Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-25
-EnL SECURES ooMPRczsE
'ivsrs Secure Control Of Electric
aud Gasoline Cars.
OH SIDES YELD SOME POINTS
NEW RATE EFFECTIVE AT OECE

NtfhtH ~ h@mFs
CHICAGO Dec 1-tspeciaI Telegram
The we7 -nr5naers on. the sixty-une
railroads ~ IRE ws~t wiU not strike ac-
r0r5ing 80 an announcement made cudar
by the ruir-d states commissioner x Ia
Dor. G.. p NsilL
Mr Nsiu. after conf-r~ing with repre-
sentstIvas u the Brotnerhood of Locunso-
tive Engineers A. tFe Auditorium hopti,
deciazrd a compromise bad been reached
There visa be no strike" he said "A
settlement has been reached and both sides
have agreed % Fafre certain Things. The
settlement ra- naaIe upon terms which
consider fair rud so,1ai and were made
upon suEly-stiou~ frpn1 hoth sides
The engineers and railroad Officers con-
frrned me statement mat q peaceabie set
tlcment vas assured.
Commissioner N-HL t is understood
practically dictated the terms. He planned
fo meet the general Managers COMMITTEES
during the afternoon. Ir r. thought thar
virhln q fcw DAYS a new agreement VII
be- signed between the western railroads
ant ,lsir engineers.
Get Ten Per Cens Raise.
The engineers get an averagr Increase
of lT'a per cert of their Isle wage scale.
giving them an average of approximately
sl.2 s5r each ~ the g.eoo men involved for
each s'lhseguent year-
~pec nca1v. the agreement provides for
a ralse * ~ cents a day Tor an engineers.
win a diffrrenfis- in addition u 5 cents
for rs. 13a- pound engines and an added dif-
ferenual e 2 cents day for smaller
NaIlet engines and a differential q q q
day for ilIe heavtesr Mallets.
In ie1r-r e. Juiie,i States Cor1misEiOnsr
Charles P. NciH Grand chief Engineer
Warren 8 stone OF the 5rotherhoOd gave
the reason for accepting the terms +
fered. the suffering and loss which would
Attend a general western strike.
Numerous specific working conditions
are improved by the agreement signed for
maIly late to-day. and engineers are sven
control Of electric and sasoiins motor ears
used as locomotives. with IN increase of
~ cents a dzy In present wages. HostieIS
/ under The projections Of Jie engineers get
an increase of 3 cents a FAY
Rate Efr-rtivr ImunedIas-Iy-
The new rare is sffscIivs Uith the siga-
ing OF the agreement t0das-
Up 20 the ime OF M Neilrs arrival, uhs
engineers we're seeking practically Z per
cent increase n the old paH. The rail
roads had agreed 20 a raise approxinatinE
sls per cent and there they hung. A. early
as TharEdav Il was cunceded by both sides
that only a small margin of differences sep
arat4d them. hut that each side feared
that the greater questions than that Of
wages we're being brought in.
When tnday's conferences was begun
Mediator NeiI announced THAI his efforts
cnnferees reached a settlement today. there
was little uss for him 10 remain IN Chi
cnEu. Visions Of arb bfrarion under the
Erdmnu act on the one hand. and % a
long. destructive strike IN the other.
brought the opponents t0g-ther within an
hour AFTER the conferences began
This agreement gives the engineers on
al the siZry-une railroads affected BY the
adjustment a total of some s.. - 90 annu-
ally er approximately Sls2 Tor every man
affected
Acceptance Of EHEfaeer-.
The engineers acceptance vas convsysa
in a letter to Commissioner Nefn in EhiCh
chief Stone wrote
After rhorouEhlE considering the pro-
f pnsal and the question IN its snfirssy
We are Of the opinion that tire offer viii
not yieid the engineers cUmpensau0u com
I meusurars with the serTics Derformsd and
e Is with extreme rsluctancs We inform
you it Will b. accepted
In this connection We are prum1tef ~
accept the proposition through ths inf1u-
ence of yourself and q desire On our part
20 avert a calamity thar would bring suf-
feFinE and loss on a large number of PEI
pie who are NOT narti-s 70 the controvs srsy 70
Asked f0r an interview on the settlement
Mr. Stane replied
Eg Whole statement can be found n th@
letter. We tsogEht q the country and
settled That's aiIf
Raise Fa~tF Craus q Day.
The settlement provides ror q general n
--'a.- -lr Ee eupnreH Of rpu per cent
vrtrH ou 1or--TI -err eH amounts to about
cents a 1a-
The Eperlrr 'rCrra-s= % tine wages OF
tsc ersiEgs-s .I woHe are az follows.
on UaEz.nEe- service. s0 cents a dav
IN suburban srTgica % cents q daE
Frrr- cents ia ON through freight
Jz-apr or sng.Ec5 WeizIln- .ls.s8 Bounds
tu tae drivers on vE.el an add unnal diC-
L-..L.s 20 @ rgna dar also on en-
-u.1 uL rre MaEet t- pe an additional dIf-
l-r-nta. af from - e.nrz 10 u
Fn rushers. helpers wTsetrrE. Nork
ifa.n snoN uiows and mixed trains .
cents Dag.