Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-22
NORTHWESTERN ROAD WINS
Final Struggle in Court for Track Rights in
Eighth Street.
UNION PACIFIC HAcHlNlsTs WAITING
AbOut Twelve Train Loads of shrin-
ers from East VIII Travel
Through Omaha ON way
20 Imperial Council.

With the last Of seven successive In
functions projected by the Burlington road
TO prevent such action dissolved, the North
western line is again asserting it's legal
right to the maintenance and usage Of the
track along the much disputed Eighth
street territory. Tuesday, therefore, a
gang Of woTkmen was set to work surfaclng
up the track, and this provoked another
spasm Of opposition from the Burlington,
stin determined TO prevent the North
Westerns getting in along those two blocks.
Tuesday also attorneys for both corpora
lions we're in st. Paul fighting before the
circuit cout Of appeals the final applica-
ton Of the Burlington to have superseded
the recent order OF Judge Munger here
dissolving the last injunction. Meanwhile
the work was started here by the North
western track gang and a watchful Burling-
ton scout was coon aware Of this movement
and wired the news to the court room at
st. Paul. There the Information was used
for all It was worth by Burlington counsel.
but to no avail, for the prayer Of the
Burlington that the order Of dissolution be
superseded was not granted.
So the surfacing Of the Northwestern
track on Eighth street was continued again
Wednesday morning and will be finished.
Attorney James B. Sheean. for the road,
returned from ST. Paul Wednesday and
said that things loked like smooth sailing
now. The contest has been one Of the
bitterest, most closely fought and long
drawn out in which two railroads have
locked horns in Omaha.
Machinists wait for OmciaIs.
The executive board Of the Union Pacific
district Of machinists' unions, which it was
ufofad mould rnneor NTH Eanaral ManaQaH
Dickinson and Superintendent OF Motive
Power Higgins Of the Union Pacific road
last Tuesday relative to an increase in the
wage schedule, has not yet met with the
officials and IL was learned Wednesday that
the machinists do not know when they will
| get the audience desired. At present they
are waiting on the pleasure and conven-
fence Of the Union Pacific men and cannot
predict how soon they will get together
with them.
Meanwhile the board itself is meeting,
having been In independent session on
| Monday and again on Tuesday. 1t is
thought that it has arrived at some definite
determination as to its plan Of action with
the officials regarding the wage scale, but
till the matter is contaminated and the con-
ference with the Union Pacific representa-
tives held and completed the members OF
the board decline to give any information
as to what they have done among them
selves or expect to try and do with Mr..
Dickinson and Mr.. Higgins.
shriners on Union Pacific.
More than one-half OF all the shriners
who will travel from the east to the con-
Yention in San Francisco in June will go
from the Missouri river via the Union Pa
cihc. Said Assistant General Passenger
Agent Gerritb Fort of that line:
I'VE expect to carry about twelve special
trainloads Of Shriners westward. Most Of
them will go through Omaha. q few OF our
Kansas division from Kansas City. The
trains will cross the Missouri river on June
/, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
ITO date the parties we have definite ar
rangements to handle are: Toledo Shrine,
Zem-Zem Temple Of Erie, Cleveland Shrine,
Detroit Shrine. Pittsburg Shrine, Indianap-
oils Shrine, Aladdin Temple Of Columbus,
Medinah Temple Of Chicago, osman Temple
OF st. Paul, Lulu Temple Of Philadelphia,
Washington Shrine and Baltimore Shrine.
Those from Buffalo, st. Louis and Kansas
City we failed to get. They are going west
over the Missouri Pacific from Kansas
CITY"
Changes in Time Card.
Changes in the Missouri Pacific timecard,
which were planned to go into effect some
weeks ago, but were abandoned at that
time, have been reconsidered and will. it is
said, be put in force next Sunday, May rs.
Though these do not effect Omaha to any
immediate appreciable extent, they do seri-
ously concern southeastern Nebraska, as
they are 10 alter two local trains on the
line between here and Kansas City.
Tha local train from Auburn Nah south
and from Hiawatha, Kan, north, will both,
it is said, be extended to Falls City, Neb..
| thus connecting the service and giving ad-