The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-25
RATES TO Be CONTINUED
A Circular Issued by the North
ern Railroads.
BUT WAS WITHOUT FORCE
The Great Northern Will Make No
Concessions to Its Employes-They
Say They Can Tie Up the
Entire System.

| Entire System.
! The Copper City Limited will make
| the last run of the season to-day be-
| tween Butte and Hamilton. 1t was
| announced yesterday that after to-day
| the train would be discontinued. 1t is
| taken off earlier this year than last,
| owing to the very light business. Last
year the train was kept on until af-
| ter election, as local travel was very
good.
| A few days ago a circular was issued
by the railroads making the announce
ment that the second-class colonist
rates on the Great Northern, Canadian
| Pacific and the Northern Pacific would
| be withdrawn on Nov. 1. The circular
| was the result of a conference between
the northern lines, and it was predicted
| at the time that when the date arrived
several of the roads would forget to
withdraw their rates just as the Cana
dian Pacific forgot to withdraw it's rates
| after all the lines had agreed to with
draw them. The prediction has already
come true, and the Northern Pacific did
not wait until the first Of November to
| announce that its rates would be con-
tinued. A notice has been given out
that it's $50 rate from St. Paul to North
| Pacific coast points would be continued
after the first of the month, and it also
announces that to intermediate points
| west of st. Paul on colonist business
one-half of the first-class limited rate
would apply. It appears that the an
nouncement Of the withdrawal was sub
ject to the action of a meeting Of the
interested lines, at which the matter
was to have been considered, but the
hoped-for agreement was not reached.
President Hill of the Great Northern
is quoted as saying that low rates fer
colonists will be made on his road ''as
long as there is room for another farmer
to settle in the Northwest" The North
ern Pacific will not advance its rates
before the Great Northern does. OF
course, anybody desiring to go to a
North Pacific coast point can take adj
vantage of the "colonist' rate, regard
less of the object of his journey.
notwithstanding the positive state
ment of President Hill that there would
be no strike on his railroad and that
there was no trouble with employees, the
ST. Paul and Minneapolis papers are
still talking about probable trouble 1t
is clalme0 tnat the management OIL lHe
| road told the representatives of the
business interests of st. Paul and Mime
apolis that the gravity of the situa ton
was fully realized, but that the road
would make no concessions to the dis
contented employees. The differences
follow upon months of consideration
and if a strike should come the man
/ agement announces its willingness to
| meet it. That it has been threatened is
not denied. 1t is said that the manage
ment of the road has emphatically de-
| clared that the men need expect no
| compromise. The statement comes from
ST. Paul that the employees who have
been more active in pushing their cause
are now ANYTHING advice from the ma
tional officers of the different organiza
tons concerned The conductors, fire.
| men and engineers are included in the
list as far as learned. They claim to
be able to completely tie up the entire
| system should they be forced TO take
| radical action.
| AS far as can be learned the employees
are a unit in their demands. The last
strike on the road did not have the sym
pathy or cooperation of the conduc-
| tors. telegraphers or switchmen. The
| grievance committees profess to have
the support Of the men in all branches
| of work.
The great feeling against the manage
ment is shown on the Western divisions,
where many changes have been made
during the past few months. Those on
\ the Eastern division are not so directly
| affected, The management desires to
reduce the number of divisions from
five to four, which would entail longer
runs for the present employees and re-
| duce the number of men necessary to
operate the system by at least ma
jorty of those now necessary for one
division.
A Cheyenne special says: The Union
Pacific Railroad company is preparing
to supplement the work of shortening
its main line, which has been in prog
ress during this year, by constructing
70 miles of cutoff railway between Raw
Inns and Evanston. Contracts have been
let for this work to Fitzpatrick Bros. &,
Collins, who are sub-letting portions of
it to sub-contractors who have been at
work on the Laramie-Rawlins cutoffs.
The new lines will be constructed at
points 80 miles west of Green River and
20 miles east of Evanston. The latter
piece of work involving driving a tunnel
almost a mile long. This line will cut
out Piedmont hill. which has a very
heavy grade and causes great expense
for pusher engines and extra power.
The Rawlins cutoff will leave out Tip
ton hill, where extra power is needed at
present The work will take all of the
present year and until Nov. /, 1900, to
complete it.
Vice President Miller of the Great
Northern has been chosen president of
the Great Northern Express company.
to fill the vacancy which has existed
ever since the resignation of w. H.
Newman. NJ. ]. Footner will continue
as general manager of the express COM
pany.
Praised on All Sides.
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