The morning call., 1890-08-26
ALONG THE RAIL.
Dissatisfied Train Men Expect an
Answer To-Day.
A Representative Of the Vanderbilt System
Just Returned From New York Says
the Big Strike Is Settled.

To-day at 10 o'clock the Grievance Com
mittee of the Order of Tranmen will call
at Fourth and Townsend streets for an
answer to their demands laid before the
officials on Friday last. If they are refused
it is not probable that strike will be or
dered at once, as the matter will first go up
for the consideration of the Supreme
Council.
"They are demanding good DEAL" said
an official yesterday, land it is safe to say
that they will not get all they ask for. l
do not think they expect 10. In cases of
this kind they always fill up a schedule of
grievances, with demands and requests
which they know, in the nature Of things,
cannot be granted. When the matter is
considered, they begin to chop off here and
make concessions there until the whole
thing is reduced to one or two propositions.
1t is absurd for the men to ask US to dis
continue our apprentice system, or, in rail
reading, what we call Student system
do not believe they will be so short
sighted as to insist upon this demand being
complied with. l think the affair will be
settled without any trouble"
THE GREAT STRIKE.
C. C. Craine, Pacific Coast agent of the
Vanderbilt lines, returned yesterday from
a visit to Chicago and New York. OF the
great strike on the road with which he is
connected he said: despite reports to the
contrary, the trouble is practically settled,
and the men are beginning to realize that
they are beaten
Passenger business has not been dis
turbed to any great extent, and on last Sat
urday out OF 100 trains on the schedule 125
were taken through on time.
This talk about tying up the whole sys-
TEN is rot, as it is well known, among rail-
road men, at least, that such thing would
be an utter impossibility. Those who force
this theory argue from the assumption that
the men have the sympathy and are
sure to have the cooperation of
the Locomotive Engineers. The Brother
hood of Engineers has not forgotten the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and re-
call with regret the fact that in this strike
they were opposed and perhaps beaten by
the Knights of Labor. Chief Arthur said
to me in Cleveland, about ten days since.
that the engineers on the New York Gen.
trail we're better treated than on any other
road in the United States, and that they
heartily appreciated the efforts of the
officials of tie company in providing them
with reading-rooms and many other sources
of enjoyment. After this it is safe to con-
clude. think, that the strikers will not
receive any support from the Brotherhood
Of Engineers.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
1.-THE company have discharged no men
for being Knights of Labor, and to show
how they have tried to dictate to the COM
pany in the matter of discharges and pro-
motions, l will give you an illustration.
"A few months since brakeman walked
into the office of Division Superinten-
dent Bissell, and said, Il want the conduc-
tor with whom | am running discharged.
He shows too much authority and wont
cton6 his lOnrnr'
CHOW long have you been in the employ
of the company? asked the Superinten-
dent.
"'About six. MONTHS replied the man,
but that don't make any difference. do
nv work and unless this man is discharged
I'll report him to the committee; they'll fix
him. l know he has been here seven years,
but we have ousted men who have been
with you for twenty years and can do 1t
again.
"This is a fair sample Of the way things
have been going on with the New York
Central trainmen for some time. Their de-
mands for the discharge of Superintendent
got TO be a regular thing, and they know
that in all of their demands they are backed
by the Knights of Labor. They want to
arbitrate now that they realize they are
beaten. What is there 10 arbitrate? Ii a
railroad company has not the right to dis
charge its employees fox ineiiiciency or
other caG50s, who has the right? Or is 1t
to DE tue law that before n nsan snail, h
discharged from any service O committee
of the Knights of Labor shall be called in
to consider the case and report thereon"
THE ENGINEERS DIFFICULTY.
or the reported difficulty with engineers
on the Southern Pacific line from Ell Paso
to New Orleans, Assistant General Manager
Curtis said yesterday: "We know very little
of this matter, as the trouble is on the Texas
line, which is part of the Atlantic system
of ha Snntharu panifn onh a 10 for
removed from our authority as affairs on
the New York Central. A. G. Hutchinson
is the General Manager OF this Atlantic
system, which includes the Galveston, Har-
rlsburg and San Antonio, the Texas and
| New Orleans, the Louisiana Western,
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas road, New
| YORK, Texas and Mexican, Gulf, Western
| Texas and Pacific and the Morgan Steam
| ship lines. Any trouble of this kind would
| come under his supervision, and only in
| cases of great importance would the con-
| sideration of the officers here be required.
1.-TWO years ago Master Mechanic Ryan
! of that system made himself unpopular
| with the engineers by attempting to reOr-
| ganize the force under his control The
| dissatisfaction increased until the mat
ter was taken to the general officers and
| thoroughly investigated, with the result
| that Ryan was upheld ii his ideas OF reor-
| ganizati0n and maintained in his former
| position. Whether this is the old grievance
| polished up or not cannot say. 1t may
| have con neetiOn with the trouble Of two
| years ago, coming as it does on the same
| division, and it may be a new wound"
THROUGH SLEEPER.
The Southern Pacific Company has made
arrangements with the Denver 81 Rio
| Graude whereby they will run through
| sleeping cars from San Francisco to Denver
over the new broad gauge line via Ogden
and Salt Lake.
This line will be made up from an extern
| sion of the Colorado Midland to connect
with the Rio Grande Western which is now
being made broad gauge to Ogden and
When completed will be the Pacific Coast
route of the Rock Island. Burlington, Mil
waukee and st. Paul. 1t is thought the
connection will be made and in operation
by The middle of september. An excur-
sion over the Northwestern leaves to-day
with 80 people.
PERSONAL.
A. n. Towne returned yesterday from
Monterey.
Division Superintendent Bassett of the
Southern Pacific went to Santa Cruz yester-
day.
Sam Miller of the Yosemite lines is kept
busy booking passengers to the valley.
II. II. Goodman is at Monterey.
The Oceanic brought into port large
cargo of tea, which Will be shipped East at
once by special trains.
Hon. r. Burke, an Irish globe-trotier,
leaves to-day, over the Northwestern, in the
snecial car "Riya" for tour of the East.