The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-27
GIVEN MORE PAY.
Santa Fe Trainmen Receive Four
Cents Per Hour Increase.
Yard Contracts Are Also Re-
vised Without a Hitch.

As a result of the conference which
has been on for the last few days be-
tween the grievance committee of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the operating officials of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railway company.
including James e. Hurley. the gen
eral manager; F. c. Fox, general super
intendent of the eastern grand division
and r. J. Parker, general superintend-
ent of the western grand division, at
which there was a revision of the con-
tract between this union and the rail-
road company chiefly relating to the
management of the railroad yards. a
general increase of pay of four cents
an hour was granted by the officials Of
the railroad company in line with the
increase in pay which has been preva-
lent throughout the west of late. The
committee also secured the reclassifica-
tion of a number of yards on the sys-
tenn whereby several yards of the sec
ond class were changed to yards of the
first class where the pay is on the scale
in operation in the Chicago yards. In
these yards that were reclassified the
men viii receive an increase in paw
over their present wages of five cents
an hour
II was stated in the state Journal
last evening that the conferences
which have been held were betw cen
the switchmen's union and the Santa
F'e officials. This was an inadVertent
mistake. The switchmens union has
no contract with the Santa Fe. In
fact it has only one contract with any
OF the big western lines and that is
with the Rock Island. The contracts
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men with the Santa F'e cover the man
agement OF the yards as well as other
duties of tTainmen and the conference
which just closed was between the
grievance committee of the Brother
hood Of Trainmen and the Santa F'e
Otnc1als- The SWitchmen'S union had
nothing whatever to do with it,
On the grievance committee with NJ
S. Mayse, of Wellington, it's chairman
were T. c. Mclaughlin, of Newton,
secretary; W r. Brown Of Chicago r.
w. Orr of Kansas City, J. B. Naughto
of Pueblo. s E. Cheeseman of La
Junta, and J. r. Morris of Albu-
querque.
Our committee has just closed
successful and harmonious conference
with the Santa Fe officials said Mr..
Mayse, this morning and have per-
fected revision of our yard contracts
which is most acceptable to the men.
Our relations with the company are
most pleasant and It's method of doing
business is most satisfa ctOry.
In line with the increases in pay in
the various branches of railroad ser
vice in the west our men were granted
an increase of four cents an hour gem
orally. Several of the yards were
changed to yards Of the first class
where the scale of pay is the same as
in the Chicago yards and this will
mean that the men in these yards
which have been reclassified will get
an increase over their present pay of
five cents an hour
LAS a result of our conference a
general betterment of the working
conditions in the yards have been Sc
cured, and we are extremely gratif1ed
with the liberal and heartily co-opera-
tive spirit with which we were treated
by the railroad officials.
Just state emphatically,' said Mr..
Mayse in conclusion "that the Switch
mems union had nothing to do with
this conference. They have no con-
tract with the Santa Fe. The con-
tract that the brotherhood of Train
men have with the Santa Fe covers
the workings of the yards, and condi-
tions under this contract as it has
been revised are most satisfactory to
all concerned
Most of the mem bers of the griev-
ance committee left this afternoon for
Kansas City, Mo. where they will at
tend the big ball at Convention hall
tonight which is to be given under the
auspices of their ganfzatfOn