Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-13
CA. STRIKE CASE
ENDS SATURDAY
Union Leaders Charge Roads
officials With Attempt to
Delay Boards Decision.

The Georgia strike arbitration board
,s evnected to conclude its sessions by
saturday. Today is the fourth since
.t. hoard first met and the case has
.,,da good Roadway. Throughout the
o,siops the union leaders have insisted
or going ahead and have charged the
r,ad officials with attempting to be-
',or3 the issues with words and hypo-
.hetical questions.
The board has been unanimous in
deciding on objections, and has set
f,rth the case substantially as follows:
Conductor Paschal Is to answer for
an alleged violation of the bulletin Of
November IA, 1911, and for no other
bulletin. oral orders of Superintendent
BRAND are considered to take prece-
dance over bulletins preceding them;
no question on the character of Con-
dIlctor Paschal will be considered until
the unions definitely charge discrimi-
nation: no time killing" allowed; no
officials or men of other railroads al
lowed to testify; no more questions to
engineers by the road on the distance
between Conyers and Lithonia.
More Witnesses On Call.
There are several more witnesses
who will be put up and Trainman Nor
gan 5 one of them.
The afternoon session was enlivened
Yesterday by the declaration of James
Murdoch, vice president of the Brother
hood of Railway TrainAen, that rail
road officials all over the country
winked at violations Of the speed laws
by their employees. "AlI good railroad
men sanction the violation" asserted
Mr. Murdock, and they will keep on
violating the speed laws in their own
discretion and judgment"
Wickersham On His Feet.
This brought a vigorous denial from
Charles A. Wickersham. president of
The Atlanta and West Point railroad
and the Western Railway of Alabama.
"l desire that my remarks shall not go
into the record" said Mr. Wickersham.
isng from the bench. Il am very sor-
ry that Mr.. Murdoch has seen fit to
make such remarks about railroad Of
1cials and feel that what he SAYS will
have a bad effect on the railroad men
present As a railroad official l can not
let the remarks pass unchallenged.
M Murdoch declared that he regret
ted It was necessary to say what he
had said and he later made a more
general statement on the violation of
laws which went into the record. He
did not retract
The remarks were brought out dur
ing Mr. Bands examination of A. L.
Chandler. whom he was questioning on
the possible violation of speed laws by
CONDUCTOR PaschaL
chandler is conductor on the Geor-
sia road and succeeded to the active
workmanship Of the conductors union
committee when Conductor Paschal was
discharged.
General Manager Scott relieved Mr..
Band of part OF the burden of outlin-
ing the roads case. In Mr.. Brands
ra'ler presentation he was asked if his
road mad been prosecuted by the inter
state commerce commits ion, and re-
piled in the negative Asked if he ex-
p'cted to be, his reply was the same.
I'o commission. declared Mr.. Brand.
d"o been furnished with the facts In
me discharge Of Conductor Paschal and
I.aihlaan Morgan and had commended
me road for its course.
ne road declares that it has sub
<,'nl'a'ee by witnesses the charge that
'oHo'ctor Paschal violated the state
Id" oy running AT the rate of 80 miles
Il. Aoor between Conyers and Lithonia.
The law prescribee p miles maximum