The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-17

ern railway. Then Mr.. Bishop claimed
that he had verbal conversation with
Mr.. H. w. Miller, that he had permission
to enter the depot. Mayor Parker refused
to break the doors down in the absence
of instructions in writing from the prop
er authorities. Then / and Mr.. W. H.
Call, the cashier, put this question to
the spokesman, Mr.. Bishop: We told
him that the tickets and other valuable
papers were scattered about the office,
and asked that in case they entered the
station, who, would be responsible for
the company's property in the event that
any of it was misplaced or destroyed.
Mr.. Bishop replied that he, Mr.. Call,
would be held responsible under his bond.
Then it was that Mr.. Call, the cashier,
informed him that he would not allow
him to enter the station. Mr.. Bishop
stated that the Governors Guard were in
readiness and would be called to Selma
to force their way into the station. He
returned to Raleigh, and that is the last
we have seen of him. Since that time the
travelling auditor of the Southern Railway
Company, with Mr.. H. A. Williams, train
master, have been in Selma and the COM
pany's property was promptly turned over
to them. They have no operator now at
Selma
ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN IN SYM
PATTY.
There is no doubt that the engineers
and firemen are in sympathy with the
telegraph men in their demands. ''The
injury of one is the concern of ALL The
Southern Railway officials refused to
treat with the officers of the Order of
Railroad Telegraphers, who asked to have
specific hours 70 work and extra pay for
extra time, but were willing to treat with
them as individuals. If that point is
maintained by the railroad officers, how
long will it be before it will be applied to
the Brotherhood of Engineers, Firemen
and Conductors. Capt Ryder, superinten-
dent of the Charlotte division, says that
the telegraph men cannot succeed because
there are surplus of operators.
Capt. Ryder thinks that on general
principles telegraph operator has small
chance of success in strike. 1T is diff
ferent,'' said he to the Charlotte Observer,
with an engineer or conductor. These
men spend two or three years learning
their work, and they are more or less
difficult to replace. But it is easy to
start up a telegraph school and turn out
q hundred operators in from three to six
months.
VICE PRESIDENT DOLPHIN IN THE
STATE.
The Charlotte Observer notes the pres
vice president and general counsel of the
o. r. T. in Charlotte.
He said that he was just from ottawa
Canada, where he, in conference with Sil
Wilfred Laurier, the Premier of Canada
had satisfactorily settled the differences
between the operators and the railroad
authorities of the inter- Colonial railroad
owned by the Government of Canada.
Mr.. Dolphin expressed himself as salts
fed with the present condition of the
strike, which he thinks will be successful
in the end. He gave in detail the griev-
ance of the operators and stated thai
their demands were reasonable and should
| be acceded to. THE Southern said he
| sis the exact demonstration of trust
| They work the telegraphers from IA to Il
| hours a day and become peevsh, petul
ant and beligerent when the men ash
| for Il hours day, and the same arrange
| ment for extra pay for extra work tina
| is made with a section master. From
understrappers to the general manager
| the railroad officials have been uncivi
and unfair
| THE Southern is hard put-to for op
| orators" said Mr.. Dolphin. They arr
| searching New York with a fine tootl
| comb for men and they are unsuccessful
| They have employed Pinkertons ant
| another detective agency to ferret on
| operators and send them South, and still
| he road is being locked by scarcity o
| operators
| Speaking of the inconvenience caused
| the Southern Mr.. Dolphin said that HI
| earned on the way from Washington here
hat 800 cars of freight had been turned
over to the Seaboard for transportation
| hat no freight cars are running between
Asheville and Salisbury, and that disaf
| fections among employees on other divi
| sons of the Southern was causing ar
quail degree of annoyance.
| When asked the purpose of his visit
| o Charlotte, Mr.. Dolphin said that ht
| eft Canada to come here and that he
would operate from here unless some
contingency arose that necessitated his
| presence elsewhere. Upon being inform
| ID that there is little disaffection among
he operators on this division, he spoke
Hopefully Of remedy and said SO soon
as the operators now working on this
division understood the full import of the
,trike they would leave their posts. Mr.
)tlJlin said that he is in direct communi-
atio1 WITH President Powell, who is al
oycther sanguine as to the strike being
Ultimately beneficial.