The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-15
WONT DEMAND A
STANDARD TRAIN
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session was held until about 4 .. m. Mr..
EWard appeared In the afternoon. sun
posedly to confer with Jamse r. Hill WIN
nad returned Wednesday from a trim ~
the iron range. He was smiling broa div.
IN snort time the trainmen's Committee
ielt Tor the Merchants hotel where !
secret conference was held. Mr. Newman
mlttee returned to the Great Northern
pulldlng ats, Messrs. Newman and Gar
retson stopping on the way to confer
mittee. 81 s SoAlA-
i, Very. soon after the doors Of the con-
1erence- room were closed the trafnmen
came out again and announced that the
matter was settled.
Much excitement prevailed at the hotel
when the news was heard The cond,1ct.
ors IN tho lobby each grasped the hand
or the grand officers and eratula tions
on the peaceful outcome were heard IN
all sides. One of the Oldest Conductors
on the system was so pleased that he
bought out the stock of two flower bows
ana soon every employee in sight was
oecked with rose boutonniere.
Grand Officers to Leave
Inc general settlement having been
made, Mr.. Garretson will leave tonight
Tor Pittsburg to attend the meeting of the
grand division of the Order of Railway
conductors, now in session. Mr. New
man will go to Denver, where he will ar
range for the biennial convention of the
Order Of Railway Trainmen May 49,
The general public is as we'll pleased
over the concessions made by General
manager Ward which completely headed
or the proposed strike of trainmen on
tne Great Northern system as were the
grand officers and the employees Of other
roads. The sjobbers were not alone in he
nevlng that a strike involving 100 men
would be a calamity to the northwest at
the present time. How far the abandon
ment OF traffic by trainmen on other
ROADS might have spread out Of SYM
pathy could not be predicted
A statement of the original proposition
OF the road and the reported new arrange,
ment follows:
General Manager Wards original propo-
s1tion was that he would agree not to
run double headers in excess Of 8 per
cent of the total train mileage, the per-
centage which now 6btains on the sys
tenn. Under the agreement the company,
on the lines east Of Minot, will not run
double headers In excess of X of 1 per
cent OF the train mileage. On that part
OF the system, however, none of the
grades, except that between the St. Paul
union depot and Hamline, is in excess Of
6-lO of l per cent. West of Minot. the
company may employ double headers on
2.5 per cent of the gross mileage. Double
header districts will be designated. The
use of helper engines will be figured in
the percentage.
The Wage Scale.
All concessions in wages and all agree
ments will be dated as Of March /. The
yardmen In all yards will be paid the
Chicago scale, which is half cent an
hour more than the so-called St, Paul
scale. The Chicago scale is as follows:
Night, foremen, 33s cents an hour; night
helpers 30 cents an hour; day foremen.
81 cents an hour; day helpers. % cents
an hour.
The new schedule of pay for conductors
and trainmen is as follows Conductors
Of thru freight trains, $3.50 a hundred
miles; brakemen, 1888. The former pay
was SO and So respectively. The new
1t Is said, allows the conduc-
tors cents a hundred miles and brake
men 3 cents a hundred more than the
wages paid the same class of employees on
other lines in this part Of the country.
Local freight conductors will receive So.
I hundred miles, and local freight brake
men $255. This increase is said to be
IN excess OF ;l5 per cent of the increase
allowed by other lines On the mounta in
divisions of the line the conductors will
oe PAID $500 and the brakemen 1910, the
rate of increase in this case also being in
excess Of Is per cent.
Passenger conductors vii receive $40
1Smonth on all divisions baggagemen, $50
- month; and brakemen from $3.50 to
$ rs a month In the case Of the pas
senger brakemen an increase is allowed
after one years service instead Of after
five years service as proposed by the
schedule offered by the company.
Sketch Of Negotiations.
The first demands Of the Great North
ern men were made on General Manager
Ward Dec. 20, when they asked for a 20
per cent increase in wages and the doing
away with the double header practice Of
trains unless double pay were
granted for such service. A request for
conference was honored and the date set
was Jan. S. On that date the neeotia
tons were again deferred to await the
closing Of similar. negotiations with the
Of the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern roads. The second
conference was held March 10, when the
demands of the men were modified to q.
Is per cent increase for freight conductors