The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-31

Men Who Know How Wide of the
Mark That Many of Them Are.
Four members of the adjustment conf
mittee of Great Northern employees
reached st. Paul yesterday, with the re-
suit of the vote recently taken along the
line on the question of accepting or re-
jecting the schedule offered by the road.
Chairman W. H. McGraw arrived during
the afternoon and with r. E. Lands and
E. R. Lyman, of Willmar, and G. w.
Redding, Of Breckenridge, called upon
Gen. Supt Ward and spent an hour in
conference. The committee are here for
the purpose of meeting the officers of the
road and their action today will probably
decide the status Of the differences over
which there has been so much negotia-
ton
The conference with Mr.. Ward was not
in the nature of business talk and the
committeeman state that nothing was
done except in a general way to estab-
lish friendly relations. Chairman NC
Graw spoke in kindly appreciation of the
attitude of the superintendent last night
when he said:
There is not finer man in the employ
of the road. We had a friendly talk, but
did nothing which directly concerned The
differences between the men and the
management
Almost Immediately after his arrival in
the city, Chairman McGraw made the
first statement regarding the probable
conclusion of the labor troubles, which
can be taken as coming officially from
the adjustment committee.
you may state that said ON my per-
sonal authority that there will be no
strike. speak with a knowledge of the
situation and am giving you my personal
views in which many employees of the
road share. [ have not kept in touch
with the attitude of the management and
have not followed the statements which
they may have given out
Chairman McGraw and his three asso-
ciates form subcommittee from the
general adjustment committee which has
been empowered to act for the entire
body Of employees The committee has
its headquarters at the Merchants
Speaking to the G o b e concerning the
situation, Mr. McGraw said:
me of0clal vote on the question OF ac-
cepting Or rejecting the schedule has been
TAKEN The returns have been canvassei
and L am in possession of the results. I
cannot tell You now what the result of
the vote was. There were about 1900
votes cast and the ballots were placed ii.
the hands of the four members of the
committee to whom power to act was
given. II i
mere has been entirely too much talk
concerning this trouble, and those of US
VINO nave been on the inside have be i
amused many times at the articles in the
papers. Referring especially to the Min
neapol1s Journal story of porters Being
put ON to take the place of prospe ctiye
strikers, some one seems to have been
mislnformed. The employment of these
porters was, in fact, e concession to OF, our
I committee on the part Of the road. we
asked that in cases where q train had
but one brakeman, additional help be
given. In the event of an accident, with
the conductor sent to the nearest tele-
graph station and the brakemen sent to
flag the rear, no one was left to care for
the lights and take charge of the train
another reason why a porter was neces-
sary was that there was considerable
amount of work to be done on both
freight and passenger trains which the
train crew could not handle. When We
presented our views, the concession was
made and additional men employed
I'VE have nothing further to give out at
present. We do not wish to make any
statements which can be nlisconstrted,
| and when the officials of the road are in.
formed of the matters which we are here
to present, we will give them out for
| the papers"
Interviews with differ;n members Of
the subcommittee and with other Great
Northern employees at the Merchants last
night show the attitude Of the commit t Sc
is well defined, and there is little doubt
but what the sentiment will be against
| extreme measures.