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The officials in the general Office OF the
Southern Pacific Company who draw
down fat stipends for their valuable SER
vices in inaugurating economic measures
and ''readjusting" wage schedules, have
been called upon to consider serious
question: says the San Francisco Chronicle
of Wednesday. The tranmen in the en-
ploy of the company are dissatisfied with
the wages they have been receiving since
the now famous 'readjustment" was put
into effect at the beginning of the year.
The Southern Pacific officials have recov-
cred from the unpleasantness OF several
weeks continuous labor with committee
of engineers, only to be confronted by a
committee from the Brotherhood of Kali
way Trainmen, who promise to make an
equally vigorous effort to gain their
point by arbitration. The trainmen
wisely waited for the chickering's OF the
engineers and the company, over the
wages question to draw to close. Now
that harmonious settlement of their
differences has been accomplished, the
trainmen have the field to themselves
and propose to exert their best efforts to-
ward effecting compromise with the
company.
A committee from the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen called upon General
Superintendent J. A. Fillmore yesterday
and presented their grievance. 1t was
committee composed of representatives
of the various divisions affected by the
recent reimbursement" as the company
is pleased to call it, headed by S. K. Wiki
inson of Galesburg. ILL.,, who occupies
position IN the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen analogous to that of Chief
Arthur in the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. General Master Wilkinson
has come to San Francisco for the express
purpose of talking real serious language
to the autocrats up in the Union Trust
building. All the branches of the Broth
erhood on the lines of the Southern Pa
cific anticipated his arrival, and a COM
mittee of one from each lodge on the dl-
vision affected by the cut were in the city
to meet him yesterday. Superintendent
Fillmore received the committee and the
entire afternoon was spent in discussing
the grievance of the trainmen.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
includes in its membership both con-
ductors and brakemen. The schedule,
which fixes the wages of conductors and
brakemen, provides certain number OF
miles which they must run for month
pay. The number OF miles differs on
different divisions, being much less on
mountainous divisions than in the val
leys. In other words, a conductor is re-
quired to do certain amount of work
brakeman is required to do the same
amount of work for months pay, which
in his case is $50. In the readjustment
the standard OF pay was not modified, but
the number OF miles required for
months pay was materially increased
another method of arriving at the same
result. The amount of additional work
required of them under the readjustment
varies from II per cent on the north end of
the San Joaquin division to nearly % per
cent on the Yuma division and the wages
of the trainmen are reduced that much in
consequence.
Shortly after the readjustment went in
to effect the trainmen secured slight
modification of the increase on few
of the divisions. 1t was very modest
concession on the part of the company
and the trainmen have found that it is
not satisfactory in the least. They are
now prepared to show the company why
still further modification should be
made.
On the Tucson division, which runs
from Tucson to Ell Paso, the number of
miles required for a month pay was in
creased from $500 to 400, and subsequent
ly reduced to 1900. On the Yuma divis-
ion, between Yuma and Tucson, the in
crease was from 1850 to 1900 miles, being
subsequently reduced to 1000. On the Los
Angeles division between Los Angeles
and Yuma, the increase was from 1900 to
800 miles. On the San joaquin division,
between Los Angeles and Bakersfield,
the increase was from $500 to 300 miles,
and on the west end of the San Joaquin
division, from Bakersfield to Fresno.
and Mendoza, the increase was from $500
to 300 miles. On the west end of the
Iruckee division, between Truckee and
Wadsworth. the increase was from 1850
to 1850, the latter figures being SUISSE
quently modified by taking off seventy
tve miles. On the east end of the Truckee
division. between Wadsworth and Car
lin, the increase was from 3400 to ALSO
miles On the Salt Lake division the in
crease was from 5000 to 1000 miles. The
other divisions were not molested
When the committee OF trainmen met
superintendent Fillmore yesterday they
submitted statement showing Just what
their grievance is and Just what moditi-
cations they want. They are willing,
they said to accept reduction of just
half the amount OF the increase, or there
abouts. According to the statement they
submitted, they want the number of
miles fixed on the various divisions as fol-
lows Tucson $500, Yuma $500, Los An
geles $500, San joaquin east end $500. San
Joaquin west end $500, Truckee east end
1000, T1uckee west end $500, Salt Lake
$500.
After devoting the entire afternoon to
the discussion OF the question in all its
details, Superintendent Fillmore inform
cd the committee that he could do moth
ing for them. He declined to make any
alteration in the figures fixed in the plan
OF readjustment, but informed his visit
ors that they could call on General Man
ager a. \. Towne and present their griev-
ance. General Manager Towne was seen
and agreed to consult with the commit
tee after obtaining all the figures and
data from Mr., Fillmore. 1t was agreed
that the committee should meet him at
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
1t is not expected that the differences
will be adjusted in hurry. The South
ern Pacific officials dre not DISPOSED to
make any concessions and Grand Master
Wilkinson has not come all the way
from Galesburg, ILL.,. for nothing.
When seen at the Baldwin Hotel last
evening Mr. Wilkinson said that he hoped
to reach an amicable settlement of the
grievance over wages question by arbitra-
ton. He did not say what action would
be taken in the event of their failure to
secure IA modification of the schedule.
The following Associated Press dispatch
i'll reference to the above article. taken
from the Chronicle. was received last
night:
San Francisco. March 14.-A commit
tee of the brotherhood of Railway Train
men has made an Intellectual attempt TO
induce the Southern Pacific officials to
modify the recent readiustment of wages
OF tralnmen employed on the system.
In the establishment the amount of
mileage required for a months work was
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