Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-05-05

ninety-eight Western railroads involv-
ed in the dispute, having heard that
other members of the board were fill
ing dissenting views, also recorded
one of their own. They said that, in
their judgment, neither engineer, fire.
man nor hostler in western territory
deserved any additional pay and that
they disapproved of the award because
more money was given in any in
stance. However, they had finally
agreed to the small increases because
it was made apparent that these
changes were necessary if we were
to have an award at all. It appeared
to us that, for the maintaining of the
principle of arbitration for the ad-
justment of labor disputes, which is
in the public interest, our duty lay in
this direction, even though additional
burdens of expense follow"
The point was that the railroads,
through Mr.. Park and Mr.. Byram, to
the end tenaciously chung to the prin-
ciple that none of the enginemen de-
served any more pay or any better
working conditions, and the small con-
cessions that were made came te-
cause of the knowledge that when the
brOtherh0Ods agreed to arbitration
they also pledged themselves to stand
by any award for the period of one
year, no matter how unsatisfactory.
AS a Chicago newspaper man re-
marked, "The railroads knew they had
the brotherhoods pocketed and the
only reason they granted any conces.
sions was to avoid a deadlock which
would furnish ioophole through
which the brotherhoods might evade
an unjust decision
Charles Nagel, neutral arbitrator
apparently sides with Messrs. Park
and Byram in these opinions. Sum-
married, besides Mr.. Nagel's connec-
ton with the Busch estate and it's
ownership of large quantities of rail.
road stocks and bonds, other facts Re
specting him, as discovered by an in
vestigator in st. Louis, follows:
That Mr.. Nagel was attorney for
the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., a subsid-
larry Of the Standard Oil Co.
That the law firm of Nagel and Kir-
by acted as counsel for the Manufac-
turers Railway Co. Of st. Louis, ap-
pearing in court and before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in a
number of cases affecting that road:
That in St. Louis, Charles Nagel for
many years has been regarded as a
corporation man" and that he, with
in the past year, received the sum of
100000 for his services as executor
of the Busch estate.
That Mr.. Nagel, besides being the
trustee of the Busch estate, also is
director in the Union Trust Co. of St.
Louis and director in the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of Milwaukee,
Wis.,, both of which companies have
large holdings of railroad securities;
That in the street car strike of 1900
in St. Louis Charles Nagel was sworn
in as deputy sheriff and organized a
posse of armed men Of which he was
captain. He had many strikers ar
rested and personally saw them thru
the police court and into the work
house.
That many of Mr.. Nagels acquaint-
ances in St. Louis look upon him as
non-sympathetic with labor unions, re-
lating that he has opposed reforms
such as the initiative, referendum and
recall and they show copies of speech
es made by Mr.. Nagel in which these
reforms are referred to as mos
trums;"
That the Asiatic Exclusion League
Of San Francisco accused Mr.. Nagel
when Secretary of Commerce and
Labor with derelictions, waste of pub
lie money and violation of his oath of
Office.
According to the Newland's Act,
either party to the controversy has the
right to 60 before the Clerk Of the