Show I I RAilROADERS CHARGE ARGE ARGEI ARGEe e I BlACKliST IS STill I j. j CHICAGO l HI m. April 10 10 Denouncing the reference 8 system stem In vogue ogue on railroads railroads rail rail- roads as AR nothing more than a blacklist black lI list t Warren arren S S. Stone Ston grand errand chief of or orthe the Brotherhood of or Locomotive e Engineers Engi Engi- liters concluded his address to the arbitration arbitration ar ar- ar- ar board sitting in the federal building and nd the board retired with the I binding promise that It would reach ILI n IL I decision h hj by April 30 on the differences bet between w n ninety fight western lIten railway companies and I 65 employees I A man In an any other vocation can CAli make e an honest mistake and he Is not tol followed to hi his next employer cr asserted Stone Ston a who ho acted as as chief counsel for forthe forthe the tho brotherhoods A man commits a crime crimI and Is punished but hut always ha han has hasa a n chance to 10 red redeem m himself An engineer engi- engi ne noT neer r who Is IR only human makes A A. mistake nils- nils take or or under stress of oC circumstances circumstance loses his 1111 head and talks back to an official of- of of official and Is promptly discharged The loss of ot his position Is la punishment punishment punish punish- ment nt many times limes o 0 or over r for th the ono one mist mistake mis- mis t take kt But Rut the ro roads do do not atop stop here lucre he is placed on the undesirable list h he goes to some som other road and tArts starts t is In other g la at the bottom If It 1 h he succeeds in getting getting get jet ting a J Job b at all ail takes up tip the broken threads of lit life litand and starts all over again He works 1 two O three or four tour months month and gives gl perfect service Then h he is called c In I. I I Is he told toleS that thal his service I Is la unsatisfactory No 0 o he hue I. I In is told tole his sea ser lc Ice Is er e everything to be desired but buthis buthis buthis his reference Is unsatisfactory and his services are re no longer required lie He pays the old debt over over again aan and AneS repeats the performance on n another nother read and on still another road the tenet th the roads Ret get et II it In for or a man they make ne er quit dogging him m until th the they j make his hlll wife and children hungry and the mana man a a. tramp Ston Sion named a home for aged and disabled railroad d employees near r Chi Chi- I cago Go Go there hu n suggested and nd S see f I men blind men paralyzed men utterly as born now men n who ho as 93 helpless hive have out of ot Creeks with th their lr conic come had bodies Ies so o burned bj by fire tire i and poor scalded by steam In the discharge r discharge e of oC their duties that t some om hardly ly s 8 seem em a to tobe tobe tobe be human beings belnie These men you aa and andI I r would woul not t t take tl caremen CAre euro of oC for tor S oO O 0 a 0 day men who p perhaps were werl given A A. few rew h headlines In the tho papers pAper and nd a n Jn medal dal I b by grateful passengers passengers rs and then e eby t dotte b by both passengers and th J Jand rank and me of oC tho and left Itt for the ran fellow work workers r to take ah- ca care carf of for Cor the remainder or of their ere l drel life e The chief exec of or the thee en engineers lne r ec declared that freight men toll it hours that thC Inhuman Hi otred offered evidence are arc to prove th that t men bem 6 o 0 n duty 20 20 30 SO and ond nd 40 consecutive hours u were common common com corn hor- hor hours hours' mon men and th that thU t even cn 60 and 70 unusual were not of ot Asheville f. f Jud Judge e P G C. Pritchard of ot tho arbitration N NC C. C Is chairman the board board The Th other n neutral mem member r la le larh rh Nagel of ot St. St Louis Louie F A A. BurC Burgess Bur- Bur Charles brotherhood and Timothy Timothy Tim Tim- C cst gess M engineer engineer- othy Shea firemen's brotherhood represent rep rep- othy For tho the companies the tho For resent reent rend A Are II H. E E. Bam Byram H HW Burlington rondo road and W 1 U L. Park Illinois Central Warren S S. Stone Clo Cle Clel Cleveland eland l nd and William P S. S Cart Carter r Peoria ore re counsel brotherhoods Jarne Jt M M. Chicago for tor the brotherhoods Is coo counsel for tor the companies companies |