Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-09
WAGE ONTROVERSYSETTLED
Unioa PsGfe Conductors and Tuinnsu
Get Increased Wages.
PsEuDtST BURT SAYS Ne S PLEASED
Pre- enee Of Grand Omeers Vet Re-
auired 20 Eject settlement. -
Company Really Grapted
the Increase.

Ihe WaEe controversy between TIE UuB.-
racine railroad and the Joint commIttsa
u Union Pacific trsinmen and conaur tors
Is oeen settled With complete at fsr-
IN 70 both sides In speaking q TIE set
LNment 70 q representative o. TIE PEE
yesterday, President Bur- said:
TIE settlement the Union TsIrfse has
made With It's trainnen sna eoa6u-tors
speaks for itself We are ,Eyu satisfied
With the outcome q the conference. ne
terms % the settlement. Il psr cent ia
crease in the wages q the passenger train
men and conductors. and Is per cent in
those q the freight trG1uuer and con
o0ctors. is an indication Of ny sentiments
ana those q the rad Il goes to show
that We feel thai the men are uorthv a.
would not have ben granted the eopces-
sionA The most pleasant Of relations or
listed during the entire period that the
matter ws unasr consideration and at no
time vas there any serious disagreement
oetEeel the company and the committee
nembez-
he member % the committee are as
pleased with the results as Mr.. Burt is
and they ere all making preparations TO
retnrn home feeling well satisfied With
TIE outcome Of their labors- Mr.. Mseouber.
general Chairman Of the Joint committee.
voiced the sentiments % the entire con-
mittsa when he said.
Everything Is settled 70 cur satisfse-
ton and the committee viii Be . thing Of
the pasi before many more days We have
p working toward this end for a little
over two months and can say that the en-
tire affair has been pleasant IN the e1-
irene At all times 70 has been carried
- a.. . n~a- - -
disagreements being taken up ~ the time
and sifted thoroughly before a decision
wa reached
same A. other Roads.
" have been granted the sane con-
cessions IS we're granted To the Joiut con-
mitfees q trsinnen and conductors that
met with the OnciAls Of the Missouri Pa
of6c the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas. the
Santa Fe- tie Texas Pacific. ths St. Louis
4 San FrAnciseo and the Cotton Belt.
Moreover. it Is the only COMMITTEES that
has been able TO efRct q settlement With
out the aid Of the grand 0ncsrs. When
the grand officers are called in Il ceases
10 b a request, but becomes q demand. and
NJ never had any thought o. calling them
in"
The only other concession rEnted BE-
side that Of the Increase in wages Is the
clause which relates 20 the doing away
With the double headers. The double
headers have been the bugbesr Of the train
men and Conductors for years. and in most
cases wee the point that the railroads
and eomJnittees have split upon. By using
the dOuileheadsr. IL vas possible TO handle
a double trainload with q single train
crew This gaye the train crew extra work
and did AVA with a third Of the crews
In the service Of the company.
Under the new ruling made Saturday,
double headers can Be used only on trains
of less than thirty cars. except on certain
stretches Of track whore the grade Is heavy
and which are specified, in case of heavy
storms. when engines break down and in
moving engines to and from the shops and
the yards. In no case IL the tonnage o.
the train 20 Be Increased when the double
heEder service Is added.
The increase in wages will affect about
1.5oo men. 500 Of whom are conductors and
1.6e8 trainmen- Wages under the new
schedule viii amount to approximately
s14e per month for passenger conductors.
So 10 SIS per month for passenger brake
men. S135 10 $3.50 a month for freight con
ductorE. and sso 20 100 a month for freight
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