St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-25
ON A DIFFERENT BASIS.
Shields Promises an Impartial
Hearing Of All Charges
Against Hen,
EXCEPT IN DRUNKENNESS.
A Wonderful New Geyser Has
Broken Out at Yellow
stone Park.

The Chicago Great Western has
adopted new schedule of compenSa-
ton for its enginemen, trainmeu and
switchmen. which will become effective
on Sept. l. Practically little or no
change Is made in the matter of wage
compensation. General Superintendent
Shields has issued circular to accom-
pany the new schedule. and explana-
tory thereof. He stated yesterday that
the schedule is an innovation Oh the
hitherto established custom of having a
separate set Of rules for these several
classes of employees. who are now all to
be subjected to the same rules. This
will tend to greatly simplify matters.
Under the terms OF the new schedule
engineers will receive 81 cents per
mile; firemen, 2.15 cents per mile FOR
services on all engines excepting moguls,
tor these they Will receive 2.25 cents
per mile. Conductors will receive on
through passenger ana milk trains Sl15
per month; Chicago suburban trains,
500; ST. Paul motor trains, $50; Savau-
nah suburban trains, $50; Waverly and
Lyle branch trains, so; Cedar Falls
branch trains days. $65; same nights).
S55. The pay of brakemen will range
on the above class of service, S35, $50
and $50 per month, the latter amount to
be PAID for service on through passenger
and milk trains. On freight trains the
conductors rates of pay per mile are
fixed at cents. 81 cents, 3.S cents. 3.5
cents and 3.S, respectively. dependent
upon the service required. Those of
brakemen range as follows: cents,
81 cents, % cents, 2.3 cents and 2.5
cents per mile,
al the matter Of switching service,
engineers Will receive % cents DER hour:
hremen. 10 cents per hour; switch fore
men, % cents. q cents or 80 cents Der
hour. dependent upon the class of ser
vice demanded. The pay of switchmen
Will run % cents. rs cents and 81 cents
per hour, under the same conditions as
required OF engineers, tiremen or switch
toremen.
Among the rules are the following:
Except Ill cases of INSTRUMENTATION
or lntoXlcatlon, employ will not be dis
missed or suspended (eXcept tempo-
rarily) without fair ana impartial hear.
ing. Ordinarily this hearing will be
held whiting seven % days, and the
employees interested will be notified
promptly OF the result. Employees I'M
Justly suspended will be 1einstated and
paid Tor time lost.
III making promotions seniority in
service will govern. providing the ad-
Vahcement IL warranted by the ability
ana merit OF the senior man. Eviuence
OF desire to serve the cumpany's inter-
est ana 10 care for the company's prop
erty Will be considered.
"ln engine service, system rights will
govern.
In train service, division rights will
govern, except i'll promotion of conduct
OTIS 10 through passenger train runs,
IN which case the senior conductor on
he portion of the line covered by the
tun VIII be selected. in accordance with
rthe foregui. g rule"
CuhtlnuUuo service of sixteen hours.
upon a written Or telegraph notice
given during Or at the expiration of a
rum" is entitled to eight hours rest,
except Ill cases of washouts, wrecks
ana SNOW blockades.'
There are IN all tweuty-one rules SUBJ
joined 10 Inc schedule. large proper
Iloil o! when are necessarily technical.
LII ADDITION to the general superintend-
entS signature there also appears the
approving signature of the acting gen
efal manager. Samuel Stickney.
ne full text of the circular accom-
panylng the schedule is as follows:
To all Enginemen, Trainmen and
oWltchmen: Flo. the purpose of unity
Ing and syStematiZing the various
schedules OF this company, and for the
purpose of securing greater impartialily
ana fairness to employees in the differ
ent branches of the service, the attached
schedule of compensation has been
adopted by the company.
lhis Will i'll no way affect either the
wages or the rights or men as attempted