DISPUTE.-" Claim of the General Committee that seniority of employees taken over with the Miami Mineral Belt Railroad be extended over the entire Northern Division of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, and the seniority of employees on the remainder of the Northern Division be extended to il:e positions on that part of the Northern Division formerly known as the Miami Mineral Belt, without restrictions:'
FINDINGS.=1'he Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:
The carrier and the employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employees within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 103-1.
Au agreement exists between the parties bearing effective date of May 16, 1929.
This division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.
The parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.The parties have jointly certified the following facts, and the Third Division so finds:
"The Management notified the General Chairman of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, January 4, 1930, of the above facts and stated it was the intention to consolidate seniority of employees oil that line with seniority of employees on the Northern Division roster. This was supplemented with letter January 23, 1930, stating the arrangement as to seniority ,vas made with the proviso that the Alianri Mineral Belt employees would start their seniority on the remainder of the Northern Division as of Jamiary 1, 1930, and Frisco employees on tile Northern Division would start their seniority on the Miami Mineral Belt as of the same date.
The Order of Railroad 'Pelogyaphers contended such action was not in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, Paagraph 1, Section (a) of Telegraphers' Schedule, reading:
"' The right of promotion for employees will extend over each Suporintendent's division and to relay offices."'
It is shown to have been the practice under agreements effecting previous similar consolidations for employees of this class to first displace to their own level on their original line, and thereafter merge the seniorlty of Telegraphers into one Division Seniority Roster, and thus afford till Telegraphers affected their rights under Article Vill, Paragraph 1, Section (a), Telegraphers' Schedule.