The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-12
WILL TRY TO STOP IT.
DEaTOR REALIZATION OF PASSENGER
BUSINESS BETWEEN CHICAGO
AND ST.. PAUL.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS MOVE.
CALL ISSUED FOR A MEETING TO
TRY AND ADJUST MATTERS
MONDAY.
NO FURTHER REDUCTIONS MADE.
Passenger Association Committee
Keeping up Its LabOrs in
missionary Way.

CHICAGO, June 1.-The situation
between the ChicagO-St. Paul lines has
become so serious that a call has been
issued for a meeting of the executive
officers to be held in this city next
Monday. The call was issued by Vice
President Truesdale, of the Rock Isl
and, and Vice President Harris of the
Burlington. One Of the methods OF
adjustment that will be considered
at the meeting is allowing a diiferen-
tial to the roads which are behind in
their percentages. It is practically
certain. however, that this plan will
not lee adopted. for the reason that sew
eral of the roads which are behind lii
their percentages have decided that
they consider the allowing of a differ
entail simply an advertisement to the
effect that the roads using it are sec
Ond-class lines. This opinion is not
shared by some Of the other roads,
but the idea OF granting differentials
has never been popular with the West
ern roads. and any plan which calls for
their allowance is certain to provoke
a fight. Some other method must be
found for the settlement of the trou-
bles.
Contrary to the general expectation,
there We're no more reductions in the
rates today, and it is not likely that
there will be any until after the meet
ing Monday. If the situation is not
settled by that time, the fight will be
on in earnest, and a warm time is sure
to follow.
The executive committee of the West
ern Passenger association is still keep
ing up les labors in a missionary way,
but it has hot made much progress of
late in getting the roads outside to
decide to join the association. 1t is
hopeless to make any attempt at pres
ent to include either the Great West
ern or the Wisconsin Central to become
members until after the rate situation
between Chicago and St Paul has, in
measure, been settled, and the situa-
ton is not much more promising with
the transcontinentaI lines The refusal
of the Canadian Pacific to join has, for
the time being, at least, put a damper
on the desire of the other transcon-
tinental roads TO become members.
The committee keeps at it's work,
however, with great persistence, and
its members are confident that they
Will. in short time straighten out
matters so that they can get all of the
roads into the fold.
1t was announced in St Paul yester-
day that the Nickel Plate the wabash.
the Grand Trunk, the Baltimore q
Ohio and therErie lines would join with
the ChicagO-St. Paul lines in meeting
the reduced rates of the 500 to the
Atlantic seabOard. The lines men
toned are all differentiaI lines. There
was no doubt from the first that all
or nearly all of these roads would
join in the fight
Yesterday was the first day of the
sale of teachers tickets, as they are
called, although the sale is extended
to any one who will buy. The rate of
5000 for the round trip to New York.
good for practically three months. at
tracted many buyers, and it is expected
the sales today will be still larger.
The advertised limit Of sale for the
reduced rates is Sunday night, but it is
possible that the sales will be contin-
ued even longer.
The 500 gave no indication yester-
day that it would make any further
- reductions. The day went past with
out causing more shiverS among the
SOOS competitors:
Many people are holding off in an
ticipation OF still lower rates. The St
Paul school teachers will not be re-
teVed of their duties until the end of
the week, and there is cOnsidera bI.o
speculation as to whether the rates
will be held open for them It is not
probable that the lines will 7liscrimf-
nate against st. Paul teachers, but will
extend the rates.