St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-21
employees CONFERENCE.
AN EVENING PAPER ACCUSED OF
MEASUREMENTS.
MEET AGAIN TOMORROW.

Johnston. of the Northern Pacific
Employees, Talks About the
Conference With the Manage
ment-Great Western Train
mems Conference With the Of
ficials Is Ended.
As there has been a considerable lack
OF knowledge as to the progress Of the
Northern Pacific conference, a GLOBE
reporter obtained the requisite iSforma-
ton from the standpoint of the men, at
the same time correcting certain printed
measurements. B. w. Johnston, one
of the press committee, and repre-
sentative of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors, and also representing the sem
timents of every railway conductor OH
the Northern Pacific system, was seen
at the Windsor last night. He talked
over conference matters with the
Northern Pacific officials, and other
matters incidental thereto. Among
other things he said:
''ln reference to the statement made
by ar evening paper that the Northern
Pacific men are making no appreciate
progress. and are talking of returning
to their divisions, desire to say that
this statement is wholly without foun-
datiOn, and the men are entirely salts
fed with the progress made. Business
OF vital Importance to every branch in
the line service has been transacted, and
the men are in a position to go before
the officials. which they never have been
before. In reference to the statement
I,otc f <t,HtN n.hn chnx
inclination to federate, knowing that in
the event of trouble they would natu-
rally get the worst of it. etc., | would
say that this is absolutely untrue. This
same paper says that no unusual hard
ships have been imposed upon the men,
which statement we decidedly except to,
and shall, at some future time, make
public the facts i'll the case, leaving it to
the public to Judge whether there has
been any hardshps imposed or not.
Then again the statement that 1.-The
men have screwed the company up as
far as they can reasonably expect, and
that when the company was not in a
position to invite trouble which might
cast it into the hands of receiver etc,
We consider all this reflection both
upon the management and the EN-
plOyes. The relations between the en-
ployeS and the company have always
been OF the most friendly nature. and
everything granted by the company has
heretofore been given with the belief
that it was getting value received.
There are other matters referred to
which would indicate lack of knOwl-
edge of the real situation in the article.
and which in measure might be con-
sidered IS rejecting somewhat upon the
several brotherhOods, but which L pass
over as of minor Importance"
Mr.. Jobnston further stated that a
date had been fixed upon by Gene raj
Superintendent Kimberly and the joint
committee of the several brotherhoods
for today at II a. IN. for general con-
ference, but which has since been
changed to the same hour tomorrow
owing to the inability of General Man
ager Kendrick to be present. There
will be no action today.
The other members of the press COM
mittee are M. Vitter, chairman of the
Northern Pacific engineers, registered
at the Clarendon; l.. G. Mann, repre-
senting the telegraph operators. regis
tered at the International; p. Ii. Camp
bell, representing the trainmen, who is
Quartered at the Sherman, and half
dozen others scattered about at the diff
ferent hotels. MIR. Johnston acted as
spokesman for the entire committee.