Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-12-22
SLASHING REDUCTION.
Tho Pay of Railroad Employees
 Reduced % Per Cent.
It is Probable that the Railroad Or ders Will do Something. but
 What is Problemat. cal.

| on the railroad divisions out of Tucson Railroad employees talk of nothing else and are far from pleased at the pros pect. The cut ordered is tor 25 pei cent, or thereabout. It will taKe effect on the 18th. Meetings of the railroad orders are being held frequently, and something is likely to be done. The railroad men themselves have little to say on the su bjsct, snd the last thing | they would tell would be as to whether or not they intend striking. It is thought by some of them that the company do not actually expect to make so deep 8 cut es proposed; that the grievance committees of the railroad orders will meet them, and that com prom Sc will bc made. The 18th is very near at hand, and some developments may be looked for shortly.
 Among firemen in particular dissatis- faction is expressed. An average fire mans pay is S85 to S90 With cut of S per cent it will be S65 to S75. This they say is too small a figure to pay their rsilroad expenses and support their families. Engineers have of course more pay, but they have acous- toned themselves to a living, the cost of which is more, and the cut they con- slder an equal hardship. With brake men and conductors the cut is Iot,,a re- auction of the guarantee. Brakemen can still make their s85 for their months work, but they cannot make any extra money till they have made an increase of mileage of 750 miles. Most brakemen are sad to make more than their present guarantee.
 At the roundhouse the following mo- tice is posted; the figures in parentheses being our own-the present pay of the engInemen:
 BULLETIN.
 ID u @ adjustment of the enginemen's wages, the rates for the Yuma and Tucson divisions will be as follows, in effect December 15, 1894:
 BETWEEN ENGINEERS FIREMEN
 Passenger.
 Yuma and Tue
 son 6 crews) sS % (s3O 0 20 0456 Tucscn & Lords
 burg e cr's) 525 6O9 6 39) 3 % Lord burg and
 Eli Paso 47O(55s) 6 19 ? 70
 Freight Yuma & Gila Bend 47O(5 6OO 6 25) 27O Gila Bend and TucsoL 47O81O 6 5O 70 Tucson and Lordsburg 64O(s 42) 47S 365 Lordsburg and Fl Paso 5sOG7s) (44O 3 36 El Paso and S.reuss and return 235 135l
 H. J. SMALL,
 Superintendent M. P. & M. Approved
 J. A. FILL ORE. General Superin tendeut. The flyer train enginmen viii hereaf- ter go through to El Paso instead of Lsrdsburg. The pay of the hill engine crews will be unchanged. At the dispstcher's office the follow ing is to be seen, the official notice cut ting down the brakemen and conduct ors.
 TUosoN, Dec. 5. 1894. Division Supt. at Tucson DE,R SIR:-Commencing December 15 the mileage to constitute a mont 8 work for your freight crews between Yuma and Tucson w,ll be 4300 miles per month, aud the mileage to constitute months work between Tucson and Ell Pa.o will be 400 miles per month. Instead of reducing the mems salaries l we have called on them on all divisions | for more work. On the Truckee and | Salt Lake divisions the increased mile- | age went into effect December l. The | divisions between Ell Paso and San | Francisco will go into effect December | 15. Yours truly,
 J. A. FILLMORE,
 General Superintendent. | Heretofore the mileage has been 1850 | miles for a months work for the Tue | son division and 335O for the Yuma di- | vision. The effect of the change will be wide | ly felt in Tucson. The railroad is one | of the best resources of the city, and to | have them cut into D per cent Is A bio