The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-09
STREET-CAR
MEN WAITING
Midnight Meeting Likely to Be
Called Any Time.
THE FIGURES OF MR.. ORR
Tells Of the Compensation Received by
the Men in Other Cities President
Griggs Talks on the Stu
alton.
THE FIGURES OF MR.. ORR


s'There is nothing new in the situation
at present. said National Organizer
Rein Orr. of the street railway en-
ployes last night, "but you may say
that the committee and myself have been
working hard and that called meeting
of Division 15a may be had at any time.
OF course, when this meeting is called
1t will be to let the men know of our
action in their interest. Our plans have
side of the committee, not even the men
themselves, know of them.
"There has been much said on the
other side about the men on the Rich
mond lines receiving more pay Tor their
labor than in any city in the South. :"
continued Mr.. Orr. ~ have prepared a
list Of cities which compare favorably
with Richmond in population. and which
shows that the men here are far behind
in the average. even where a graduated
scale for length of service Is considered.
For instance, tho men here receive 1872
cents per hour for main line motormen
and 17lh cents for main line conductors.
Branch line motormen, 1914 cents per
hour; branch line conductors. 1bla cents
per hour. The wages asked for at the
present time are 90 cents per hour for
motormen and 81 cents per hour for con-
8ductors. On the Petersburg division
they only ask is cents for motormen ana
II cents for conductors.
COMPARISON OF RATES.
''By comparing rates in other cities, the
public can easily Judge who receives the
higher nav. The increase asked doesenot
carry the graduated scale, but is a fiat
pay per hour:
Sin order to, compare these wages with
those paid in other cities. the follow
ing accurate statement Is made: Colorado
Springs, Colo cents for first year In
service % 1-2 cents for second and third
year, and % cents thereafter; Worcester,
Mass.-2O cents for first year, Fl cents
second, 90 cents for third and fourth;
Saginaw. Mich.-1s cents per hour; East
Liverpool, 90 cents for first year, and
% cents threaten; Houston, Texts cents
for first year, 10 cents for second and
20 cents thereafter; Pittsburg, Pa.-22
cents for first and second years, % cents
for third, "a cents thereafter; New Castle,
Pals cents for first six months. 10 cents
for second six months, and 20 cents there
after; Mt. Clemens, Mtch.-lnterurban
road, % cents per hour; Akron. O.-ls
cents for first year, 10 cents for second,
20 cents thereafter; San Antonio. Tex
20 cents per hour; Wheeling, w. Va
% cents per hour; Ann Arbor. Mich.-1n-
terurban road 10 cents for the first three
months, 20 cents for the second three
months, 221-2 cents thereafter; Toronto,
Ontario-1S cents for first year, 90 cents
thereafter; Youngstown. O.--19 cents for
first six months and 20 cents thereafter;
Belville, IIl.--21 cents per hour; Lancing-
burg, N Y.-2O cents per hour; New
Westminster, 3. CO cents for first
year, % cents for second and third %
cents for fourth year and Is cents there
after; Albany, N. Y.-2O cents per hour;
Troy, N. Y.-2O cents per hour: Westtield,
Mass-oO cents per hour; Meridian. Conn.,
IS cents for first year, 10 cents for second,
and 90 cents thereafter; Scranton, Pa
Is cents for first year. 10 cents for second,
and 20 cents thereafter; Portland, Ore
20 cents for first two years and q l."
cents thereafter; Oakland, Cal.-24 cents
per hour New Orleans, Lao cents per
hour; San Francisco, Calls cents per
hour; Aurora, Ill--o2 10 cents per hour:
Venice, 1ll.-2o cents per hour; Steuben-
vile, O.--20 cents per hour; Cleveland.
90 cents, first year, % cents second
year and % cents thereafter; Danbury
Conn--20 cents per hour; Chagrin Falls
GA graded scale of 10, 20 and p cents
per hour; Ell Paso, Tex.-2O cents per
hour.
Several of the above mentioned cities
are a great deal less populous than is
itlClllHONu, anu III Il IllilL)Si ~ 10 oiA'" ~
that more pay per hour is received than
is paid here. and the hours are the same.
THE NINE-HoUR DAY.
''The nine hour day. said Mr.. Orr, is
equally as advantageous to the employer
as It Is a luxury to the employee.
man running a car more than that num-
Der of hours naturally becomes Wearied,
and accidents are more liable to occur
than If he is only worked q reasonable
length of time, Then, too. j understand
that when an accident occurs the motor
man and conductor are held off, causing
a loss of time and money TO them, until
the matter Is properly adjusted. There
fore. l repeat emphatically that the de-
mands of the men here are anything
but unreasonable-they are Just. In the
face of existing circumstances.
"In the cities that ! have mentioned
agreements exist between the men and
the companies, and in my opinion II the
company In Richmond will take up the
question OF agreement with the committee
or representatives of our organization, the
present controversy can be peaceably adj
justed. Tho reason we advocate having
these agreements and provision In them
for arbitration Is that 1t protects both
parties, and our organization can at all
times prevent the strike, for where we
| have these agreements we do not have
| strikes at all, and. therefore, traffic is
not blockaded and the public is in no wise
| Inconvenience"
WHAT MIR. GRIGGs SAYS,
President Wilbur ] .Griggs Of Division
No. l52, who is member of the commit
tee headed by Mr.. Orr, said when seen
| last night:
Nothing new; everything Is moving
| along nicely, My men have the ut
most confidence iii the committee and are
! giving themselves no undue worry over
| the situation Just as soon as our plans
develop / will call midnight meeting
and then the men, as we'll as the public,
will know Just what our plans have been
and tho progress we have made in our
efforts to effect peaceful settlement"
| The committee confers every morning
and evening with Mr., orr in the Lexing-
ton Hotel. Every member Wore smile
OF content last night when asked of the
situation.
In event the employes Of the street car