New-York tribune., 1902-08-14
RUSSELL SAGE SAVED DAY.
ADVISED GRANTING ELEVATED ROAD
NonoRMENs DEMANDS
uR sE1rr WANTED TO LET tHEN STRIKE
~o TINE LIMIT N AGREEMENT l.

.+,.-,-e7 en--rerrs and fremen on
49, Atsv,,s4tal7 Railway Company : -li.es ~ '
-reu pleased yesterday At the Sel'-s-ii l u, -,
.o-,+iar n discuss what may happen "I-'h an l
,i,es ~e ar7lip,ed -yth electric cars Inc iatA 'l
= tir,e lirn IN The agreement which was sisile' 80,
5o-h si7es ,,l Tuesday Jid not worry lheI llio'S-
,e mon rhen7ss3yes repr:6iared an agreement WHICH
ne eg-a-7 an Their behalf with no time mint
--bo -st,7a-7,s,- If 7a trouhle brought about
,srqe1z .1rougl, rs7a efforts Of R.Issen Sage When
1he executive and Ell pe1scs committees met I'D NJ
skttsz office on reesdav forenoon, NJ. sage "'-o
attended il74 rresf=r7- urged that the men should
receive a 00rRCezeCn
75r zsir+ t7ourh- that the naeu should be al
lowed 4, decLarc . strike II they 50 desired he
lad plenty If trains running at present he SAID
The rer1Ixrnv and the men hahe always got
saorg vel before said B1r SAGE. Hand ! do not
see WHY 1lese friendly relations should be changed
-rha.roe7 hive tcen working nine hours a day, and
vhv make thenr work ten without extra pay
4r sage carried MS point. When ne was seen
yesterday he was, very much pleased
I 40 nor daserEI any special credit fer the course
! took he said. II can see necessity for The
men working any sa7ser than they do now. After
50 many Eears of harmony. - would De pity 70
have any trouble ncav. am slad was able 20 do
something for The men As a general rule sym
rashize with them II their troubles
one ~ two awkward questions which viii come
I'D in the futuaa Is said has not been provided
for That Is lie starUa Of The 1notormen who have
isen neither en,znees nor -reulen who may he en-
70 be 1nofornen After electricity becomes the mo-
tive power on all the lines traffic Is expected to
increase 50 enormously that additional outside
rnofo7rnen viii have TO he hired The Brother
hood OF Locomotive Ens neers cannot admit to
membership any buI men Tho have had engineers
licenses. The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
llsvo the s1-ne rGle IN ~ cir organization. An
other question 10 arise Is VIII the brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers. n NhiCh is noted for its
conservatism retain rers permanently the
nan
and support them in case of trouble when they are
l7o longer e1ginee~sT
Several Of the mntornen and engineers were
asked # -esa questions had been discussed They
replied that they had never been talked or A
5n5torman On The Third-aze. line said,
Il guess II VII be all right At any rate are
not looking forward 70 troubles = long W=8y ahead
We glad That nave settled the present
trouble Z suppose me furElDe viii he all right
.WiH the men ratifv the agreement. though Il
Jas time limit
Sur We're not borrowing trouble 7 think It
viii he all right Matters viii right themselves
believe a. tbe changes come along
The new agreement has the following among
other articles
4 working day OF nine Hours. AL overtime to Be
raid for 49,.
Ftenen to he retained IS conductors when eleo-
Firernea to b. pre.erred class for promotion to
raoIormen Wages after promotion 8 4 Gay for the
17rS- months; $ - second sA ucIths = 81 after
-irSt
Exert pay for overtime. one hours pay for
fraction of Hour. halt days pay for extra round
z~ip
80 engineer 70 DO duty as engineer and motor
man en- same day
Oldest nen 10 have choice Of runs and privilege
of exchanging
None Of the 10 be discharged for serving
Brotherhood committees.
Men suspended on charges and later ex0nerated
10 receive fun pay during time Of suspension.
From members Of the grievance committee IT
was learned that the counter proposition made by
TicePresident Sbitt. instead Of the nine work
DAY, was q workday Of nine hours and twenty
minutes which not accepted by the grievance
committee. Mr.. Skitt declined 10 talk yesterday.