The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-11
Grievance Committee and the Conn
pany's Representatives Trying to
HarmOnize Differences.
NUMBER ! 40
ONLY THREE OF WHICH ARE RE-
GARDED AS IMPORTANT.
Progress Made ut the Conference Yes
terday9ReductiO i'm the Steel
and Pudding Scale.

BALTIMORE, Sept 1O.-General Manager
c. S. Sims, of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road, specifically denied this morning that
the company had received ultimatum
from its employees. I'VE do not expect a
strike" he said, land 1 am positive none
will occur"
The committee on grievances. at the head
of which is ID. f. Cottman, chairman of
the general committee of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, held closed session
this morning The demands of the en-
ployes, as submitted by the committee on
grievances, are 40 in number, 137 of which
are of minor Importance. and will either
insisted on by the men. The three
chief demands first, that when switch
ing during overtime the men shall be paid
both the amount specified in the agreement
for switching and for overtime as well; sec
ond, that an extra wage scale shall be
applied to all double heading. that is when
one crew is compelled to handle the freight
cars of train pulled by two engines; third.
that it be no longer compulsory on them
to join the relief department., the men OBJ
jecting to the insurance terms of the road
These are the grievances which are being
jointly considered by the railroad employees
committee and the company officials, which
include Assistant General Manager Hays,
General Superintendent Loree. of Pittsburg,
General Superintendent Fitzgerald and SUI
perintendent Foley, of the Chicago division.
The conference continued until late this
evening, when it adjourned to meet again
tomorrow. 1t was announced that salts
factory progress had been made and that
it would probably require week to go over
all the complaints.
w. III. Budd, chairman of the committee
representing the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors, speaking for himself and other men,
bers of the general committee, made the
following statement as TO the status of the
employees: The report that a strike of Bal
timore & Ohio employees is imminent is not
true. There has been no disagreement as
yet because we began only to-day to take
up the various grievances with the railroad
company. Our committee thus far has had
only the most friendly relations with the
railroad company. and we do not look for
anything else. There can be no disagree
ment unless the b. & o. Railroad Company
reverses the policy which ii has adhered to
for years. We do not expect such a thing.
THE statement that this committee is
authorized to call strike is an error. III
we do not agree then our committee will
call on the grand officers of the various
organizations and they will be brought TO
Baltimore. We will go over the situation
with them and the next move is for them
to take Ii up with Vice President Potter. the
head of the operating department, and, if
necessary, to appeal TO President Loree.
If. after exhausting these channels, 30
settlement be secured then the question will
poll of the railroads as to whether a strike
shall be or0ered be made. 1t is necessary
to secure the votes of two-thirds of the
men to order strike.