The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
GREAT WESTERN HAS
SETTLED WITH
TRAINMEN
Grand Officers and General
Superintendent Goodell
Have Finally Effected an
Agreement in Which Con-
SESSIONS Have Been Made
OH Both Sides.

AFTER many weeks of perseverine eff
fort and patient waiting, the railroad
employees have induced another of the
st Paul roads to join In the now gem
eral agreement for Increased wages
and more favorable conditions of en-
ployment.
Yesterday. just about noon, General
superintendent Goodell, on behalf Of
the Great Western, and A. B. Garrett
son, assistant grand chief of the Order
or Railway Conductors, and w. II.
Newman, vice grand master Of the
brotherhood Of Railway Tratnmen.
acting for the employees of the COM
pany, completed the detailed terms Of
an agreement which is in consonance
with the settlement effected with all
OF the other roads that have treated
With the men.
AS to the terms of this settlement.
Mr.. Goodell said to The Globe yes
terday afternoon:
The negotiations which terminated
In this agreement were opened Jan. 5,
when the committee came here with
the proposition from the men, and
tney have continued ever since. We
were unable to reach any agreement
with the committee. and on March 16
the grand officers of the two organfza-
lions came here, and from that time
we nave been almost constantly occu-
pied In settling the details Of this
question. point by point Today, after
each side had made some concessions
and we had reached mutual ground.
a settlement was effected.
Tehre were two principal points of
dlHerence which really caused the diff
hcuIty In reaching an agreement-the
question of double headers, which in
itself was a complicated matter, and
the pay Of switchmen.
"As to double-headers, the company
agrees not to use double headers
with more than thirty cars, except on
such portions Of the line as have been
enumerated specifically and designated
as helper districts. The agreement on
this point was reached by considera-
ton Of the hauling of full tonnage with
one engine over a division. The road
was considered In detail. and the
outside of these helper districts no
double headers will be used on trains
of more than thirty cars
In regard to the pay of switchmen,
the men demanded adoption of tina
Chicago scale. Internationally, to ap-
ply In all of the yards. This scale calls
for 33 cents per hour for foremen,
days, and 81 cents nights, and 30 cents
Tor helpers nights. and 20 cents days.
The compromise IS that the Chicago
scale will apply to all principal ter
minal yards, and in the smaller yards
the rate Of pay will be cent per hour
less in each case.
I'VE have agreed to the increase of
10 per cent In the pay of conductors
and brakemen on freight trains, and IL
per cent Increase in that of conductors
and brakemen on passenger trains
The wage schedule will become effec-
tive April 1, and the agreement as to
double header trains at once"
Messrs. Garretson and Newman were
seen at the Windsor last evening and
expressed much satisfaction at the
early settlement with the Great West
ern. Mr.. Garretson said:
1.-The basis Of settlement is the same
as that upon which we have agreed
with all of the other roads. Our next
step will be to arrange for a confer
ence with the officers of the Northern
Pacific"
Although the negotiations are be-
ing carried on with the roads indi-
vidually, there is a general belief that
the agreement with the Great Western
will make the work with the other
roads more easy.