The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-02

ST. Paul, Aug. Negotiations which
nave been pending between the Order Of
hallway Photographers and the Great
Northern Pacific railroads for some time
came to a sudden end today when Gen
eTal Manager Horn of the Northern Paci-
lie notified the telegraphers of that sys-
Aem that the eompany's proposition as
To the, rate of wages it would nav was
1,h@4 anq Ihey could accept it or leave
the service
Th2 Great Northern officials took prac-
blcaily the same stand toward their en-
ployes last night, thus throwing confu-
SION INTO the ranks of the telegraphers,
VINO hardly expected such a move The
only chance of an adjustment of the
trouble rests with President J. ]. Hill,
cent Perham of the Railway photographers
Appealed IN telegram last night.
49,. 80 SilIs aLtetLOO1 no uSi re-
quarters Of either road. The orders af-
1Sct ABOUT go operators and agents on
me Great Northern and about 100 on the
NortheTn Pacific
To-day nearly all the teIegraphers on
tle WLmar, Fergus Falls and Brecken-
ridge divisions of the road quit their
places The men claim it is a lockout
on the part Of the road because they
will not accept the terms offered them
The company claims that so per cent
of the men are satisfied. In a circular
To its employees the company proposes "A
schedule OF wages which il claims gives
au Increase to the men amounting 10
hand. claim this increase amounts TO only
5000 TO $500 annually for about d go
President Perham, OF the Railway TeIe-
Sraphers union, said today:
But one man has failed Elsewhere
they have gone out uniformly. I want
TO make it clear that this is not a strike
but is a lockout
Railroad Makes Statement.
statement issued by the Great North
IAN of the points at issue between the
men and the company have been salts
This il a rule governing the payment
Of overtime AT special rates for Sunday
I'm view of the fact that it has been
impossible Tor the Officers OF the COM
committee to reconcile this difference it
was decided to prepare schedule of rules
and rates which, with only this eXcep-
ton. embodied concessions made to the
committee.
Copies OF the new schedule and a list
out TO the various divisions, the men on
the line being requested to signify their
concurrence of the teiesraphers' commit
tee. The canvass of the telegraphers on
approximately 80 per cent of the tele-
EraDhers on the line are entirely salts
1t is expected there will be no difficulty
in maintaining a regular and satisfactory
Mr. Horn at noon said:
The Northern Pacific started look
out of its telegraphers because OF a strike
tions were issued July and these with
the vote. are still hanging over its head
in spite OF the fact that during several
weeks negotiations on the points of diff
ference have been pretty generally clean
ed up. excepting the Sunday rule and
the raise OF minimum The Sunday rule
demanded is ditfere1t from any in the
United States and would add TO the pay
roll OF the telegrapherS about 500 900 per
year. The cOmpaHy's rate of pay is
not exceeded. but on the other hand. Is
considerably higher than on most OF the
ROADS IN tn same territory. II has made
liberal Increases to its tolegraphers dur
ing the past five years.
''hs compared with 1900. the same posi-
tons that existed ia that year are pay
Ing in 1913 S4I099 dollars additional
"Exorbitant Demands
THE impracticable rules and cNorbitant
demands made Dy the committee in the
first proposition and practically repeated
in their proposition of July . are con-
sidCred conclusive proof that at no time
has IL been the inte.tion Of the COM
uittee TO make concessions which would
enable the company 20 make satisrao-
tory settlement. Before the actual negO-
at ions were commenced they had fully
decided 10 force strike. When con-
ferenccs started on July u strike instruc-
lions had already been in force for an
entire week Last friday. when we con-
Guided negotiations. they were still hang