Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-31
A., B. & A. WORKERS
To RECEIVE BACK
Pay; ORDER ISSUED

Employees of the Atlanta, Birming-
ham & Atlantic railroad, whether
on strike or otherwise, will receive
back wages shortly, it sbelieved,
as the result of a petition filed in
the United States district court
Tuesday.
The petition, filed b. Brandon &
Kinds, attorneys for 3. L. Bugg, re-
ceiver for the road, asked the courts
permission to borrow $125,O0O for
the exclusive purpose of paying the
wages. The petition was granted
and an order issued allowing the re-
ceiver to borrow the money at once
for that purpose only.
The petition stated that the A.,
B. & A. owes one item of wages
amounting to $4,000, due employees
for the month of February; and an
other item of wages, amounting to
$4,000, due employees for the same
month. These wages, it was stated,
were due March 16, but were not
paid because the road did not have
the money to pay them. Just previ-
Gus to this the road had gone into
the hands of q receiver.
The petition further states that
by April 1 the road will owe anoth-
er $4,000 to employees which it will
not be able to pay unless the money
can be borrowed.
BY the terms of the court order,
the road is allowed to put up as
security in borrowing the money
100000 on deposite with the Column
bia Trust company in New York and
$3.50, due the road, it is stated,
by the United States government
under the act guaranteeing the rail-
roads a certain amount under gov
eminent control.
No negotiations are on foot look
ing toward the settlement of the
strike on the Atlanta Birmingham
Fitzpatrick, chairman of the joint
brotherhood committee, and similar
statements were also Forthcoming
Tuesday from the headquarters of
the road.
There had been reports that a set
Element was in prospect, but from
both sides came the authoritative
announcement that no steps have
been taken to bring about an agree
ment between the strikers and the
Receiver B. l.. Bugg was not in
Atlanta on Tuesday and was not eX-
pected to return until later in the
week, while several other high OF
ficials of the road were also out
of town on business connected with
the operation of the system. All the
brotherhood representatives are still
in Atlanta and are holding daily con
ferences at the Piedmont hotel.
Statements from the union head
quarters are to the effect that the
strikers will not consider any propo--
sition for settlement. that does not
provide for the return of all former
employees. That means, of course,
that the new men employed to fill
the places of the strikers. would
for the old employees, who are, now on
strike. This the receiver has re-
fused to do and in his refusal has
ben upheld by the federal court in
decision handed down last Satur-
1--WE have received, no proposition
from the receiver and we have made
none except that of last Saturday,
said Val Fitzpatrick on Tuesday.
The proposition of last Saturday was
that the strikers should return to
work in a body. that the court ap-
point special auditors to examine the
railroads books and see whether 1t
was possible ito pay the old scale OF
wages. Upon the result OIL tnlS duui
would depend whether the old scale
should be restored. The receiver re-
fused to agree to this proposal and
the court then ruled that the new
employees might be retained in serV-
Mr.. Fitzpatrick also stated that
there was no authority for the re-
port that the contentious of the
strikers would be carried to the
United States supreme court in ap-
peal from the decision of the United
States district court Saturday. Such
a report has been given some pub
licity.
"There is nothing to be appealed.
said Mr. Fitzpatrick. The court has
upheld the constitutionality of the
Newlands act which was involved In
| the controversy and which was at
tackled by the receiver"
Z Passenger and freight service on
the A., b & A. was being. operated
Tuesday on the same basis as TOR
the past week or ten days-single
daily service over all parts Of the
system, both in freight and passen-
ger departments. This has been in
creased to double daily service on
some portions of the system. while
further additions to schedules are
predicted by the officials.