Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-23
WANT MORE MONEY.
DIscoNTENT AMONG THE sTREET-cAR
EXTRAMEN.
They Say They Were Not Properly Paid
for Their Overtime and
Make Threats.

The Central Street Railway did thriving
business during the fair weeks and employ.
ment was given to large number of men
as extra conductors and drivers in order to
handle the clowds. These extramen, it is
understood, were promised the same wages
as the regular men, and everything ran
along smoothly.
But the fair is over now and the relations
between the company and the extramen
are not SO harmonious.
The temporary employees are not growl-
ing about having to give up their jobs, but
they claim that the company has not
acted fairly nor lawfully with them as re-
CARDS wages. Twelve hours constitute a
days work for street.car men. and for all
work done over that time they are paid at
the rate of thirty cents an hour. In this
case the regular men all received their
usual wages, as well as the thirty cents an
hour for overtime.
But not so with the extramen.
When they presented their demands they
were Informed that they would be allowed
but fifteen cents an hour for overtime.
Then there was howl. They refused to
accept this amount and painted on their
banner, Thirty cents or nothing"
CONSULTING THE LAW.
A committee from the extramen was
busy yesterday ascertaining what course
should be taken to right their wrongs. A
little sum in arithmetic convinced them
that to sue for the amount due them would
be useless, for the reason that it did not
amount to enough to pay an attorney s
fee.
They then sought legal advice regarding
the proper manner in which to bring a
criminal action against the company.
Under the law passed by the Legislature in
1887 it is made compulsory for street. car
corporations to work their men but twelve
hours day, and for all over that time 80
cents an hour must be paid.
1--WE won't go to the expense of suing for
our money" said one of the extramen to a
RECORD UNION reporter yesterday after
noon, but we will cause them to remember
US. We can prosecute them for violating
the law, and it will cost them more to get
out of it than it would to have paid US in
the first place. We were worked on an
average of fifteen hours day all during
the fair, and / tell you those extra three
hours were the hardest part of the day
work"
ONE OF THE STOCKHOLDERS TALKS.
A reporter interviewed L. L. Lewis, one
of the stockholders of the Central line, in
regard to the matter last evening.
We'll" said Mr.. Lewis, They are fool
ish if they are going to kick up row like
that. The result will be that they won't
get anything now. Personally, / was in
favor of paying them all so cents an hour
overtime. because l knew they worked
hard, and think they deserved it. But
I'm not the whole company, you know.
Some OF the extramen came to me with
their complaints, and l advised them to
Just keep quiet until the Directors had a
meeting and l thought they would get
their money-it would be all right. But
guess they haven't taken my advice. They
are acting very foolishly now, by raising q
row. The whole thing don't amount to
over $40, and I'm sure the company would
rather pay it than have trouble. But it
will not be bulldozed-you can rest assured
of that These men will get the worst of
going to law about it"
With reference to the State law in re-
gard to employees of street-car corporations,
Mr.. Lewis said he was well aware that
there was such law, but he did not think
it worth the paper it was written on. ut
was gotten up" he said, "by those San
Francisco hoodlums after the strikes down
there, and have had opinions from law
yers that it is no law at all.