The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-06
A STRIKE POSSIBLE.
The Conference of 'lralnmen and
Officials
Inequalities In Runs-Ihe Work on
Montana Divisions is Hardest

OMAHA, Feb. s. Especial telegram to
THE HERALD. The conference of train
men and officials of the Union Pacific sud-
denly terminated to-day in such threaten
ing manner that the chief officials of the
organizations were wired TO come to Omaha
on the first train.
THE MAN TALK STRIKE,
ard the road officials say salaries cannot be
increased at any price. An official of the
Union Pacific, with inside sources of infor-
nation, says: "Undoub eddy there are a
great many apparent irregularities and
some of them are likely to be corrected
but the committees propose changes that
mean large increase in wages and most
OF these will be denied. Indirectly the
brotherhood of Engineers is remote
cause of some of the dissatisfaction
among trainmen, and there seems to
be considerable jealousy between the two
classes of employees. Here is an agree
ment the engineers got out of the company.
In April, 1887" he said, ex hibibiting lit
tie four page leatet, land you will observe
that some important concessions were made
TO them. For example, when train is de-
layeo or laid up during its run beyond q
liked margin the engineer is allowed for
such lost time at the rate of one tenth OF a
days run for each hour Here is an engi-
neer getting 3.S5 per hundred miles run on
a standard locomotive which is considered
q days work and he is allowed 3S15 cents
| per hour for overtime. An engineer on a
mogul gets s4.15 per 100 miles and 4315
cents per hour for overtime. In the case
of conductors and brakemen IL is different.
A dispatcher may side track train for
hours but the train crew get no pay for
lost time, they are paid according to the
number of miles run. The traiumen would
be less than human if they did not com
plain of unfair treatment
THE INJUSTICE OF THIS RULE
is SO glazing il is hard to see how the CON-
pany can with any show of reason refuse
to give the trainmen a square deal on tina
point at least.
THE hremen are also favored by the
companies, and it is ne of the complaint I:
of the conductor that the men who merely
shovel coal into the fre-box often earns
bigger wages than superior who is re-
sponsible for the handling of whole train
TIE engineers have succeeded at success
s,ve conferences In keeping the agree
ment of 1887 in force and that aggravate
the trainmen. The engineers grievance
committee had forty-seven days session
last September and October and went hom
satisfied. The conductors and brakemel
NATURALLY lC6l tuaG tnSy are Delng QlScrlm
mated against. One OF the most importan
points TO be considered by Mr. Dickiuso,
is demand that on mountain division
eighty miles instead of one hundred shoul
be considered a days work. The tram
men argue that the
WORK is HARDER ON MOUNTAIN RUNS
than on the plains and they assert tina
they are asking no more than has bee
granted on the Denver & Rio Grande an
other mountain lines. This proposition
means an increase of 25 per cent. in wage
on divisions affected by it and it is fore
gone conclusion that Mr. Dickinson Wi
not make the change The committee
have called attention to the fact that i
many cases there are two ana even thre
engine crews on run, covered by one trai
crew They complain that this is unfair t
the latter, and they want remedy. |
some cases the crews of fast trains ru
several hundred miles but are allowed n
more than they would for a slow run G
: one hundred miles consuming the sam
time. The trainmen insist that there
more danger and greater strain on tn
fast run and there ought to be q highe
, rate of pay. On the new line betwee
J Denver and Forth Worth there are a nun
Der of grievances rising perhaps out of th
| change from the old management to tn
: Union Pacific. One of the complaints
J that the men have not been properl
/ credited with overtime.