Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-29
THAT NEW

Union Pacific Employees are Inclined to Talk
Lutte About IT.
Railway men and others interested in rail-
way matters were much surprised to read
= in TIE SUNDAY BEE the exclusive announce
ment of the order of the federal court grant
ing the petition of the Union Pacific re-
reivers asking for n new scale of wages and
unloinlng the employees FROM engaging in
strikes or other disturbances and conspira-
cies tending to harass the receivers or delay
traffic.
While this action was not unexpected, it
was thought that after the halfway settle
ment of the question of reducing wages as
proposed astSeptcmber nothing more would
come of it. But shortly after the road was
placed In the hands Of receivers the rumored
reduction was again agitated and is finally
to be enforced.
Members of several railway organizations
were seen yesterday and asked concerning
the new Union Pacific wage schedule which
goes INTO effect March l.
There are a few who think the scale is q
just one and fully warranted by the condi-
ton of the roads business, These incline to
the belief that it should meet no opposition,
inasmuch as they regard it is an equitable
uNIioptiiShb " "abOo ~ tioiS lo llllC.
There are, however, others who say the
scale is unjust, and that the conditions of
business do not warrant a cut at the present
time. They, moreover, think ana are care
full in making their remarks forcible, that
the cutting, should it be necessary, ought
from a standpoint of equality and Justice to
with the nigh-salaried officials of
the road instead of beginning with chose
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the present scale. They say, a
great many of them, that it Is
barely possible to pay living expenses now
and to cut them further would put their
incomes on n starvation basis. Some of
these are switchmen, passenger and freight
Drakemen and conductors.
MIR. Guy w. Goodrich of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen was seen ut his resi-
dence yesterday. He had nothing TO say for
publication.
Howard Kennedy of The Order of Railway
Conductors said: II have just been review
ing the scale and making some comparisons.
| have long been n conductor for the Union
Pacific and never have had much cause to
complain and neither have | now. am of
the opinion the new schedule proposed Is n
just one, ana while it will not, as a general
thing, affect tho conductors as greatly as
Others III the service, | think IL ought,
when the exigcncies of the times
are considered, to be accepted by all, 1t
docs not cut anybody so very much, and you
can put me down rs saying | think il may
be acceded TO by those affected In different
branches of the service without great oppo-
~Bition." "
Conductor G. L, Ansberry said: "While
the roads business is probably somewhat
demoraliled, 1t seems TO me to be rather
unjust to begin with the lowest pad men in
the service 10 cut wages. Some of these
fellows receiving 81, 600 or 5000 year could
better stand IL than we, and / am certainly
not in favor of the new turn affairs have
taken.n
"Do you think it will meet with any seri.
Gus opposition among the mont"
"Well, | can't say as to that. The cut has
not ;aEen place Yet and something may be
done before the time set for its Inaugural
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G. G., KiSer, CHER conductor OF the Omaha
division, was asked regarding the schedule.