The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-10
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
WHAT N. P. CONDUCTORS AND
FIREMEN WANT

Claim They Have No, Demands to
Make, but Are Seeking Clearer
Interpretation of Certain Rules
Which Have Been Discontinued
-Boston & Names Friendship
for the Canadian Pacific Is Plain.
The Northern Pacific committee of
the Order of Railway Conductors,
which is in the city arranging to make
demands upon the Northern Pacific
Railway company for a. REIMBURSEMENT
of wages for freight conductors, and the
committee of firemen,' Which is in SEES
sion here for a similar purpose, held
meetings yesterday to settle upon the
points they wish to present to the COM
pany. The conductors met in the
Windsor hotel, and the firemen in the
Sherman house, and they drafted a
paper which will be revised carefully,
and then they will be sent to General
Manager Kendrick. *
'It was stated today" said one of the
conductors yesterday to reporter for
The G1obe that Grand Master
Clark. of the order, would be called
upon for advice, but that is incorrect.
"
to bring him into the case at all. We
have always found it an easy matter
to discuss differences with the officia Is
Of the Northern Pacific without out
side assistance or interference and we
believe it will be so in this case.
what are our demands? We make
no direct demands but we ask for a
clearer Interpretation of certain rules
which have been misconstrued They
are small in themselves, but in the ag-
gfegate they are considerable, and we
think it will be better for all parties to
have them Strengthened out.
LAS for the wage scale, we have moth
ing to say at present. 1t is true the
freight conductors were not affected by
the order of July 1, restoring the old
scale. We were cut per cent four and
half years ago, land we think we are
now entitled to have the former scale
restored as much as the passenger con-
ductors.
1.-THE paper which we are drawing up
will be sent by mail to the general
manager, and then if he does not see
fit to grant what we ask, I'VE will try to
arrange for an interview with him.
We think there will be no difficulty in
securing an audience, and we are GER
tain everything will be satisfactorily
arranged. 1t will be several days be-
fore our petition is prepared for presen-
tatiOn."
The members Of the conductors com
nittee are ]. T. Hughes. of Duluth; W.
P. Fitch. Minneapolis; D. G. Mckay,
Grand Forks; o. S. Humes, Fargo; J.
s. Veeder, Mandan; j. M. Rappelje,
Glyndon; A. D. Jenkins. Missoula; w
H Wilgus, Spokane, and J. B. w
Johnson, Tacoma. All are employed
by the Northern Pacific. o.
The firemen in the5-oity are H. B.
Smith. Duluth; John Casleman. For
sythe, Mont; p. G. Fraser. Staples;
Livingston. Mont.
The firemen will ask for an increase,
also, in the wage scale for freight fire
men, ard though the two committees
claim to be working Independently of
each other, they are in continual con-
ference together, and it is likely that
they will present a petition to the
Northern Pacific company at the same
time. .>
eve will have no trouble with the
company said fireman yesterday.
I'VE only ask for what we believe rea-
souable, and we think the company
will see the justice of our position
There is feeling among some of the
freight trainmen that the committees
should act slowly. The company vol
unfairly restored the wage. scale of
the passenger trainnnen, and they be-
lieve the company Intends to do the
same by the freight trainmen as soon
as the crop movement begins. They
do not faver preeipitous action lest the
company fatty refuse to sCeede to
what may appear an attempt at coer-
cion. ~
No member of either committee has
az yet visited the cHsciaIs Of the North
ern Pacific, and the latter say they
have received no direct intinnation Of
such an intention.