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^rethemescdhisEmpire District, Loser in NLFBDecision, Plans to File Exceptionsredmded. w n his ch,vasheoldmdledna-.on,ioisV£pern i-n oflerolOldockEliteIn an intermediate report made public yesterday, Charles E. Persons, a trial examiner for the national labor relations board, held that the Empire District ElectricElectric Company “has engaged in and Is engaging in unfair laborpractices affecting commerce'*under the labor act by “interfering with, restraining and coercing its employes’' in the exercise of their rights,Persons, who presided in the trial of the Empire District case here last May and June, recommended that the company “cease and desist from interfering with, restraining or coercing its employes,” and that it “cease and desist from discouraging memberTJwer-Russlovnfirnal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers or any other labor organization, by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or condition of employment.Ho further recommended that the company “post immediately in conspicuous places in its plants throughout the Tri-State area in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and maintain for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, notices to its employes stating (1) that respondent will cease and desist in the manner aforesaid; (2) that respondent’s employes are free to join or assist the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, local B-95, or any other labor organization, and that the status of employes of respondent will not bedenAmoidiceext*garIPicteatea2:3Bnter ---0—0 -------- pioyus ut ruspuuuuui. win nuu ucship in the International Brother- affected by such action on their' of I C. tho :ap-Sai-l of ner-sis-iamwillntilrheredneiiarsdayHisft*y.inressiaacrieddllaonyouliedof*esi-andandR.iccacottday.i isi is ■vith Mr. nily.CityDeehood of Electrical Workers.Tho decision, which included a lengthy “finding of facts reviewing the testimony, found in favor of the complaining International Brotherhood on all issues except the cases of three discharged employes.Persons gave the Empire District 10 days in which to comply with the* requirements he set forth and to file a report with the NLRB accepting his recommendations. He decreed that unless the power company does comply, the matter “bo referred forthwith to the national labor relations board and that the said board issue an order requiring the respondent to take such action aforesaidCopies of the examiner’s report wero received yesterday by both the union and the electric company.James E. Harsh, vice president and general manager of the Empire District, declined to comment on It pending a study of the document A. E.. Spencer, jr., of Empire District counsel, said upon receipt of the report that the company will file exceptions to the examiner’s findings and will ask for a hearing before the labor board.W. A. Cox, a field representative for the electrical workers* union, said the union reserves the right to file exceptions. He called a meeting of the full membership of the Joplin local for 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon to hear the report read and discussed, and to decide whether the recommendations are to be accepted without exceptions by the union.In specific cases complained of in tho hearing, Persons’ findings andrecommendations wero as follows: That the company engaged in unfair labor practices by discharging and refusing to re-employ Mitchell Vaughan, Ned C. Barkley, W. S. Monson and H. Tabor; that the four men be offered immediate and full reinstatement to their former positions without prejudice to their seniority, and that all four men be given back pay “for any losses of pay they may have suffered by rea-part.Persons also stated that the company has 10 days in which to request oral arguments on the issues before the labor board in Washington. In case the company does appeal to the board, It may also appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals later, should the board uphold the trial examiner’s decision.Trial of the Empire Difitrict case,based upon complaints filed with the labor board In the fall of 193? by the Joplin local of the International Brotherhood, was held in the federal building here May 26 to June 17, inclusive. The decision was the first to be handed down in any labor board case in this district.IRicSpitrilt;divpa^IMituitioCutoilarHOLD MAN, 62, ACCUSEDOF SHOOTING AT FAMILYMidnda]Sofrcthlt;in*fieandJop-re-A police squad yesterday arrested a 62-year-old man near Iron Gates on complaint made by a son and daughter that he had attempted to harm them by firing a shotgun at them on separate occasions the last two days.Warned that the man had several guns at his home, Police Chief Barney Walker with DetecMves Bee Caylor and Tom DeGraff, Sergeant Fred Benton, Patrolmen W. O. Bradshaw and Roy Talbot went to the place and made the arrest.Prosecuting Attorney Roy Coyne said a sanity hearing probably would be held.The son told officers that his father yesterday fired a shotgun at him and that Thursday night fired at his sister while she sat in the front yard at the home. Neither was injured.to:Pcw«andedafoG]tuattufrminrcLiRStylt;PiBOARD FUNERAL RITESWILL BE THIS MORNINGFuneral services for Robert Lee Board, 70 years old, who died Thursday at his home, 609 Byers avenue, will be held at 10 o’clock this morning at the Anderson chapel. ___ Rev* A* Peterson will of-son of ^the ^respondent’s discrimi- ficiate. Burial will be in OronogoMr.:eel-ap-lbusHisItts-Mrs.e of and the4th*op-wrsterno.nation.That the company offer to restore Hugh Orcutt, T. T. Alexander, Claude Biddlecome and Clyde F. Dilworth “to the positions held by them before their transfer with intent to coerce and intimidate them in their union activities, without prejudice to their seniority, wages and other rights and privileges.That the union’s complaint as to Fred Walters, Jack Pritchard and B. D. Stevens be dismissed by the board, it being the finding of the examiner that there was insufficient evidence to prove that tnese men were discharged because of any union activities. The examiner added that in the case of Stevens there was insufficient evidence to justify any determination.The examiner stated in his report that “the record is replete with evidence regarding individual acts of interference, coercion and intimidation in union affairs by supervisory officials of the company,’* and that such acts were “lor the purpose of discrediting the union and thereby discouraging membership in it.He directed that the company “cease and desist from discouraging membership in the Internation-eemetery.Pallbearers will be Joe Myers, Philip Liseh, Gene Pinet, Morris Boyd, Charles Elam and Taylor Snapp.Mr. Board had lived in Joplin virtually all of his Hie. He was active in politics and civic enterprises several years ago. Recently he had operated the parking lot at Miners park until failing health forced his retirement.i*(dlt;01Pis\sC:PaotCtio00iioCarFormer Webb City Woman Dies.Webb City, Mo., Aug. 26.—Mrs. Ethel Irene Lingle, 40 years old, formerly of Webb City, died yesterday at Sapulpa, Okla., where she had lived several years. Mrs. Lingle had been ill three months. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the First Methodist church at Sapulpa.Surviving are her husband, A. F. Lingle; a son and a daughter, both at home, and a sister, Mrs. Edith Lester of Mount Vernon.Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning at Sapulpa and the body will be brought hero at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon forburial in Webb City cemetery. A second service will be held at the grave, with the Rev, Max Barnes in charge.aIt(t\1I
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Joplin Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sat, Aug 27, 1938
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