Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-18
of Pacific Expressa2en in -Four States
and One 7 Ierr.tory.
Strikers State Their Grievances But Company Says They
May Stay OCT, As Demands VIII Never
Be ComFlfed With.
Be Com led With,

The strike OF employees OF Pacific EN=
press company was mace complete
Saturday throughout the entire diyl-
sion, which includes Arkansas Mis-
sOrni. Texas, Louisiana and lH'l!an
territory. Although all the un'o% men
have walked out, the compan' MAIN
tains its defiant attitude towards the
union and seems to have the upper
hand. Reports from all the cities say
bnat new men are being found totake
the places of the strikers, ana that
express matter is being novel al0ES
the entire system. though not 70 a
large extent. The union men iaFe
made no threats Of violence. and nn-
less other unions order stflka In
support, seem almost sure to % 1s@
At LHTre Rock yesterday NEE lil5 ol
the Brotherhood Of Railway Express
men was held and the following state
ment of their grievances made pupllc:
'i'Ni Se],'N
the small wages which we now receive,
and we will never return to WOfk 3;--
less it is granted OF course, tha!
would involve recognition of the nu!on,
for if the demand was granted it would
mean that the union secured he ln-
crease. The statements in vest a'day
paper that messengers received from
So to $1OO per month is misleading.
for it is untrue. The maXimul4. Sal
airy is $75 per month, which is received
by fifteen men, while the sale ie> Of
the others range from $50 as mir
mum up to SIS maximum. TIC 5a fiji
teen older employees are the ones VINO
are individually offered the ine ease oi
So per month by Mr.. Johnsoa. IKE
others have been offered nothing.
I'VE believe our demands arc reason
able" said President Nose. after the
meeting The question has been asi-
tatev for some time and uH'l tonight
we Eoped that the MAJ II would lie adj
iusted without the nece s5...J ef a
STRIFE.
The brotherhcru is affiliated with
tho American Eel aras On Of .al,)r, aid
in case Of protracted struggle the
federation may be callesu upon lof
financial assistance if necessary. A.
J. Livingston IS the local business
agent of tie organization
"OEe point which has not been .aen-
toned we wish to call to TIE attention
of the public. Baggaemcl are en-
ployes of the railroad eompan" a"u
are members OF the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen. On all except the
through runs the messengers arc also
baggagemen on their trains. they
are known as joint men, the railroad
company paying half the salary and
the express company the other half
When the Iron Mountain increased tfe
salaries of it's trainmen recently Ills
included the baggagemen, who pa,ti"i-
pated in the additional II 1-2 pe1 cent
Those on the through runs have been
receiving this extra salary since that
time While the Joint men did uCt get
the & IA per cent which had Leen
granted them by the railroad company
as half their salary for handling bag
gage We know that the railroad com
pany figured this 6 IA per cenc TITO
their pay rolls for the following N onth
and paid the through baggaSemen tie;I
T. - per cent The pay roll TO, the
Joint men was submitted tc the ex-
press company to pay Il cir PRO rata
of the II l-2 per cent as agreed, but
they refused to do SO. The result was
that the men who handle bot! baggage
and eXnress continued to wC N a. thCi!
old salaries, while the mere fortunate
men who had through hagsasc runs
received and ere still receiving an
increase of II 1-2 per ccr. over thair
old wages.
Locally the siuat;on remains ;,heut