The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-09-18
FORTY-FIVE MEN WALK OUT.
HELPERS AND OTHER MEN AT SHOPS
DEMAND MORE PAY.
Demand For Raise Made Two Weeks Ago
and Limit Of Time Expiring Action
Taken-Agrsement Reached
Monday.


Forty-6ve men, consisting Of boiler
makers, boiIermaker helpers, maehinist
helpers, blacksmith helpers, wipers,
hostler helpers, and other classes Of Ia
borers, walked out of the railroad shops
Saturday morning at nine o'clock be-
cause of the failure Of the Rock Island
company to allow them the raise in
wages which they demanded about two
weeks ago. The action of the strikers
en- masse almost completely stopped
work, and the necessary work of getting
out engines, etc, was performed with
difficulty
Travelling Engineer Sam Beidelmau
acted as hostIer, and the general fore
man Of the round house had to fire the
boilers In the back shops. The strikers
held several meetings to consider mat
tiers, and Sunday the company opened
up negotiations with them. kilograms
from Supt. Abbott, Of Colorado Springs,
were received and conferences held with
Master Mechanic Anderson, and final
ly an amicable settlement was agreed
upon and the men returned to work
Monday.
The schedule Of wages Of the round
house and back shop men, as accepted
by them September ID, and which was
furnished this paper by Master Mechsn-
ic Anderson is as follows:
Hostlers, raised from $50 to $50 per
month.
Hostlsr helpers, raised from IA cents
per hour to II cents.
Firebuilder from IA to III cents per
hour.
BOiIerwashers, from II to 20 cents per
hour.
BoiIerwasher helpers, from IA to 1616
cents per hour.
Boilermaker helphers, from IA to 19
cents per hour.
Blacksmith helpers, from IA to 10
cents per hour.
Machinist helpers, from IA to IS cents
per hour.
Stationary engineer, from $50 to $50
per month.
Stationary engineer helper, from IA to
II cents per hour.
All other lsbOrers including sweepers,
wipers and boilerwasher helpers, from
IA to 1917 cents per hour.
Direct helpers to machinists tC be
paid time and one half for overtime
Sunday and legal holidays, but not to
be paid to any other classes of round
house wOrkmeu.
The men asked for a raise Of about
five cents per hour, the wOrkmen of four
mouths experience to receive 224 certs
an hour and ranging from this down TO
Is cents. A compromise was agreed
upon and good feeling now exists be-
tween the men and the company.
A fter the strikers had marched up
town and held temporary meeting in
their discussions were marked with
reason and moderation. The men said
that Master Mechanic Anderson had
acted fair and reasonable in all their
dealings with him touching the matter
of a raise in wages. He did all he could
to prevent the difficulty, and argued for
a little more moderation with view to
amicabls settlement, aud was given
words OF communication.
The men who went out on the strike
are Of a sober and industrious class, and
they made demand for an increase IN
pay because the rate Of everything they
had to buy was not commensurate with
the wages they received. And everyone
that knows the facts iE the matter viii
agree that the contention Of the labor
ing men in this little labor trouble was
Just and timely.