Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-18
AMICABLY ADJUSTED.

p. & w. Engineers Settle Their Grievance
With Manager McDonald--New Rum
ming Arrange ments TO Chicago.
The reported trouble between the officials
of the Pittsburg and Western road and their
engineers and fremen has been satisfactorily
settled, and the friendly relations existing
between General Manager Mcdonald and
the men will be continued. The conference
between them was settled last night, and
the engineers and fremen were happy in
consequence.
/ The conference began on Monday after
noon and continued until 7:30 o'clock last
night. Those present were General Man.
ager Mcdonald, Superintendent c. E.
Doyle and Master Mechanic John Quinn,
representing the company. There were six
representatives from the engineers. They
consisted of one passenger and one freight
engineer from each of the three divisions of
the road. The fremen had no representa-
tives present, but their interests we're looked
after by the engineers.
The men are members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and comprise
Division All, which takes in all the P. & w.
men. They made the demand for an in
crease of wages under the seal and authority
OF the Brotherhood. 1t was stated by en-
gineers in this city that if they did not get
what they wanted they would site up" the
road. After three DAYS figuring with them,
General Manager Mcdonald gave them
what they considered better wages than
were paid by the other roads competing with
the P. & w. The wages were changed from
a trip schedule to a mileage basis, and will
date from July 1. There are many different
runs and conditions that fair standard can
not be given. On an average, the freight en-
gineers will be paid about ~ cents per
mile, while the passenger men will receive
cents. Some of the former will be paid
as high as 81 cents. These latter run local
freight trains, and are required to do con-
siderable amount of shifting None of the
runs have been shortened and the man max
ing the shortest run will receive the least
pay, no matter how long he may be out.
This only applies in cases of delay where
the trainmen have to lie on sidings waiting
to gee through. The average increase will
be about s per cent. Some of the men have
been advanced as high as IL per cent The
conference committee will make their re-
port to the engineers at a meeting of the
members of Division AL, to be held at Ma
honingtown Sunday next. There are 80 To-
comotives on the road and about 200 en-
gineers and fremen.
The Pittsburg and Western road have been
offered through train service from ALLIE
gheny to Chicago that will shorten their line
considerably. At present they have a
shorter route to Chicago than the Fort
Wayne, making the run in about one and
one-half hours less time, on ordinary ex-
press trains. Their present route is from
Allegheny to Orville over their own line,
thence via the Wheeling and Lake Erie to
Monroeville. then back to Chicago junction
over the Lake division of the Baltimore and
Ohio, and from. there to Chicago over the
Chicago division of the same system. By
the new route they can run trains from Al
legheuy to Kent. o., over their own line,
then over the N. Y, P. and o. to Marion, o.
From Marion they would go over the Chi
cago and Atlantic distance of 26s miles.
The officials of the p. and W. claim the
B. and o. people have never given this
Eastern business the attention they should
and may drop this route. At present they
only run a sleeper through, hut over the
new route they will run solid through
trains. They claim they will be able to
make the run about two and half hours
shorter than via the Fort Wayne.