hr advises that he has M pa
pet, whatever from any Atlantic X Pa
ri'ir uihrrr ~ rmpluNr ~ regard tO Cur
to the onlN paper he has j. the appli
ration "n ~nIlhrTn Pacific blank. made
h curtis, IN hIS own handwriting, for
work IN the Southern Pacific. Muir fur
lllr SAYS that IL l. not the practice ~ hiS
company, nor did h. IN this instance.
lutkr ans inquiry, either verbal uT IN
Writing, IN regard a. curtis
III. application wi- forwarded by Muir
T., Their general superintendent, and was
rdururd with the advice that he should
MT h'rmpluNpi IN account II failure 10
pass medical examination, ~ he has
hernia.
NuiT's chief CLERK, who handled the
matter saws that this cause was given Ia
Iurli. a, the reason Tor not employing
hIu, hat TIA, curtis lullnldl"d that the
I,,,..u 'ui hl, not securing rmpluy ment
W4.. m hi, hrli"f. that the Atlantic Il
Pacific hat hlarkll,tri him. but he was
a,-uId that .uch was not the case, as
thrN hal ~ luluIudllun whatever IN re-
gald Ia the cal,r ~ his dismissal by the
Atlantic \ Pacific railroad beyond that
,,al,pl ~ CurtI, uwn handwriting, VIZ:
uu account 81 hurnN Journal,
signed h, H. WADE