The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-07

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power Of this one part ocular com c1u1l pahyf
under these Circumstance. g. suggesss
that you should not only d1scnaT ge,6 NY
criminally prosecute any about whom you
had any evidence OF dishonesty. We de-
mand that before our men are brahdea sls IS
& thieves and biacklisted and rutned.tney
should be tried by an impartial tribunal
and according to law.
f You agreed TO take at least e1ghty-iive
per cent of the car men back, and Wheh
upon your report the men p epared 70 re- e.
turn, you violated your agreement by tax
ing back about fifteen per cent Of the
men and refusing to let the other men
sign up, telling them to turn m their
badges, punches, buttons, etc. This was
trifling with the committee, who had act
ed In good faith and who believed that
you were doing the same. You promised
us that no mans fidelity to the union
should be considered or operate against
him, but when the men presented them
selves, individuals We're deliberately told
by the enrolling clerk that they were dis
charged, and they were Informed that
the company's objection to their rein
statement was because they were agita-s
s tors.
E This committee begged that the sol-s
diers, brought hers through your, instru-..
mentality, should be kept in the armory
until needed. Their presence here has:
been absolutely unnecessary, and they
j have unwillingly been the cause OF all
the excitement and turmoil. Had you
kept your agreement with us in good
faith there would have been no necessity
to bring 'scabs' here, for every car could
have been manned, the men agreeing to
give even your obnoxious bond rather
than tie up the cars. We are unwilling
therefore, so far as we are concerned,
that these "scabs'' should stay to take.
the place of honest and Woodworking.
citizens, whose families and interests lies
In this community. Surely our citizens
said the interests Of the travelling public
should be considered.
In your letter you are not only more
al bitrary than before, but it's contents
are misleading to the public, and really
insulting to the members Of the union
You have given, and can give, IN our
Judgment, no excuse for not treating
with the representatives of the Amalsa-
mated Association Of Street Railway En-
plcyes Of America, and had you properly
treated with this union you could have
avoided all this trouble. You 1nsulted
rot only the local union, but gave offense
to all self-respecting laboring men in this
section by posting in the face of re-
all your demands, an order that you
would take back such men as you chose,
Subject to any conditions the company
ray impose" These men are not slaves,
ard have as much feeling and self-re-
spect as you or any one else and we
cannot agree to the Justice OF such
course, and you are mistaken III SO stat
ing in your letter.
You conclude in your letter by stating
that we must. excuse you for expressing
fear that we cannot control those whose
conduct we disapprove. You are mistaken
in assuming that we disapprove Of the
action Of the Car Mems Union. We pro-
test that we had arranged the matter be-
tween the company and the car men, and
are exceedingly sorry that you did not
keep the agreement and abide by the SET
tlement
Now, in conclusion, we beg in behalf or
the tailoring men whom we represent, and
in pursuance Of full authority vested IN
us last night by resolutions, duly adopt
ed, to propose that as every effort SO lar
has proved fruitless, that now in the in
terest of everybody concerned, and espe-
cially the public, to whom these high
ways belong, we submit this matter 70
say three, five or as many moro disinter-
ested men as you think proper, each side
appointing an equal number and the body
an extra one. who shall all compose
tribunal and whose judgment whatever 1t
may be, whether for or against us, we
pledge ourselves, and all unions concerned
herein, to abide. The men in the mean
time to go back on the cars and run them
in the interest of the public until the con-
troversy is adjusted by the board OF arbi-
tration, and the military to be immediate
~ withdrawn. Respectfully,
J. z. CHASTEEN.5 Chairman,
JAS. G. BROMLEY,
ROBERT L. ORR,
Committee Central Labor Union.