The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

That in the readjustment of freight
rates, the net results of your work will
not reduce the present income of the
railroads, for the reason that any fur
Their reduction in their income will
still further affect the service and the
working agreement which is at pres.
ent In force between the employees
and the railroad companies.
| We believe that the above and fore
going reflects the concensus Of opin.
ion Of the business men and all inter
ested and affected parties in this sec
ton OF the state.
The following protest to the rail
way commission against any reduction
in railroad revenue at this time was
adopted at a mass meeting of railroad
employees in Norfolk Sunday afternoon
and will be signed by the Northwest
ern railroad employees on the Norfolk
division Of the road:
To the Nebraska State Railway
Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
employees of the eastern division of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway COM
pany do hereby protest against any
change or proposed change Of the
present freight rates and tariffs of
the railroads of Nebraska that will
affect the revenue and which would
endanger our present working agree
ments with the company.
Owing to the present cost of neces-
sary living expenditures, we desire
that these agreements be maintained
and are emphatically opposed to any
change in the tariffs of the railroads
that will directly or indirectly affect
us.
Two new petitions to the state rail
way commission, touching the state
question as it effects railroad revenue
and the welfare of the employees of
the railroad, received the endorse
ment of mass meeting of North
western employees at Railroad hall
Sunday afternoon. These two petit
tions, which are printed above, are
now being circulated.
The petition which the railroad en-
ployes of this division will send to
Lincoln next Monday was drawn up
by special committee at the Sunday
afternoon meeting. The petition in
tended for general circulation is a
copy of the petition drawn up at a
business mems mass meeting in Chad
ron. These two petitions replace the
first petition circulated which was call
dressed to the Norfolk Commercial
club adopted at the former meeting
still stands.
Rescinded First Petition.
The purpose Of the meeting Sunday
afternoon was principally to change
the petition drawn up at the mass
meeting the Sunday previous when 1t
was substituted for more strongly
worded petition When the railroad
! boys came to read the petition over
| they didn't think that it rang right or
that it expressed their sentiments in
Just the best fashion. So the petition
was withdrawn from circulation early
last week and a second meeting call
| ed
The best solution to the situation,
| the railroad men decided Sunday af-
ternoon was to present two petitions
! for circulation, one among railroad
employees, the other among citizens
in general.
chadron's Action.
f. E. Wood and Owen Duggan were
down from Chadron TO attend the
meeting and had with them a copy Of
petition drawn up at Chadron by the
business men of the town whom they
said took the matter into their own
hands. The Chadron business men,
they said, were not only entirely
in sympathy with the railroad en-
ployes but were going to support them
with a delegation at the Lincoln hear
ing. The business mems petition had
received strong support at Chadron,
Long Pine and Cody. The employees
Of the Chadron division had a petition
signed by every man on the division.
The meeting voted to circulate the
Chadron petition in this vicinity.
Draw up New Petition.
A committee consisting of E. E.
Woods, r. j. Eccles, c. l., Briggs and
". LASh was W uld" up a
new petition for railroad men. The
petition they reported back was adopt
ed by the meeting.
E. b, Taylor's name was added to
the circulating committee.
In addition to the two representa-
tiyes from Chadron, c. ]. Hibben, E.
b. Taylor j. ] Welch, Jack McGrane,
c. l.. Miller, Ben Pippen and other
local railroad men addressed the
meeting on different phases of the rate
situation
Pat Dolan presided over the meeting.
C. NJ. Wurzbacher of Tilden acted as
secretary.
viii See Commercial Club Tuesday.
The resolutions adopted by the rail-
road employees at their first meeting,
asking the Commercial club of Norfolk