Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-07-28
TRAINMEN MAY QUIT
Demands for Increased Pay and New
Working Schedules Arc Coming.
INVOLVES PRACTICALLY ALL RAILROADS
Move Will Include Nearly Every Lin, in
North America.
MAcHlNlSTs CENTER ON UNION PACIFIC
Officers of Union Bring All Force to Bear on
Overland.
CENTER ON UNION PACIFIC
ORDERS COME DIRECT FROM WASHINGTON
Men Now Out Are Forbidden 10 Ac-
cePt Employment Elsewhere Until
Trouble with Company Has
Been Adjusted.

itsel1 confronted by new ana more com
pllcated phase Of labor trouble which will
extend TO every large trunk limo In tho
country west of the St. Lawrence river
The new element OF trouble is that re-
ferred to by The Bee some swo or three
weeks ago that the freight conductors and
orakemen will present grievances for
which they will demand Immediate settle
ment.
For some time trouble has been brewing
among the trainmen on the Union Pacific
as well as other big roads throughout The
country. The complaint chiefly with tine
Union Pacific men has been over the dis
arrangement OF their schedules. which
they lay to the mismanagement CT sub
ordinate officials and by which they claim
that their monthly incomes are greatly
impaired. A short time ago the con-
ductors and brakemen decided to present
demand for the correction of this sys-
tenn, but not until the matter had
been more thoroughly considered d called
to the attention of grand lodge author
tiles and trainmen on other roads was the
national movement decided upon.
This national or rather international
movement, for Canadian lines as we'll are
included in 1t, will involve a more sys-
tematlc arrangement and preservation OF
schedules merely as a subordinate issue,
the paramount demand being a general in
crease in wages. This information comes
directly from a tralnman on the Union
Pacific who was one of the ortginators Of
the movement and who is In closest touch
with all the details Of it.
Includes the Whole Country.
"All necessary preparations for this gen.
eral demand have been completed and the
great roads of the country including
all west Of the st. Lawrence river, or
you might say, all except those that run
in and out Of New York City, will act
simultaneously In presenting their claims
for higher wages and viii demand dm-
mediate action from the railroad COM
panies,
do we think we Will get what We ask
for? Well, should say So" said this gem
tleman to reporter for The Bee.
And here is another thing we intend to
do: II every road in the country except
one grants these demands the trainmen will
wait on that one until 1t yields, in this way
assuring the success of our efforts. For in
stance, II every road except the Union Pa
cihc should come to the demands OF their
men, the employees OF all other roads would
still refuse to return to work until the
tion positively will be adhered to and we
depend upon 1t to win our fight. However,
may say that we really do not expect
much OF fight, for we believe the justice
Of our propositions will readily be admitted
and that the various companies will not
hesitate to grant them"
On the Union Pacific freight conductors
get 8 cents a mile and brakemen cents a
mile and they are allowed ten miles an
hour for overtime. They will ask for 3h
cents a mile for the conductors and 21k for
the brakemen and fifteen miles an hour for
overtime.
after our demands are made the engi-
peers are to follow with demands" said q
trainman Sunday.
1t is known now that the ofhcials OF the
Union Pacific are aware OF the unrest pre-
yaiing among their tTainmen, but whether
they are informed as to the exact nature Of
the contemplated movement is not known.
Several of the officials whose duties bring
them in touch with the trainmen have
thrown out ''feelers" Of late, 1t is said, to
locate the seat of discomfort and see II
some moderate remedy could not be applied
and a strike averted One OF the oiiicials Is
quoted as saying that II the trainmen are
not receiving proper treatment at the hands
superiutendents. matters would be speedily
adjusted II referred to headquarters. But
now that the grievances have outgrowp
those of disarranged schedules and centered
upon the wage proposition the trainmen
realize that it would be futile TO act upon
the advice of their superlors until matters
are thoroughly In shape to bo formally
brought up all over the country as planned
and already outlined.
What Maehinists Expect.
eve have centralized our whole efforts or
the Union Pacific strike"
This Is the word that came from the ma
chinists' grand lodge authorities at wash
ington Sunday. District Secretary Grace
received letter from the oficials at the
national capitol yesterday assuring the ma
chinists here Of absolute support and ask
ing II there is any means OF assistance
that the men here can suggest which has
not been offered from Washington.
The head once has sent out Third Vice
President George Mulberry of Chicago 10
Cheyenne, It has B. F. Scheizer. business
agent in charge of the force at Kansas
City, Third Vice President Wilson at work
work in various places over the system
and President o'Connell begins q campaign
at Salt Lake City this week, working cast
With this quota Of leaders in the feld the
grand lodge officers write that sufiicient
pressure ought to be brought soon to war
rant a conference with the Union Pacific
oficials.
1t has been decided by the machinists
to levy fne OF $3.50 on any member Of
that craft who leaves his home town and
accepts work anywhere else while the
present strike is in progress. This Is done
to keep the strike forces intact
Plans of BOiIermakers.
The boilermakers yesterday held a lopg
meeting at which their grand president,
John Mcneil OF Kansas City. addressed
them. Steps were taken TO organize tho
boilermakers helpers into union and pro-
vide financial assistance for them during
the strike. Adequate means OF support will
be raised. It is said.
President Mcneil persistently denies tho
allegations Of the Union Pacific oficiAlS that