The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-28

wages of switchmen will apply in the
Territory Billings and west on the
NortV.,n Pacific railway and the ter
ritory Havre and west on the Great
Northern railway.
"'It is the understanding of the rep
resentatives of the twin city lines that
the matter of re-employing the
switchmen who voluntarily left the
service Of the twin city lines on No
vember 30 requires further explana-
tion. With every wish to meet any
suggestions made by your excellency
and with the natural desire of en-
ployers to help worthy men who gave
up their positions and who should be
at work for the support of their
families and themselves the represen-
tatives of the twin city lines submit
that no hordship should be imposed
nor any injustice permitted to the
large, number of present employees in
yard service who are in no way re-
sponsible for the present situation.
When the former yard employees Of
the railways voluntarily gave up their
positions on November 30 after refus-
ing the off Of the railroads to arbi-
trate andI oka2d by the arbitration
ss'ss mad .;snss leasasss
dated November 23: "Thazcy.. zee
begs leave to state that it VIII. ,6t
submit to arbitration under any cir
cumstances."
New Men to be Cared For.
|. ut becomes necessary for the rail-
ways to promote many of the men who
remained In the service. to transfer
some from other branches and to en-
plOy many new men in order to per-
form their duty to the public to the
other employees and to the owners Of
the properties as large employers Of
labor under wage agreements the twin
city lines would not be justified in
reducing in rank those employees who
have been promoted since November
30 in returning to their former en-
ployment those who have left posi-
tions In other branches of the serv-
ice or in dismissing without cause the
competent men who have been en-
ployed to fill the other vacancies 1t is
however certain that upon the basis of
unemployment suggested by your ex-
cellency many of the old switchmen
can be given employment and proba-
bly, large number would be restored
to their old positions. With the
growth of business it is reasonable
to expect that considerable increase
in force will be required which will
enable the twin city lines to provide
employment in the aggregate for more
men than were employed previous to
November 30.
Acceptance Date Fixed.
"The representatives of twin city
lines believe that they have accepted
your excellency's suggestions with
out reservation; that they have done
SO with the sincere desire of avoiding
any further loss to their employees
which will result from a continuance
of the present conditions.
In conclusion the representatives
of the twin city, lines are under the
necessity of advising your exeellency
that their offer cannot remain oven
indefinitely and that If not previously
accepted 1t will be considered with
drawn at IL noon, Wednesday, Decem-
ber 20. With many thanks for your
interest in behalf of the railways and
their employees and with appreciation
of the manner in which your excel
lency has handled these difficult nego-
tiations we beg to subscribe ourselves,
"very respectfully yours,
&C. B. & @: Ry.. c. NJ, M. & st. p.
Ry.. c., st. p, NJ. & o. Ry., c. r. 1.
6 P. Ry., c. G. w. Ry., G. N. Ry.,
NJ. st. P. & s. Ste NJ, Ry, NJ. st. l..
M. r. T. c., N. P. Ry., st. p, B. &
T. Ry., st. Paul Union Depot Co."