St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

making LABOR rates 10 Southwestern points,
but several other matters of minor import
ance were brought up and disposed of.
There will be five excursions to Los An
geles and San Francisco via New Orleans
from Chicago. The excursions will leave
Chicago as follows: Nov. Is, Dec. Il
Jan. II. Feb. Is and March Is. The rate
for the round trip from st. Paul and Min
neapolis via Chicago and st. Louis will be
SOS. 50. The excursions will travel over
the Illinois Central from Chicago.
1t was decided to instruct agents to sell
tickets for the Kansas City and Chicago
two days before the excursions leave.
a fare was fixed for those attending the
National Education association to be held
in Chicago. 1t will be one fare for the
round trip. plus SO to pay for coupon at
tached to each ticket that will entitle every
purchaser to membership in the associa-
ton.
These matters cleared away the battle
began in earnest. W. II. Dixon, of the
Milwaukee road. opening the amusement
by presenting a resolution for adoption.
The resolution read as follows:
Resolved, That all labor OF other rates not
in effect TO local or other points, which have
the effect of cutting tariff rates to competing
points, should be at once withdrawn as they
are not IL dccOrudIc6 WIFI Iu0 l6Ll6E VI
spirit OF the managers agreement"
This resolution was brought out through
the action OF the Omaha road, which has
been selling tickets to labOrers at less than
regular rates. This aroused the lion i'll the
breasts Of the officials Of other roads, who
claimed that the Omaha had violated the
agreement on passenger rates made by the
managers OF the Northwestern roads and
now in effect. When the resolution was
voted upon the Minnesota & Northwestern,
Minneapolis 4 st. Louis. Chicago, Bur-
Iingt0n q Northern anu the Chicago. Mil
waukee Il st. Paul roads voted aye, but the
Omaha refused to vote. The resolution
fell to the ground, as it could be adopted
only on unanimous vote.
The Omaha road was represented by
Acting Passenger Agent Mccullough. who
filed with the secretary his reason for not
voting on the resolutions, which was as
follows:
The Omaha refuses to vote on the above
resolution for the reason that under a con-
tract with labor agent they sell legitimate
labOrerS, in parties Of five or more, tickets
at two cents mile only to points on their
own lines. This contract was made prior
to the adoption of the managers agreement
and has been filed with the commissioners.
The Omaha has complied with the man
ayers agreement in letter and spirit and
will continue to do so, and the above reso-
luton is unnecessary and uncalled for"
1t seems from this that the Omaha is de-
termIned to continue on the even tenor of
its way, selling tickets to laborers at 2 cents
a mile. Southwestern business at this time
Of the year is a material item and it isn't
very likely that the other lines will sit
quietly by and watch the Omaha gobble up
the greater portion of it en- the strength of
q contract it happened to have with an
intelligence Office before the managers en-
tered their agreement. 1t is very safe to
say that the end is not yet, although Mr..
Dixon says the Milwaukee doesn't worry
much over what the other lines do.