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S5SSS IP msmmmmem!p WPB! TELLS HOW PULLMAN CO. IS WATCHING UNION MEN Commissioner A. B. Garretson of the U. S. industrial relations body asked this question of H. L. Seawell, a former Pullman conductor, at the hearing in the Hotel "Sherman yes terday: "You believe Pullman Co. conduc tors are ndw making the same fight for the right of organization as that made by railroad trainmen many years ago?" "Yes."" "And the Pullman Co. keeps spot ters and discharges men and main tains a blacklist with a view of pre venting organization among the con ductors?" "Yes." Seawell said he worked for the company three years previous to March, 1912. His mileage was 10,580 a month most of this time, though one year he averaged 17,628 miles a month. "I was in favor of a union," said Seawell. "The federation had not been organized yet. I was discharged. No reason was given for the dis charge. The company has a way of sending a man a notice! that he is let out of the service. That ends it. He can't find out why he is out The causes of discharges are dishonesty, immorality, insubordination. "I was one of the first signers of a petition for higher wages. The pe tition was signed by 75 per cent of the employes. It was mailed to Pres. Runnels. Nothing more was heard about it. The men active in circulat ing it did not increase their popular ity with the company. "My pay was $70 a month to be gin. When I was let out I was get ting $85. It cost me $30 a month to live on the road. "Theconductors have their ideas about living decently. Their pay doesn't let them go as far as they would like. I know many conductors who don't think it dishonest to hold out money they get from seat sales to passengers." Chan man Walsh Does the prac tice of knocking down money -this way exist to a wide extent? Seawell: I should say it does. John T. Bourke, gateman North western station, said he was a con ductor five years. False charges were brought against him by two women, he stated. "I had been married only a few months and the charges nearly made me a nervous wreck," he said. "When I went to the Pullman officials for the names of the women who made the charges they refused to give me the names. My character was attacked. But they would not reveal my as sailants. That was why I quit the Pullman Co," Porters from crack railway trains testified their earnings were from $110 to $120 a month. The admitted the salary of $27.50 a month from the company must be added to by the traveling public. "You wouldn't be safe in a car with $2 in your pocket if we had to live on our salary alone," said G. H. Syl vester of New York. "It would be a degradation if we couldn't take tips." o o TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Sheboygan, Wis. Thieves who robbed postoffice and general store at Adell of stamps and canned goods threw away 37 cans of sardines. Aberdeen, S. D. Boay of man, ap parently Edw. L. A. Parker, New York city, found along St. Paul rail road track. Foul play suspected. Norristown, Pa. Fire originating in boiler room of moving picture plant of Lubin Co., Betzwood, gutted press, shipping and engine buildings of company. Butte, Mont Women, voting for first time, caused overwhelming de feat of Socialist administration. Rock Island, III. Plant of Rock Island plow shops suffered $30,000 damage by fire in paint shop. New York. Anna Cohen, 14, faces one year's imprisonment because she called sensitive school principal, "Oh. you Leon.'' imft Mifni-tiffKiAateAtftifciili mi f, mtmmnj . nkinVi'fVH'M 'y