Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-02

four two communications written yes
terday and one today referring to the rein
statement of Conductor ]. t. Paschal, and
which was the subject matter of our con-
ference held In your office on Saturday
afternoon, l4th inst, have been received
and carefully considered. Your first and
second letters did not set out clearly what
your decision was, but we understand
from your communication of today that
our request Is denied
we can not accept your decision as final
and as the matter has been placed In your
nanos by the General Manager to adjust,
we understand that we have the COM
panys final reply. Therefore, there seems
only one course left open for US, which
10 10 submit the case to the membership
for them to decide our future course
however, inasmuch as the Conductors and
Irainmen are federated on this system. we
nave decided. first TO convene the federated
committee and lay our case before that
committee AS soon as an officer of that
organisation and committee has convened.
we VIII ask you for further conference to
advise you Of the decision reached NV
the Federated Board
In our hrst communication to you yes
terday advised you that as soon as I'VE
received Your final answer in writing. CIV
ing your decision in the case at issue. we
would answer your communication and
advise you whether or not we would ac-
cept your decision.
In your communication yesterday. no.
tice several places where am ouotod IN
correctly, and / wish to call your atter.
ZION 10 these statements and will correct
them.
said that no official could succeed
without the
those under him-that unless the men had
commence In their superiors and felt and
knew that favoritism and discrimination
was not practieed, that 1t had been con-
eeded by almost all falr-minded officials
'hat ms success was hopeless. And did
not believe You would claim that Won
were an exception. Your answer to this
statement Was-That You are right, and
II felt that did not have the support
OF my Conductors, | would resign as Sne
perintendent." But / did not say. that
the Conductors would withhold their sun
port and cooperation from you.
told you, however. that II we failed to
reach q satisfactory settlement you hav-
Ing failed to convince us that there was
no merit in Mr.. Paschars easel there
was only one course left for us to pursue,
and that was to let the men whom we
represent decide for us what action we
should take. l presume this is what you
refer to as threats"
| We agree just as heartily as YOU do
that the Conductors employed on the
Georgia Railroad are for Law and Order,
and cheerfully submit to authority at all
times. We believe that Mr.. Paschal has
been and Is today firm believer in these
| same DFinciDleq f,,rf
firmly of the belief that he carried out
the instructions contained in your bulle-
tin dated November "a, 1911 to the letter.
| Mr.. Scott, General Manager, wrote to
Mr., A. l.. Chandler. Vice Chairman of
the Conductors Committee, under date of
July 10, 1912, as follows:
Your letter Of July Is has reached me
here.
| Il have carefully considered the case of
Conductor Paschal held responsible for
| Violation of Superintendent Brands Bull
| letin OF November II, 1911. relative to the
hours, Of Service Law and the National
Law itself Therefore. l am not inclined
to consider an appeal for his reinstate
Therefore, on July 10, as a matter OF
record. Mr. Paschal was charged by his
| General Manager with violating your Bull
i titIa of November IA, lsll, and the Ma
| However, he Is now charged by you with
| also violating Rule 1872.
| We claim that the Bulletin issued Nov.
l4th, 1911, superSedes and amends Rule
| lS2, inasmuch as IT is addressed to En-
| gineers, t1remen, Conductors and Train
men, and 1t eonters no power on the Con
arbitrarily decide the question. 1t Is ad-
| dressed TO the members individually, and
specifically and places the responsibility
| to the Conductor alone, or II It were ad
dressed to all four classes and then speci-
ned that the Conductor would be held re-
sponsible for seeing that 1t was carried
out, 1t would be entirely different. There
| ~ not line in 1t that recognizes the Con-
ductor's authority TO arbitrarily decide
consequently 1t seems to US that holding
OF others is far-fetched and unfair.
II We were told by you in conference that
he was not charged with violating the
law himself. therefore 1t is not fair to
now charge him with doing SO. we IN
derstand he was on the siding with the
| switches closed seven minutes before the
sixteen hours was up.
We note what you say relative to the
Georgia R. K, equipping its line with tel
ephone system-"Thus the Bulletin In
structions to report TO dispatcher could
have been easily carried out and his fail
| ure to do so is without excuse or reason.
II Under date of Feby. 18th. 1872 the In
terstate Commerce Commission made a
ruling ruling on the Hours Of Service Law.
ii Neither under the act nor under the
ruling of the Commission can a carrier
4 employ regularly for the purpose Of send
ing, receiving or delivering orders affect
j ing the movement OF trains, trainmar
who has been on duty longer than the
:. limit fixed for a telegraph or telephone
: operator The proyiso Of the law applies
to an operator, train dispatcher or other
employee, and trainman who, by the
Rules of the Company, is required tC
J send, receive or deliver orders affecting
the movement of trains. in conjunction
with his duties as trsinman, would come
within the proviso"
Therefore II the above means what
We have excellent reasons to believe 1t
does. and the Bulletin of November IA
1911. means that the Conductor is re-
CURED to call up the dispatcher and re.
ceiye orders for his own or any other
train, after having been on duty the
. length of time Mr. Paschal was on this
date in question, then we are at loss to
understand how the company was placed
= in the attitude of being more OF a law
. breaker and sublecting 1t to q more Sc
we're penalty under the law by his en-
, gineer going TO Lithonia than It would
have been had Mr.. Paschal taken orders
over the phone at ConyerS, on the above
date, as is indicated in your communica-