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 q Clearer
Interpretation of Certain Rules
Which Have Been cMisconstrued
boston & Maine's Friendship
for the Canadian Pacific Is Plain.

The Northern Pacific COMMITTEES Of
the Order Of Railway Conductors,
which is in the city arranging to make
demands upon the Northern Pacific
Railway company for, reimbursement
Of wages for freight conductors, and the
committee Of firemen, which Is In ses-
sion here for 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.
1T was stated today" said one Of the
conductors yesterday to a reporter for
The Gl be. that Grand Master
Clark, Of the order, would be called
upon for advice, but that is incorrect.
We do not believe 1t will be necessary
to bring him into the case at all. We
have always found 1T an easy matter
to discuss differences with the officials
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
o..
are small in themselves. but In the ag-
gfegate they are considerable, and we
think 1T 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, and we think we are
now entitled to have the former scale
restored as much as the passenger con-
ductors.
THE paper which we are drawing up
will be sent by mail tosthe general
manager, and then If he does not see
fit to grant what we ask, we will try to
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
mittee are J. T. Hughes: Of Duluth; w.
Grand Forks; o. S. Humes. Fargo; J.
s. veeder Mandan; u. M. Rappelje.
Glyndon: A. D. Jenkins. Missoula; w.
H. Wilgus, Spokane, and J. B. w.
Johnson, Tacoma. All are employed
by the Northern Pacific.
Inc Dremen IN the city are II. 3.
Smith, Duluth; John Carleman, For
sythe, Mont; P. G.. Fraser, Staples;
John Noonan. Missoula, and John Seib,
Livingston, Mont.
The f1remen will ask for an increase,
also, in the wage scale for freight fire
men. and 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 petition to the
Northern Pacific company at the same
time.
1--WE will have no trouble with the
company" said a fireman yesterday.
1--WE only ask for what we believe rea-
sonable, and we think the company
will see the justice of our position"
There is a feeling among some Of the
freight trainmen that the committees
should act slowly. The company vol
UNFAIRLY restored the wage scale of
the passenger trainmen.s 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 favor prec.pitous action lest the
company fatty refuse, to sCcede to
what may appear an attempt at coer-
cion. aT --.,..
No member Of either committee has
ern Pacific, and the latter say they
have received no direct intimation CT
such an intention.