Show 1 ORGANIZED LABORS VICTORY 11 I 1 11 I 1 ric rights of employees S set et forth by caldwell I 1 I 1 it UNION PACIFIC the theold old schedule continued la ia zal p votes force and tho the receivers petition denied af organized Oripio izod labor has haa the harnoi rights hights as Orean izod capital capi tal and emt I 1 cannot be from Quitting Work effect of tho the opinion I 1 i omaha neb april C G organized la ia hot bor to daiy diy won its lt gre eft victory when in the united states circuit court judge henry C caldwell handed J i down don hla his decision lo let the union I 1 wa go schedule contest in tho the long lone legal opinion this declaration of the court stands out most prominently A cot potation is ia organized sed capital it Is capital consisting of money and properly ert y organized labor Is 1 organized capital I 1 N it la is capital consisting ot of bracing and muscle what it is 13 lawful for one orle to do it Is lawful for or the other to do it jbf r to la lawful for tile stockholders and earn cera of a corporation to associate and confer together for the purpose of to rc the wages of its employees or oc devising other means of making their investments investment profitable it Is equally lawful for organized labor to associate I 1 consult and conter confer vath it a view to man main 4 fain or increase wages both act from fromi the of enlighten en lighte ned selfish new and the a action or of bo both h la is lawful f when nhen no illegal or criminal means aro are used or threat threatened entzi the broom was thronged thron ged witla I 1 railroad men at the hour set act for the rendering of the decision there were I 1 few preliminaries before judge caldwell began becan the reading A As the opinion pro I 1 ceedee the faces of the union officials lengthened while those ot of the tha employees grew roseate as they saw the drift of the decision and begun began to realize what a remarkable i letory was in store for thern ihen at its conclusion the th 11 became oppressive and until marshal white while declared a rece recess not ea movement was made on the part of the spectators to br break eak the spell peu it W waa ft drun dramatic isAle endina to what has been most dramatic case I 1 ALL MAY AY understand IT there was waa not it phrase not even a 16 g i word of nf loril lor il verbiage verb laKs about the tha imbor iaac document for judge adwell I 1 declared 1 I wanted it to bo be so GO plain that even tho the lowest man on ill the road could understand 1 every word of it li when judge cal caldwell dwell left the shioki 19 1 tho the leading men of both sides shook hands hande the feal loss jurist mr thanking tile the court t fr for or ita it 3 4 de decision cislon no thanks are necessary mr arr avroo fai I mail inan responded the judge when oi a court does itt its duty aitho without it fear or favor it li Is not deserving of f any thanks the path was waa well blazed blaze d till nil tho the court had to do was to reiterate iterate re tile the principles laid down from the beginning and that I 1 it hda has sought to do in feeble way I 1 just before court adjourned judge judg gannt of north platte attorney tor for the I 1 men aked nuked the court to fix tile the I 1 account for the men in view of the fact that there were differences of opinion instantly judge caldwell responded you ought to be ashamed of your yourself to ask the court to participate in this il matter dont come here bere with the statement 1 luat at you cant agree as to tho the ex inan ln n turning to th ill room Is one on of the receivers hero here no no there Is gen general oral manager dickinson you may I 1 arrange with fill him as to expenses which I 1 w will ill cover the cost of averal living in omaha abich can be easily ascer i talked general manager dickinson nodded 1 hla his approval 1 I 1 EFFECT OF THE OPINION 1 As aa to the far reaching reach faff character off ce r the opinion tire tho utterance of oc I 1 george L iod bodges who represented tho the q engineers la is most timely it Is th tho tho I 1 greatest judgment in ia vindication of tho 0 ichla I 1 of mn men pronounced by any court 5 since nee the hi historic judgment of lord I ord 1 bansfield in the somerset case tho or opinion I 1 nion continues in ili force dorco tile tho present rules and reputations regulations govern 4 ing the road ex except capt w here the different din erent 4 voluntarily to modify the overtime features of the present schedules it modified the orders v of judges dundy riner and hallet made in the wao wage cases the tha former I 1 ordering tho the receivers to put the new ules lules and regulations in force the latter er estral ing the enforcement of tho the new sched schedules liles pending a hearing between 4 the receivers and the men it lays down new of arbitration between the contending forces of wag wass I 1 and capital being in direct opposition to the opinion of jud judge go jenkins in the tha I 1 wage wae laya jays down stringent rules as 04 to intoxication on the part of the employees who are hold held to be servants of the court I 1 scholarly and dignified it exhausts eXhAUSt 9 the which havo have been bitterly 1 fought in fit many instances since the cen can tury jury bagran and la ia a completo c 0 r aleto victory for the rights of the to houlne u t ing masses OPINION OF THE COURT i I 1 judge caldwell with impressive force read the opinion ot of tho the court la fit willa walca judge riner concurs after stating the fact of tho the road coming into the handy hands of the receivers judge caldwell says the relation ai 0 these men to the company and the rate rat of wadea wag are determined mainly by certain written lules itile ii regulations bad and I 1 sched schedules ulm which were the result of free and voluntary conferences between tho the I 1 managers of tho the railroad mid and representatives senta tives of 0 tho the men in the different branches of the service among tho the rules and regulations referred to was wan one to the affect c that no chango should r be mado made in the ruled rulea or rate of wagin waa without first drat giving ilia labor olga alxa alons ma raaon abla notice were in court lost last january to force a reduction of 0 wages vases when an agreement was reached as to rules regulations and schedules relating to I 1 train dispatchers and operators operator yet ailt the conference con farenc held under the order vt of afire circuit jude the position assumed by the receivers recel vors in the petition was found untenable land was a abandoned find and rules and regulations gov eov linning telegraphers wages ild adopted opted judeo caldwell then says saya that when P a C court ourt of equity takes upon itself the ihn conducting of the th business busL anti 1 ine rl g of a road the employees become en em 0 0 of the th court and subject to IU orders the court oc intends endi that th receivers have not offered satisfactory proof showing the schedule to be ba unreasonable arid nd bel believes loves the tha receivers rec dyer ignado the reque request 31 ignorantly as aj only one la is a practical railroad nian mun tho the court desired an eCO I 1 i trat tra tion loni but to accomplish this wages I 1 must not be bolow below just compon the recommendation wills of the recel I 1 7 I 1 to adopt their belr sell schedule g I 1 0 can cannot n 0 be a accepted c LL 1 I lice because 1 U was adopted ip A without elio men mi opportunity to bo be hwd beard which la is in violation of ilia 0 agreement n lie performance of 0 a contract to vade render r personal service cannot be enforced by injunction babilt or penalties or any other means no injunction ordered can mako make such finch interference any more ot of contempt than tho the law malics makes it without such orders after the decision was rendered tho the engineers en elner adopted a resolution thanking judge caldwell for his ill AMEN AMETO MENTS TO tire TIIE RULES after the rou derling of 0 tile the opinion tho the formal orders were made which in n tile the following amendments to the iule luhcs i governing engineers no to overtime shall be allowed unless tile lie time on duty I 1 haa 1 I avera averaged ged less ill than in ten miles per in hour 01 ur time to be computed from the time flint first named to the last hist tor for all short runs of less lesa than miles and no other nation made on the same fame day JM miles shall bo be allowed overtime after ten hours it la is expressly understood that grievance committees to represent the engineers shall have access to the proper officials oni clala for the consideration of 0 cabes ot of violation of rules or governing ell the conditions of 0 employment in all of the representatives ot of the men ahen interviewed expressed great satisfaction with the decision THURSTONS COMMENT general attorney thurston tor for the receivers ce ivers abbed what ho be had to say in regard to the opinion of the court said cald the decision relieves the fra em and ma managers of 0 the road of 0 a great responsibility I 1 think every everybody body concerned 1 glad to have the cobit take the responsibility as a reduction in wages la in always necessarily unpopular with the men end and disagreeable to tho the managers manager I 1 had bad hoped it if tile court found the old schedules were just and ordered their contina trice it would order a restoration of the pay of all the thea unorganized employees who apro affected by br the cut ot of september if K this effort to reduce the wag wages a of the organized employees wits was not justified and unless all employees tire are to share in the burdens ot of the changed conditions it Is manifestly unjust to make maka any one class do so ACTION OP OF ENGINEERS the fo lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the general board of adjustment of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers Eng incera on the union pacific system in session after court whereas an t effort lias bits been made by the manageri mana management geni on t under the receivers of 0 the union poe tie systems system of railways to reduce the schedules lCT of pay and to abrogate the rules regulations and conditions of the employees of said system engaged in fit train and engineer service purvice and to substitute others the kame me han haan ing been sought to be without proper notice and without fair hearing of 0 said bald employees send whereas the employees of 0 said eye toni tern engaged in said service havo have sought bought to have their objections to uch such action on the part of such manal management rement fully and fairly heard and determined by a court having jurisdiction in the premises and whereas by order of judges caldwell and sanborn district judges of the eighth judicial cobit of the united uni ed states a fill and fair hearing has haa been accorded said employees t nl at omaha neb circuit judge caldwell and district judge ritter of the district of wyoming pitting fitting commenting commencing on oil the ath day of march 1894 continuing from day to day until completed and Wh erens atlar pat bild full and fair hearing bearing of all objections made by said employees the a aalde ald judges caldwell and ritter have taken the matters presented dented at said bald hearing under advisement and after full consideration havo have made their order touching said eald mat matters in hwd bald proceedings and the hearings a new era em has been I 1 inaugurated nau antl ant a sovereign arx remedy medy dished by precedent for the adjudication or of differences between employer an and d employee employed eo in the management of great corporate enterprises and by the order of said judges organized labor has received complete judicial recognition and given a in one of tile the highest courts in the land for the adjustment of grievances now therefore be it resolved Kenol ved that we as a general loard board ot of adjustment do most heartily approve and concur in the spirit and interest of the court in their action and methods of disposing of 0 such cases and pledge ourselves to use all the influence in our power with A ith all laboring men dl erectly and indirectly affected to yield a cheerful obedience to the order rendered re n and concur in and perpetuate the principles thus thua established bo 10 it further ne resolved Resol solved veiS that these theo resolutions be upon the records ot of said boand of 0 adjustment a copy furnished the associated press and a copy taken lalen home by members of oc said board lind and request that they be read in their divisions in horwit session at least once every three months and urge upon elie mem ber iship of 0 the brotherhood the value ot of adhering to them always admonishing sobriety and improvement of our membership ber ship morally socially and mechanically the tha bate squabbles squabble chic chicago go april 6 the board ot of arbitration bit ration to which was submitted the Burling tons appeal from the fine of put upon it several jays since on the h charge 0 ing cut rate tickets between ix tween chicago and st SL paul decided the case today to day in fan far or of 0 the burlington the union racine and the western passenger association lines aro am still lighting fighting over the emigrant question and ko ito night are no amer an agreement than at any time since the meeting besan begun the atchison today to day announced it wa growing weary ot of the efte extended aided conference and it 1 nn an agreement was not inot practically reached tomorrow to morrow it would take caro care of 0 its own business in its own way this means that rates will all go 0 to smash again wat war in flow rates bates chicago april B S A war of the flour trade arde front from east st SL louis to the seaboard has broken out between the steamer Ft earner lines at chicago and toledo thursday the toledo lines made a ra rate to of 0 2 20 cents from rom east st SL loula to now new york tone this was met by a JOLLA joint tariff issued ly by tho the westel n trait titan IBM elt union anchor lines line making a like rate via chicago the chicago st louis railroads joined alth the steamer lines in n meeting tho the toledo competition compel lUon Carp carpenteer entee a ultimatum accepted chicago april 6 president carpenters ultimatum was accepted by the employees of 0 the chicago laste eastern rn illinois II 11 railroad today to day president Preal ilent carpenter declined to t 0 restore the wages to the iho old scheduler schedule but modified the rules rulea objectionable to them en canadian cana alian petite montreal april 6 at the a annual meeting of tho the canadian pacific yesterday the old board of directors and ot of liters were reelected tile the net decrease taio in the profits for for the year was waa Z |