The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-22

The eompany's assent was given upon
the following conditions:
/. That for the sake OF clearness the
phrase in Article I. at present reading
ION boards of investigation be chang
ed to read before boards of investi-
gation;" and the words 'tin the en-
ploy of the company" be inserted after
the words ''disinterested engineer"
With these changes Article I. will
read:
INVESTIGATIONS.
| "All engineers will be given a fair
chance to defend themselves against
charges in holding investigations. Su-
perintendents and master mechanics
will be careful to get all information
possible, and hold Investigations as soon
as practicable. Engineers who are sus-
pended and afterWard found innocent
at the time of the original investiga-
ton shall receive pay for the time lost.
All engineers suspended will be not-
fed of the cause and length OF suspen-
sion in writing.
All engineers interested will be allow
ed to choose one or two disinterested
engineers in theaemploy of the company
to accompany and speak for them be-
fore boards of investigation, if they so
desire, when an appeal is made after
the first investigation.
1t is further agreed that in event en-
gineers selected as per Article I. fail to
adjust grievance, the matter can then
be taken up and disposed of in accord
ance with practice now in vogue on
/ system, the case to be disposed of I'M
der the supervision of the engineers
selected
2. That Article I. of the company's
agreement with its firemen shall be
changed TO correspond with the amend
ments proposed to Article l. of the COM
pany's agreement with its engineers.
8. (a) 1t is agreed, both by the en-
gineers' general committee of adjust
ment and by the firemen's joint protec.
ton board that, inasmuch as it has been
previously ruled by the company that
firemen or the firenen's committee can
not be permitted to handle cases of en-
gineers, it must be agreed that engin-
GERS cannot handle cases of firemen.
| OBJ This means that the regular en-
ment cannot handle cases of firemen,
and also means that the firemen's COM
} mittee must consist entirely of firemen
in the employ of this company, and
should any fireman serving on the fire.
mems committee be promoted to the
: position of engineer he shall retire from
the firemen's committee at the expira-
ton of his term as a committeeman.
(c) Should any engineer serving on
: the engineers committee have to go
back to the position of fireman for any
> cause whatever he shall retire from the
5 engineers committee at the expiration
: of his term as a committeeman, vi
a. In the case of an engineer tenn
: porarily going back to duty as a fire.
: man, while he is serving as a fireman.
e his case will have to be taken up and
!, handled in accordance with Article !
: of the f1remen's schedule as amended.
5, The paragraph that has been added
| to Article l. in the schedule with en-
: gineers and in the schedule with fire.
D men, means that any engineer or fire
: men who desires to appear before the
officials must have the opportunity to
Q select whether he shall appear, if an
engineer, through the regular engineers
s committee or with one or two ehgin.
i GERS of his own selection, and he mus
: adhere to the same method until hi:
a appeal must be finally decided upon
e He cannot elect to be accompanied By
r one or two engineers before one official
n and later appear before the same or an
Il other official with the committee 81
9 vice versa. #.
81 The same method to apply to firemel
$ desiring to appear before. the officials.
o The above conditions have been ac
j. cepted by both. .,5 H.. =
# This ends a controversy which has ex
n tended over a very long period, an
: which has led to more or less feeling
between the engineers and firemen EN-
d ployed by the company, and conse
+ quently to more or less bad service
el from which the company and the pub
RI lie has suffered severely, and it is tn
1t hope of the management that, now tina
It this question has been settled to tn
'el satisfaction of all, the men will max
n a determined effort to improve the ser
Il vice and to carry out their existing
agreement with the company. and ais
K the company's rules, in the same goo
= faith that the company is carrying GU
l. it's obligations to them.
Samuel Higgins,
General Manager
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