Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-26
representatives of Over Three
Hundred thousand Employees
in Train Service Decide on
Concerted Action at Polls,
RESOLUTIONS DECLARE
FOR HIGHER FREIGHT RATE
Candidates for Congress and
Legislature to Be Questioned
on Their Attitude Toward
Measures Affecting Labor,
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New York, Sept. 25-For the first
time in the history of railway unions,
members and delegates representing
30S,000 men of the four great divi-
sions of railway employees In the east
voted unanimously at a meeting here
today To take concerted action IN ma
tional and state politics.
THE proper place to settle ques-
tions affecting labor is at the ballot
box said Warren s. Stone of Clevc .
land, ohio, grand chief of the Broth
crhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Whatever your political aftilia-
tions. do not let party lines blind you
to your true interest or prevent you
from doing what you think IS best and
right. See that the men you vote for
stand for the right principles, re-
gardless of party, and support those
men who meet the requirements, and
you viii not only ho doing the best
thing for yourselves, hut for the
public.
This Is not political move at all,
as Is generally understood, but a move
to get away from the old lines of par-
tisan politics.
In pursuance OF this plan, the meet
ing voted to send out series Of eight
oieates, particular 10 candidates for
the legislature and house OF rcpresen-
tatives asking for definition OF their
attitude on the universal adoption Of
safety appliances and an employers
liability law--where such does not al
ready eXist-com pany pensions FOR
superannuated employers hours Of
labor and other matters of kindred in
torest
This catechism win be drafted by
W. G.. Lee, president of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trmnmcn ana bs
A. =. Garretson. president OF the
order Of Railway Conductors, and by
them distributed 70 an executive Of
ncers of subordinate unions and locals
There were three thousand mems
bers and deleates at the meeting to-
day representing the brotherhood
Of Railway Trainmeu, the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers the
of Locomotive Firemcn
ana Enginemen and the order of
Railway Conductors. They met by
announcement TO define their attitude
toward the application Of the rail-
ways now pending before the inter
state commerce commission. for per-
mission to increase rates, aud as had
leen expected, they passed resolutions
'avoring an increase.
II was decided that this representa-
i've meeting of the railway brother
FOODS request our chief executives 20
Ippear before the Interstate commerce
commission during the pending ratc !
nearing state our case and support |
he proposals reasonably 90 increase |
he existing rates
The legislative board Of the Broth I
'rhood OF Engineers of PENNSYLVANIA, /
10000 engineers. which I
'eccntly concluded sessions Ia Harris
,urg, Pc, attended in body and re. /
ported resolutions which IL was claim
ID tvpificd tho attitude on the rate
question of railway employees ian gen
raj, as expressed I'M many other
resolutions.
In q letter to VI. FlanncrN chair
nan of the executive committee Of the
Engineers at Buffalo, chief stone *
.resses himself iu thorough sympathy
with tho movement
zone thing b. sure,' he writes. "it
he railroads are 10 continue to exist,
ONE way must he found 90 meet the
onstantly increasing demand on their
ross earnings.