The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24
TO BE SETTLED LATER
TECHNICAL CHANGES DESIRED BY
GREAT NORTHERN CONDUCTORS =
AND TRAINMEN
TO TAKE A LESS BUSY SEASON

1t Is Expected That. the Committee
VIII Confer With the Officials of
the Road Again Between Now
and the Christmas Holidays
Some Changes In the Rules Are
Asked.
Two committees representing employees
of the Great Northern the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen and the Order OF
Railway Conductors have been in the
city for three weeks. The sessions of the
committees have been held Jointly dur
Ing the interval, and several conferences
hello with the officers of the road regard
ing number of technicalities in the IN
depreciation of the agreement between
the road and its employees.
General Superintendent Ward has been
out of the city for ten days. Inc COM
mittee after its arrival were IN session
about a week, and when 1t was ready to
wait upon the Great eNorthern's general
erintendent he was found to be away
from the city on company business. Mem
bers of both committees, seen last even
Ing, stated Ludl -OWl1S " liiO SliOSS VI
business on the road at this period, and
the immediate removal Of wheat and
cattle, they had decided to break or
negotiations until the rush lets up, Wnen
the matter will again be taken up 1t Is
expected that both committees will be IN
St. Paul again early in December to try
to adjust the existing differences.
1t Is claimed by the committee that
the one question which runs up into dol
lars, and which Is Of the most import
ance is that of the pay of trainmen ana
conductors for switching done at terml-
nails. The claim is made that consider
able time is required for switching be-
fore taking a train out, and as the word
ing of the agreement is rot clear the men
only receive pay from the time of leaving
the initial point. At the other end OF the
line however, the matter Of pay Is not
the subject of discussion. The tra1nmen
say that in making up train a great
dea. of time is consumed for which the
men receive no pay. Under the tonstruc-
ton placed on the agreement by most OF
the division superintendent the pay OF
the men does not begin until the run be-
gins, and the train actually leaves the
initial point.
The time required for switching ct
the initial point" said a member of the
committee last night, as no small item,
and in the aggregate for whole month
counts up to quite a figure The matter
was given to the officials of the road for
consideration, and the subject was hastily
gone over, but, as you understand, this
is the busy season, and they had little
time to give to IT. The matter is more of
a technical nature than anything else.
The agreement is not specific enough In
this respect and we hope to have the
discrepancy remedied when we meet here
in December"
conc other matter which we had under
consideration was the arrangement of
runs. In number Of cases runs have
been heightened, and the pay not CORE
spondingly Increased. The business of the
road is growing rapidly, ana the agree
ment which we now have is hardly sUf-
ficient to cover the new conditions.
The members of both committees will
leave the city this morning for their
homes. The committees are as follows.
Order Railway Conductors. r. T.. Richard
son, Great Falls; chairman, r, e. Lands,
Melrose; secretary, w. Fl. s=McGraw,
Grand Forks; J. T. Carruthers, st. Paul;
A D. Smith, EHavre, Mont, and l.. w.
Bowen, Spokane; Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen,rC. S. Hutchins, Willmar;
Chairman, c. D. Simpson, Great Falls;
secretary, w. Richer, Melrose; J. F. Wal
seth, Grand Forks; John Nugent, Brock
enridge; M. r. Davis, Havre, and J. H.
Bridgeman, Leayenworth, Wash.
Before taking further action the views
of the local councils of both organiza-
lions along the line will be learned, en-
abIing the committee to act more intel
ligently when they meet here three
months hence. -