The labor world., 1922-01-07
Plain Evasion of Law.


boards Jurisdiction by farming ont
car and locomotive repair work and
maintenance Of tracks to outside
dummy corporations
3 ~Fhe cases against the Erie, rail-
road and the Indiana; Harbor Belt
Line were given the most attention,
being typical Of all the others, and
1T was; agreed that argume:a, pre-
sented% IN these would apply tJ SINH
lar. complaints filed by the, EN- ployes
against all roads cited to appear. O..
The car repair work of the In
diana Harbor Belt was given over
to a newly organized corporation
styled the Burnhan1 Car Repairing
Company, with John W. -Jaranowski
as president and narles O. McCay
as treasurer of the concern. These
TWO men had been conducting q
small retail coal business at Gibson.
IND, and had no railroad experience.
And yet; presumably, they were Civ
EN- control Of all the shops, tools:
and equipment of the railroad COM
pany and were to pay 5 per. cent Of
al money received, in payment Of
work done as rental for same. - s.
No Change in Forcmen's Status.
Locomotive repairs were given to
the United Boiler; Heating & -Foun-
dry company on the same terms and
conditions, thus securing control Of
the engine houses. -Foremen of the
railroad, paid by the railroad. con
II tilnued d to direct and superintend al
york - aa when done in shops operat-
: ed by the Indiana Harbor Belt Line.
The 4 spresid ent Of the heating and
FOUNDRY concern IS C. Nau, m
e1ap plnxa \ s 4
F. Z The Contract tor !n1alntenance
so work on the road dway was an even
more palpable fraud It. was given
sto Colliani e. Dire, who conduct. a
private employment agency at Is
south II i: Canal Street, Chicago. This
firm Immediately proceeded to dis
charge old maintenance: %$.enploye.
and recruit workers through Its en-
ployment agency. collecting 81 per:
mead Tor each man so engaged, and
wages were reduced to 3ss cents an
hour with a .10-hour day, ,E: ..zrs ~
/. G. W:<mRoy, a. Representatives of,
the. Brotherhood, Of Maintenance OF
way employees, testified that he had
:neen' given. II printed slips or re-
ce1pta OF men who had paid the 81
Zee for jobs. They were identifiadt
under oath and submitted as evi-.
'dence., r.. ~. H. 80. : :. :.
Board Mem Der Hooper asked Cen
eral Manager Hannauer of the Belt
/, LII Line If he consider ed it safe busi-
ness proposition to entrust track
work y to this class of employees and
pay them only SO cents, an hour, for
performing duties upon which tho
lives Of passengers depended. The
answer was that he was giving first
consideration to reducing operating
costs Of the road. l...s.t. g. :
Railway Counsel Seeks Delay.
The tide of: evidence ran so strong
against the manager and his road
that Sidney c. Murray, his attor-
-ney,s asked for and was granted un-
I'll jan 10 to file an additional brief
In the case. " = &,e : *1sfs&5
q. q. Cradle, grand president Of
the United Brotherhood of Mainte-
nance OF Way Employees and Rail.
way Shop .Laborers. read "a state-:
ment to the board in which he. set
out that the system Of contract la
Dor adopted by various roads was
for the solepurpose of removing em--
ployes from the provisions OF the
transportation act and jurisdiction
Of the Labor Board. S.i@i.-5 + fl
White. the. comp df the n1ain-
tsnance': employees against the Chi.
caso,'' milwaukee, and st. Rau was
being heard, the. .r6aGs attorney re-
Epeatedly f6nterded that the. board
a1ad me business considering private
contracts as they were beyond Its.
jurisdiction. l.. K. Sircox, general
superintendent of motive power.
came forward to testify to- the effi-
Gent methods adopted by Addison
Miller. who had the contract at sew
seral points on the line, and the say.
Ing It meant in operating expenses.
sa Attorney Frank p. Walsh, who
represented = all the employees at the
hearing, asked: n, s.s. s. S. . ~ s
Ss Escape Rail Board Rulc.
Is 1.-THE general contention OF
the roads that outside contractors
are more efficient than railroad
management? ?'' s. 5t<S,.tss5s. s53 I
3s 81 They operate under more flext-y
pie rules, replied Silcox. ~ tsz d @. V
] You mean they can evade the,
MagesS and hours decisions OF. the
Labor Board % 81, 81 d q. &
81 Well they can do things. we are
NOT permitted to do under the law..'s,