The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-19

age System of Computing Wages.
Men Are Well Pleased with Visit.
As intimatel in The Tribune, A. C.
Salisbury, superintendent of the Lack
awannas Utica division, is to be trans
ferred to Scranton to succeed Garrett
Bogart as superintendent Of the Scran-
ton division or main line. This, The
Tribune was authorized to announce
officially by General Superintendent
Russell yesterday.
The Utica and Syracuse divisions will
be consolidated under the management
Of A. Schwaz. the superintendent of
the Syracuse division. His headquar-
ters will be continued at Syracuse, at
least for the present.
The dsDatcher's office for the Buff
falo division, which at present is To-
Gated in Binghamton, is to be trans
ferred TO Buffalo, and Superintendent
Marsden will relieve Dispatcher John
w. Honan. of Binghamton, of much of
the work that was formerly under his
supervision.
The coming of Mr.. Salisbury is viewed
qualification, by the men on the Scran-
ton division, for he is reported to be
a very impartial and courteous super
intendent and an excellent railroad
man.
SKETCH OF SUPERINTENDENT.
He began his railroad career as a
telegraph operator at Kilawog, a little
station on the Utica division, between
Marthan and Lisle, some twenty-five
years ago. He was appointed train
dispatcher al Utica after six years SER
vice and fourteen years ago was made
superintendent of the division. He is
forty-two years of age.
General Superintendent Russell spent
all of yesterday comforting with the
employees regarding the new rules
which they ask to have adopted.
The engineers committee waited on
him in the morning and presented tile
schedule which they have been work.
ing on for the past week and which
was given the official sanction of Chief
Engineer Arthur on the previous
evening. The whole morning was
spent discussing the rules and the
conference was then adjourned until
Aug. IS to give Mr.. Russell time to
digest the rules.
Grand Chief Arthur met Mr.. Rus
sell during the morning, but only in
a social way. Mr.. Russell expressed a
desire of making his acquaintance and
the engineers brought him down and
introduced him.
The other employees who are acting
ioiOt1v mot
2 o'clock and were in conference with
him until $50. j. w. Fitz Gibbon
superintendent of motive power and
machinery, and J. NJ. DAILY, superin-
tendent of transportation, were pre-
sent to advise with Mr.. Russell. The
employees committee numbered twenty
nine and represented every division
of the system.
THE MILEAGE SYSTEM.
Nothing definite was done further
than to agree upon the substitution OF
the mileage for the per diem system
of computing wages The figures
were discussed, but not to determn-
alton. Another meeting will be held
this morning.
The men were highly pleased with
their visit and express themselves with
one accord as being sanguine of an
adjustment satisfactory to both sides
being amicably reached.
One veteran conductor who was at
the conference said last night to a
Tribune reporter: 81 have been on
grievance committees for the past
twenty years and have dealt with about
every official the Delaware, Lackawan-
ma and Western has ever had and /
never saw a committee so cordially re-
ceived and their requests given such
courteous consideration.
Those three men we dealt with to-
day strike me as being about as gen.
tlemanly, business-like and shrewd set
of officials as have ever met and I've
met a good many of them in my time.
am perfectly satisfied that we are not
only going to be fairly but generously
treated"
General Superintendent Russell in
speaking of the conference with Trib-
une reporter said:
II anticipate no trouble whatever In
reaching a satisfactory agreement.
outlined my policy to the men and they
seemed to assent to it's every feature.
The details will be readily adjusted"
MR.. RUssELL's POLICY.
Referring to his policy of dealing
with the men, as he outlined it to the
| committee, Mr.. Russell said: Il do
not believe in the policy Of dismissals
| and suspensions as practiced on many
roads as a penalty on the men for ac-
! cidents 1t would be possible under
| my policy in this regard, for man to
have a head-on collision and not lose
a day for it, A mans general conduct
would enter into my treatment of the
| case as much as would the immediate
| circumstances | want men who are
| good living men as we'll as good rail-
road men and will insist on having
| them"
The rules which the trainmen and
] conductors submitted cover ten closely
| type-wrtten pages. The engineers
| schedule is said to be quite as vol
umnous. Their consideration, as is
| evident, is a matter that will require
| more than few hours, The probability
| is that 1t will be six weeks or two
| ,,,1ptbu hafOra tho whole affair will he