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' STRIKE - BULLETIN 3
Aitarad aa mpobiI ptaaa matter Jaa. I, ltll. at tba peat afflea at Cl la tea. III., under the aci of Marrb i. 1*7*
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CLINTON, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 23,1SU
Railroad Freaks
W |. I'.itk, vice president of the Illinois Central railroad, was without doubt Ihr tor
Jatform perform* r h «be latest UET THE IU SIN'ESS HATH FKI NO of officials, and sen
B|1(,nal ila'Iv papers base been very generous in giving spate |.. the utterances of this twenti- I
-h century KMI K»>AH l-KEAK at tins meeting
-WKElKb Ml I HE « AISE Ob E k FA KISH I. WVS." “Millions of dollars rr waited," j
•freak rerfi"" "" nt- are imposed upon file railroads of the country by legislative bodies " these
mnic ol tlo assertions made by the WIZ \ WI * of the Illinois 1'inttal
Mr Park' i. .piite right about thr millions of dollars being wasted, but this must be attri- i
katrrl M IKI 'klsH MAXVf.EMEM by railroad officials, instead of to law. I he Illinois I
t entral Ini' in pba.bng poverty for the last two years Ihr muse of it, poverty has been
tkc rlk'l1 men - tnki and 'iirt !y there are no law, m rstsfctice w hit ti compelled Park, to forte
,|C men • I" oil ink. and -penil millions on strikebreakers Hr has pursued tin, course be
ca»sc of III- H A* 'N \ Nit I of tin principles of r.oiionipal railroad management
The main WKH K > that have occurred on thr struck roj.l, i,m b. attributed to nothing '
hut \ 11 * I \ 1 11 * ' > * •' tin-, so-t alb d b ki E \ K I SII I A W > and to tli* non e sistcncc ot other
I hwi |iT"t<. <"is i'' employes and tile general public law, > ompi llmg railroads to elevate '
their track- m tl" tottgeslcd district, of big cities are considered Ir.aki-li by the railroads,
yd by cntiip" "I, < ■ tic vat i..n "t traik, at such points thou.anils >.f people have been saved
freni a ! "111*; gr.ixr
Surety i "it | . *«m <■! tin death*. a* cult nts .,n,| v»rnks mi ihr lllitim* i entral have been
cau«rd hy tl »i » It ; . > a*'Uinmg an W Ak't HIM ll attitude and violating the I. WVS goxerri
mu tin «*|*< r.tt? n *• i tli* ir tram* 1 lit re wa* no law ninth c< nipt lied Park* nr hi* raiin-ad i•»
nu.ni kll I t ! itij'pi* the large army •»f |Mopl, at Mont/. I a. kitmiundy, III, and hundred*
Ol ttther pl.i»« I lilt ‘V'l'in These accident* must all he attributet} t«» the VIOLATION'
of U* atcl th* Mtt * «»MMO\ SKNSL -it the part m tin management • ! thr road
|V\Rk> “ I hi •*! W \l L S I k i II \ 11 SSL \ * »L Ks may be *ucte**ful in driving
home thru IT \k about nnjii*t l* gelation a; * me Sunday *tho.d gathering, hut rur> holiest
and th.'Ughttrl * »ii/« n i* well aware the la* t that th« lllnit.i* t entral. . r any other railroad,
ftexrr paid a «l* i in tlafiiage* t• *r tin ileilrtti 11«>n -l Ilk <>r property, until they were compelled
10 d<> h> t) « nn ha ml «.» LAW
I’AKkS. ti< I'lvNN l\<* ASS t * *r the 111111 - • i — i entral, who*r t titu eptioii < »| railroading
una*k»«l the iue.lnx.il age ha* bribed ju*tne and flirted with the law until he and hi* c l
lragu.* arc i w i •*' nig a K I \ < 11 \ I 1 • > \ t h . t i* JI',t>P\KIHZI\Tithe *o-cal led inherent right *
oi private pr- p* r t > I in m\t mute hi the evolution of A M LK I CAN K A1LKOA0S will be C O.V
FISVATloN by the people, and the tat tn* ii..w etnpUiyed hy Park*, the Illinois 1 entral and
the Harnmaii Inn are doing much to educate the ma*sr* and to agitate this kKVOl.l’TION*
vhich will r« b gait t • the 'helve* >•! antiquity \V I Park* and other KAILKOAl) FREAKS
You Are the Revolution
Two year- y - n rebelled against organized dispoti-m and severed your connections with
tht Illinois v«i!r.»l and llarrutian lines, determined not to return until such tune w- these cor
poration* wiiuM roognut ><»u a- a part of tin WORKING CLASS and contract tor YOUR
LABOR <>n a collective basis.
for TWO 'I I \KS >"U have Urn engaged in a STRIKE that ha* been the greatest indus
trial war of the .t.<- \ mi have had to spend your savings, pawn your furniture, mortgage j
your home*, initigb with poverty, shake hand- with privation, and smile at the agent of death—
i all for the c* list r\atioii ot the principles of the WORKING CLASS
YOU an a soldier in the WAR til* TOI>\Y, the W AR of 1'jt.i, on the battlefields of IN
DUSTRIALISM. and you have demonstrated your allegiance to the greatest economic rebellion
that ha- ever been r« corded on the BLOOD S 1 AI XED avenues of FRoGRESS The W AR is
still <*n ar 1 the tight mu-t be YYON The pillars oi organized Fl.UTOv R \CY must be uproot
•4 by y. ur etiofts, the iiebls of tyranny mu-t be mown down by your cannon, the mountains of
despotism mu-t be obliterated, ignorance mu-t be eradicated, and the hot bed ot submission must
trail'. wed to cool ^
You have ventured far away into distant cities in search of subsistence for yourself and
your family You have driven your stakes m temporary pasture- gicatly t«» your inconvenience
iA<f disadvantage, because of your allegiance to the rebellion of today.
Your persistence has astonished the capitalistic parasites, and their warehouses of ammuni
tion are being exhausted You arr adhering to the law of unity with a bull dog tenacity that
will develop a higher standard of CIVILIZATION
THIS 1> \OUR SEv oND ANNIVERSARY l or two years you have withstood a conflict
that is frd and kept alive by the besmirched hands of tlie DESl END.WTS of ancient KINGS,
wh* •»e motive is the lust i< r gold ami who are courting a development in AMERICAN 11 IS- 1
TORY where lil OOD will (low hi the* street- and the rivers will lie colored a crimson red.
working class brothers, from Alaska to the- Mexican line, and from the Golden Gate
to Mhine, are having their -trike- and economic rebellion*. EVERYWHERE the KEVOEU- j
TIOX of discontent i- developing T he proletariat is awakening He is beginning to realize
that he is the *la*vr and toed of the master class, their stepping stone to power, and their meek
f dumb driven cattle
Celebrate this occasion by re-writing y«»*r resolutions, by re-organizing your efforts, by re
inforcing your army t• »r a GENERAL STRIKE FORCE the success that recognize- no COM
PROMISE, that know- ot no MASTER CLASS, that worship* no MORTAL GODS Take all
that INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM demands and you will then partake of an a bun dam e of good
thing., lor Yin \KK THE KKVlM.l'TlON.
I o VIOLATING FEDERAL LAWS.
_ Memphis Term. Sept Ik. 1F11
To wh<>m It May <'un<ei n
Ojlll give >0(1 below a « ttpv of a letter from the
■•Msr meehsnli to the night roundhouse fore
•kk You ran nee by the wording of this letter
last the company is at all times violating the
•Afstjr sppliaiK e law It read* as follows
M . Memphis. Aug 2S, 1913
1 K Banks.
Night Boundh ouse Foreman
l>osr air
Fallowir g engines permitted to go out on line
* •*•*** without boiler test » ards In the rah.
t fossa! ° ,r0ur P*»P nian falling to teat the pops In
. •hglt.rs and (••mpieting the «ards and pla< e
. ***** ‘Sbs of the engines These « ards were
j 0,,r lu your pop nian by the built r nian
Kktltta til on II.- Nth and ITth
J»*»SS 191T on the sib and IMh
JMISS M2 on th« Nth and 2l»t
-Agige it; on If,, Nth and .1st
•ngis# H.; ,.n tin Nth and 22nd.
jMlns *th M„,| o;m|
"IS on the kih an<l 24th
r+hk* 01* U|,d# »stand the Important *- «»f tb* »«•
|. * *•**'* Plated tn the imIk of our ellgtlleS If
"fu* u{ imp# , tor should t at* h any *»f th* *e
** ,,u* "•> I he line, |. t mild take them out
rfv,n* right *.n ! tie spot |., t hi,- him fiorti
»•« ®n Ihr.. i mIu,. .
Youia respei tfullv.
W II Watkins
Master Meehan * .
HMTMOVE made in
RAILWAY ARBITRATION
** S* |! It 1 lie six at tot r at**» - M
i '* Wn‘** 1 **" "iifml* .| l.rdman a*t of «-**ng»**»
• t , * 1 ' likfst represent*! Ives • ( i1 •
* ndurtors
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In ’ 1 o1'* of the t’lt v of New > oi k. tepr* <o t
'•»« 'he puMi,
AN EXPLANATION.
Ft Smith. Arkansas. Sept 1C 1911
M • i at I Person.
Kdltor Strike Hullettn. Clinton. Ill
I*ear Sir A Mro
Arriving In thi* city to attend a ronfereme
with the official* of i he Fort Smith A Western
rallwa\. I r»cel\ed a <dipping of a pro** «li*pateh ,
from l*re* Klme that had l*oen went out from this
«-lt> on Sept 2nd. and which wa* dipped from a
San Francisco papet ami forwarded l<» 1'ies Kline.
• tating I wa* going t»* Introduce a resolution at (
the Scdalia contention of the blacksmith* and help
et* to i ompioml«e the str ike «»n the Illinois rVnttal !
and llarrlman line* Tht* >* the first 1 had heard)
,.f ill.* and Would like to know when K originated.
hk mi the date It wa* sent out from thl» «llv I w.i*
in cnnfrretoe with the International A tireat
Northern official* in N» w Orleans and did not know
until *e\etal day* afteiward* that l wa* < otiong
to thi* « 11 \ I hate niu i* Inquiry .ii the office
of the two |o. at to w spa per* l*ut mnof I. am w here
ttie\ got their Information and I wish to sat that
I he I ie\ e tnv attitude in regard to these strike*
i* too will known ft an on. to ic *• rlou* at
tent loll |o inn Ii a slat* rm ’it 1 arn of the same
opinion that I haie alw.n* • »i that we *) oiild
win the*.- -| r lk. - et • u if It 1' liei ••**•? \ to *u W*
ever) road In the «ountrt to do *o and »f the) are
m m i com pi .mused until I * • v a • * t » * ompi otni*r.
lh. i thing w i I net rr . tu
til* t* • v il< ntli a not n* i one ..f the numeiou*
fi t *<*IWl*t ' o| t ? . . ii i - * * a i • * o| t to 11 It not* I '• lit i t!
t.ud Harriman lit*** • • » n-at. dissension among the
rank* of t lie Strlkei*. ami to dlsrr.dit Ho
g* tier a I t>ff it ei * Who h»\i fought tint sink.- *in«r;
it* ho • t»11•• 11 and wh*» will fight it to tio hitter
, ,,d \\ , ha>- l•••rn .••*.»il*-d n « r> ular lettei*
.fit in mini other wav* amt I am not surprised
Nt uni Ping slat, merit that ha* been *• nt out or
mat he *.iit out in tin futun and I hope the
Rtrtkei* at hit g. Will not be fooled by such lie*
as these
Fraternally votit*.
I\ ii"i;v
Fourth \ ii * President. I M of It A II
I
I shot . r* , \no,o in rsllron.t* «rs hoi.I In
„ „ ,, Hmi | soiil.l not houss ni' i-«lll»." «»nt
Mill, mi “h. I I ho r.llriiiK pros t. nl of ihs Howl- I
\l i. -i. -. n . no- of X . so* Inf ton
rn. mi. mint n.ior.l. t lh..... worknmn Is * ruts.
of I tin r.innlrx lnst.it of ..
n.llnn ih.m I - in* m wornmit t>“* .»r*. ttisv
|„. fnrnist .- l witli i-ottuBs. •ml In.tuss.t
I., to , ..Ills |,IO|lt.-.ll» l ltt.SlIS "
WHEN I FIRST LEARNED
THE VALUE OF A HOME
W hen I left my humble home, a lad of tender
.ears
\N h» ii I p ii>| good h>e to mother and kissed iw«\
h» f tear*.
I little knew what hardship was when I started
out to rosm
I dl l not know the value of the little place . ailed
home
It .t it wa* not long, however, when I tumbled far
uni wide
I k* .1 ship without a rudder « u*t adrift upon life »
I l«*e
" *!h i" nev in my po«k«ts two thousand mile
l r '.III home.
1 r • w i arv» » of a s* apor t town, in *• .• h of
'* oi k | roamed
* •' th«> lav at an* lior out **n that rest
less ba v.
n r '.ells all snugly furled. It wa* th*
• g of the .lav.
I -.r th# i» -ignul light* were burning, of red and
gi#-#ii that night,
NN hih th. anchor light on their forest.* * like th..
V.itn >tar shining bright
* " ■ 'gl t of home and mother a* I wandered
r nnd ' «o»e dm ks.
Aid l*<«iVed my firat experience III the college of
t> ird ktiocka . ..
I *r tbouglit* went ha« k to a# hooldu. s and the
• '.i • a f w ater tank
" h i e I often saw those boomers -o.nl asleep
upon a plunk
»:ow 1 would *1! arid Itaten as thev talk of «nf
tcre/it |>l k #*s.
And of i... VS thev got their ‘heads chopped of l in
*om# hlg railroad strikes
*1 i • x would talk of Fiji* ) * army in the da>* of
l.lnet ) lour.
* *l h -w they wore their kn.nklcs out on roiii# on* s
0 <1 bat k iIimii
U»ttl#- did I know then what this world was a.l
about,
iV h* n 1 saw t hop#* friendly hoboes u pt< king out
tn.-ir route.
I-»t it w..*n t very many years till 1 drifted o'er
toe strand.
And found myself a member of that same oi.|
boom* r barnl
With a union turd my passp«>it, a railway guide
An> • bai t.
1 was soon a box-ear sailor, with navigation down*
by heait
it was then 1 mw the Golden Gate and Frisco ■ '
inland buy ,
It was then 1 saw the llarhara toast and N.w
1 oiks Great White Way
I outline* met disaster, and 1 met her with a
smile,
When my rations they wciv very light and my |
bed a lumber pile
While the wintry winds were blowing arid the'
snowballs hit me hard,
A looking for a union Job with a good old paid-up
t at d
1 met with lots of different folks as 1 traveled on
life a way.
Who like myself were walling for the dawning of
.hat day i
When mans Inhumanity to man its meaning will ’
unfold.
vn*l tlie suffering generations will have triumphed
over gold
For many years have flown since 1 wandered round
thuas doc ks.
Where 1 first received my lessons in the college
of hard knocks.
For jobs were few and far apart — 1 ofttnie* had
to roam.
It Was then I learned the value of that little place
.ailed Home.
—A F Tay |.*r or .-hag T
THE FORCE THAT RULES THE WORLD
lily Covington llall l
Nature n»» longer controls the evolution of the
h'lman ra»e. Man has conquered nature, and the
evolution of the ia»e Is today governed l*v mans'
*. If « leafed, self-made world —tltr World of things
I he world of industry, whose temple* and tott
respes ate the machines of production un i distil- i
button It i* true thut we must go to the .arth
Ioi ,.ji . ,i needs and wealth, but it la true
that without the tools and sciences whuh man
h. • created through long centuries of toil that
w« . ..uhl not force our Mother Karth to yield as
* i . voids to us today, and. without this abundant
void, tivlixuiion v ou Id not exist, foi civilisation
depend* upon an ever-rising standard of living
ant tins m turn depends upon the perfection of
the machinery of production and distribution
Wi.tio-it t i* machinery the modern woiid could
not exi*l and. therefore, the nisi tiine owner, the
capitalist, ip lord and master «>f society todav, and
f..r the lesson that he .ontruis tire force which in
turn controls society Man conquered nature and
defeated other animals in the struggle for evist
. nt« solely and truly because be w.»* a tool pro
ducing itnmal Hi" thought* have broadened only
as h# was able to make the tend# w th whhh to
work Without tools tils world would vanish and
!i la « mpire pass a w a v
Take away from me the tool which enables me
to break into this storehouse of nature .ailed the
ear’.ii and you render nit a cripple in the* strugg.c
for existence make my right to use It dependent
on your will, and I am worse tli.cn a slave t«> v >u.
for v ou then compel me to sell myself. and th -
Ililtghltv tile slave was spared
To **«* how all important are the tools *'f pro
ilo< non and distribution, pause and think what t! •
Invention of the i• w and arrow and the <1 .*•• '
meant to man' llov% many leagues were added to
h.a dominion how mu. h treasure fell Info his
hand*. h-*w the empire of ti * thought w - c
n he.| wttit ideas he never dreamed before What
,i it volution th* s. simple tool* must have bio..gin
* i * ou i in the live*, customs, manners, mot an# law
xi d lelig ons of our an. lent sires’ Think T» . n
In. k .i i ou ml you at the intghtv machine's that have
exolv. | r I •. Ill these simple Ich.I* and know Gut a
so. .1 i.v.d i ..it I* agutn at hand that Indusiiial
Jeitiocraev or mdusiiial despotism is the <*rilv
ih.ii.. whic h v ou . in mak. that the working «*•
III the . updaltsl class must rule the woiid, and
that rulei ship dept nds upon the own. i ship and
run It'd of I tie IIIM.IuneiV of production and distil
huthn. upon Industrial, and not UP"U potitual
pox er
1 . tod l«d astrav When von, tf. w.okmg < a-«
itig.»m/-e so a* to control the* tndusttlal pi ••**#*,
x11 .'h.i l ower* must ob« v you, for no other p w.
an ». —ist the power that feed* and clothes and
t»oti*» * t to human race
Industrially united you .an turn defeat into \
lot \ and float the * 11 lit sou banner of In.Iu-tri'
|c u i'.« i U • i ft.dir the flagstaff of evt-rv » aplt in
111 Wo Id
!;. ! i . elvect |o-t the* politicians 1 »w I on
V « u f v... ie|x, f . *o« let v of the w or k I Mg . la »
mi st b. t»v tlie mandate e»f destiny. a social c#»m
in iw.u'th an Industrial democracy, and when in.
•omruonwi alth rises it must rise through th. <>t
ga i I Industrial p«»wrr **f the w or king .la**
PREDICTS VAST STRIKE
Twm Haaa. FaglUb labor I eager, la « klrag«. «rr«
Uarlg Tleaa I Mtla«-T« *»ferf -Ike Stale*'_
-He’ll I aiie %l| viMHMklp. Sflae aad Railway
Harkera aag Tkea H airk Hal.** He H araa.
Strike of htindr.d* of thousand* »»f railroad men
■ >m*hp * rnployeft arid mine workers an inter
national t|..jp that win -urpusn the dock workers’
■ »r ke in Kng l<i n*l m IMI will he railed in the
• nited State* and Kngland within two sear* A*
“ r* "Mlt *b.mm* fi» of the world w II he at a
St.irid»tll! til r. riiani so until the Workers de
rn.(tid* aie sat i*! ii d
So savs Tom Mat' • halrm m of the strike rum
r tte. of ti.» lyindon *lo. k men and labor agitator
throughout the world
VN e j.re w ishful for a general organisation «,f
.« h.d trad. • -aid M r Minn Th* ‘am. sort of
in. o, gar. nation w hich «riati«d us to i ripple half
m. world s i onum r• • with our !<•< kmen s str ke
N w u. hi. ii.rto tug a union of th- steamship.
tnit' m l tadro«i| n,. i In two years they will
*'• t'-‘dv to n.Mke their demands and get them
-Mat**" Hard l« Orgaalse.
Tt.e 0.1 me Will to tr ,e , h the state* The men
• .w are laboring under condition* humiliating a ml
tuo-t itiiiii > g I ui th* \ are coming into our
• auipalgn of .du ation Th. s'uten will to harder
t . organ xe he. nose of the multiplicity ».f national
ities We need nia-s action
Se< tlon.tllsm has been one ..f the things we are
wi-|.ful to destroy Th. troubles you have had
,n ' h...,so in which. I understand, h.re.t thugs
fiav. been Used to settle Internecine quarrels, is
th. > vtr.no of tti h sectional feeling With tins
abolished, if., workingman would soon control his
• ■ w c la I*., r the la h.ir I htt t s I tie sou r« e of the world's
wealth It will mean abolition of poverty
F«*r Five H wrkiag Hays a Week.
•'ne of the things we are wishful for »* the
shortening of working hours I have I.. quoted
as wishing forty hours a w e* k Hut I desire less
than that | Hm working now to get five working
dav* for the mirier* Fewer working months In
the year, too. is another project of ours In the
sum*- lilt* we will have fewer working year* in a
man s life
• It is one of Iho-o big problem* that are so g|m
pu the. Hr. difficult to grasp, but we ha«I a
splendid working example of It when IS<t.OU» coal
miners Walked out In 1 kl 2 They soon obtained
a good deal ol what they were after And that
is how we will have them when our hg strike
I* ailed.'*
Hewvker mt Ray al « aasmtMlma.
Mann is a member of the Knglish Amalgamated
Sort* t v of Kngmeer* H* wa« a member of the
toval commission on labor appointed hv the gov
ernment to inquire tnto the .an*** of labor dis
pute- He has been banished from France and
Her many for hi* work tried for sedition and oon
spitw \ and (mt in jail for urging soldiers not to
shoot strikers
8 P. FIGHTS WITH
8WORD AND SHIELD
< • PfMtralltm llseH H bile Ulieklag !*•*
lie I Sill Ora law— tMallaau < arefnt fu « uaipl)
HMli Mit«|e—4 mmttm+n In I •■test %gal»st Hrg.
■*■«•••■ k) Mate I* I'Hrral t ••Ms.
Tile Southern Pacific and Its subsidiaries are
fighting' th. I ublir utlllt.s art «rvd the Uta|* Hall
road ('. rmniMion with . -word tnd u shield Thstr
method of attack and defense Is to assail the con
stitutionality of the law in the federal courts by
injunction proceedings to restrain the commission
from exerc Ising authority over them or prosecuting
th. m If they Ignore the law and then to play safe
bv complying with the letter of the law In their
dealing* with the commission
Proceeding* are n«»w (.ending in the federal
courts whereby the railroad seek* to (.revent the
commission from exe-. (sing anv Jurisdiction over
It* Issues ij equipment trust certificates for Inter
state Impro. ement a and to restrain the rommts
• Ion from proaecuttng it in • ass It «hould issue
securities without the states permission Never
theless the railroad company his seen fit to peti
tion He commission for permission to Issue fJ.Olu -
moo of the certificate* in dispute
The same policy wa* adof ted b) the Associated
• Ml romiuni which Is dominated by the Southern
Pacific In Its efforts to e* c(*e the new am* ref.
no nt to tie public utl'ltie* act which (dates oil
pipe line* which are public curriers under the con
trol of the commission The Associated first insti
tuted in lu net ion proceedings against th** com m*« -
■ ion '»* • he fed* ral court and then notified the
boord Hat ll would comply with Its orders pend ng
a determination i f |h»» suit.
In Its latest application the Southern Pacific
state* that ll desire# to use the proceed* of the
sale f the trust c ertific ate* for the pun hare of
equipment to be used on Its lines and H e lines of
subsidiary cornt ante*
The equipment trust certificates are to be s.-rtal*
t<* run for ten year* and tarry an lnterc»t rate of
4! per «ent The discounts and commissions will
not exceed 41 per cent
The equipment wh .h th* company* propose* to
purchase Includes six steel observation cars 1 "*
st*el combination burssgt and p *t I . ar# *3 steel
t ** enger coaches ?•» *•*■»•! passenger c hair r*u
«lx *t*-. I dining • *crs in '•• ..motive tender* three
tank car* lSu box car* *o fl.t car* ft* gon<l«da
cat* It* stock cars. !« rite trie* *! rent car* and ISO
■lump c ar*.
pen.I. railroad MAN EACH 7 HOURS
Hoad* Fiar« Heavy Tall irmm Kmplayea, flaya
Tralaaiea'a nffWial
• flv the % «*ot a ted |*re«a >
VI • \V Y«*llk Set-t 1J ‘ \ mrnil'er of the HrottV
, rho.nl of Trainmen i* hill* I rv. r\ ae\#-n hniir»
ii ,| fifteen minute* » t urn nine minute* a man
>«* m ■ n»e«!
T’ la vti the t««t n n\ today of \Vt!|i*m l.ee,
r. presenting the •»».!.• r of Itallwav Trainmen, at
t1 f m«et<ng of the arbitration rnmtttlMloti In the
.•.■tit'.'vrrin between fortv-two . aaiern railroad*,
an.I *b,!r < -.oidtn tor* amt trainmen, mrr the ern
i .»v • tl« m.imt* for more pav an<! abort* r hour*
W tf% thi- at.itement waa later challenged bv
I'M*! a I*. r«»u* *• I for the railroad*. Wlll'am lee
r11# -I *t it «tl. a from the |nter*tat« commerce com
• '*»fi>i • report Thu report on June itrt laa* gave
i*i1 railroad employe* killed in the I'nltcd tMatca
during the v ear
\ ! \\ II1M \ t\»n Sept I? MI ffh Ml *• »m
m11•.. |oromot|y» engineer* t*dd the manige
Hieut of the N.w 11 a \ • faMfold tibia \ w hat It
..n»| dr red the trouh. with the road • T«*0 mu* I*
|.|e*«oirc for a peed. I* the complaint
THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT
Scott of the Railway Department, haa
. I *n appeal for funda to h via* d a* a Vgal
Icfenae fund 1 at • ■ t tim** «►'•» we ran * letter
in the ftiitlettn m wtibh w «* ntated ttiat a'l numry
tl-e def. t a. 1 ml «hnuld h. Befit to |t<‘* 1*.
•flntot' III. hut aim •• tl:a time matt* r have been
h i- t I itill It a the wi*h of the lUllViP I'e
I* iMm* nt that anv donation* made in reply to the
tpi •*! he pent t » l hn Scott. room ’0 1 S.»w*.r
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