Arizona republican., 1916-08-23

Discomfort over being held in Washington without prospect of prompt action by the railroad man. agers caused some of the brother hood men to protest toda~ at one of their two meetings. w C. Lee head of the trainmen's brotherhood quiet ed objections. however. by assuring the men that in his belief they would not be held here more than fs hours longer.
 An invitation to visit the capitol. extended the men today by Vice President Marshall. was accepted by a large number. The vice president addressed them cordially. The broth crhood heads in their first formal statement since arriving in Washing ton replied to various contentious of the railroad managers. They declar- cd the railroads never had shown a desire to resort to arbitration un- quslifiedly. The statement said in part:
 Tt is true that the executives of the four brotherhoods advocated the pa ssage Of the Ncwlands act and they did SO un6er the mistaken be- lief (which subsequent experience l has shattered) that it's terms would ! be carried out in good faith by the i representatives of the companies. The sincerity of this new born and loudly proclaimed belief. as ex- l pressed hy the spokesmcn of the | railway presidcnts-we stand for the principle og arbitration for the set l tlement of industrial disputes is | best shown h,- the attitude of these railway companies who are so loud | ly proClniming the virtues Of arbitra- 1 ton and their undying adherence 1 thereto; by the attitude of those same companies toward arbitration on q long list of properties which 1 they absolutely own and control. but which they have refused to include in the present negotiations and 10 the men on which lines they are re-
 fusing their day in court 90 feelingly
 referred 10 b. the spokesman of thf
 railway presidents
 Here followed list of sixty four properties. which the statement said the brotherhood officials sought fu- tilely on June 27 to have represented by the railroad managers in the pres-
 ent dispute.
 "In addition to these" the state
 ment continued. are q large number
 of quasi properties large
 lv dominated by the same finaneia
 powers which we have vainly de- mandcd should be included
 These properties employ compdra
 lively small numbers of men and or account of that fact the railroad man agements feel that demands on thos'
 properties do not constitute menace
 as they do on the larger properties
 Therefore. the right to their inquir!
 is continuously refused.
 "It might be pertinent at this tint
 to refer ta the fact that the confer
 ense committee of managers an' , their supporters have excluded tn
 army of colored brakemen and fire
 men employed on the southern rail
 ways from all benefits that might h granted iu these negotiations. Ar
 they. or are they not, entitled t
 their day in court
 Likewise the white firemen em
 ploved on these lines where tn n negro predominates. Why ts he eN . cluded from the benefits of this Dla1 of arbitration?
 Also the hostlers on IS of tn leading properties that are repres :, ented by the conference committee ' if arbitration is so desirable. VII will those companies not grant tha poor to those men?
 The extreme solicitude on the par of the railway presidents for the x
 per cent of unorganized employe 2 and their rights becomes farcica C when 1t Is known that on 2 larg = number of those lines fl is a dis q charceahIe offense on any of thei 3 railways for that so per cent to talk !. any steps toward organizing for tn !, purpose of bettering their wage c % working conditions"