NEW JERSEY DIVISION-HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY. 2 inspectors, 3 captains, 9 lieutenants, 101 patrolmen=115. P., B. & W. R. R.—HEADQUARTERS, WILMINGTON, DEL. 1 inspector, 1 captain, 4 lieutenants, 23 patrolmen=29. All of these men have State police authority; 21 have uniforms. One inspector, 5 captains, 4 lieutenants, 28 patrolmen=38. NORTHERN DIVISION-HEADQUARTERS, BUFFALO, N. Y. One inspector, 2 captains, 16 patrolmen=19. All of these men have State police authority; 16 have uniforms. PHILADELPHIA TERMINAL DIVISION-HEADQUARTERS, PHILADELPHIA. One inspector, 3 lieutenants, 32 patrolmen=36. Three of these men have State police authority, while 33 have city of Philadelphia police commissions. Thirty-six of these officers have uniforms. GENERAL. Number of men with State authority, 361; number of men with city authority, 33; number of men without commissions, 1; total number of men, 395. The figures in the foregoing table represent the active commissioned police service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Of the 395 men, 278 are equipped with uniforms. WATCHMEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, PENNSYLVANIA BAILROAD. Eastern Pennsylvania division, 6; Western Pennsylvania division, 28; New Jersey division, 181; Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad, 3; central division, 4; northern division, none; Philadelphia terminal division, 69; total, 291. In the main part these men known as watchmen are disabled employees, physically unfit for service in the operation of trains, etc., and turned over to the police department, which assigns them to duties compatible with their condition, watching shop gates, crossings, etc., and do not have commissions. Mr. LEWIS K. BROWN, [The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.] GENERAL OFFICE, BROAD STREET STATION, Secretary United States Commission on Industrial Relations, Transportation Building, Chicago, Ill. DEAR SIR: Answering your letter of June 4 in regard to the arms and ammunition in possession of the organization of the police, whether in Philadelphia, Altoona, Pittsburgh, or elsewhere, we beg to advise that we do not have any arms or ammunition stored at any point on the system except that referred to in our letter of June 2, which, as before stated, is in the possession of the purchasing agent. We have, of the number of policemen employed on the system, 394 who are armed. We did not understand that you desired the information as to the members of the police force who are armed until your letter of June 4 was received, and the delay in answering has been caused by making a canvass of the police to find out just who were armed. If there is any more information desired, we would be very glad indeed to hear from you. Yours, truly, S. C. LONG, General Manager. Mr. S. C. COWEN, 1533 Pennsylvania Avenue, Tyrone, Pa. PITTSBURGH, PA., June 26, 1914. DEAR SIR: I am prepared to place before you a proposition which will add $100 to your monthly income, and the money paid as you desire, either by check monthly or semimonthly, and if preferable cash, special delivery. At once you conclude the service required must be of a nature involving more than is usually requested in the ordinary affairs of life. In that conclusion you are right, but there need be no misunderstanding or mistake regarding the matter. At the outstart I will state the proposition to be made is presented from a strictly business point of view and will be carried through as such to the end with you, as it is with others in the labor world, if you can see your way clear to accept. Now, then, what I want is a daily letter from you (not every other day) regarding the affairs of your organization; that is to say, a complete report of everything within and without the organization, including, of course, the minutes, etc., of the meetings, special and regular. You will find this the easiest money you ever earned in your life, and absolutely without the knowledge of anyone except yourself and one other. You are not required to sign your name to letters-only #500-and mail your reports or letters as you will later be instructed to do in case you accept the trust. The writer is absolutely disinterested in any particular and acts only as a medium through which the arrangement can satisfactorily be completed. You need have no hesitancy in replying, as this is strictly a straight out-andout business proposition and not something intended to get you in wrong in any way. It will be carried out, too, in every particular. I may state that if you render the service you are capable of the pay will be increased to $115 in six months and $125 beginning January 1, 1915. I wish to further explain for your benefit that the object of getting this advance information is to add to a service intended to be exercised in furtherance of the amicable adjustment or settlement of labor differences and strikes, and as much as possible the avoidance of them. It is believed by advance thinkers on the subject that a good work can be accomplished and organized labor greatly benefited, and to that end the information will be directed, especially within the ranks of organizations with which we are already doing business. I will appreciate a reply which I now promise will be strictly confidential. I am, Yours, very truly, Mr. S. C. COWEN, General Secretary O. R. C., E. W. ELLIS, PITTSBURGH, PA., July 15, 1914. No. 1533 Pennsylvania Avenue, Tyrone, Pa. DEAR SIR: I am sorry you have not written me regarding my proposition made you some days ago, and am not altogether satisfied you want to pass up the opportunity to increase your earnings in the sum proposed. You need have no fear of me in any particular, as I have promised you truly that in case you communicate with me I will protect the same in every way. I am desirous of having you take up the work, and therefore am not satisfied, as I have stated, to drop the matter. In fact, I would like to have a personal interview if you will grant it, and to that end will here state that I will meet you in Pittsburgh and pay your expenses while here, or I will meet you in Tyrone, at your home or hotel. Do not be foolish and pass up an opportunity like this, as you never will add to your earnings so much money as this so easily. Trusting I will have the inclosed card returned promptly, I am, Yours, truly, E. W. ELLIS, LABOR AND THE LAW. (For exhibits under this subject see pages 10903 to 10928.) 38819°-S. Doc. 415, 64-1-vol 11- -25 10451 |