The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-19
As TO CONDUCTORS PAY
General Superintendent Kimber-
ly Investigating the Subject.
A CONFERENCE IN BUTTE
Mr.. Kimberly Is Making a Trip OF Inspec-
ton over the Line and Consulting
Superintendents Regarding h 4
Conductors Request.

General superintendent Kimberly OF
the Northern Pacific. accompanied by
Assistant General superintendent A. G..
Pearce Of Tacoma and ChiSf McArthur'
arrived in Butte yesterday from ST
Paul. They made a trio over the Ruby
Valley branch to T~win5Bridges and lat
er I'm the day Mr.. Pearce proceeded
west and Mr.. Kimberly. MIR. McHenry
and Division superintendent Horn,
whom they met in Butte, went west.
Their visit to Butte 1t is understood,
had a two-foldl object. one was an
1nspection of tie new branch line and
the other. the most important. was in
reference to the demands for a readjust-
ment Of the wage schedule made by the
conductors, and firemen of the Northern
Pacific system.
According TO information received
from ST Paul yesterday by some of the
conductors, the demands made by the
grievance of the Brotherhood
were nbt altogether well received by
General Superintendent Kimberly. Mr..
Kimberly, 1t is said. informed the con-
ductorfs that some of the Methods they
desired adopted In the reimbursement of
wage scale were new and must receive
careful consideration from the manage
ment.
The general superintendent has de-
cideh to make a trip over the line and
confer with the division superintendents
and get their opinion as TO the praCti-
bility of the conductors proposed new
methods and the ACCESSIBILITY of acced-
ing to their requests. in whole or in
mart. General Manager Kendr1ck is at
ptesent in the East and when ne returns
a final conference Will be held at st.
E'aul with the conductors committee.
No action has yet been taken on the
demands of the fremen for the estab-
lishment OF a new class for those who
work on the big compound engines. ex-
! tensively introduced on the system, and
II is understood that none will be taken
: until the return OF Mr.. Kendrick. with
e whom Superintendent Of Motive Pow
Z err Herr wishes to consult. Mr.. Kimber-
ly had a consultation with Mr.. Horn
e yesterday on the subject and he will
. see other division superintendents be-
+ fore the case of the conductors is again
taken up i'm st. Paul.
n The meeting of the Union Pacific,
Short Line and O. r. & n. officials at
Salt Lake has given rise TO various
coniectures as to the object of the con
ference which is now going on there.
The officials in attendance. besides
" those of the Short Line. are President
Burt OF the Union Pacific, General
Traffic Manager J. A. Monroe of the
: Union Pacific, f.. l.. Lomax, general
= passenger and ticket AGENT OF the
e Union Pacific. A. l.. Mohler. president
and general manage of the oregon
: Railway a Navigation b
Campbell. general traffic manager, and
: w. II. Hurlburt, general passenger and
ticket agent of the same line.
y President Burt is quoted as saying
@ that there was nothing of significance
b to the meeting, and he is also made tC
y say that the Union Pacific had no pres.
'" ent intention of absorbing the Shori
I Line. In an interview Mr.. Burt sale
i the earnings of the Union Pacific havt
Is been showing up well for the past yea
~ and il is doing nicely. He believe:
- there will be a shortage of the corr
~ crop in Nebraska this year amounting
!, to one-third, while the Kansas crop will
!. not be over one-half. Still. there is
= whole lot of corn growing there, an
10 the business OF moving the same viii
~ amount to a great deal.
Mr.. Burt says the Omaha exposition
is a splendid affair. and one which ev
cry person In the West should see. tn
matter of rates has been held i'm abey
~ ance because of the action OF tn
a brokers. Further concessions on TN
'n part of the railroads have been with
es held until some settlement OF the vex
Ill atious question was had.
sh A circular signed bv ID. c. Corbir
ey formerly president OF the Spokan
on Falls q Northern, has appeared, an
sh nouncing that Aug. s that property wa
er transferred to the Great Northern. An
ng other circular over j.. j. Hills s~ignatur
Ic- Announces that Cornelius Shields wa
es elected vice president of the Spokan
lip Falls a Northern and placed In charR
as general superintendent. Mr.. Shield
has been elected president of the Re
: Mountain. He has issued a circula
announcing the appointment OF c.
Dixon as general freight and passengf
80 agent of the Spokane Falls & Northern
~ vice George II. Martin, resigned. Nj
"a Dixon has been the Great Northern
ice traffic representative at Spokane an
r,b was formerly with the Big Four.
on. The Union Pacific and the 9TH
Southern roads have announced a 5
am rate to Omaha for Montana Day at q
exposition. and the indications are tn
II there will be a good attendance fro
he Butte.
icy q. Pearce, assistant general supe
i~ntendent Of the Northern Pacific, WI
headquarters at Omaha, is In the cit
-. w. NJ. Bacon. general agent Of q
Short Line, has returned from q Ut
ru- to Salt Lake.
the w. c. Mcbride, general agent OF Z
or Rio Grande Western, left yesterday !
TO Boise. Idaho.
Helping Himself
Fldore Livingston. a tough, appearli
young citizen. who claimed to have .
en- rived in Butte by brake beam only
ned faxy hours before. was arrested at