Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-07
Action in DiSoharuinu Best Work
ers by Wire Meets With
Disapproval.
OTHER ROADS STAND FIRM.
Railroad Row Regards Step a. Unfair
Those Affected Rcmain silent
And Altogether Happy.

The action OF the Chicago. Milwaukee
& ST. Paul IN dlscharging several hum
bred travelling agents by wire has been
a subject OF considerable discussion In
railroad circles here. The concensus OF
opinion among railroad men Is not at all
favorable. A number OF railroads have
taken steps towards reducing expense
accounts during the present unsettled
times, but the Milwaukee stands alone
In rs action in throwing its men out
OF employment without giving them a
moments notice. on Nov. 2 the ira
yelling freight agents of tho Milwaukee
received q message which in substance
was az follows You win be- relieved
from duty nov. T." As one railroad
man expressed IL. "rhe boys were told
they would De fired yesterday"
MEN. THEMSELVES, SILENT.
The local Offices and the two men re-
iieycd SO suddenly refuse 90 discuss the
affair. further than saying 81 isl tcm-
poIary only and viii work mo hardshlp5
upon anybody in particular 10 IS truo
no hardshlps win be- worked upon any
D.
Plaisted are the keenesJ freight men IN
tho west; they are not worrying about
their daily bread and butter But wha;
makes railroad men around town angry
is the principle OF the thing
WHAT THE ROW" SAYS.
Mr.. Prultt and Mr.. Plalstod win say
nothing and oner no criticism OF any
thing In general. Tho railroad row.
however, is tres and wide in Us express
sions OF disapproval. "A nice thing
III says, "this thing OF dischargius
man without az least 10 days notice
is wrong. II throws man out OF cin-
ploymfnt; shuts OF his salary to meet
his daily expenses as best he can un-
til some othc position can be secured
often a difficult matter for the best
Of men. Let man quit railroad
company's employ without giving no.
tic,i Ny what "a roar there Is ana
not only that but there Is always some
thing coming from a company and
when man steps out suddenly II is
mighty long while coming. The Mil
waukee let 81 the neighborhood OF 800
men 60, let them go q day before they
were notihcd 1his action e. considered
anything BAT fair Ii has been suggest
81 90 much business might have
brought about The action. Indeed This
Is a iinc reason Tor letting It's energetic
men go lsni n Again II Is limited the
interest behind the Milwaukee may be
showing where they stand. etc. Another
wretched reason why 800 men should ba
thrown cut az employment"
il ia along this line railroad rows
criticism runs. The local Office says II
has no authoity 10 meet he criticism
with elaborate explanations because Il
knows no more about the oompany's
reason than tire row does--or cares 10.
OTHER ROADS LIBERAL
The agency here IS being manned by
Claude Williams and his clerk The
message bringing the startling "reduc-
tion-of-expcnse" decision reached salt
Lake Nov O. but had become effective
theh DAY before The two agents let
out were notified. and 20 was h0pcs
they would understand that under
present conditions" the step was ncces-
sary None OF the other western roads
have let a travelling agent go. and WIS
there might be reductions On salaries
should conditions 90 10 the extreme
which they win not--it is not likely
any road viii initiate the Milwaukee's
example