The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-12-27
DEMANDSaMADE
MUST Be MET
SAYIRA!lROADERS
0. a. c. and 3 B, 4,
MEN MEET TOMORROW
(By s. ". Press AseociatIon. !,

the executive committees of the Order
Of Railroad Conductors and the Broth;
crhood of Railway Trainmeu: With
Garettson, Morrissey and other on:
cials, will meet In the Sherman house
tomorrow to canvass the vote lust:
cast by the members OF ,he .orsaniza.
tion on whether they shall afiliate IN
making concerted demands for; more
pay and improved conditions Of labor
All OF the territory east Of the MIS-.
sissippi river is affected, as Ii also
eastern Canada. Should the vote be
favorable to making the demands, the
chairman Of each system will be noti.
fed by wire. Then on next Thursday
a simultaneous demand will be made
on the general officers OF ali the s5s
companies Involved. The general
committees Of all the railroad systems
will convene on January 2Oy In the
cities where the railroads have their
headquarters in order to. demand an
swers to the proposals.
Attempts will be made TO arrange
conferences with the railroad onicials,
but II compromise propositions are OF.
fered by any Of the railroads the work:
men viii not have authority 70 agree
on terms Of settlement, but must ne.
port to the grand officials.
Changes of a radical nature as we'll
as increases. in pay are to befdemand.
ed for every branch Of the service.
One of the changes asked for rs the
abolition OF the "double.headers two
locomotives with only one train crew
the two engines tot be permitted In.
extraordinary cases only. The dou.s
ble.headers" was the question which
led to the famous Pennsylvania strike
in 1877, which cost millions Of dollars
and many, lives. i.sSs
The vote now being taken is not q
strike vote directly, but one to deter.
mine the sentiment OF the men as to-
the proposed questions. The prtnci-
pal demands are as follows:
A-on runs Of $500 miles per
month. or over. the pay Of passenger;
conductors to be 2.75 cents per mile:
baggagemen, 1.65 cents per mile; nag.
men, 1.56 cents per mile, and brake:
men s2.25 per day.
Bon runs of $500 miles Of. less
per month the pay Of passenger con.
ductors to be not less than sf.25 per
day; baggagemen, s2.55 per day; flag
men, s2.35 per day, and brakemen,i
s2.25 per day. e
C-oyertime on through passenger
service to be based on a speed OF 25'
miles per hour. to be computed from
the time the men are required to re.
port for duty and to continue untltl
they are relieved at the end of the
run, and to be paid for at the fol:
lowing rates: Conductors, 42.5 cents
per hour; baggagemen. 25.5 cents per
hour; fiagmen, 2a.5 cents per hour
brakemen, 22.5 cents per hour; less
than 80 minutes not to be counted
and 80 minutes or, over TO be paid for
as an hour.
i The demands made by 5traInmen em-
ployed in freight service follow:
In all freight service. 100 miles or
less. ten hours to constitute days
work; overtime to be considered az.
ter ten hours, On runs Of over lVaI
miles overtime to be paid for on a ba-
sis Of speed Of ten miles per hour.
Through and irregular freight service
to be paid for as follows: Conductors,
a.s cents per mile; fagmen5 2.ss cents
per mile: brakemen, 2.7 eertss per;
mile; 100 miles or less to be paid foz,
as 100 miles. Local and pickup con-,
ductora are to be paid 4o5 cents per
mile; hagmen, >2.s cents per mile, and
brakemen. 81 cents per mile. with
trains Of over thirty cars; exclusive!
of caboose, the practice OF double
heading Is to be discontinued. except
in inclement weather orr to. avoid runs
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