Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
Nebraska
ENGINEERS MEET At CAPITAL
Brotherhood Men Hear Vice Presi-
dent willard Of Burlington.
GRAND CHIEF STONE ALSO SPEAKS
Agree hat Harmony r. Necessary Re-
tween EDpIoYers and Employee,
But differ as to ways
and Means.
Hrom a s.aff corrsspondentl

NNth = HNaAA correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., June H.-(special)-
The reunion Of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers began this morning and
will continue over Wednesday with q bar
becue At Capital beach. The nfut open
meeting wal held at the auditorium this
afternoon. The speahsrs we're Vice Prssi-
dent Daniel =. Willard Of the Burlington,
Warren s. Stone, grand chief Of the
brotherhood, and p. H. Morrisssy, presi-
dent Of the railroad employees.
Mr.. willard and Mr.. Stone both spoke
for harmony between railroad employees
and officials. but they did not agree in all
details a. to how to reach THAI harmony.
Mr.. Stone wanted II understood hsrminy
could not be secured II the unions had 10
do all the h~armonising.
Mr.. willard said harmony was necessary
between the officials and the employees,
and especially at this time when there
were being enacted SO many laws which
affected both the officials and the en-
pioyes He said the enactment OF the six
teen-hour law was not necessary but hat
the matter could have been settled by a
conference between the officials and the
employees much more satisfactorily This
was disputed by Mr.. Stone, who said he
had held numerous conferences with the
officials regarding the hours Of labor and
had always come away from the confer
ence with his grip full OF promises, but
nothing came OF them.
In his talk Mr.. willard said he had re-
signed from the brotherhood when he be
came an official and he believed this was
right. on that point Stone took Issue with
him. holding that all the unions wanted
was Justice and the railroads should want
nothing more.
Mr.. Willard left this afternoon over the
Sioux City line and will go to oNehl
Thence he goes to Chicago.
The attendance at the auditorium meet
ing comfortably filled the lower floor, there
being something like $50 members OF the
brotherhood registered.
Among the old-timers present was Charles
Patterson OF Cheyenne, who run an engine
out of Lincoln back in 1877. when he got a
jcb here after being stranded on his way
% the coast. He remarked this afternoon
that all railroad men regretted the Illness
II E. II. Hartman and that in his estima-
Ion Mr.. Hartman could not well be spared
by the country. He considered hin, hS
said. the greatest railroad man OF the age
George Holdrege was present at the meet
ing this afternoon.
HItchcock County wheat Good.
The labor bureau has received word from
Hitchcock county that, L. B. Harrison OF
near Trenton has 200 acres OF wheat which
will average thirty bushels to the acre
MIR. Harrison expects to receive 81 a bushe
for his wheat, which the labor commits
sloner believes, taken altogether, make ar
extremely good showing for Hitchcock
county.
In the meantime the bureau has received
q call from Holdrege for fifty men to wori
in the wheat fields. and several men are
.4antsd at Oeceola.S At@this time there are
no applications on file with the bureau FOL
work.
RaIatOn Switching Rate Up.
Tho application Of the Missouri Pacific
railroad to abolish its switching charges
between Omaha and Ralston and install
regular road rate was argued before thu
Railway commission today and several wit
nesaes we're examined. Under the presen
switching rates the charge for a car Il
81. The change would be a material In
crease in the rates.
e. ]. McVann and J. NJ. Guild Of omhh'
we're among those present TO give testi
mony. The application was resisted b!
Judge Baxter and Senator Van Dusen OF
behalf Of a number of business men o.
Ralston.
Automobiles I'm Trouble.
Harry westcott OF 25lO r street was II
police court this morning charged will
overspeeding his automobile on the nigh
Of Tune rs near Twenty-third and r streets
He was found guilty by Judge Riser anC