The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-14
VIBRATION STATES
||TS SIDE Of DISPUTE
oflcers of Railroad En-
nlovees' Organization Is
sue Address to Public.
ANY POINTS INVOLVED
kpprentice System, Hospital
Management, Pensions
and Other Questions.
IN The Tribune

nj San Francisco, with the reque
4 be published in Utah new
The statement is under date {
-fsmber IL. and is as follows;
~ order TO correct misleading
,sfsmenls mnde by the management
the Hartman lines and given to
III nublIc, we deem IL necessary
~, The public at large should be
.sde acquainted with the facts In
"a case regarding our federation.
-he comnanv officials have seen III 70
Iecpss our proposed agreement, ar
|r,s hy article. They have laid great
,rsss upon the ''un American Prln-
bios OF our apprentice system. Re-
srdiug that matter, thai which We
aye requested Is al the present ume
Ia fYIstence. and in defense OF our
sssnt anprentIce system we beg TO
uhnit the following reasons for It's
<falence, namely:
that il became necessary 10 estao-
Inn an apprentice system on account
the abuses that had been prac-
|>>d by various employers, which
"a tha, a boy could continue his
snrenticeship indefinitely and grow
~ in the employ OF his master
|fhout receiving Just compensation.
= do mol deny the right Of anybody
acquire a thorough knowledge OF
M various craft, but We do insist
non The right 10 judge the moral
|andfng and educational quallhca-
|ons of mon who are TO succeed us
DUR vocations and thereby increase
5e Intelligence and moral character
our craft.
d has been customary with vari-
La emplovers TO make specialists Of
1z1r apprentices. instead of permit
ne them 10 acquire a full knowledge
the trade and thereby placing
1em at the mercy of inscriptions
"a Mammon- -worshiping employers,
I'd cannot see anything un-American
1 the stand we have taken for the
titernent Of the American mechanic
I'd The working class at large.
Examination and Record,
Another statement made by the
tmrany officials Is that we object
ID the physical examination and per-
1nal record system This has been
1aght out and abolished and we
XFlsi that IL remain so: that Is, in
far AS the men employed in the
hops are concerned. We do not
MltIte the right OF the company 10
7rnine men in various departments
1eye II is absolutely essential for
0e safety of the general public and
compliance with the law. such as
X5pectors in the car department,
nf We do Insist that no man shall
subject 50 the un American treat
ent similar Ia the days previous
1851 when a black man was
aeed upon the block and his teeth,
E9lgnt. mind and muscle examined
nc contend that our employers
W only our labor power and not
N person We have forcnen and
ozses 10 Judge whether a man is
7nically able 10 do the work re-
1red of him and they have the
M TO dismiss the employee II he
es not meet the requirements.
another statement made ny the
npaDy officials concerns the hos
~ system. We contend that the
NJ who furnish the money TO main
~ the hospitals have a voice in
management. One OF the causes
tne revolutionary war was taxa
y "ltnout representation. and The
1etlcan people stu revolt against
~ principle.
re are told that the amount con-
puted by the employees is not suf-
.snt 10 meet the running expenses.
are only told this. We have no
LIS either 10 prove or .disproVe
p Statement There is moi man
any OF the roads in our nirisdic-
VINO would hesitate for mo-
70 pay twice the amount he
PaylhE today IL he had voice In
aunlnisiration OF the money. We
tDet men who are hurt or
paeu should be accorded The best
e,ineut possible, and we are will
pay Tor II. If this is unrea-
naa, We nave me- proper under
n'u,ng Of Justice. There have been
. enees where men have been dis
: HrtsSu rom the hospital before a
rN au peen cuected, for the SIM
expired.
Matter of Pensions.
5h'cuiar 5he stress has been laid up
subject of pensions. as though
mas desired by the majority OF
n',b,, we state for the benefit Of
tSsVne tn3t there is no gtiaran-
= re- reNr Hur old and disabled brothers
nm Inc benefits of this pen
con,oap host cases. when man
n s az, Old and disabled he Is laid
> M os.,1s umes OF retrenchmcnt
sIo,rnn-.ai not re-cmploycd Fur
m.n tleFe Is no guarantee that
D1ucH,s VINO are now receiving these
a onh, WIN continue 10 do so. Ii
sn'os q" sct OF charity at best. In
n 1e1ner,a Jop on Wall street the man
e Inds I'll ri, t!le roads might change
10 o,, ueD what assurance would
tM fatn,u men have that they would
n [eraSne,n. care OF by the new mar
"A Wan; What the average Ameri-
t1|ipr rs not charity. but z fair
Ia for wage. whereby he can pro-
1se Jnms ms declining years and for
: f,,cb ependlne upon him.
nyfeaonax nax oecn said regarding the
an n1.M demands OF the men
sttI(r studtse nollr- day Men who
r,T tho Ha,ed the economic questions
!, uay are forced 10 admit that
Z ,.1rfes OF the times Is toward "a
: LIS NJ. MorHday. WTsrc the eight
81 bs,,l1husy Is in effect more worI;
M the ro, results have been obtained
lila ,allroad companies.
Ike Incnapahy officials speak ot the
an sevcr ase IN their shop expense
~. Claiming that In some I'm, Sn'
b ~ would be as high as "a nn,.
a. sbrn readily can be seeu Thai thia
p1rkinu" II any of the mnn arc
Tan IN the shops on lhe uar-
!. assten for 10 cents an ho,,r
~ ceni n.crtainly entitled to 20
invited to Debate.
a increasos po hsr. r,.
- Nj ahe last Ave Years have MOI
, Ing. wr,iih ,"iih the Increased cost Of
!. |lhR ~ IN Data at hand we arc
. |cials 70 debate with our COMPANY
~ ZOE. mn mat subject OF hours and
=, have ssL WIN that end IN view
NJ confnrnu that they meet us in
I'm Tbo ence as a system fedora
n <naxsrns ne statement, lis made hv ihe
her wat That they arc pavi,.,
. 9Ior6titl'eeeS ihan are being enid on
sZLfS'se lines. This NC viii moi