Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-10
MHANDs0F
CONDUCTORS
ADJUSTMENT OF GREAT NORTH
ERN SCHEDULE rs REFERRED
TO THE ORDER.
ALL THE MEN EXCEPT
ONE RETURN TO WORK,
Freight Trains Were Tied Up Yester-
day-Understood That the May
Schedule Stands.

Archibald Gray, assistant general
freight7agent of the Great Northern, an
bounced this morning that the labor
roubles Of the Montana Central. which
same SO suddenly and without warning
yesterday, were practically at an end.
THE trouble is adjusted" said he to
an Inter Mountain representative. We
received advice from the superintend- !
ents Office al Great Falls this morning
to receive perishable freight as usual.
and if there was n possibility Of the
receive perishable freight. / am of the
opinion that there will be no further in
teTfarence with traffic"
The trainmen Went out at 6 O'Clock yes
terday morning, and the officials We're
completely taken by surprise. A COM
mittee, representing the ttrainmen, after
a meeting which lasted until $3.50 yes
terday morning, called on Superintend-
ent Ward, and demanded the restoration
of the schedule of seven years ago, with
certain minor alterations. The superin-
,terpdent refused to meet the demands and
tine strike was i~naugurated.
AT / O'Clock this morning Superintend-
emit Ward and a committee representing
the strikers arrived at an understanding
and the strike was declared at an end,
all the men with but n exception re-
Stunning their positions.
1t is understood that the schedule ac-
cepted by the men May l stands, and the
adjustment of the schedule has been
placed in the hands of the Order of Rail-
way conductors.
Immediately after the adjustment of
the difficulty the trains began moving az
usual.
WARDS STATEMENT.
Superintendent Ward has given out
the following statement for publication:
Great Falls, Mont, July 8, 19OO.-To
Alo A. O.Cn Osa1o11y %hsc n1y~nt~
I was called ON by a committee represent
ing the employees in train and yard SER
vice of the Montana Central railway,
and the following demand was made
pom me:
Great Falls, Mont, July 9, 19OO.-F.
E. Ward, Esq, General Superintendent
: Great Northern Company-Dear Sir: I
take the liberty of handing you attach
ed amendment of the 1893 schedule. The
/ executive committee has been instruct
ed to inform you that they hope to re-
ceive an agreement embodying such
amendments before 6 o'clock a. M, July
8, 1900, under the schedule of the date of
May l, 1900. Respectfully.
II. ": STANLEY.
- Amendments to 1898 schedule:
"EsRule 8. All terminal delays: Com
ducturs and brakemen called and held
waiting or doing work of any kind at
their terminal stations beyond the time
their train is specified to leave will be
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for overtime in addition to pay for trip,
same to apply at arrival of trains at ter
minalS.
!" Rule 4. An detentions to freight
trains at any one intermediate point, do
ing work of any kind, will be paid at the
rate for overtime in addition to pay for
milea ge. No detentions are to be con
sidered unless the actual time spent ON
the road be in excess of ten hours. In
computing all overtime 35 minutes or
~,,o~ ,rrsll IN. nNA ono o1r nry %1Lo -
IS minutes will not be counted.
Rule 5.-Insert in Rule 5: Rule 5 will
be paid on basis of ten hours instead of
twelve hours or less for each days work.
Overtime to be paid at the same rate.
Rule 16.-To read when conductors
and brakeman and switchmen leave the
ervic of the company they shall be
given a service n character letter pro-
vided they have been in the service
thirty days Oh more
ITO which I replied as follows:
Great Falls, July 9, 1900.
"'H. s. Stanley. Esq, Great Falls
Dear Sir: I have your communication of
this date and in reply beg to say that the
arbitrary mature of the demand made by
4 you ON behalf of the employees in train
and yard service makes 1t impossible for
me to comply Herewith. Yours truly,
'E. E. WARD,
General Superintendent"
Mr.. Ward then produces the May
agreement and says:
1.-THE committee make no charge that
there has been any violation of this
agreement, or evidence of breach of
faith, but simply makes this new de-
mand without preliminary discussion. lit
Will be readily seen that a demand OF
THE kind means the turning over to a
committee the management of the COM
pany's affairs, which cannot possibly be
considered by the management.
This statement is made that the pub