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POST OFFICE JOBS
GIVEN TO WOMEN.
Fiftv of Them in Different Depart
ments the Result of Postmas
ter BauniholTs Shake-Up.
OLD EMPLOYES ARE WORRIED.
3olm r. Pratt Resigned When
Transferred From the Stamp
Division to Station D
Other Changes Made.
i-'o.Smastcr TUumfcoff has beun a spring
r.hak-up that ha3 caused many of the old
timers to wonder "where they were at."
end has brought to him letters or resigna
tion from a few who felt that their dignity
was Injured by the new elate of things.
oro r suit of the changes Is that a
large number of young women have been put
en the working force, taken from the list
of successful candidates of the civil s-srvico
examinations. Heretofore only the sten
ographers anl a half dozen clerks formed
the female roll of emploves. There are fifty
now. Mcst of them are la the distributes
department. Quieknert of eyes and hands
Is one of the requirements of this section
and it has been found that tho young ladles
d- their work well, according to reports o
officials.
Tho transfer cf John 15. Pratt from tho
Ftamn division to the charge of Station D.
known as the Anheuser-Bu.-ch post cfflee.
brought about his resignation. Mr. Pratt
Iiad been In tha post cHlc for fourteen
j arn. lie entered the service as chief
weigher, and under successive administra
tions was chief examiner In the money cr
d"r elivlsion, ns!stant cashier, nnd October
22 took charge of the reorganized stamp di
vision. The numerous changes In the working
for-e of the post office have caused a de
moralization among the employes." said
I'ratt to a reporter. "I am not sorry that
I am out, as I mean to take a good rest.
This shifting around of men who fcr years
have held positions In which they have be-
ime expert Is ono that works an Injury to
the public service. I noticed It when I was
In the Inquiry division" and had an oppor
tunity to learn tho workings of all tho de
partments. I a:n told that Mr. Baurr.hoff
does these things because ho wants to
make a record as an economical rostmas
ter. Men who formerly held dek positions
and are now pushing trucks around fall to
Eee where this economy pays."
Postmaster Baumhoff said:
"Every change I make Is In the Interest
of the public service. I can show records on
each case. I am putting men who are ret
doing work to the best advantage of tho
service In places w hero they can give a bet
ter account of themselves. Some of them,
owing to their long terms, have fallen Into
ruts. I have Democrats in sonio of tho best
bertha, so there Is hardly any politics in It.
In the Pratt case the change was made be
cause the cashier's office requested it.
"I get letters frequenUy complaining that
tho distributing clerks are worked overtime.
Tho law provides that these clerks shall
work until tho "mall is disposed of. It has
an emergency clause, too. Sometimes they
work less than eight hours, sometimes
more. There Is no eiaht-hour section for
them. As a matter of tact, in the course of
a year their labors are tqual.zed, as there
is a dull season In the post oliice. as t .sew-here.
The record3 of the olltje show that
more wo:k Is constantly being done and
the receipts are heavier, and with the small
force I have I think It is reply enough to
accusers."
WILL RETURN TO P0LAND.
3Ime. Modjeska, Though an Exile,
Will Take Chances.
RErUBUC SPECIAL.
Los Angeles, Cal., May T.-Mme. Helen
Modjeska will not act neit season. Sho
has in view a lengthy trip to Europe and
Intends, before she again returns to Amer
ica, to visit Poland, her native land. Mme.
Modjeska is an exile from the land of her
birth. She has for several years been un
der the dlsrleasure of the Czar's Govern
ment for lese Majesto. The actress, was
one of the big cards at tho Women's Par
liament, held during the Chicago World'3
Fair. Her subject was "Poland," and 33
she Is Intensely patriotic, she was led to
utter Bomo truths about tho Siberian prison
system. Her address was at the time wide
ly commented upon here and abroad, and
resulted in her be-lng practically an outlaw
from Russian territory
It Is five years since Mme. Modjeska ha3
bcn In Poland, and recently a longing
came over her to again visit the homo of
her childhood. The itusslan Government
was communicated with, but word came
from St. Petersburg that the embargo
ogalnst her could not be released. The
help of tho Itusslan Ambassador to tho
United States and other powerful Influences
were secured and tho madam has now
been advised to go to Poland and take her
punishment, whatever It may he, and bo
thus purged of the political offense with
which Ehe is charged, and this Ehe has de
cided to do.
Tho madam nnd her husband. Count Bo
eenta, havo returned from the Hast and
are again domiciled on their ranch in
Orange County. Mme. Modjeska expects to
be fined for uttering her Eentlmcnts about
Siberia, and if that Is her punishment, she
will gracefully submit. Sho may, on the
other hand, be simply reprimanded.
KANSAS CITY'S GOOD WILL
.Commercial Club Urging World's
Fair A ppropriation.
JtEPUBWC SPECIAL
WashLr.gton. May 7. To-day Senator
Cockrcll presented to the Senate the fol
lowing resolutions from the Commercial
Club of Kansas City concerning the pro
posed World's Fair nt St. Louis:
"Resolved. That the Commercial Club of
Kansas City is in full sympathy and accord
with the movement to celebrate the cen
tennial of the Louisiana Purchase by hold
ing an Internationa! exposition In tho city
of St. Louis during the year 1303;
"That It heartily Indorses tho steps being
taken by the Louisiana Purchase Commit
tee to secure an appropriation of J3,M0,0v
from the Federal Government In aid of the
proposed World's Fair, and It requests its
representatives in bolh houses of Congress
to ijte every effort to secure prompt and
favorable action en tho bill granting such
aid in order that the second greatest event
in tho history of this nation may be fit
tingly and properly celebrated."
LOSSES AMONG CANADIANS.
."Up to April 30, Fifty-Sbc Had Been
Killed, 101 Wounded.
Ottawa. Ontario, May 7. The Militia De
partment has prepared a complete list of
those members of tho Canadian special
rervice forces who have been killed In ac
tion or otherwise, died from wounds re
ceived in acUon. died from disease and re
ceived wounds, officially reported to militia
headquarters up to and inclusive of April
10. The list shows flfty-s.be dead and 101
Wounded.
SAID HE WOULD
END !!1S LIFE.
Charles Morton, Night Clerk at
Southern. Disappeared Leav
ing Farewell Letters.
HAD RESIGNED HIS POSITION
Notified nis Daughter and Sccre
tarv Withall of the Hotel
That His Body Could Be
Found in Forest Park.
Secretary C. U. Withal! of the Southern
Hotel last right went to Forest Park to
search for the body of Charles Morton, for
four years nleiht clerk at tho hotel, who j
nounciug his intention of committing sui
cide. Morton resigned his position last Fri
day, and ilnco that time has not been seen
by any of the attaches of tho hotel. After
handing In his resignation he went to his
boarding place at No. 3141 Franklin avenue,
where he mas last seen on Saturday morn
ing, ilu lift tho house at that time appar
ently in the best of spirits, without leaving
word where ho was going, nnd has not re
turned. Monday afternoon his daughter,
who lived with him. received a letter stat
ing that he intended to commit suicide, and
bidding her good-by.
In the same mail Mr. WIthall of No. DEM
Shaw avenue, received a letter from Morton
announcing his Intention of committing sui
cide in somo secluded spot in Forest Park
on Monday night. Ho gavo no reason for
Ills Intention, merely requesting Mr. WIthall
to see that ho was tho only attendant at
his funeral, with tho exception of his
daughter.
Morton had ben connected with tho
Southern Hotel for about four years and
originally came from Chicago. He stood
well in the estimation of the patrons of
the hotel. Friday he announced his resig
nation without giving any reason for tho
step, and when pressed merely laughed and
evaded the question. So far ns can be
learned ho went directly to his home on
Franklin avenue, where he has lived fir
two yearst and a half with his daughter.
Ho did not announce his resignation nnd
seemed to be cheerful and In much tho
same frame of mind as usual. Ho left the
house on Sunday morning and did not re
turn that night, and It was presumed that
l.o was attending his duties at the hotel as
usual. Monday afternoon the letter an
nouncing his Intention of committing suicido
was received.
Hi. Trip- to IsiilinnnpolN.
Several of his friends In Chicago reeclv ed
letters Monday afternoon expressing tho
same intention, among them lelng hU
lawyer, Francis Riddle. As tho letters
would have had to bo mailed the previous
day in order to Insure their being received
at tho same time as those In St Louis. 'It
appeal that his plan of suicide was a
carefully thought out design. In none- of
the letters did ha give any icason fa." his
contemplated action.
His (laughter was seen at his homo last
night, but could throw no light upon his
action. Ho was In good tlaanclal shape
when ho disappeared, so far as could be
learned, and as ho handled no money at tho
hotel ho could nut have been behind hand
in his account. The police were notilled
Iinmsl!atlv imnn the rerelTir nf the letter
On Sundiy. April 2. Charlie Morion was !
one of tho Invited gut!s who took the trip
to Indianapolis en the Big Four's new train
to New York and Boston. He remarked
to several cf the party on the way that
it was tho first trip of tho kind he had
taken in years, and It was due solely to
the persuasive powers of Harry McGuIre
and Manager Lewis of the Southern, who
Insisted upon his going. He said he was
glad he had been Induced to go, as he had
a number of old friends in Indianapolis,
whem he wanted to see.
At tho Bates House In Indianapolis he
took a room for himself only. Instead of
accompanying tho rust of the party that
afternoon In a drive around the city ho
went cut alone to visit his friends. That
night he failed to attend the dinner, which
was given by the Big Four officials to the
party In tho private dining-room.
During the entire trip up to Indianapolis
he appeared to be brooding, and on the
r"turn trip sat In the smoking-room, where
the boys were singing and swapping stories,
without taking part cr appearing to be in
terested. Morton Ilcslcns.
Tho pollco were notified of the disappear
ance of Morion, and have been seeking him
In vain. No trace of hlm'could be found In
Forest Park, or In that neighborhood, nor
had any of his friends seen him since tho
time he had disappeared.
The key clerk, who had worked beside
Morton in his htay at tho Southern. sald
that tho latter had frequently i-pokea eif
suicide, and that he had often i-aid that
that would ba 1.1s mode of death. He hud a
number of times read his will to his fellow-workers
ut the clerk's desk, and had
signified what he wanted done with hi
property nnd whom ho wished to care for
his daughter. Morton kept up an insurance
policy amounting to J7,(-0. This, ho said, he
only maintained because ho knew Ills
daughter would need lt-
On rriday, when Morton severed his con
nection with tho hotel company, ho said to
his friends around the hotel: "Well, I'm
done here." It was thought by some at the
time that he laid a peculiar stress on tho
words, as if he meant more than to say
he was done with life as a hotel clerk.
Among his associates Morton was con
sidered an unusual character. Especially
did he holl unusual views on the matter
of death. It Is said of him that ho was al
ways wondering what lay beyond tho
grave, and at tho Eamu time asserting that
life on earth was not worth living. He '
garded the Idea of suicide very calmly, and
in argument would always attempt to
justify It.
MORTON PREPARED FOR DEATH.
Wrote a Letter to Attorney Riddle,
IJis Bondsman.
REPUBMC SrECIAH.
Chicago, 111., .May 7. Friends of Charles
Morton, for many years clerk of the Grand
Pacific Hotel in this city and later of the
Southern Hotel In St. Louis, fear that ho
has committed suicide. Word was received
in Chicago this afternoon that Morton had
been missing from his post In tho Southern
Hotel since Friday, and his friends here
were asked to search the city. No traco
of him was found here. Traveling men
who arrived 1- Chicago to-night reported
that Morton had presented his resignation
to the management of the Southern Hotel
Friday, and declined to give any reason for
his actions.
The following letter, which was dated Fri
day, was received by Francis A. Itlddle. a
prominent Chicago attorney, who had long
been one cf Mr. Slorton's closest friends:
"Dear Mr. Kiddle: I contemplate suicide.
Come to St. Louis at once and take my
daughter home to your good wife. You are
my bondsman and will squaro up estate.
The small estate Is Intact. In addition there
Is $700 Insurance Weariness of life is my
sole reason.
"Inquire for C B. WIthall, secretary and
treasurer Southern Hotl Company. He will
. -r. rrr-rr- ;
THE ADMIRAL: "I SHALL
TlliyO I SAW IN ST. LOUIS."
LEADING TOPICS
-IN-
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
MUnourl Ge-nernllr fntr Tuedn
ntnl Wednesday; ivi-"iterly ivied.
Illinois Sl.ovvrrn nn.I tlmtnler
utornii Tncmlny in nortlieaatt fair In
6ciut!iTTeti "Wednesday fair; nrlabIo
-winds becoming; fresh to lrlLi vveit
erly. Arkamtn fienernllr fair; fresh
north, irinds becoming? vveMerl).
Page.
1. Post Office Jobs Given to Women.
Charles Morton Threatened Suicld.
Say Treaty Must Be Ilatlfled.
Transit Employes Decide to Strike.
I. McKinley Takea a Hand In Illinois
Tight.
Lochren's Porto Rican Decision.
3. Agulnaldo In North Luzon.
British Advance Unchecked.
4. Towne In Favor at Sioux Falls,
ilcpublicans Have Uttle Sympathy for
tho Beers.
C. Westminster College Graduates Banquet
Pennsylvania and Long Island I load.
New s of the Ilallw ays.
Weltmer Wants Speedy Trial.
Open Fight on John W. Gates.
C. Baseball Scores
Kisults at the Track".
Sporting News.
7. Big Fighters Working Han..
IUvcr Telegrams.
5. Editorial.
Bishops Will Not Be Retired.
Bavaria's King Nearing Death.
Society Events.
3. Bartholdt's Unenviable Position.
JJ. Transfers of Realty.
12. Grain and Produce.
Cattle and Other Markets.
13. Financial News.
H. Bashful Student on Marriage Bent.
Memphis Honors Admiral Dewey.
Execution of James Netties.
Baby Show Judgc3.
explain. I havo written to th ofiVlala of
the Royal Arcanum and Royal League to
pay ycu. My will appointing you legal
guardian of Gertrude is in Withall's hands.
I havo made provision In the event of yemr
death for somo one elso to net In your
place, but I look to you a long as you live
to e-ducato and bring up my beloved child.
"Tho officials of the Royal Arcanum and
Royal League are- Arcanum. R. J. Cudner,
Tacoma building: League. W. A. Bartlett,
Metropolitan National Bank. Pay my funer
al expenses according to Instructions to
WIthall. nnd deduct that and your feo from
Insurance, which will be- paid to you within
one month from tho date of my demisa.
"Friend Riddle: I incloso you receipts for
fo many registered letter). Come to St.
LouI" at once and see that the various par
ties to whom they are addressed In St.
Louli have got them. ThU will be money
in your pocket.
"CHAS MORTON.
"Southern Hotel."
"Fee C. E. WIthall, treasurer Southern
Hotel, first."
MIXED TRAIN WRECKED.
Three Tersons Injured Many Cat
tle Killed.
nnnrBUC special
Ardmoro. I. T., May 7. A mixed train of
twenty-llvo cars was wrecked this morn
ing two miles north on the Santa Fo. Tho
rails srrcad and the cars piled up on each
other In a ehapeless mass of wreck and
ruins. First was an emigrant car loaded
with household Goods and horses. Tho
train crew- and emigrants escaped without
injury-
For tho reason that a negro lynching wai
expected at Davis, a few Ardmore bo-3
boarded the train, among them Charles
Stewart, who was probably fatally injured,
hip crushed, spine injured, arm broken;
Glenn Clark, severely Injured; W. A. Bar
ker sustained cuts, bruises on face and
chest.
The dead and crippled stock present a
pltlablo aspect. On all sides maimed and
bruised bodies Ho In heaps, the dead and
living dumped together Indiscriminately.
Superintendent L. J. polk visited the
sceno and pronounced It the worst that
ever occurred on the road. He estimate 1
tho loss at $AO0O. All traffic was delayed
sixteen hours.
CHJNJSE REPULSED.
They Attacked Wei-Dai-Wei Boun
dary Commission.
. Shanghai, May 7. A premeditated attack
was made upon two camps of the Wei-Hal-Wet
Boundary Commission on May 5. Major
Fenrose and four men of the Chinese regi
ment were wounded. The attacking party
was repulsed with the loss of thirty men
killed. The disturbances are dua to Chinese
officials working nx tho credulity of the
natives.
ALWAYS REMEMBER KVEIIY
SHY THE TREATY
MOST BE RATIFIED.
Hanua and McKinley Forcing Tlay-
Pauncefote Measure on
Senate.
HOUSE CANAL BILL HELD UP.
Senators Must Accept British Con
vention First Subsidy Bill
Shelved Owing to Demo
cratic Opposition.
lUTPCEUC SPECIAL
Washington. Mar 7. President MeKlnlev
and the RepubLjan itadcrs of the Senato
have agreed that the House Nicaragua Ca
ral bill shall r.ot be put through the Snato
until the pending Hay-1'auncefote treaty Is
ratified.
Senator Har.na to-day showed his hand,
nnd Issued the ultimatum of the administra
tion at the meeting of the Senate Inter
oceanic Canal Committee. Mr. Hann-i de
clared that It would be inexpedient and bad
politics to put the House bill through tho
Senate before tho Hay-Pauncefoto treaty
was ratified. Ho said that whatever con
clusion might be reached by tho committee
the Senato would not permit a vote until
tho treaty now pending had been ratified as
negotiated, and tho Davis amendment had
been repudiated.
Mr. McBrlde, Republican, and Mr. Culber
son, Democrat, were absent, so there was
no action, and an adjournment was taken
until Wednesday.
Mr. Morgan, chairman of the commltteo,
corsumed most of tho hour the committee
was In session In an argument favoring
the Immediato reporting of tho bill and Its
passage by tho Senate regardless of any
acticn regarding the treaty.
This was antagonized by Mr. Hanna and
Mr. Scwell.
Mr. Hanna contended that tho bill nnd
tho treaty must go hand In hand. Ho said
it would bo a notorious Instance of bad
faith If the United States. In face of tho
treaty, passed the legislation contemplated
In the canal bill, becau.so that bill violated
eomo of tho provisions of the treaty, which,
from an International point of viow, wera
of vastly moro importance than tho canal
bill Itself.
Messrs. Morgan and Harris argued that
tho treaty nnd the rending bill wero not In
the least contradictory.
MeHrlde'i I'onUIon.
Senator McBrlde of Oregon, who has hith
erto been a stanch friend of the canal,
though not present at to-day's meeting,
has been llstenlrg to tho nrguments of
Hanna, and the administration men to-night
claim that he, too, will vote agalrat report
ing the bill when tho roll Is called Wednes
day. If that bo true, the canal bill may
not be reported, nnd nil legislation may bo
postponed until the next session.
Senators Hanna, Sewell, Haw ley nnd
Piatt or New York havo been with tho ad
ministration from the start on this prepo
sition. It only remained to securo the vote
of Mr. McRrldo and If that ha3 teen ob
tained the odminUtraUon ha3 the commlt
teo by a vote of 5 to 4.
Or.' of the most ardent friends of the
canal Senator Harris of Kansas said this
evening that It looked as If the administra
tion had captured tho committee, and that
it would be impossible to report the bill
favorably at this s-slon.
It there Is no canal legislation at this
6ession of Congress tho administration will
be responsible fcr the failure to enact Into
law this great measure.
Snbild 11111 Sl.elve.l.
Senator Hanna has now been compelled
to bid a reluctant good-by to thu slirp sub
sidy bill until the next session of Congress.
He hai been laboring with his colleagues
In the Senate to let the matter come to a
vote before the close oj the session, which
has been fixed for early- in June. Tho
Democratic opposition, however, has been
Inexorable.
Leading Democratic Senators told Hanna
In so manv words that If the Steering Com
mittee, of which he is a member, attempted
to push the bill they would deliver speeches
beside which Quay's famous tariff epeech
would be brevity Itself. They said they
would talk the bill to death, if they had to
prolong the session Into September.
As all the Senators on both sides of tho
alslo aro vitally Interested in attending
the national conventions and in looking
after political affairs in their home States.
Senator Hanna was told that he would have
to give w ay.
He only acquiesced when he saw that ha
could not drag his own side of the chamber
lato a protracted flsht. "Nevertheless," ha
said savagely, "tht bill must and shall
pass at the next iesslon.M
WAHSU EMPLOYES9
Conclusion Reached at Early
Morning Meeting of
the Union.
THE ORDER !N EFFECT 10-DAY.
Board or Directors of the
Company Rejects the
Men's Demands.
REGULATION' OF WAGE SCALE. X
General Superintendent Issues
an Order Executive Com
mittee's Circular.
The union employes of tho St. Louis
Transit Company, at a mass ineuting, held
at Masonic Hall. Seventh and Market
btre-ets last night, de-elded by a unanimous
vute to strike this mornins. The men on tho
owl cars finished their iuns, but no union
men will go to work this morning, say tho
btnkerj.
About 2,jj0 men attended the meeting last
night.
bamue! W. Lee, chairman of the National
Executive P.oard. Mack Misslk, chairman
of the Grievance! Committee of the union,
nnd T. 15. Edwards, chairman of the Execu
tive Committee of the union, arrived at tho
hall about 12 o'clock. As soon as the men
who had late runs arrived at tho hall tho
meeting was called to order by Pre-sideut
Patterson of the union.
The situation was discussed, and tho men
wero called on to decide whether they
would strike or not. A voto of two-thirds
of the members present was necessary to
decide tho question.
The vote was taken at 2 o'clock andit
was unanimously In favor of a strike. Not
a dissenting voice was heard In the hall.
Tho Central Trades and Labor Union
passed a resolution indorsing tho strike.
Superintendent George W. Baumholf of
the St. Louis Transit Company said early
this morning that tho company will bo able
to run some of their cars, and that It will
Co the best it can to glvo the public good
pervice. He siys that he does not expect any
trouble from the strikers. Tho company has
tworn In a number of Its einpluves aa spe
cial policemen to guard its property.
Board of lilrre-torx' Reply.
The reply of the Board of Directors of
the St, Louis Transit Company to the de
mands of the Street Railway Emploves'
Union was an absolute refusal to acce-pt the
terms olfered by the Union, and an Indorse
ment of the stand taken by President EI
wards Whuaker.
At a spe-clal meeting of tho board held
yesterday President Whuaker pabmltttd a
letter explaining the deiiuiiu of the men,
and recommending that the proposed agree
ment be rejected The board, by a unani
mous vote-, adopted the letter of President
Whitaker as Its reply to the union, and it
was sent to the committee of employes.
President Whitakt-r's letter was as fol
lows: fat. Louis. Mo., May 7. IWH. To the Board ct
Directors of tlio t, Lut-i Transit Cumpany; On
Jlj- lles-re T. II. Edwards ana others, wfca
bad hue-tolor- bn aetu-E as a cutrmitte-- rtpre
t nucj tniplQiis of th- company, lni-iiv-ied ma
tiat tho uiircemint r-mde with them ana ether
e-uiLlojts on March . 1S0O. was abrejrated by
tim. and they rroposd that the Transit Com
jany should ir.i.K an onrement with the Anval
caaiatfd Association e-f street Hallway Etaplojts
ef America, covering tho titration cf iho Transit
Cen'ranj's lints of railway in this city.
I urgently recummtr.J that mis pror-oeed agree
ment, a copy of which is herewith cubni.tted, Ls
ct nu&de
Th amalgamated association etces not own the
r-rcperty cr any interest in it.- aril owes no du
ties with resi-ict t It. It oa.M Lc under & ob
ligation to the ovrnM or to the public If It
mismanaged the property. If Its deration was In
efficient, If passenKers vre Injured as the re
sult of its negligence, it would bo la nj vise
lesponsltle. The proposed agreemert would slm
rly git" it all tho txwer of control, and lmpose
uion it x-o liability whatever.
Ii 13 provided In the paper tubmltted that ii)
man e;all to errplojed by the company unless ho
getj permls-ion from the amalgamated associa
tion, for which he must pay the association ii.
This means that the association, which la under
ru, duty or responsibility with respect to the
pre-perty or the pub'.lc selects all employes, leav.
Ii g the cevmpanr. which Is responsible fcr tho
cinduct cf the men when selected, without any
v olee in the matter. It also Imposes a. poll tax of
XX, uhlch may, la the plearure cf the associa
tion, bo tncreas-3, if the principle Is once admit
ted as a condition of a man's having leave to
work.
It also requires that every employe who dcea
rot Join this association shall be discharged1
from the service of the company. The same men
who now rr.&ke this d-mar.d Insists, le-a than
two months ago. that all emploves shouli be
treated alike, without regard to membership la
any organization. Bellevlrg them to be rlsht at
that time, their reqeest was at once acceded t.
nnd a written Agreement was made varrvtng It
Into effect. That agreement hat been foiuiiully
v.e-t by tho company. Now. however. It Is
abrogated by these who proposed it.
It is clear Injustice nnd oppression to put upon
any empleye any constraint or obligation which
has no relation to the dutle-s cf his emploment
If he does h'.J work well. If he carries cora
fortaLly and safely the men. women and chil
dren commltKd to his care, he has a right ta
order his political, religious and social relation
for himself. Be may Join any association ho
pleases, or he may refrain from Joining: the
company has no right to compel him to cue
cour-i or the other.
It la furf.ier proposed that if tho as-orlatioi
suspends a member, the company must su'pcnl
him as an em; love. And as every emplcj Is
required to Le a member of the association. It
fallows that If be Is expelled from the association
be must be discharged by the company. la other
words, the association iould be vested with the
absolute power cf Bus;nllr.g or dlscharsin any
en.plove. however faithful and acceptable his
service to the company, and this at the behest
cf an association which owes no duty to the
company or to the public, and which might act
from motives having no relation to the good cf
the service involved.
Willie the association thus demands the abso
lute power of suspending or discharging m
plojea. it proposes that the company, whirl, pnja
the men and Is respoasiUe for them, shall not
suspend or discharge a man without the con
sent of the association, with the provision that
it the company and the association d.sagree. the
matter shall be submitted to arbitration.
The company Is made responsible by the law,
and projerly so, for the safe carriage ef Its
passengers. Whenever It faiU in this duty
through the negligence or Incompetence of any
emplove It is answerable ir. damages to the ex
tent of the Injury sufTered. What ts bre in
volved U not a matter of privilege, but of duty.
Hatters of mere individual right or privilege,
as they may be waived altogether, may be sub
mitted to the decision of others. Matters cf
duty, as they cannot be waived, cannot be dele
gated. If the company believed an emplcio to
be Incompetent It could not excuse Itself tj
people who were Injured by hi. neglect cr In
efficiency, on the ground that tile association cr
a Hoard of Arbitrators had decided that h
should be retained. The answer -would b that
th duty of selecting and retaining only careful
and competent men was by the law Imposed
upon the company, and upon It exclusively, and
that It bad no rlsht to evade this duty la any
manner whatsoever, cr to devolve It upca any
on else.
The sum. and effect of the proposed agreement
Is. that the company shall have no voice In (he
selection cr retention of its employes, anj that
the association may select for the company, and
compel It to discharge or retain whomsoever it
rleases. It is obvious that under such a system
discipline would b Impossible. Employed by the
association and subject, to discharge by it. anl
only by It, the prompting of self-interest would
tend to a partisan attachment to the associa
tion rather than to faithful devotion to the du
ties cf the service.
The evils of such a. svstem have already maa-
i ifutsd themselves u a, consequence cf the mere
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DEMANDS OF
That all conductor", motormrn and prlpmcn shall be members of the union,
and must report for initiation within thirty days from the time they are employed.
That all men employed on the road and In the shedt, shors and powcr-house3
shall become members of the union within five days.
That tho union be notil.ed by otllcers of the company whenever an employe of
the company is discharged, and that the officers of the union shall reply to the
officers of the company and let them know whether they think tho reasons as
tlgnf J for the dismissal arc satisfactory.
That the officers of the union, together with the officers of the company, shall
have full power to adlust all rt nVrences that may arise, and that In tho event
of their falling to agree, sh-ill, if mutually agreed to, place tho case before three,
arbitrators.
That any member suspendel by th union hall be- suspended by the company,
without pay. until such time as tiro union requests his reinstatement. If after an
Investigation the union finds it suspended him unjustly, the company shall pay
that man for the full time he was su-pi nd- I.
That any man elected to an office In the union requiring his absence for not
more than a year shdll, upon his ret.rement from such office, havo his old place
vwth the company.
THE COMPANY'S REPLY.
That It will not relinquish to tho union
charging emploves.
Refuses lo d- rnand of any of Its employes that he join the union.
Refuses to suspend or discharge emploves who hav bce-n suspended by the
union, on that ground or at the dictation -of the union.
Offers additional compensatie-n to all imploycs In the service for five, ten or
fifteen years.
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attemrt to establish it. That attempt has In
clf'l to lnuWdinatIon anl to th imp.vlrrnt
ef rrper d:s.-!plir.e. and the service has dis
tinctly buffere-d in consequenre.
Upon the ls--ce thus rre-ent.-d ther Is no roon
for compromise of any kind. The company can
not re-linqulsh the duties It was chart- led tt,
elischarg--. It cbligation to saftly carry the
Cp.Mj pcplo dally committed to its care Is one
of the most r.ricus and Important that can be
urdertaVen by men. That obligation is Imposed
by tho law. and by the U it Is made single and
undivided, it admits of no paitalon. and it can
not be delegated. And r.a man r at to bo vest
ed with it who would shirk in any manner cr in
any degree the duties which it Involves.
So Ion? as the company undertakes the eon
duct cf this great work It must accept all the re
sponsibilities 'rcldent to It. aid ax the prnp-we-i
cgreeni'-nt Involvs an entire relinquishment of
the powers nee-ssary to the discharge e.f thoe
responsibilities I repeat my urgent recommenda
tion that It be unqualifiedly declined.
lt us deal with our tmrloies ae such, and
r.ot otherwise: let us d-al with them as men e-i-r.ai;ed
In a useful. Important aid honorable rail
ing, and give to them, one and all. the assur
ance that whoever hi a grievance caa In h'.n
own right ottain a fair he-u-trg ard full and
complete redres f"r every wrong. A s.i:wlr.!T cf
ftress must of it-elf l-e sufficient for getting
Into the service, nnd tenure -f employment rnu-t
dep,nd upon notbirg nvn thtn duly faithfully
performed. In this was. an only In thl1? way.
will the best Interests ef the company. Its em
ploves and the public be promoted.
HoRuIntion of ll'ngei.
As nn Inducement to the men to remain
faithful to tho interests of the company, a
notice was posted in each of the car she-ds
of the company yesterday afternoon, that,
beginnin? June 1, cents an hour win bo
tho minimum wages for all cO-ductor and
motormen now In the employ of the com
pany, and voluntarily advancing the wage?
eif those who have been in continuous serv
ice for more tlian five, ten or fifteen years.
This concession will amount to a con
siderable sum In the aggregate, as. accord
ing to Superintendent George W. Baum
hoff. more than half of the employes of
,v,a ..omnnnv have been in continuous serv
ice for more than five years, and at I-ast
S) per ctnt more than ten years.
A number or tne men nave ocen in con- ,
tlnuous service for more than fifteen years.
For all of thtsj men. the advance will be
come effective June 1. and in the future thl3
xule will bo strictly adhered to.
Tho notice Is us follows.
To conductors and motonrea of the St. Louis
Transit Companj: Tho scale of wages fcr con
ductors and motorm'n en and after June I. l-9.
will be 20 cents per hour for all rrn ii tl.e
employ of the company en June 1. 10: 21 cents
jer hour after five jears continuous service. 22
cents per hour after ten veara" continuous- service,
and 23 cents per hour after fifteen jears con
tinuous service.
IVr the purposes of th 21 cent. 22 cnt an-i 23
cr.t rate, continuous service shall b counted
from the time wl-en the emilsye last entered the
service of th Transit Company, cr cf the com-I-any
to which the Transit Company succeeded.
That Is. for the pu-poses of this rate. srvlee la
the old companv shall coont as service la the
Transit Company.
All condu'-tora and r-.ctnrmen now In our em
rloy desiring to avail themselves of the rate
for long contlnuoui service must notify the
auditor, rrank It. Hmry. In writing, giving the
date of entering the s rviee. nnd with w hat com
pany. In order to enable blm to examine the
records cf the company. All changes of rate for
continuous service will be made beginning with
the first cf the month followlrg the end of each
tericd.
All grlpmen en cable divisions will bo raid 22
cents per hour on and after June I. and when
changed from cabl" to motor ears the ealo and
rule herein set forth shall apply.
After June 1. 1M new men employed will re
ceive 1? cents per hour fir the first lv months.
Ti rents TH-r hour after six months, and 2) cents
per hour after one je-ir. 21 cents per hour after
five jears, 22 cents per hour after te.l year, ant
23 cents per hours after fifteen years' continuous
service.
President Whitaker when asked if the
company was prepared for a strike, said:
"t liavu nothing to say, except that wo
expect to run our cars on schedule time, re
gardless of any action that may be take-n
by tho men. It Is not a eiuestion of wages,
and I think that our old men will remain
faithful to the interests of the company.
"We aro Hooded with applications for
positions as conductors and motormen, and
can- easily secure the service'3 of experi
enced men If necessary."
A number of stockholders of tho St. Louis
Transit Company called upon ITesldcnt
Whitaker yesterday afternoon and compli
mented him upon tho stand he had taken.
Union lliplulns- lis 1'oi.ltlou.
The Executlvo Committee of tho Transit
Company's Union, at a mecUng yesterday
Issued tho following circular, which la
signed by Chairman T. B. Edwards, ex
plaining the union's position In regard to
the Issues that have arisen between It and
the company:
To the Iiiblic: It Is tru that a committee
representing the Transit Coropanv's Union cra
t loves called upon Mr. Whitaker and reviewed
tho existing conditions. After calling attention
to the causes which had produced such an un
satisfactory state of affairs, they told Mm that,
acting undr Instructions from the general body.
they placed before hl-n a proposed agreement for
his consideration and requsted m early reply.
Tluxt proposed agreement anl the company's re
edy r-av e already been plac -1 before th public
In his recommendations to the Hoard of Direc
tors, Mr. Whitaker. with th aid of his attor
ney, carefully analyzed the proposed agreement,
and with equal care, willfully and adroitly, mis
construed its provtstont and placed tt In a false
light before the public
To begin with, the company had nullified the
former agreement by violating the letter and
rplrlt cf Its every clause. In this, ever since the
agreement of March 1). which oirreement Is so
enthusiastically referred to by Mr. Whitaker. it
ha been the s-eralng aim and cbjert of the
company to throw every obstacle In tbe way cf
employes who are members nf tbe union and to
dismiss them for the nwt trivial causes, while
those who have not affiliated with rur organiza
tion have been Induced to form and po Into an
oTranlzatlon which haa for Its sole nun and ob
ject the disruption of our union, the members
cf which organization are permitted to have
pretty much their own way, and flagrant viola
tion of the rules of the company are wtnked at
or permitted to go unnoticed thus carrying out
the threat of the general manag-r. that "he
would disrupt our unloa or die with his boots
on."
This is only one cf the rrany devices which
have been resorted to. Is it strange that we
should wish to abrogate an agreement whi.-i hat
proven so wholly ineffectual? In reply to a
question, we told him that we desired to abro
gate the eld agreement. Tbe distinction shouli
be drawn between the dfslre and the act. We
could desire to abrogate, but to abrogate neces
sitated his ccssjpt. This ccait-ij was given
STIME ON.
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THEMEN.
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any authority in the hlrin
dts-
without any hesitation whatever. As we stated
above, this agreeme'it had been nullified by the
company, hence, it required nothing tut th
fernial words to terminate It. Mr. Whltaker'a
letter pro-ee.ls to ray. "that th proposed agree
ment provides that no man shall be employed
ly the company unless he seta permission from
the Amalgamated Assnciatlon, for which ho must
lay the association J!"
The tirst part of this clau'e Is utterly un
true. Tbe association, tnler the prooosed ajrree. !
mont. nctill have absolutely nothing to say as
to th eroplovireit e-f men. It Is true, that we
request that they receive a rarJ from m, ..
soclatiin. but th.s Is to assure us that tie com
pany will discontinue the persistent tnsldloua
war which It has Inaugurated against union men.
The letter also says, "that the charge of 31 for
this card can be increased, at pleasure."
The Company Intentionally disregards the fact
that our association ts founded upon and sup
ported by principles of right and Justice, and
whenever these principles are withdrawn the
company need have no farther argument with,
the association, for it must perish through its
own corruptb n. The letter further states, "that
thee same men demanded. less than two months
ago. tsat all emplojes shouli be treated alike,
v, about regard 13 membership in any organiza
tion." So they did. And tbe studied care with
wh.h the company's officers have violated this1
particular clause has contributed more than sm
other cne tdn to the necessity of another and
more specific agreement. The constraint or obli
gation Imposed by the association is but the price
paid for the protection given by the united foro
of the said association. And who shall say that
such protection is not worth the price paid?
The association devised to have the power to
aid In the correction and discipline cf Its mem
bers. For. by having such power, the members
well know that unless they perform their duties
In a pn.jer manner, unless they render honest
and efficient service, the association cannot and
will not protect them. The sum and effect of the.
proposed agreement Is that no man shall have
a gross Injustice done him. because unionism Is
distasteful to the erompany. Nor because some
subordinate officer finds him to be a xnensxe to
bis poslllcn It provides for arbitration when
men are dls-ha'yed for such causes. We have
given an Instance of the repeated and persistent
violation of one clause of the agreement, and
ray truthfullv that cot a slnsle obligation has
len lived up to or respected by the Transit
Cir.?iry. save and except possibly the wage
question, and In this the company has refused
o pay men who are ordered to report for duty
and are leept for hours around the sheds at the
wiilm and caprice of a foreman.
By th terms of the agreement these men were
to receive half piy for time so spent. Wo ask
Mr. Whitaker. Have you lived tro to tbiaT Has
Mr. Kaumhcff not discriminated against us
wholly and solely for the reason that we are
memlers of th union?
V, e have repeatedly hell ont the olive brancn
of reace to Mr. Whitaker. and -when he refused
to further confer with out committee wo of
fered, yea besought him to arbitrate, which offer
was r.ot only d'o-ourteojs'.y. but almost brutally.
de-cllred. his answer telrg that the offer was not
worthy of a reply from him. Having done every-tr-lrc
In our power, as honest, earnest, d'gnlfled
men. to have our wrongs redressed, and ha,rlnc
teen denied these requests, we nnpesl to an
honest, fair-minded rublle for Its aid. Its sympa
thy, feeiirg that cur fight is one of right said
Justice.
TROUBLE FOR THE SUBUBBAM.
Cars in the County Are Objects for
Attack.
Some trouble is being caused on the Mer
amev; and the Houseman divisions of the St.
Louis and Suburban Road by impediments
put upon tho track and by rocks belnsr
thrown through the windows of the cars
after dark.
Yesterday morning ono of the two cars on
tho Houseman line was derailed by a large;
stone which had been placed upon the track.
Nobody was hurt and the car was damaged
but slightly. Sunday night several car
windows were broken by stones. On Friday
night of last week Dave Thompson, llvlnu
ln Webster Groves, was struck by one of
theso rocks and suffered a scalp wound.
Th's Is the only bodily injury suffered as
jet by anjbody.
BOMB THROWER AT WORK.
Daring Attempt to Demolish a
Suburban Car.
An unknown man made a daring attempt
about 12 o'clock Sunday night to blow up
Suburban car No. III. in charge of Con
ductor Maurice Qulnlan and Motorman
William Whitaker, at a point between Etzel
and Gamble-ton avenues.
The car was east-bound, returning to the)
shed? em Its last trip. As It approached
Gamblcton avenue Motorman Whitaker saw
a man attired In a light suit of clothes and
a dark slouch hat walking along the oppo
site track. Supposing that he was an In
nocent pedestrian, ho paid no attention to
him until he saw him leave the track and
run to the other side of the road. Then ho
saw the man raise his arm and throw a
round shining missile onto the track la
front of the car. Whitaker said that he saw
the object thrown by the man flash In the
light from the car and that It looked Ilka
a hand fire-grenade.
The bomb exploded ns sooi as It struck
tho ground, tearing a large hole In tho road
bed beneath tho car and sending dirt, glass
and gravel living In all directions. Tho
flange of one of tho front car wheels was
broken, and It was necrssary to summon
a repair force from the sheds to patch up
the damage sufficiently to enable tho mo
torman tj run the car back to the barn.
I Meanwhile the owl car had to run back
' and forth en the west-bound track,
Tho affair was reported to the police, acd
a search wa3 made for the bomb thrower,
but he was not found. The only person on
tbe car besides the motorman and conduct
or was Thomas Segar of No. 603S Horton
place. No one was Injured.
STREWN WITH SKELETONS.
Plains of Swaziland Reek With
the Botting Dead.
London. May 7. A dispatch from L!m
ropo. dated Thursday, May 3, says that
the Queen of Swaziland has ordered tho
Swasls to hasten their harvesting and as
semble for weeping for the dead King.
A Malagana chief and nine women and
nine children have been killed at the Ma
laganas Kraal, and the plains are strewn
with the skeletons of murdered natives.
Kreough, the Boer Administrator Ot
Swaziland, has been recalled to Pretoria.
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