The herald., 1894-12-16

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said, however. that the reduction won Id
in ell probability lead to another strike.
because" said he "the cut Is a breach
of faith so far as We are concerned on
the part OF the railroad"
when we stayed by the company dur
ing the big strike 1t was with the under
standing that the company would stand
by us, and that We should have our reg
ular salaries year in and year out. Now
they come in, give us longer runs and
longer hours. and put our salary on q
par with that paid new engineer on his
first run. for one don't propose to
etand 1t, and / don't think the other
boys will, but l can't cay. 1t is serious
question. tis probable we will hold q
meeting in few days, and then some
definite action will be taken"
BREACH OF TRUST.
"The railroad people think they have
1t all their own way" said a man, as
he came from housing his engine. but
in this case think they have bitten off
more than they can swallow. We trust
ed them last June and stood by them,
and now they tell us we must work for
less money. As soon as we find just
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think the railroad will get the best of it
as they did before"
Another engineer who was ap.
preached showed q conservative vein.
"It is too early yet to discuss the mat
ter" he said. wait day or two. No.
l don't know whether would go out if
the other boys do. 1t isa matter that
requires consideration. The country is
f,,li 1t, aI vosIrnaI ov,d
railroad knows it. They could get three
The only place they would be weak in
yards, and it is not probable the
switchmen would walk out, because
their salaries have not been touched,
and they have no grievance against th Q
company"
THE STRIKERS EXPECTED IT.
SIT is just what we expected" said an
man who was lounging about
the Arcade depot. "We told the engi-
neers when they refused to walk out
last June that Old Huntington, Towne
and Fillmore would give them the worst
of it. We've got the laugh on them now,
and Pm glad of it. No, l don't believe
they'll strike, and l don't believe the
other boys would stand in with them if
they did,"
"The equalization of salaries is
great thing" said a railroad man; "a
great thing for the railroad company,
but it don't squalize worth a cent. 1t
is figured out so that engineers who
formerly got $3.50 day will now get
81, while those that got only 81 will get
thn 60 E0 nj i'll not fh
It's big thing for the company, and no
mistake, but then the Southern Pacific
is q great company. Down on the
is about triple what it is here, the scale
up ON the Sacramento hill division, that
part of the road between Sacramento
and Truckee an increase of about 10
pet cent in salaries has been made.
Then further on, over the Central Pa
cific out in Nevada, ON the Wadsworth
division, salaries have been slashed all
to pieces. "But then this is the way
the big company usually discriminates.
"The engineers themselves only are TO
blame," said an uptown employee.
They made q barrel of money pull
ing engines during the strike, and took
the company's word for it that they
would be cared for. Some of the men
rnnning out Of this city dur
ing the time OF the strike
and the month following made
as high as $3.50 and $40O a month. It
was this money bait of the company
that held the men. Now that the COM
pany has things its own way they pro-
pose getting even. They have added up
the enormous salaries paid engineers
during the strike and made it ground
to reduce wages. The result is the gen.
eral cut"
RAILROAD MOTIFS.
The Santa Fe company will fly kites
next week without tails. They are
and are in the shape of kite.
views and descriptions of
places along the route OF the famous
kite shaped track.
W. L. Benham, assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the Mich.
igan Central road, who has been in this
city several weeks on q visit. left for the
east over the Santa Fe line last evening.
The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
report heavy west bound and
light eastern passenger business.
w. G. RineRrson, general passenger
agent of the Queen & Crescent road with
headquarters at New Orleans, is in the
city.
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