Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26
THE CoAL-sT IKE COMMISSION.
Who It's Members Are-Each
Has Won Di inction.
New York World.)

CNew York Worldly
Edward E. Clark. chief OF the order
of Railway Conductors. is MEMBER OF
the National Civic FEEDER. ton. organized
by Senator Hanna to Institute arbltra-
ton for strikes in the settlement OF LABOR
disputes. He is opposed to compulsory
arbitration. declaring that the only so
luton to labor disputes is submission 10
authority and justice. In a specially pre-
pared article on the labor question, Mr..
Clark said:
IF the employer and his employees,
one represented by the officers in charge.
:he other by the committee. would draw
closely together and sit down in friend
ly, dispassionate and conAderate way
to discuss the situation, in nine cases
out of every ten they would reach a
common understanding acceptable to
both Each must learn to respect the
rights and feelings Of the other.
Organization on the part Of the en-
r'orer and employee should be as per-
ect as possible. Each should be dom
mated by a desire to be fair and to do
right II such organization existed, the
arbitrarily disposed and hot-headed EN-
ployer who resents the idea of his en-
ployee presuming to question the condi-
lions fixed by him in the conduct of his
own business would, by virtue of being
controlled by the regulations Of the
employers organization Of which he was
a member or by the more calm and
cooler judgment Of the lawfully consti-
tuted majority within such an organiza
ton. be restrained from precipitating
trouble which, when it was over. could
by careful analysis. be shown to have
no real cause other than foolish or
unreasonable determination to uphold per-
sonal or official dignity"
In April of last year it was largely
through the efforts Of Mr.. Cl:-rk that a
general strike of all the employees OF
the Central railroad of New Jersey was
averted Practically a majority Of the
heads of the various railway unions
were in favor of declaring strike. The
company's employees, thinking they
had been badly treated, were eager to
declare a strike Mr.. Clark insisted
on meeting the officers Of the road and
talking matters over with them. and
succeeded personally in obtaining the con-
cessions the men demanded
Mr.. Clark is 46 years old, and began
his railroad career as brakeman on
freight trains. He has often said that
he believed 1t was while walking over
the sleet-covered roofs Of rapidly NOV
ing trains that he learned his first les
sons in caution, which have ever since
stood him in good stead.
He has six times been elected chief Of
the Order Of Railway Conductors, and
the organization has grown tremendous
ly since he took charge. Immediate
ly after his election to the highest Of
flee in his organization he began the
work of establishing a home for dis
abled and aged railroad employees, and
has met with much success. While a
man Of strong union proclivities, he is
by no means radical, and much pre-
fers the peaceful solution of problems
A.. ~,
and the consequent suffering on the part
of his men.
He first met President Roosevelt on
January 9th of this year, when the Presi-
dent gave a luncheon at the White House
to the heads Of the various brotherhoods
of trainmen.
Mr.. Clark is now engaged in trying to
obtain better pay for railroad conduc
tors throughout the West. On September
18th last he announced that the demand
would be made on all railroads, and
then added significantly:
But no strike will be declared until
all other means have been exhausted
He lives at Cedar Rapids, Ia, where
is located the main Office Of the Order
of Railway Conductors.
John Lancaster spalding. Roman Cath
olic Bishop of Peoria, Ill, Bishop-elect
of the Diocese OF Chicago, and promi-
nently mentioned for time as the sue
cessor of Archbishop Corrigan, was born
June 2, 1910, at Lebanon, 1>y.. and is 81
years of age. He is known as one of
the most public-spirited 49,. learned pre-,
lates of the Catholic Church.
He is In high favor at Rome, and his
speeches have received the approval of
the. Pope. Bishop Spalding is opposed
to trusts. In speech made October 81,
1900, before the Teachers Federation at
Chicago. he electrified his audience By
his denunciation Of the trust evil. He
said In part:
THE corporation that grows rich while
it deprives the poor man of the rewards
robber.
"a corporation has no soul. they say;
but trust has soul. the soul Of the