, 1877-07-24
WAGES.

CHICAGO ALTON.
The wages paid on tho Alton Kon1 arc a. fol-
lows: The engineers get frusn $1.30 to S5,10 a
trip. That Is, $3.50 for anything under seventy
ui1lcs and {g5 30 for 125 miles, tho remcn from.
81 to Slori, or 81 for trip bc1ow seventy miles,
aud for Us miles, s22,2@5; the bFakcn,cn si5 per
month.
TIE ILLINOIS ckSTgAL-
The new nchcdule Of wages IN this road went
into ctrcct July ], 1876, M follows: Engineers
are divided into claescs of a, u, aud c. The tlrst
comprises I'LL engineers who "hayc bccn In tho
service OF the Company for fifteen or more Gun
tcruttSc Yuarg, thu *econd, ten years; theth'sd.
cents per n!le for all runs OF 1u0 miles Of more.
Passenger engineers arc also paid on the same
pttnclplc, Z Passenger conductors receive 40 per
ger engineers average IRON, slOo 70 slls per
| Month. Freight, about el00. Frcmctt. pas
| senvcr, about s51; freight. 81, .nsshln!sts,
S ps, a,I ssp:fa ILL., sp e s S.tfsn.y. 2ss H.
g. TO an.t 3l.'5; carpenters, fs.to; switch cnEi-
nesrs, by wol k.pe fourteen hours per day, aser-
ago about $6o per mouth. Tho aboyc are rate.
Tho mcn get only forty houss, or four days
work per week.
Fae 5u , ~ Win SpSyst ys sfs 81 s IL. sa
| reduction Of 10 prr ccnt, arc as follows: Pas-
/ sengcr e.glncera nyerugc $sl. per month.
Freight tic same. The latter, however, have
every week, Which they do when business war
Iants It.. Nrclne" average 81 pcr day on all
trains. Switch englnes!s' % per day. ,s., hr1ke.
s r. pa s1op It ~ 9S p he sas s
ploycs IN the f,ops ara pa1l rs followh: Boiler
makers G31l1 ecnts per hour; btacksnli!ss, - !;
carr,cnters :a wtpers, u n'aet,sulssf, a cents;
to tho responsibility nsaltnled. On tho abora
scale of psteys reduction Of 10 per cent went
into elect July 10, anl OF course created great
deal Of dissatisfaction.
LAKs sMona AND RocK 1sL4Kp.
a TRIBUNE reporter interviewed several q
the engineers aud tirrmen on the Lake Shore t&
M.shsGau At,uthefu ard the Chicaga, lsock lsland
a. paellic Railroads yesterday and obtained tEoh.
them some statements that mar lh Of Interest
in connection with the present labur troubles.
The feporter's questions wcfc atswcrcd readily
An Intelligent engineer who baa tccu long
tsnc In the employ of thu Lake Shore COMPANY
said that engineers received $a'Gt for 1ot tntles
run, Or MI avusase Of sA 81 for twenty.:sx days.
might bo required. They took two tneHls day
] away fryn hon's, anl tlose sost them =; cents
each. Nearly nil the eugineers os thu road ~e1o
families, whom they found It difficult to main
talA at tho present rate ot pay. They held a
very responsible p7si,iou, anA hal been IN
i,oIes that Mr; Vanderbilt would put heir psaiy ~
, said 1t .was the general sentiment AinonG the
men on lss road th4t trouble should be avoided,
md they did hot Want tn sec prOpcrty destroy
I'd, but they would probably insist on getting
fair wagcs for fair days work
About thu same state Of RtlalFs existed on ille
+ lfoci1 Island Noad ~ far NJ thr engineers Wrrt
concerned, anil although they tHtl not deter
mined On strlkfng, they will probably make 4
foItnsl demand for The Wages they were getting
+ ! bef0re the last retluatiAn
A drcmAll on the Michigan Southern Ra1roa
| stated that liz received Si.M for run ot ~
miles, which amounted IL between f:s5 and ~
monthly. About t~u-ttrus OF all tAs fsclucE
. employed were married. aud many u them hat
larKu families, wLfc, they found It tulpo.slhlt
: to support gu such WAGES. liz hld 10 1oub!
but that tbey would iemlQl greater pay. ulid
he had understood : rcquest lal been inaAs
of tho Co,npaur to advance their waxcs to =
living rate. -.
III interviews with othcss on tho Nncs e
1 ftgreu t0, thu statements were madc tAo
9fesght-fremen aud brakesmcu did noe se
u1orG than enough tu pay thclr board las1
l month anil tho o,ic beforc. Drskrs1ncn Oh th'
: Air Llue, ut Elkh4rt, did nut MAXI enough Il
pay their board last mouth within ~ In aunt
, cases they had becu raEniahce.t, aud Esaen tha
wa4 donu they were discharged by the Company
aud othcr men hiFtd, uuly to lasc TUG Son'
J. thing repeated III their casrs. Tho bFakesine'
!, were also subjected to delays, aud conse4uen
= loas of time and cutting ulf u pay.