Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-03-17
BIC STICK OF RAILROADS
Men DISCHARGED Because Of DiSl0y-
atty Says 0&cial Mouthqisee.
CIRCULARS sEET 10 EMPLoYEs
Thsy Csa1nfn Mater Przared - aa
Edlrertal n Latest Issae 81
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Railruad employees who have been dis
charEad wirhin ne last ninety days have
been gwen an cfficial sxulanarlcn and a.
others have received a warning from q
nsHtly printed circular lst1er. copies 81
which hare arrived n Omaha The letusr
Is reprinted from an editorial IN q rail-
road puhiicati0n. which every week vUices
the sentiment a ra1-uad E1anaEgrs.
Accur5tng to the uff1c5al explanation as
loyalty On the interests Of the companies
has been one uf the most potHnr causes for
rhe whClesale discharEe q rzilruad meu.
Il IN not q lack q WORK alrurether OF q
lack of business. hut a desire 70 -I1ne ~
the men who receive their bread and but
ter from the -rzllruad companies 20 the
fact that In the future they VII - ~
perrsd 70 vote with the companies for
which they wurx
Fer several weeks the Minneapolis q
Omaha ralroad has been holding meetings
of employees. General A. ". Trenboim has
appeared Al most Of the nesrngs- supertn-
terdeur F. Z Nionls of the .cshrzslza a.
vision has also attended meetings AZ Sioux
CRY and St James. The supluEes were
told mildly but firmly that they uzst be
mere IoyaT'- TO the interests q The eum-
parv or rsr uur Of the service
TIE Burlington and Cuion Pacific com
uanies have not preacher n Omaha OF
n division points bur have simply stopped
the pay cheeks. Fer ths most part the
Northwestern has pursued the same rasrhod
az the Omaha raflruad- A few have been
r4ven vacations notably the travelling men
The Illinois Central gave tne urHrslsfs
q vacation IN the west but reports that
the men are an going 10 work sEaln-
That OMciaI ExpIAaaft0a-
The official explanation as given IN TIRE
circular reprinted from railroad pub
Iicat3un. says
one of the first things which should be
done By operating officials is 70 earsfullT
weed our the incUmpetsnr and 6isluyaL
TntM receur1v r. was necesHary ter a
s-1DeriurHudenr- when he discharged q man
70 answer for his ACr 70 a waking dele
gate u the u1au union Now a cunclu-
sive explanation Of me 1taCharER uf an
eruuiUve is the long string II td3e loco
motives and cars n the snorehoUses and
On the tracks q every ruad
II Enes On 70 say
I Wh1z the unit II wages has been rising
! raui1lv the work done has rzuidlT declined
! tn quantity and dEueriurared IN quality
4 And meantime the uuien s1nploEss ono al
most nothing 10 AID their employers 70
! check the campaign rhat shippers ard poll
4 riCiauE were TzE1ug svsrTwherH Tor IN
1 warranted reduCtion n rates
Z The present is an exceedingly 0ppurrune
4 rirns 10 bring horne To eurluy1s the fact
Z thar Il Ia 70 their interest TO give 10 rllEis
I employers the best and noE1 loyal service
Z Ct wiiica they are capable. and that tneir
I irraresrs are bound NJ with r1ss raIlr1Rda
( ard nur via tfae Eh3pperE a1n pulirlcia-E,
= whoi hV aaleir i,ngztBcrt1st mate stacks HrPs
i rransporrarsuu inrsrEssA are derr1Ting
] stnckho1dsrs cf 6triderzs and wUrt1nEnen
! % WAGES.
4 In concluding the ~ufficial explanation =
: t1e circular sHFs-
I Where hHvs ths officials of ire various
/ raflrEv hrutherhon5s been during the last
l rrv7 wears. when legislatures and railroad q
Z r-orrrni iEs3uns hHvR been making GTH sfic re-
} sr1rrduns in rares thar have now deprived
I q their bread End h1r1sr r-H wives and
I children a rhOusaniE q uaeTnhers Of the
I u-ioup Have they beer battling side BY
! side with the uff1riafE n rnilwavs N safe
I guard tire UnlV source from which rail
WaT wages can cuue-ra1fy-av ea-u1uEa-
On the contrary. they have been OF n
a -uuu1 with the politicians who were AZ
4 lacking the revenues cf the railways. help
ing them uHrch I'D hours of labor and en-
{ plUyers nhillrT acts
TIE circular then hands olIr a bunch IN
Senator La FoIlet1e and ssys thai the a.
ficerE q the unions. had they been active
could have assisted IN defea-inE the schems
of the Wisconsin aEiuRrur~ for making
a valuation for an railways with the aiEr
Of reducing ne sa-ni1Es Of an