Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-16
The Great Northern Employees
Would Suffer by Going Out.
ROAD WOULD NOT LOSE
Promotion For F. w. Mauqhan--lm-
migration Agent Resigns--Try
to Keep Pheeny.

$1,000 III q IuCA u VI IA iAiAO
that the much talked of strike on the
Great Northern railway system is next
to an impossibility at this season of the
year..
"As to the grievances of the employees
I know nothing" said n railroad man
to-day. Il AVE read a little about how
President Hill turned down the grievance
committee representing the trainmen, and
which had been sent to st. Paul to per-
sonally tell him the troubles of the men.
This was common property. But what
l do know is this: At no time is the rail-
road business so dull as during the early
months of the year. Shipping is then
at a standstill, travel is light. and no
road, tied up by a strike at this season Of
the year would be looser, because nearly
every road looses money during January
and February. The time that a strike
hurts a railroad is in the summe or fall,
when business s rushing.
"Then again this is the worst season of
the year for the strike. There is always
a possibility of a strike being lost, n
the winter season is a bad time to be out
of employment, when coal and provisions
are high. The employees Of the Great
Northern. being practical railroad men
themselves, VIII not Slrlkc JUST now.
A circular issued by the Great Northern
Express company announces the APP
pointment of F. w. Vaughan to the po-
sition of general western agent of the
company. This is an office created
through necessity caused by the expan-
sion of business, and Mr.. Vaughan was
tons for the office. He has been in the
service of the Great Northern several
years, having begun as a messenger. He
has worked himself through all of the
minor positions to that he now occupies.
He will have charge of all business west
of Kalispell. Mont, with headquarters at
Spokane, Wash.
Moses Folsom. for many years travel
ing immigration agent of the Great
Northern, and who is we'll known in Mon
tana, has resigned to accept a position
with a Chicago Publishing house.
kilograms nave been sent to the gen.
eral superintendent, general freight agent
and general auditor of the Great North
ern. asking them to defer a change in
their agency here until representations
could be made to them which would. it
was believed, cause them to offer induce
ments to p. J. Pheeney to remain as
agent, says the Great Falls Tribune
These kilograms were sent as soon as 1t
was announced that Mr.. Pheeney had ten
dered his resignation. to take effect to-
when he intended, it is under
stood. to leave for Boston, to take a better
position.
1t was learned that Genera Superin-
tendent Ward is to be here tomorrow
evening. and a petition. was circulated. adj
dressed to him, asking him to use his in.
fuence to induce Mr.. Pheeney to remain
here. This petition was signed by every
shipper who could be seen and also by all
the woolgrowers who are in the city. 1t
will be presented to Mr.. Ward as soon
as he arrives, and Mr.. Pheeney has COM
scented to remain until after the commit
tee shall ave seen Mr.. Ward.
The. Great Northern, it is said, has con-
tracted to send 20 engines from it's equip
ment to the Baltimore & Ohio road. They
are run through to Chicago by men off
the Great Northern and delivered to the
road at that point. 1t is reported hat
half that number has already been for
warded from the Northern and Dakota
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