| Show t JI H I R i l J 1 L R I f rH EN u uH H iL 6 3 F Jer National Executive sent of Locomotive s Writes It It p pJ JUDGE J TAFTS LABOR LASOR RECORD st t 1 Part l U Conspicuous ln bj by b byus us Hs from Pr PJ t to 10 ir GIace Grace Oc Oct II U n fuller e I of Beaver Full JH national nut nat I executive live tive of ot the Brother hoods of Ut o Locomotive Engineers FiLe mon moil and anil aron a a copy CIly of or a aletter aI letter I tel which wl ch ho he il f mulled to President commenting nf upon 1101 the tho presidents ts letter leter to P 1 II IL Grace financier of oC Lodge No IG 16 Brother Brotherhood Brotherhood hood of ott Trainmen who lu ha 11 behalf of himself and associate rail railroad ri railroad road empl es wrote to tim the president asking how they he could best curve their thell own interests in the tho present campaign The presidents reply urged urge the support of Judge Ju ge for foi forthe the tho tn presidency and uld discussed a at length the candidates attitude on ba n questions affecting haluor In his Ills letter Mr 11 Fuller FuJer says I S SI I t am 1 a I tu at a al losa 10 1 to Wily why seek Sir Ml t Grace Graco Jaco arid and advice regarding Judge Tutta raWs attitude toward the railroad of the country from rpm the very vm one uno Whoso influence and tion were ore to bring about aboul his nomination tan and nid is I now being bein used U to secure his election electon when Mr lr labor decisions have been discussed In ill the lodge rooms manIc null and printed am un and upon in ill the thU magazines u utho ur of tho thi th various organizations of or labor hahn In Including eluding those thoo of lit the Brotherhood o of oC Trainmen oC of which draco and myself IC are e members Had liati ho iio Co such publication I ion he lie vOll I havo given len the the complete labor recon of It Mr Tuft rather than thian a partial pallal 1 his hl one and 1101 both he lie and throughout the the country who C Cread read your our reply would be he in posses slon of tIle the than being eln In the position p of having been mis mh misled misled led by tho president of the United States SlateR The he most Important purl pItt par o or of Mr Mv 1 Tails Tafts labor labO record 11 co 11 is lUll by bv Us its s absence from your our reply and 1111 It t is to supply this that thaI 1 write this Ihl letter tho do ilo Mr Fuller then refers to Jl of r Judge Taft Tar In tho the United the southern southen States circuit court for 30 0 1894 declining district of Ohio April Apri ing the petition of of the tho Now New Orleans Texas rail railroad railroad railroad road that an un order of receiver reducing reducIng 10 1 percent cent be rescinded d Ho Ito ing wages per 10 quotes at ut length from flom the th decision in which Judge Taft states that from froma troma loin loina a strictly legal standpoint the em cia es have havo no standing In this conr court to call cal rot for ah au ni adjudication of at any rights Tho The court IB hit I limited In Iii the tho ex cx X erciso of ot its Is discretion to such action as IW may ma bo ho consistent with the tho ration of ot the tle property and its Is vaton I In tho the interests Int of at those wh who own It 11 The reduction was approved May 31 11 1 following Mr l Fullers l uler letter lette I t l States thO th 1 petitioned th tho court to direct tho thu receiver to modify life tl wage scale f nJ which Judg do le to do d Tho The decision on this por or orton thou ton is Quoted tat at length including reference to a I change In pay for fol over overtime time which virtually was a reduction in iii wages Trainmen therefore had hac hadl boon been l cen paid overtime when a It ii train was wait over o er 35 minutes minute late but by a ruling of the tho receiver this was changed to two wo hours or moro more late lale the receiver alleging that under the tho theold theold old rule trins trains were unnecessarily de delayed del l ye Tho Ia decision upheld this change chango It I also 1150 that while some railroads in tho thio Ih same district were yero ro paying pa l g higher w wages cs for similar service others were paying tho th same jiame amoor or loss less Mr Nc tr Fuller Fuler contends that It ItIs Itla itis Is la an al injustice to work over time Ume compensation He Ho then thon cites cles decisions of other fed feel federal oral olal judges In what he contends arc are similar cases where whore proposed reductions re r du dua In lii wages by receivers rece ers are arc pro prohibited prohibited prohibited by by tile the court |
