Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-30
ARBITRATION BOARD DECIDES
AGAINST TWO DISCHARGED
MEN.
FAVOR REINSTATEMENT
OF CONDUCTOR BRUCE
Discharge Of Men Upheld by Majority
Of Official eeard Of Arbitration and
Union Men Are Disappointed -
Trouble Resulted in oes Moinss Car
Strike.

were found guilty and Conductor ]. E.
Bruce was found not guilty of the
charges Of violation Of the rules OF the
street railway company BY the street
car board Of arbitration in an agree
ment reached Saturday evening.
Bruce must be rcinstated and paio
for the time lost during his discharge
The opinion Of the board was unan-
imous in the case Of Bruce. while A. L..
Trick dissented. in the verdict in the
cases of Roberts and Hiatt.
This ends the first arbitration be-
tween the street railway company and
the union, No. Al. Both parties to the
controversy declared they would abide
by the decision of the board.
Finding Of the Board.
The finding Of the board was as
follows:
ITO ]. r. Harrigan, vice president
and general manager of the Des Moines
City Railway Company. Des Moines
Iowa, and to j. NJ. Leonard, president
of Division No. AL. of the Amalga-
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway Employees Of America
Gentlemen: The undersigned, being
the persons who were selected as ar
bitrators to hear and determine the
questions as to whether or not Motor
man W. Roberts violated the rules OF
the Des Moines City Railway Com
pany with reference to smoking while
on duty, and whether Conductors r.
L. Hiatt and ]. E. Bruce violated the
rules of the company with reference
to the collection of fares in failing to
ring up same at the times shown IN
the stipulation submitted for arbitra-
ton, wish to report:
1--WE have heard all the evidence in
troduced in the causes and the argu-
ments of counsel, and do now report
that as to Conductor J. e. Bruce. all
three Of the members Of this board
Of arbitration join in finding that the
evidence does not sufficiently support
the charge that he violated the rules
of the company at the times specified
in the said stipulation and that in our
Judgment said ]. E. Bruce should be
reinstated and paid for the time he
has lost since his discharge.
GAS to Conductors B. L. Hiatt. two
Of the arbitrators agree in finding that
under the evidence he violated the
rules Of the company at the times fixed
in the stipulation.
"As to Motorman w. Roberts, two OF
the arbitrators find that under the evil
dence he violated the rule of the COM
pany at the time stated in the submits
sion for arbitration, by smoking while
on duty.
''In cases as to Motorman w. Rob-
erts and Conductor B. L. Hiatt, Mr.. A.
IL. Urick one of the arbitrators.
reached the conclusion that the rules
had not been violated by either Of
them and therefore dissents as to the
finding in relation to them.
"All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
Dated Des Moines Iowa, Oct. %,
1911
John A. Guiher, Chairman,
"a. L. Urick.'
"spottsrs" Main Witnesses.
The hearings before the board lasted
eight days. during which Spoilers
Wilson, Oppman and Booth testified to
having seen the men violate the rules
of the company, Roberts by smoking
while on duty Sept. /, on the Scott
street line at Twentieth and Scott
streets, also that Hiatt collected fares
which he did not turn In on three
dates. Aug. 20, 81 and 20: and Bruce
by withholding fares on Aug. 20 and
81. The men charged were the prin-
cipal witnesses in their own defense,
entering general denials to the accu-
sations.
Bruce is an extra man employed by
the company and in fourteen months
service had not been appointed to a
run. He is butcher by trade and will
probably return to his former business.
His stand in the arbitration matter
was made to vindicate himself Of the
charge Of dishonesty. During the trial,
Bruce's brother, who is lawyer, was
present in the court room.
Roberts had been employed as mo-
torman for Ave years and Hiatt as
conductor for ten years.
There are three other cases in which
the company and the union disagree,
but these probably will be settled
promptly.
Union Men Disappointed.
The decision Of the board did not
meet with approval at the labor head
quarters. The executive committee had
expected victory in all three cases
and were greatly surprised that only