The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-24
REINSTATEMENT Or
WAlBR|DGE DEFERRED
Taylor Is Taken Back, with About
Sixty Other Clerks--Gencral Man.
ager Foley Promises to Give Com
pany's Attitude Toward Re- in
sating Walbridge.

The strike of the Iilionos Central
railroad clerks at Mounds came TO an
end Yesterday afternoon when Gen.
eral Manager T J. Foley Of Chicago
'or the oomapny, and representatives
Of the clerks, headed by ]. F. Riley,
second vice.pres;dcnt of the Brother.
hood reached an agreement in which
practically all the demands Of the.
clerks were conceded.
W, :. Jackson, Cole Tarr, and G.
7. Grandstaff, represented the clerks.
The arbitrators met early In the
afternocl and reached All agreement
IN every point except the reinstate.
ment OF Walbridge and Taylor, the
two clerks who were practically
secondary cause q the strike,
The conference then recessed aud.
Mr., Foley was given until later In
the afternoon TO decide Oh the mat
ter
Taylor Reilstated.
When the eonferees came together
again Mr. Foley announced that TayA
lor would be peinstated at once, and
that the company would notify the
representatives of the union not la
ter than next Saturday as to It's at
titude toward the reinstatement of
Walbridge
Coneensus OF opinion Ia that he
will be taken back into the service.
J + Riley. second president
Of the Brotherhood Of Railway
Clerks, said last night that the set
tlement was most satisfactory to bot1
sides and that full confidence has
been restored There is no i'll feel
ing, be says, on either side. and he
anticipates no trouble in the future.
Mr. Riley said that the strike was
not called on account of working
conditions, but on account OF the
treatment received by Walbridge and
Taylor He said:
Cause of Strike.
'"rhe strike was called at East ST.
Louis on Sept. t2 because of the dis
charge of two clerks. A committees
waited on the officials following the
discharge of the men, and were Civ
en- no satisfactory reason why they
were dismissed Then the chairman
of this committee was let out. The
strike resulted.
Later. Walbridge and Taylor
were practically ordered by the COM
pany to go to East st, Louis. Reach
ing there they were ordered to re-
move the embIems Of the brother
hood they wore, and go TO work.
They tried TO explain to the officials
that they could not work there be-
cause OF the strike, and were dis
charged 1t appears that the COM
pany officials dismissed these men
for the sole reason that they were
trying to break up the organization,
However. all that Is passed, The
strike has been settled at Mounds.
That is good for all concerned. 1t is
fine for the business interests, be-
cause the traffic will be moved on
better schedule, the clerks reinstateG
being experienced men,
Thanks the Press.
The members Of the Brotherhood
are gratified that the press has treat
ed the matter with utmost imparti-
ality. am sure the railroad COM
pany feels the same way The boys
also are thankful that the public has
shown them so many fayors"
There were about sixty-tiye men
who went out at Mounds, and IN
spite of superintendent Portertield's
statement to the contrary reports
have been persistent that the seryi-
ces was demoralized as result.
However the settlement Of the
strike Is expected to facilitate the
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