Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-12
" AGES TO Be RAISED
Burlington Road to Advance Nearly
All Traipmen on it's System.
SEVEN THOUSAND MEN ARE AFFECTED

SEVEN THOUSAND MEN ARE AEFEClED !
Under the REIMBURSEMENT the $45 Per
Month Brakeman Will Be a Thing Of
the Past-Good News for Burlington
Men.
[Erom Saturdays Daily.J
Nearly every one of the 1000 con-
ductors, brakemen and train baggage
men of the entire Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad system Will re-
ceive a material increase IN wages
September |. Under the general read
iustment the "$45 per month brake |
men" will be thing of the past, as
the minimum will be $50. The month.
ly wages of passenger brakemen VIII
be advanced from $50 to $55; collect
ors and train baggagemen, from 800 10
$50. Where the collectors and train
baggagemen handle express in addl-
ton to their other work they will re-
ceive IS more, or SOS per month. me
freight brakemen and conductors VIII
be advanced from / to cents mile,
and passenger conductors Will be
brought up to a standard OF Sl2o
month. The raise in wages will mean
about a $4,000 addition to the COM
pany's pay roll.
Applies to Entire System.
During the past two or three days
committee representing the conductors
and the trainmen, which includes
brakemen, collectors and train bag
sagemen, has been in conference in
Chicago with General Manager Delano,
General Superintendent Rice and the
general managers of the different aux
iliary roads of the Burlington road.
The increase will apply to the entire
system from Chicago to Denver.
This is the first general readJust-
ment in the wages of the conductors
and trainrnen of this system in ten
years. and the employees are elated
over the result of an all around in
crease.
Concerning the conference and Its
result General Superintendent Rice
says: "Our employees are now as well
paid as those of any road in the coun-
tr yand they are as we'll satisfied. de-
sire to say for our men that probably
not any road in the country can pro-
duee more loyal lot
O. N. Marshall was chairman OF the
committee representing the conduct
ors and H E. Strckler was chairman
of the trainmen's committee
viii Affect Nearly All.
A dispatch sent out from Chicago
last night says the wages of nearly all
Burlington trainmen will be included
saws the dispatch was reached at
conference getween the Order OF Rall
way Conductors and Brotherhood Of
railway trainmen and Burlington off
Gals and confirms the rumors publish
ed several days ago to that effect.
While the enginemen are not includ
led, it is learned from reliable source
that the company officials are now con
sidering the matter of raising the pa.
of the enginemen. Said one of thu
officials:
"The management is going to giv'
the engineers and firemen CORE
spending raise. To be consistent it Il
necessary that we do something TO
them"
This will be good news to the en-
ginemen Of the system.
Inc EuIllUSE dlLcCACu ny tiiS ~
schedule will reach at least 2,0O0,prot
ably more, as the two organization
have about that many members In tn
two divisions.
The new book that is now being sen
out lis entitled. RULES and Rates c
Paw for Trainmen and Yardmen." Or
ly casual reference to its main point
can be made here. 1t bears the sign;
n IN 81 t1o nrD1 ms I
ager, and F. G. Rice, general superb
tendent.
AS stated recently this new schedu
provides for an increase of doub
track wages, conductors to receive
cents and braAemen cents mile,
against 2.S cents and 10 respective
under the old schedule. The stoc
yard ruling relieves the men of certa
Objectionable features and gives the
pay for overtime until relieved fro
duty. There is little change for sing
track through way freights, but t
men on local way freights will get
increase. 1t is difficult to state tt
precisely owing to the varying CON
tons. The passenger tfainmen get
increase Of SIS month, and the sal
is true Of the baggagemen and fiagme
An exception is Wnefe wages have
ready been raised, and in such cas-
the advance is $3.50. The fast m
conductors are raised from $11O
$125 a month, and some of the lo'
branch conductors get a raise, but
rule the pay of the passenger G.
ductors remains as before. The ru
provide for hourly payment for ov
time at and between terminals; NAL
allowance for doubling hills; gives t
pay for deadheading, which remoN
one grave cause of complaint, a
contains other provisions OF advants
to the men. The yardmen in gene
way receive for ten hours work WI
heretofore they have been getting
twelve hours work. In this diVis
the day ofremen will get $2.70;
night foremen $3.50; the day helpe
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