The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-10-24
ASK FOR HIGHER WAGES.
Southern Pacific Engineers and Firemen De.
mand Better Pay.


all Southern Pacific lines west of Eel Paso
4 and ogden are now in San Francisco. The
Examiner says they have submitted in
u creased schedules of wages to the COM
pany and await an answer. They ask for
n more pay on two grounds One is the gen
81 eral increased cost of living. The other
is the harder work due to heavier loco
q motives and trains. If Messrs. Small
II Agler and Kruttschnitt cannot see their
"a way clear to grant the increased pay, the
committees will submit the entire propo-
sition to the head officials of the engineers
and firemen in the East
The Southern Pacific engineers and fire.
classes of employees on the roads west of
Chicago. They all want better pay for the
reasons mentioned, and are being directed
in this matter by Grand Master p. NJ.
Arthur Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and the officers of the firemens
brotherhood
Freight engineers on the Southern Pa
ciflc receive from 81 80 to 81 20 per 100
miles. They want an increase to $5 per 100
miles, an engine of ninety-five tons being
taken as the standard For locomotives in
excess of ninety-five tons, they want
Is per cent increase of the IS per 100
miles. The company objects to any stand
ard locomotive weight regulating pay 1t
even objects to a maximum of IS per 100
miles for any weight of locomotive, on
the ground that ii now pays better wages
than any road west of Chicago
The committee of freighe engineers
states that the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers is committed TO the pro-
position of establishing on the roads west
OF Chicago a uniform rate of IS per 100
miles, an engine of ninety-five tons being
the standard weight.
Southern Pacific passenger engineers
now receive a minimum of $3.50 for 100
miles. The pay ranges up to So and "a.
Under the proposed schedule they want
$3.50 per 100 miles, engine Of ninety
tons being considered the standard. On
locomotives in excess of that weight, the
passenger engineers want an increase of
10 per cent.
Both freight and passenger engineers
Master p. NJ, Arthur.
Freight and passenger train firemen
now receive between 81 and So for 100
miles They want increased pay In pro-
portion TO that of the engineers. Their
case hinges on that of the engineers. They
recognize this fact and are following the
lead of the engineers committee.
The return of General Manager julius
kruttschnitt from New York makes the
engineers and firemens committees be-
iieve that they will soon get and answer
one way Of the other from the Southern
Pacific. They are inclined to think rrut-
tschnitt will pass on the demands to Pres
ident +. H. Hartman. They will not OBJ
ject to such an arrangement in view of
the fact that the engineers and firemen
of the Union Pacific and other Hartman
roads are making similar demands.
In case Hartman refuses TO deal with
the committees, they will step aside and
Grand Master Arthur and the executive
committee of the engineers and officials of
the iremen's brotherhood, will deal with
him.
ern Pacific freight and passenger con-
ductofs and brakemen and the trainmen's
brotherhood have not sent any commit
tees to San Francisco to ask for more
pay. But the officials of the road will not
be surprised to see all of them.