, 1891-09-18
SOME SHOP GOSSIP.
The Hours Will Not be Increased
for the Present.
What the Men Generally Think OF
the Reduced Time.
Nearly All of Them Are Perfectly
Satisfied with the Cut.

- ohOPo 1s
O'Hearne Yesterday received word that
the working hours in the shops would not
by increased for the present.
VIM. McRae. a machinest. was sent to
the hospital at Denver yesterday. He
was accompanied by VIM. Fay.
Two men quit work at the shops yester-
day and two new men we're hired.
A gang Of car repairers was busily en-
gagged yesterday afternoon fixing the roof
Of a car which was loaded with fruit.
Almost every day cars are repaired with
out being unloaded. About halt a dozen
of them were side tracked at the car re-
pair shops yesterday. One was a refrig-
orator car loaded with meat. Loaded
cars are repaired as speedily as possible
and rarely remain In the yards over night.
There are nine carpenters aud fifteen
car repairers employed in the car repair
shops aud twenty-five or thirty cars in the
yard. R. M. Lawless, the foreman, says
they never can catch up with their work.
G. Colangelo, Waterman at the shops,
is daily annoyed with tramps. Ordinary
tramps, however, cannot spoil the good
nature of the watchman.
Michael McClusky is receiving the
congratulations of his friends. Chas.
Upton. general foreman of the shops,
has reinstated McClusky as Rang foreman.
A prominent Cheyenne gentleman
when ask ed what the news was Yesterday
said he did not know, but believed he
could make 8 shrewd- guess at what it
would be. His guess wal that Superin-
tendent O'Hea rne's resignation would
not be accepted. He is too good a mar
to let GO" said the gentleman.
A LEADER reporter went through tn,
shops yesterday afternoon and so near a
he could ascertain there is general salts
faction among the men notwithstanding
the working time has been reduced al
hour VIM. Harvey. who is district score
tary of the MacLinists' Union, said
The machinists, as a rule, are satisfied
Of course there are some restless charac
tiers who are only awaiting an excuse t.
quit, but the old timers are not com
planning. The Mschinists' Union advo-
Gates eight hours work and we believe
that although we now lose thirty.
five cents a day by the cut the result in
the long run will be beneficial.
A corresponding increase in wages will
come when there is no surplus labor and
the only way to overcome the surplus is
by reducing the hours. In Pittsburg,
where thousands of machinists are en-
ployed. they are now getting better wages
for nine hours work than they did a few
years ago for eleven. The Maehinist's
Union does not believe In strikes, or
demand eight hours, but the organization
does advocate eight hours. "Of course
the laborers," said Mr.. Harvey, ''feel
the cut severely. Their wages now
amount only to about 81. % a day and it
Is hard to support a family on that.
However, they get in extra time and
most of them manage to get in a full
month"
Foreman Maloney of tie carriage
shops says there is some little DIS
satisfaction on account of the cut, but it
is all in getting used to it.
X. M. Lawless foreman of the car re-
pair shops, said: with SO much work
ahead, it seems to us that the cut in.work
ing time Is out of place. and instead of a
reduction in hours there should be more
men employed. However, the men at
the helm probably know best and no doubt
have a good reason which we know moth
ing about. The men, especially the car
p%enters. are well satisfied, for they know
that their work is steady, while outside,
though they might get bigger wages, the
work would not be steady.