Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-07
Wabash Officials and En-
ployes Reach Agreement.
ENDS LONG CONTROVERSY
Firemen and Trainmen West of Mis-
sissippi Get Increase and Advance
Promised to Employees East of River
Similar to Other Roads.

st. Louis. April 6.-An increase of IL
per cent for the firemen and Is per
cent for the trainmen, over the rates
existing January !. 1902. has been
granted to the employees of the Wabash
railroad west of the Mississippi river,
according to the agreement reached at
la conference of officials and the en-
ployes here Saturday night East Of
the river the rates will be brought up
to the same standard when compeL-
ling lines in the same territory make
similar increases.
The Agreement Satisfactory.
The agreemnt is most satisfactory to
all parties concerned and brings to an
end The controversy that has been on
between the officials of the road and
the employees for the past fouf. months.
During the period of the strife strike
was ayerted by the issuing of an in
| junction restraining the employees OF
the company from quitting their posts.
which injunction was dissolS ed last
! Wednesday.
Terms of Agreement
The exact terms of the agreemnt are
stated in the following letter sui9nait.
tied 20 the committees by Acting Presi-
! dent Ashley:
/ An amicabic adjustment of the differ
cnces with respect to wages and conditions
| of employment, which have been fhe sub
iccr of recent negotiations and litigation
will be entirely acceptable to this company
under the following terms:
First-The advance made an the Western
| division will be Il per cent for passenger
conductors. brakemen and baggagemeu.and
| Is per cent for conductors and brakemen
in ,yh nd ,,,iy -,
service over the rate in effect January |.
! 1902. This scale will be extended to the
! Middle and Eastern division when similar
advances are made on other competing
lines in the same territory, with the under.
| standing that the Illinois Central and the
| Chicago X Alton railroads shall he con
sidered competing lines of the Middle divi
sion.
Second-One of the 1SSo1S90 and the five
Council Bluffs .. & st. l.. ten-wheel en-
gines $a.:&a per 100 miles for iremen.
Third West of the Mississippi river We
Will discontinue tho practice of using tw,
engines on one freight train. except undel
conditions where it is unavoidable and MOI
for the purpose of increasing train ton
mage
Fourth--The rules and regulations gov
erning the service shall be made euuall,
favorable to employees as those of othe
. lines operating in the same territory unde
1
the president upon his return. or the man
agement of the company. will confer witt
employees both individually or through
; committees of employees. when desired from
time to time.
: Fifth-lhe schedule of wages and condi
tions of employment. when so established
shall be binding upon the employees an,
the company. and shall not be charge,
without thirty days notice.
Sixth-All employees or former employees
now serving on the committees of organi
zationS. whether defendants in the pending
suit or not. shall be retained in. or re
stored to their respective positions, am
shall be assigned to and continue in TIL
service without prejudice of any kind o
account of their absence from duty, or sci
vice on committees.
Seventh-Nothing shall he done by tn
defendants in the pending suit, or by an
employe of the company. to in any wa
prejudice the rights of or interests of an
empoye who has, in the course of the lit
l cations, made voluntary affidavit in behal
of the company.
shall he cancelled and called off by bot
t organizations.
p Ninth--The officers of the company wi
) not discriminate in favor of or agains
! any employe because of his brotherhoo
, association
' Tenth-Firemen on the Buffalo divisio
will be paid the same scale us on the Can;
dian Southern division of the Michiga
Central railroad. if there is no agreemei
with the Grand Trunk which precludes
doing. Respectfully.
:. w H. ASHLEY,
Assistant to the President