Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-22
pEFERs NEGOTIATIONS
UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
Will Then Discuss Definitely About the
shops-says oskaloosa Has Made
"cIean Cut offer"-Road's Directors
Have Voted Money to Build Perman-
ent Shops Somewhere.

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time allowed. Since he did not dis
cuss terms or definite negotiations
there can be no danger of telling out
siders too much and since Mr.. Cutter
explained to the committee that ev-
erything he had to say or write about
this matter was an "open book" and
would be left on top of the desk
where the janitor could read it when
he had left the office" there can be no
violation of confidence in telling the
people of Marshalltown what was said.
Mr.. Cutter did practically all of the
talking. There was little occasion for
the committee to do anything but lis
hten. Mr.. Denmead, as chairman, was
delegated spokesman and the rest of
the committee said very little. Mr..
Cutter explained that he had recently
returned from New York where, after
considerable effort, he had induced the
board of directors to vote money
enough to make a railroad" out OF
the Iowa Central property, that he had
returned with the necessary funds and
authority to go ahead and that about
the first thing to do was to greatly en-
large the shop capacity. This he said
brought him to the point of determin-
ing once and forever where the per-
manent shops Of the road shall be To-
Gated and the board Of directors
had put 1t up to him to decide. Os-
kaloosa's committee had been to see
him with a .sclean cut proposition" He
then briefly contrasted the compara-
tive merits, Of Marshalltown and Os-
kaloosaA as a location Tor the roads
permanent shops, and stated "But.
gentlemen, / am sorry not to be able
to discuss this matter with you as
definitely as / had intended to do.
received letter from your mayor this
morning in which he says that he Is
sorry to see that, the Iowa Central has
jumped into the political arena. I
want to tell you men that the Iowa
Central is business proposition and
Is not in any political arena We will
not have anything to do with politics
and IL any officers of our road has a
side line of politics would like to
know It. For this reason I have de-
cided to defer definite negotiations
over this matter until your politics are
out OF the way"
'.But don't any Of you gentlemen
misunderstood me- continued Mr..
Cutter. "rhe attitude of the people OF
town toward the Iowa Central must
be large factor in determining the
investment of our money in permanent
Improvements at any point. Up to
few weeks ago I do not think we had
any employees at MarshalltoWn who
thought they were working for the
Iowa Central. This kind of business
must be stopped. came from road
on which I had 100000 employees to deal
with. Your organizations down there
at Marshalltown know me. They have
my pedigree better than Dun or
tBradstreets could write lit and they
know that have no quarrel with or
ganized labor as such. / have always
dealt with their organizations and I
have gotten along with them peaceably
hut every man must be made to UNI
derstand that he is working for the
road which employees him. We have not
had this at Marshalltown and it has
been due tC outside influence. I want
to tell you gentlemen that it is this
outside influence which must be
stopped before the Iowa Central can
afford to spend money for increased
employment"
Mr. Cutter continued at length, talk
ing on the same subject, saying that
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their men he wanted to he left alone to
settle these disputes himself. What
we must have from any town which
values our presence is protection for
our property and protection for the
mechanics in our employ
The committees chairman remon-
strated that perhaps Mr.. Cutter, hav-
ing come to the road since the strike.
was not accurately Informed as to the
attitude of our mayor. Il lived in
Marshalltown at the time, and I re-
member having talked with MIR. Ingle-
due, and he assured me that he had
done everything the roads officials had
asked him to do" said the chairman.
Mr.. Dennnead," replied Mr.. Cutter,
II am in better position to judge that
question fairly than il had lived in
Marshalltown, for I have come to it
free from the disputes Of the time and
with clear mind. / have investigated
the matter thoroughly and have been
convinced that the Iowa Central rail-
road has not received the protection to
which it was entitled from the people
Of Marshalltown."
Mr. Denmead then assured Mr.. Cut
ter that there would be no cause for
complaint on this score in the future.
One member suggested that perhaps
the character of the company's local
officials at the time had aggravated
the trouble. To this, Mr.. Cutter frank
ly admitted that if Mr.. Gossett had
been on the ground at that time there
probably would have been no strike.
Another member of the committee
remarked that the citizens Of Mar
shalltown had not been so close to the
management of the road as they once
were and that being busy each with
his own affairs, they had neglected to
give the road the support they ought
to have given, but he assured Mr.. Cut
ter that every man here would return
to- MarshaIltown alive to his duty as
a citizen to the road. Mr.. Cutter
thanked him for this and replied that
so far as he was concerned, even tho