The sun., 1902-11-14
RAILROADS PUT WAGES UP,
PENNSiLVtNIi GIVES 10 PER
CENT. MORE TO no .ODO MEN.
All Who Receive Less Than $500 Month
TO Get the Al, ance- Increases the ON.
pany's Payroll SIS 900 900 a Year-Thc
Action Surprise TO the Employ ecs
Increased Earnings May onset In.
creased Cost OF Labor and Fuel
Freight Rates May 60 lp Some.

raised p.r 1,npt Ibi. lnnraasp will aat
from Nov, l.
Tn. hoard of directors az III. o,,,rorv
determined unop IN. advance a, n ,pa.,i,y
held las, W,dne.d,v. I'm. il was de,,p.dh.
10 make no ,n,ounce,nan, or ,ho incr.os.
until n general uotico should n. scnt an,
from the uresi,ien,'s nnica This s,.n
was taken This morning and IN. MOTTO
were ros,ed M the leading s,a,ions Fif.
teen minutes after I'm. notices vc,. f,st
read the new. was all over m. I,roa,, :. root
& alton and vas snroadiur rapidlv through
the State with each outgoing crew An
dav long men rocI.d to the bnll.,in hoard
10 see the announcements with tbair own
ewes and make sure lhcrr wa, no mistake,
In all 100. 600 men are Affected hv tho ad
vance. which is about 80 Der cent. Of tine
total number Of IN, compauy', emplovce.
This increas, will add ah. nj 81 ooo ono IN ,ba
annual ravroll Of the, p.uusvlyan.a Rail.
road Company. In -peakine of the aJ
vance to-day Second vic.-Presid.r, puuh
said:
Tho incroaso was voluntary ON the mar,
OF the comuanv We falt that IN. ON
ployces t,snryci II. for th,v hav. hoo,
working uuus,IgIly hard tho na.t vc,r
handlng tho great increase of bu.iro,.
that has come 10 the comranv or late
too. Tin, cost of living has Increased. AMI
that fact also Influenced the directors in
advancing n the men'swayos
Personally am ycry Glad that tho in
cr,a,. WAS decijod uf,n The c,,,nany,.
prosperity is to he shared bv the men l.
will make thcu feel ,ha, wa oro ran,apbcr-
oia,a ,b,ir ,or,.,,,, A, g., a u, .,.,,.I =.
,,i., ra..o;,.., .ono -,
VINO receive 500 a month ana over, they
are well enou IN of not u need an increase.
IT, L. ;,zu.o.. -, ,-, n
Inc arse ihcredSo Oh pneIii"SS all over
.he cpun'ry mas a,'ec'e, al. railr"aiS 80
ny orc u,''""' w. manu-" 'e'sh' ca
anu VIII taAe year '" re-
'i'e 'o' 'S''oh' iniS undoubtedly ma"
~, 49, va we o'ue' 'o'" wage 'h'r''~e
i"e nii'uiac'u'"s pants nav" m
,'ea'ru ''ieh o"pu' iarse'y anu the business
"ao aoso' oeo '''e 'las''c'y 'i'a' ,he rall-
,o"un hao iot su,h an OCCASION said .
penpsylyapia Raijrooa Comnany In dis
cussino this feo,ure ~ ,ba situation "A
few years AGO IN. pcnnsylysni, Railroad
had about so per cent .lasticitv but alI
this has been taken I'm. There il no slack
and there will not be- much chance TO make
any radical improyement for NJ least one
wear. We are doing all we can IN pe, ,lings
In shane and in the last few days some
headway has been made. The terminals
are congested and there is lack Of room
all over the system"
The notice which was posted on the
bulletin board of the Phildelphia division
read:
Taking eaec, Nov , ,oop an advorcc %
10 per cent. will be- made in the wages Of all
,iinpi19yres ,pertnahmsntY IN the service OF
pittsburg Who are now rao.iving less iban
500 per month by order OF the superin-
Nv, hi"
=, "neh o'"'u "hat 'ie meaning hail"ay
company PROPOSED 10 90 aoout an increase
o, wages ior Ns e'hp'oyees' '"e-freSident
neouoio 'oo'"e',s saiu 'lie wages "ou.d
oo ouJu'''u w ''' ''' ,oi' 'o''s III ''iis
i, ~ Nv ea'u' mas pe'',
' ae'oi ''' rO,"e '"ne anu
~. "''No''''o''"' "Ou'' ''o''S oe
""ue'
Recent developments make Il appear
that a general scheme of advances in the
wages of employees has been adopted by
the great railroad systems Of the country.
The latest notice Of such an increase
reached Wall Street yesterday in de-
spatches which announced that the Penn
sylysnia Railroad hoard Of directors
had a,,,hor;,aa -, ;,,oraa,a -, ~ ,,,,r a,,,,
I'' ",' 'H',. u" n,'io Vi ~ p'' ''"''
IN salaries OF employees receiving less
than $500 month, the increase TO apply
TO that part Of the Pennsylvania system
cast Of pttshurg
,rL., = r-,
ihouSahuS Oh einp'oyees OF raliroadS
all over the country have been affected by
the increases Of wages announced within
the mast few months Different denart-
,,o,,,s -, a.. ,.in,,n .,nn"aI. ha,.a ha,,
Affected
In the case Of the Lake Shore there has
been an Increase In the wages of trainmen
and tho mon /, so,ar,, 90 tba oonnonr,s
u s''o i'o'' III eo'o'' VI WHO 'o'''P""'
SHOPS
The New York Central has increased
wages at It's principal shops
The .Ric En,,rr has Increased tho ,,oros
49, , ou .' so ~, IL
VI 'he 'Ia'liiheh on SONIC oi IT'S iiheS ana
also made increases in some OF its shops,
making the shop wage uniform.
ihe MhSouri Taciic has ihcreaSeu 'he