New-York tribune., 1902-08-10
THE DEMANDS CHANGED
A NEW LIST TO BE SUBMIT
TED TO MR.. SKITT.
r1cE-CHIEF YoUNGsON TAKES A HOPE
FUL VIEW OF THE SITUATloN-Io
SEE sKITT TOMORROW.

SEE SKITT TOMORROW.
The actual demands to be made on oehah OF
fhe rnotarrnen. engineers and hremen on the
Manhattan Railway Companys lines, were uls-
eusseo sterdsv al another conference between
the grievance committee, Nice-Chlef 1ouiS-
son of ,he Brotherhood Of Locomotive thsl-
,1eers and Tice-Grand Master Wilson OF 'lie
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Flrenheh- Inc
original agreement submitted 10 Vice-Preslueh'
Skitt Of the Manhattan Railway ConlpahS'
which he refused TO sign, contained tnll y In
s1anlands AS a concession TO the hreTnen' VINO
,-o,11d he dangerous competitors for the work
Of the rnoforu1en IN case of a strike, demand
was embodied in the schedule in their behalf
1t was learned that some Of the oeniahus
have been eliminated. and that when the sIle'
auce committee and the representatives. OF tIe
grand lodged Of engineers and fremen see MI.
skitt tomorrow, the list he viii be CONFRONTED
with will be much shorter. The principal &C.
araands are follows
That nine hours or less shall constitute Gay
work /, .Ao <o-,-ice sl,sI
have the preference in runs oldest engineers 10 De
considered oldest motormen ,,z z,-
for another excused from duty SHAH TS'ei'e pay
ANY 1notorman ordered TO report for duty ehalI
receive half days pay, proEidlng ne Is no. m
FOR more than four hours. when ne shaH RECEIVE
Al Inotorrnen promoted from hremen shan re- re-
oeive s. per day for first six months 8 . IoT
second six months and after one year $ Sol, 81 ,f
Any mouormau after completing a days WORK, II
required to make additional trips 10 get 0Uu
Fiona half days pay. ,
All motormen snail be kept for their regular
be conTany sHa11 finnish sufficient extra motor
snen ct all reporting and relieving points 10 IN
sure motormen being relieved on scheouIe uihe-
Besides the firemen the engineers and motor
snen on the elevated roads have formidable
competitors if they go on strike in the sur
face railroad motormen who get 81 30 a day
and do much harder work The muscular
strength required to operate a Broadway street
car in business hours. when the motormen must
think and act at once. cOmpels the employment
ef men Of large physique. who must pass
physical examination before the physician OF
the company before they be employed
When they are running trolley cars one mana
SIS constantly on the controller. the other hano
on the brake and foot is constantly pound
ing the gong. while they have TO be on the
alert TO avoid the perpetual danger Of collIdlng
with a truck or running over some one. oh
the other hand. no eXertion Of physical strength
SIS required for thu elevated railroad motorrnah.
The train moves at a touch OF the controller.
the speed is regulated by pressing a button
and the only collision which could occur is
rear end collision the chances Of which are
remote.
On the other hand the elevated railroad
s11otornen say that special training is neces-
ssry te slow up trains within short distance
so as to reach the proper point in the stations
They also say that when they were engineers
they divided the responsibility for accidents
with the frenaen. while only the motorman on
an electric train is responsible If anything nap
pens.
= With regard TO the demand for q nine hour
,voytdav. a member OF the grievance commit
tee said yesterday:
"A ten hour workday, which the company says
must be the rule means eleven or twelve hours.
If it is based on a six trip day. on the Second
and Third ave branches. The officials go simply
by theory in saying that as electric trains are
faster than steam trains. six trips day would
mean only ten hours work Under the old
system we had nominally nine hour workday,
hut ten hours day was nearer our working
time In the electric trains a bell has TO be
sounded in every car. starting with the last
car before a train can start. If we had nVe
trips in stead of six. it would be nominally a
nine hour workday We would be satisfied, how
euer, with the nominal nine hour worFday-'
A. number of surface n1otormen called at the
Western Union Building yesterday and asked
If there was any chance for work on the ele-
waited railroad. There are many trippers on the
streetcar lines who want to be motormen, work
on the elevated railroad preferred it pays
best
Ali callers were told that no motormen were
yequired but that there was a demand for gate
men at 81 - a day.
Vice Chief Youngson seen yesterday after
the conference. He would neither admit nor
deny that the original twenty-three demands
had been modified He said however, that he
did NJ lieve in the reports that the Manhat-
tan Ra4.xay Company had been hiring men
7 believe he said that Mr.. Skitt is taking
no action out Of the ordinary in the mean time.
There is no friction between the engineers and
firenlen on the Manhattan elevated system The
result Of this agitation will result as 1t did in
1885 There will be agreement between
them.
|. There will he nothing done by US until Mon
DAY when we will try TO see Mr.. Skitt and
bring matters TO an aTnicable conclusion. 1 in
tend to go and see my friends in MeadVille,
Penn. tonight. and to stay with them to-mor-
row. getting here in time TO try and see Mr..
Slsitt.'