Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-25
Burlington Employees Meet in
Burlington.
is OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
Order of Railway Conductors To-
sether With Switchmen Plan New
ScaIe-Watched With Interest.

the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and Switchmen from all points on the
Burlington railroad, met here today to
discuss the subject of revision of the
wage schedule. The meeting is of
great Importance and the outcome is
awaited with interest by employees and
officials.
Conductors v W. Copeland and w.
V. kittleman of this place in the ser
vice of the c.. B. & @. railway went to
Burlington last night to. attend the
convention of the Order of Railroad
! Conductors and Broth herhood Of Rail
road Trainmen, which convened in
that city today for the purpose of re-
vlslns the pay schedule OF the train
men in the employ of the Burlington
system and arranging several other
MINOR details in connection with their
work. The convention will be one OF
the largest that has ever been held by
the two orders and delegates will be
presentfrom every division of the Bur
hngton system and all lines operating
under it from Chicago to Denver and
st. Paul to St Louis.
To Arrange Pay Schedule.
Since the lease of the Chicago, Bur
llnston d Quincy Railroad company to
the Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy
hallway company the tranmen have
been working under the agreement
made with the former with regard to
pay and the convention is called for
the purpose of revising the schedule
that new agreement may be made
with the railway company.
May Request Few Changes.
1t is expected that the convention of
the Q. R. c. and B. R. T. now in ses
sion in Burlington may ask the direct
lors of the road for few changes in
the pay schedule. 1t is the desire of
the train employees of the Burlington
system that they be placed on an equal
footing with the trainmen of the Rock
Island, Milwaukee and other lines in
| the west with regard to the pay receiy.
led by them. 1t is claimed that the
ttrainmen of the Burlington are now
receiving on an average of $40 less
iper month for the runs made by them
of equal mileage with those of the 9th
er roads. They state that heavy trains
which have been run on the Bur,ing-
ton system and the number of miles
travelled by them during the past few
years have increased their work to
considerable extent and their wish in
this matter seems to be that they NAV
be put on an equal pay schedule with
that OF other roads.
No Discord Prevails.
Concerning this convention one of
the trainmen. who has been in the en-
ploy of the Burlington system for a
number of years stated that there is
the most cordial feelings existing at
present between the train men and the
officials of the road and that the con-
vention is simply for revision of the
old schedule that a new agreement
may be made with the new company.
| He also states that the men feel great
pride in the prominent place the Bur
lington system holds among the roads
of the west and that whatever changes
are made in the present schedule will
be presented to the officials of the road
with their reasons for asking the
changes and they have confidence in
the fairness of the authorities to be.
lieve that they will do all in their pow
er to promote the welfare of the en-
ployes of the road in accordance with
the prosperity of the same.