The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
TEE STRIKE At AN END.
The Central settles the Yard Difficulty
in r tlanta.


The Central Settles the Yard Difficulty
in atlanta.
The Central railroad strike in Atlanta has
apparently awaited little. Ths effort of the
/ employees to force the company to increase
wages vas futile Fifteen men are out Of
/ employment by the strike, and their places
are filed By new men, who are submissive
and satisfied with what they get.
| Supt Hege returned yesterday from At
la Ia, where he has been since the frs IN
/ formation Of the action OF Atlanta yard
men was received here. He said that the
whole matter is now settled Everything Is
moving smoothly. The only disturbance
that lie noticed efore leaving Atlanta was
the arrest Of TWO Of the strike S. The rail
road had no hand, however, in the arrest OF
either of the men. Ous of the strikers
engaged in a difficulty with one of the
men VINO was taken fro another part OF
the road t. work in his place until other
men were secured. The police were watch
full, and nipped tine affray in the bud by
arresting the striker. TIE leader Of the
strike was very abusive toward the officers
while they were locking his fellow strikers
up, AID re was himself arrested and lodged
in Jail.
Supt Hege said that, aside from this
one case, tlere is no friction in
the Atlanta yard. All five Of
the ward engines were provided
yesterday with crews, and the business
reached its normal. The superintendent
was asked where the men who had taken
the place of the strikers came from, and ne
replied that they we're picked up in Atlanta.
None of the men from Macon or Colum us
have been taken to Atlanta. Some wer5
AIKEN from different parts Of the road until
the strikers places could be filled,
and when new mea were secured
they re uraed TO their work on the
road. The superintendent said that the
strike was predicated, as usual, upon a de-
mand for Increased wages The Central,
he said. sis paying as mucn, and in some
cases more, than a ny road centering in At
lanta, except the Richmond and Danvllle
and the Western and Atlantic railroads.
The wages paid are as follows: Yardmas-
| ter Sll5, assistant yardmaster $40, night
man $40, five yard conductors, two of
which get $40, and the other three $50 per
month.
Fourteen couplers receive 81 so day.
| The yardmaster and three of Lis men re-
manned on duty when the strike occurred
| Those who struck were one of the $40 men,
three of the $50, and the fourteen men
working for 81 30 a day. They demanded
that all conductors be paid $40, and they
asked for an increase of the couplers' pay
from 81 80. to 81 Is.
Supt. Hege has statements from the East
| Tennessee, Virginia d Georgia, the
| Richmond and Danville railroad, the
Ge rgia railroad and the Western a d
| Atlantic, showing that the Western
and Atlantic road is the only road
that pays higher wages to couplers, aud
there is only 1873 Genus difference in the
wages of that road and the Central railroad.
The. Richmond and Danville pays
conductors more. The Central pays,
as shown by the statements, more
and Georgia or the Richmo and
Danville. The East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia pays conductors $50, and first
aud second switchmen 81 so and 81 % q
day, while the Central pays $40 and $50 to
conductors, and 81 so a day all around for
couplers. The Georgia railroad pays yard
conductors $50, the first coupler
S45. and the second coupler $37
per month. The Richmond and
Danville pays yard conductors $65, and
only one $40. The head coupler receives
| 81 90, and the other couplers get 81 25 a
| day The Western and Atlantic paws yard
| conduct $40, and the head upler gets
| 81 66&, and the rear coupler 81 80 day.
With each engine are three men, consti-
tuting a crew.
Sometime ago petition was received by
| oupt. loBo ITOlil ING AIld Ia ydTuluen, ask
ing for increased wages. The superinte dent
told the petitioners that he would confe.
with General Manager Gabbett After a
confere ce with Mr.. Gabbett, it was de-
cided that $40 for conduc, ors and 81 Is fol-
couplers was too much, as no other road was
paying such wages. Supt. Hege notified
the Atlanta yardmen of this fact, but told
them that there was a possibility of doing
something for them. He went up and saw
the men in person, and he told them
that, If they we're worked too hard AID
there was a reason for increai lg their
wages, he would endeavor to get SOS for the
conductors and possibly an increase in the
couplers' wages. He said that he left the
men apparently satisfied about the matter
but before he was able to accomplish any
thing the news of the strike reached him
The same wages, he said, are being
paid now as were being paiC
before the strike, and no further effort
will be made toward getting an increase il
wages. Some Of the men who signed thu
petition did not quit work at all, and few
of the strikers came back TO the road before
they would see other men take their places
The usual dispatch of freight is made nov
as before, and the Central officials appre
bend no further trouble.