The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-09
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There viii be no strike Of train
men ON lines Of the Tri-City Rail-
way company il the company should
continue its refusal to reinstate
Charles Rogers. president Of the
Davenport union, in the face Of the
decision Of the q1ete arbitration
board, which held t6at the company
should not have discharged Rogers
without first arbitrating the case,
The arbiters said they did not be-
lieve that Rogers had been disloyal
or had been disrespectful to B. ].
Denman, president Of the company
Leaders announced today that
they have not received oficial no.
tice of the decision of the board
but that B. j.. Wiley, international
representative, telePhoned from
Des Moines, that the arbitration
board had not only. held that Rog-
ers should not have been discharg-
ed without arbitration of the case
and that he had not been proven dis
loyal in evidence presented by the
company, but that in addition to
these findings a recommendation
was made that he should be rein.
stated.
Leaders said that should the com.
pany refuse to reinstate Rogers
there would be no strike. They
said that the vote that has been tax.
en- was not for a strike to force
the reinstatement of Rogers. but tt
force arbitration, as is provided in
such cases under their contrac,
with the company.
Points in Decision.
Some Of the high points in ths
decision are contained in the fol.
lowing:
I'VE find that the statement Rog
ers made and which MIR. Denmar
claims is untrue, the untruthful'
ness was not substantiated by thu
evidence. there being a number d
witnesses to substantiate wha'
Rogers said as being practically
correct and that there was no in
tent on the part Of Rogers to dis
credit or cast reflection upon Mr.
Denman personally, or the manage
ment of the street railway com
pany.
ut also appears that after L
years Of faithful and PRACTICAL!
faultless record of Mr.. Rogers, al
testified to by Mr.. Denman ant
Mr.. Huntoon, ought to have beef
considered before his discharge AMI
before arbitration was denied.
I'VE further find that section 5.
in the original contract governin,
questions of grievances for arbitra
ton, is still effective between boil
parties to the controversy.
Admitting that actual disloyalt,
on the part Of a. workman nigh
justify his summary discharge AMI
might have justified the ignoring o
the contract there is in this recor,
sufficient evidence Of circumstanc,
to justify some measure of cred
ence in the subsequent declaration
of the workman as to his lack o
intent as charged.
ut seems only reasonable to as
sumo that under all the circum
stances it would be going a lon,
ways to exercise the arbitrary au
thority to deny the plain provision
of section 80.
"Mr. Denman and Counsel Ian
stated over and over again witt
warmth and evidence of sincerit,
that Mr.. Rogers had a perfect RICH
to oppose the installation of one
man cars"
Company Keeps Silent.
Neither B. j. Denman, presiden
of the company, nor John G. Hun
toon, general manager, would con
sent today on the decision of tn
board. Mr.. Denman said that h
would have nothing to say until b
received official text of the decis
ion.
The company cannot be forced t,
accept the findings of the board, q.
under the Iowa state law that i
not provided unless both sides t,
the dispute make written agree
ment to accept the findings.
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deepest harbor on the Gulf coast.