The Dickinson press., 1917-06-09
CAB, CUSHION AND CABIN.
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Jack Parker, assistant chief car dis
tributor for the Yellowstone division,
has sent in his application for en-
rollment with the force of railway
clerks which will be sent to France
with the transportation army within
a few months. Trainmaster John
Wynn of this city says that a number
Of clerks in division headquarters in
Glendive have applied for foreign rail-
road positions and he is of the opinion
that most of them will be accepted.
Conductor Ed. Nichols is taking
treatments at the Mayo Bros hos
pital at Rochester, MINI.
Fourteen women are now employed
in the N. P. shops at Glendive.
Howard Woolfert has resigned his
situation in the freight department
at Taylor and returned to his home
in St. Paul.
Work of instructing the last of a
class Of "a young women for positions
as telephone operators for the N. P
was completed last week, and Of the
"a, % are now filling positions. An
other class will be organized within
two weeks.
Representatives of car shop unions
were in St. Paul recently to protest
against employment of women in the
shops, declaring that there are plenty
of men for the jobs. They assert that
it is a plan to knock out the wage in
crease demanded by the men.
Brakeman George Wheatley left or
No. 3 Sunday for Billings, where he
will spend several days..
Brakeman C. A. Sewell left recently
for Spokane, where he was called t(
attend to business matters.
Switchman Joe Joswick has re
turned from Mohall, N. D., where hi
has been spending a few days at the
farm of his father, assisting in put
ting in the crops. He has resumed
work in the local yards.
T. H. Lantry, for eight years sup
erintendent of the Yellowstone divis
ion, last Sunday was promoted to b.
an assistant general manager of tn
N. p, with headquarters at st. Paul
It is said that he will be detailed OF
special duty, probably in connection
with the war transportation situation
G. H. Jacobus, third assistant to tn
general superintendent, succeeds MI
Lantry. Mr.. Jacobus passed through
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tour. Mr.. Lantry passed through
Dickinson Sunday, en- route to st
Paul. Dickinson friends of Mr.. Lantr,
are pleased to hear of his promotion
though sorry that he leaves the Vel
lowstone division.
A recent issue of the Yellowston
Monitor, published at Glendive, carrie
an editorial bearing on the plan Of tn
N. P. to place women workers in tn
roundhouses and shops of the system
The Monitor declares that it is simpl,
a ~subterfuge to keep wages down, an
that plenty of men and boys can b
secured for the jobs for which tn
women are being employed. The edi
torial states that high school boys o
Glendive were asked to apply for pc
sitions as soon as school term wa
completed, but that, when they ap
peared, ready for work, they were toll
that there was no place for them, an
it is rumored that the smaller wag
at which women could be hired wa
responsible for this. The Monte
makes the assertion that the onl,
reason the women are being employe
is that they will work for $3.50 a day
where a man would want So or 81
Continuing, the declaration is mad
that sufficient number Of men ca
be gotten if the company will pa
wages which will meet the increase
cost of living.