The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-17
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A. {. |. CONDUCTORS THREATEN TO STRIKE If
DEMANDS ARE NOT MET; DECISION TOMORROW

eral manager Jan. II, thereby fore
ing the committee to wait until that
date, or two days after Circular No.
33 became effective.
1t is noted with considerable in
terest that President kenly in his
statement to the conductors, took
special pains to quote and underline
the last paragraph of letter to Mr..
Albright, Jan. IA, which is as fol-
lows:
BE it further resolved that in
event of your refusal to suspend the
operation of Circular No. 33, that
the general committee of adjustment
for conductors on Atlantic Coast
Line, through the general chairman,
Mr.. S. j. Brooks. hereby puts you
on notice that the conductors will
not stand for any of the conductors
, being disciplined under the proposed
audit system, or any other system
/ lhdt you may tHooot W ihuu dtC
and put into effect that has not been
mutually agreed on and accepted by
| the conductors committee, and all
conductors properly notified"
! 1t is unfortunate that President
/ Kenly did not deem it necessary to
! quote and underline the following
paragraphs from the same letter:
THAT they recognize the right
of the management of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company to in
augurate and maintain a system of
! auditing trains, and they assure said
alton of the conductors in having a
fair and proper audit"
"Thcy do not regard the system
proposed to be inaug urated and
maintained by the company, same
being known as the White System as
! equitable and fair to the conduc-
tors -
"Re it further resolved that the
said management be requested to
suspend the operation of said Cir
cular No. 33 until a conference can
be held between the management
and the representatives of the con-
ductors, for the purpose of working
out an auditing system that is fair,
just and equitable to all concerned"
Had he done so, the paragraph
quoted by President Kenly from our
viewpoint, would not be the remark
able declaration he would have it ap-
pear.
The conductors committee has
never undertaken to dictate the
method under which the company
shall conduct it's business. They do,
however, claim the right TO protect
the interest of the men they repre-
sent, and it must be apparent to
anyone that this cannot be done II
the company is allowed to inaugu-
rate a system so radical in its ma
ture as the White Audit System
without first taking the matter uI
with the conductors representatives
In conference with the Genera
Manager on January 18th, the fol
lowing propositin was submitted:
THAT you relieve conductors o
auditing tickets on Form 224 as a
present. Your conductors will under
take to keep up Form 224 1-2 as modi
fed by you.
That all auditors must be bona fid
employees of the Atlantic Coast Lin,
Railroad-and not employees of for
, eign agency The conductors will no
, accept instructions from employees o
, any company other than the Atlanti
Coast Line
Or, that you put on ticket colleC
, tors from terminal to terminal and re
lieve conductors of the handling o
: any of the company's revenue.
: Or. that you have your travelin
: auditor who now checks your agent
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