The Winslow mail., 1923-02-02

Q.-What time was it in the morn
ing that you had the discussion with
Mr.. Woodbeck about No 10 coming
in, and the difficulty that was likely
| to- ensue if the yardmaster cut the
engine off? Was that before the meet
ing or after?
Alt was before the meeting.
f! Didn't Mr. Woodbeck in that
conversation or wasn't this the Ian
] guage that he used, in substance, that
| that yardmaster had come to the COM
mittee and said that he had been in
formed by the Superintendent he
would not switch No. 10 unless the
Committee told him to, but that he
| Woodbeck, had come to you and ask
i ed, or told you that if the company
ordered this yardmaster to do this
switching that it would practically
undo all that had been done toward
| settling things, and if they tried to
/ force the yardmaster to do this work
| he would not do it, and that all of
them were close friends of his and
would not see him lose out That it
was better to see Mr. Christie and
present this to him than it was to
have any new trouble started?
| A-No, sir.
| Q-That was not the conversation?
| Alt wasn't said to me in the Ian
guage as you read on that note
| Q-But he did suggest to you that
you see Mr. Christie, did he not?
Ale suggested that serve
notice on Mr. Christie that there
would be hell if that man cut that en-
gine off; that the men would not
stand for it.
Q.-Now, during the meeting that
was held on the 10Th, and after the
collection had been taken up, you say
Mr.. Wills asked you to take charge
of the meeting, and you did so. Is it
not a fact that question of parlia-
mentary law arose and Mr. Wills told
you that he was not advised or infor-
l4aed as to parliamentary rules under
such circumstances, and asked you to
take charge of things?
| ANo, sir He simply told me that
he could not get any place, and hadn't
been able to get any place on account
of the manner in which they were
conducting themselves, and asked me
| if I would not help out by taking
charge.
Q.-And he didn't say anything alb
out parliamentary rules?
Al told him I would help out and
do the best 1 could if it was entirely
satisfactory to those present.
| Q.-And he didn't say to you at that
time that someone had moved the pre-
vious question and he didn't know
what to do with it?
A-No, sir. That was put while
was presiding myself.
Q-Now, at that time you say you
read the letter from Mr. Hitchcock,
that is the letter that was finally ac-
cepted by the organization, or by the
men, rather?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q-And after you read it there
were discussions by different ones in
the audience?
| Ayes, there was discussion.
Q-And among other things, differ
ent ones propounded as you say, hy-
political questions?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q-Asking what they would be re-
in the letter, under certain conditions?
A.-Well, the things they referred
to were not incorporated in the letter
as 1 recall it.
G.--They asked questions, did they
not, at that time, in reference to un-
safe equipm ent?
| A.-Tney asked, as I stated, Mr..
Rush-
Q.-By the Court-The question is,
Did they ask about unsafe equipment?
A.-Yes They spoke about unsafe
| equipment
Q.-By Mr. Rush.-And did they
speak about inefficient inspection or
no inspection?
A.-They didn't cite any case or
make any such statement that l recall.
Q.-What is that?
A.-They didn't cite any case or
make any such statement that l recall
| Q.-And then it was that Mr.. Shee-
han got up and said that he was gett-
/ ing tired of all this-I didn't hear ex-
actly this morning what you said that
he said. What did he say, as you re-
call?
Ale said he was getting tired of
the damn foolishness, or something to
that effect, and that if they had an en-