The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-27
Fear Hostile Railroad
4. Laws Will Cause
1. Cut in Wages.
SEND PETITIONS
To LEGISL ATURR
Strong Resolutions forwarued sto (
Lawmakers at Raleigh Meet
ing Held in This City Yes
terday-C Conference as
to Seaboard Held
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to Seaboard Held
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With railway employees urging the
Legislature OF North Carolina to res
store the old passenger rate, and tho
virEinia Order of Railway Conductors
adopting resolutions requesting tho
General Assembly Of this State not to Z
pass laws hostile or adverse to the
transportation companies, the army Of (
working people Is making desperate
effort to Insure conservative action
as a means of preventing wholesale
! salary reductions. eH
Though there Is small probability
that anti-ratlroads measures will be
passed by the Legislature now in ses,
sion here. It is intlnated that the next
step OF the employees, working lnde-.
rendently OF the roads, will be to have
the State Corporation Commission, if
possible. reconsider its former order
and agree to- a compromise by which
the 2-cent rate may be aupplnntcdf by
larate Of 9 E1-c cents.
! Reports that the Chesapeake and
| Ohio would reduce salaries 10 per cent.
\ on February ist have been Officially
denied. Three weeks ago the Southern
announced that there would be cut
OF 1 O per cent. In the salaries of execii-,s
tive officers, and their employ es af f+t
fecting about 1000 persons. Within
the past few days there have been
rumors that the reduction would apply
I to almost every man in the service OF
the company. These reports, however
lack official confirmation. Meanwhtltei5
officers OF the Southern have ;studiously
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lis responsible for the present financlaall. {
condition OF the road.
Want q Chance to Live.
Making special plea for chance
1 to live, the Seaboard Air Line. through
HTS receivers. has petitioned the NorthS
Carolina 4Legislaturc for 3-ccnt rAee,
REPRESENTATIVES of hundreds OF el
lployes ut the same time supplementin1
1.-THE request as means of savtng to0
lroad and themselves from serious
financial embarrassment.
The North Carolina Legislature will
begin the real fight for repeal and
compromise to day, VIII en- the plan SUB
lreated by Governor Glenn will be taken
| IN as a special order of business The
Senate committee though agreeing to-
the !: 10 cent proposition. has refused;
| to put in the mileage book feature.
contending for flat tariff, The railTs
roads, which are pay ing part OF tn the
cost OF the extra session. will no t have
!ciear sailing, however. as there are
other measures more hostile in thelrS
nature to the transport tion lines.
Receivers Confer with Pritcha1d.
AS a result OF meeting OF temployea5
/ at Danvllle yesterday, numerous patti
4 tlons will bo sent to members at Ra-
leigh to-day. containing resolutions
asking for the restoration of tha.
/ former tariff as means Of keeping
wages at their present scale. DIS
Ipatches last night from Asheytll les stat
4 ed that counsel for the Seaboard res
ceivers had been In conference Win
4 Judge Pritchard, ostensibly for tllo
purpose OF ascertainlng whether thu
4 receivers should agree to the compro-
4 Mise in North Carolina, In case it's
\ Eeffected.
Il tremcs. are endeavoring to protects
i themselves by general reduc tionf 8ot
4 expenses-tlle discontinuances or pas
senger trains and the dropping of ems.
A ployes by the hnndreds-thc enployes
4 are putting forth the strongest effort
i possible to Sc cure help from the Leg
4 Iislatures so that the slashing Of sala-.
'Iries will cease. In North Carollna
particularly. there has been decided
Ichange Of public sentiment in favorSot &
i the railroads, business and mmerctAall q y :
4 .lorganizations OF one kind and another
taking the ground that the pubic
4 would have less cause of complaint
should the rate be Increased or re- re-
stored. In Virginia there IS no tear
Of hostile Legislation at this session,
!, but there will Sbe-strong movements 70 60
!. have the Corporation Commissio on agree e9
/ to the 2 1-a-centS rate.
Il lsfl{ss{f,fts leef Inr Held Here. ee}ss&
], Believing that the ,two-cen .ia laW
a tthas left the railroads of Virginia In q
q threadbara ondition, the State legis-
4 Ilative committee. Order OF Railway
B Conductors. met yesterday at Alurphyis
s Hotel and dBnnanimously adopted resns
! mot TO pass at this session bills
q hills adverse to the transportation
. adverse to the trans portation CONS
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The conductors emphasized the point
4 that they are independe mt OF re ral!- FL!
; roads In the consideration OF public
!! luues tIons, and that they are not sent
| Ehero ~ their respective companies to
,#Iadvocate one law or to oppose a other,
-F|tThay declare that the roads cannot
n Iproyite 81 three-cent service on a tvvos
Z cenc8rate, and that a continuatto ol
s l|existtng laws will eventually resultSln
4 the reduction OF salaries and the lm-
4 IpatrrQent OF the SeTNAIe,S55aSo SottiSSAAtH6
81 (which hassalreadS harpened on one sof
the leading systems OF tho SOUTH
No Drinking ON Trims.
I 4 number Of matters pertaining 70
. the welfare OF the order In rginia
,fwere discussed. a. olutio n wassadop pt-
i ed Endorsing the bill offered IN the
:. House of Delegates by Hon. a den Bell.
/ OF culpeper, w hich prohi ibits the drink
J ling OF sintoNicants on hrough OF local
!, trains. The COMMITTEES was Of the opin-
ion that ( the bill ls passed ~ VIII
be a great protection TO the 4 " ravelina
!, Ipublic and a. relief to the nductors,
I The bill to prohibit the sale ots firearms,
except 4 an authorized byS Il the propst
courts was NJ Il ikaWise ind dorsed SgsSasss
Il Members ot 4 he #lsslsla comrntttee
i at the meetlng q were III. lie wis, Soi
,Eclifton5 Forge. NJ, %. Wood. 8of Bristol
O j. Kernegy. OF Portsmouth,, ~. ID
! Harris OF 3EFs chmond; 6, Il s. snat tthson
d OF SCrewe, and q, r., Peters. Sof Roanoke 4
nIThis being the annua meeting ontsrl
awsre elected, as follows; yV,