Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-06

(By Julius Kruttschnitt in s. F. Call)
 On my trip to San Francisco I read an admirable editorial in one of our San Francisco dailies in which was said:
 Tt Is not clear what grievances eX- ist which the shopmen of the Union and Southern Ipcifc desire to have remedied."
 I fully appreciate that the public is entitled to fall information on question which involves the surrender to a committee of employees of the right 10 say when the corporation shall or shall not perform its sery- ices to the public.
 The policy of the Union and South ern Pacific has always been one ot justice. liberality. and even generos- ity toward their employees. This pol icy, prescribed by both Mir. Hunting ton and Mir. Hartman. and thoroughly indorsed by Mir. Loyett. the present executive head of both systems, has never been violated, as far as l know, and has in numberless conferences been gratefully recognized by em- ployes; indeed. on August 26, there appeared in enc of the San Francisco afternoon papers the following state ment credited to the president of the ledeTation, the spokesman for the em- ployes:
 In the past we have had nothing but the most friendly relations with the Southern Pacific. having always been treated with the utmost consid- etation"
 Circular to s. p. Employees
 The Superintendent Of motive power of the Southern Pacific company in g circular to employees, issued on Au- gust 3, that has been freely quoted n the press, said that, coupled with Considerate treatment, he was paying he highest wages of any railroad in the United States; and, in addition was paying within equitable imita. lions a liberal scale Of pensions, from which though contributing nothing, the employe receives material assist ance in his declining years. Nearly 700 are now carried oH the pension solls of the Hartman lines.
 For many years our officers have freely met organized and morgan .zed employees in conference.
 Connecting considerate treatment and a willingness on the part of the officers to discu5s conditions at ali ines, the public is naturally mysu- led as to the issue, which, briedy, may be outlined as follows
 Al a meeting in Salt Lake held .ast summer, employees from all crafts E. - ina N r present. to each line demands identical with those sent the Southern Pacific, which are substantially as follows:
 First-ReCognition of the shop -em. ployes' federation representing ali i've crafts, viz: machinists. boiler makers, car men, blacksmiths aEd sheet metal workers.
 Wage and Apprentice Question
 SeconG-Au present or future em- Dloyes not members shall joIu the tolerated association within thirty lays, which means, cf course, the dis harge of all employees who will rot Jr can not join; that is, an absolutely
 lCsed shop.
 Thirt-Tne company to agree that the control and final settlement of AAAAt4 NANE1 " +AEa Aa-a.lA ElEl Ellfi4-t-1 El4AA4
 est with a federated committee, made p of Tepr reseatatiye Of all five crafts, instead of committees of the indiyid- .al crafts as heretofore. The effect of these demands, if conceded, would Je to place the whole body of work CTS in all these crafts behind a de. nand made by any one of them, no natter how unreasCnable-an ar
 anEement which would certainly en. courage the making Of unreasonable demands, which are not likely 70 be made by the individual crafts operat ng alone
 Fourth--To restrict the number Of apprentices, denying to American boys the opportunity to it themselves fer the duties of life by learning rades.
 Fifth-A fiat increase of : cents per hour for all mechanics, apprentices and helpers, which would mean in | creases Of from 15 to 26 per cent; | averaging for the entire shop forces g per cent; a reduction of hours with 1 put decrease of pay, and other de mands, averaging l3 per cent addition | al or an average total Increase from ] both sources of 36 per cent This u addition to an average increase o