Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-22

The {. Order of Railway Telegraphers
was in session at F'ord's Hotel yesterday
afternoon considering several matters OF
very serious moment 10 the orsan1za-
ton and to telegraph. operators all over
the country. Just what We're the partlc-
5ular results Of this meeting Mr.. Ernest
stratton declined to say
This is,'' said Mr.. Stratton, "our res
ular annual meeting. and at this time
we do not care to make public Just what
action We are taking in regard ) to any
matter that concerns the order
It was learned, however, that the meet
ing was one Of the most important that
has ever sheen held in the history OF the
order.
Representatives of the eleven districts
all over the Chesapeake and Ohio system
were present, and many matters OF great
IMPORTANCE to it's welfare were consld-
cred.
Among these was the schedule Of wages
tha,. o1serarors will receive in future
There is great DISSATISFACTION among the
men as to their present rate OF pay. -
memb Der of the oluer who dldn'tcafe 70
oe quoted said that telegraph optrators on
the Chesapeake and Ohio system were
paid less than on other lines by nearly
Is per cent.
AS long as the road was not paying IN
proportion to the capital invested they
we're willing to submit to the low scale
Of wages. but now that the road is earn
ing immense profits, the operators
thought they should receive more com
pensation.
Meet Manager Doyle.
The committee Of which Mr.. Stratton
Is general chairman is to. meet G5neral
Manager Doyle, of. the Chesapeake and
Ohio, at his Office, in this city, next Mon
day morning.
They viii lay before Mr.. Doyle their
grievances, and,.i that gentleman can
not see his way, clear to adjust these diff
ferences, It is more than probable that
the operators will determine to so on
strike.
There is q good deal Of feeling among
the men. and they have watched the &C
ton Of other railroad companies in rals-
ing the salaries OF tie:r employees with
tee which is III session at New Ford S
represents the hundreds Of employees
over the entire system, and any action
that they would take would be final.
Telegraph operators the country over
are very much discontented with the
rate oe pay which they are allowed. and
they will wa tch the contentious Of thu
Chesapeake and Ohio employees with the
greatest interest.
On the Chesapeake and Ohio system
from Newport News to Cincinnati-ths, :
are several hundred employees. and
should they be unable to bring General
Manager Doyle around to their way OF
thinking, the system would OF necess1.
ty be tied up for a: period in any event
Trsi IN Soh cfa nd
in fact all the operators OF the road
are said to be in sympathy with the
m uovernen to force an advance In the
wage scale.
The men are working with great Sc.
crecy. Some OF the RAILROADS In the West
have recently advanced the salaries OF
their telegraph employees.
Want the \. and W. Scale.
The men will ask for the same scale of
| wages as that in force on the Norfolk
and Western railroad.
are:
E. L. stratton. general chairman
Fishersville, Va.
G. P. Grogan. general secretary and
treasurer, Russell, Ky.
The comm'tteer- IN al G as follows:
w. H. Glenn, chairman, Garrison. KY.
representing Cincinnati district.
H. o. Irwin, Olympia. Ky, Le- ,gtor
and Big Sandy districts.
G. A. Cantlc,', Catlettsburg, Ky, IA.
nawha district
D. o'connor, Meadow Creek, W. Va.
New River district.
j. j.. Holt. Backbone, Va, Allegheny
and Greenbrier districts.
L. II: Hicks. Craigsvlle Va. Mountain
district
w. P. Bickers, Holcomb Rock. James
River district.
l.. G. Bentley. Toano, va, Peninsula
and Piedmont districts.
r. w Duncan, Hardware, Va, sRivau,
na. district