The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-27
Demands made
MUST Be MET
SAYRA!LROADERS'
0. R. c. AND B R. &
MEN MEET TOMORROW.
(By s. ". Press Associationl

tne executive committees Of the Order
OF Railroad Conductors and the Broth;
erhood of Railway Trainmeu. with
Garrettson, Morrissey and other on.
Gals, will meet in the Sherman house
tomorrow to canvass the vote Just
cast by the members OF the orsaniza.
tion on whether they shall afiliate In
making concerted demands for more
pay and improved conditions Of iabor.
All Of the territory east OF the MIS-.
sissippl river is affected. as Ii also
eastern Canada. Should the vote be
favorable to making the demands, the
chairman OF each system will be mott.
fed by wire. Then on next Thursday
a Simultaneous demand Will be made
on the general officers OF all the s5
companies involved. The general
committees Of all the railroad systems
will convene on January 2O III 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 officials,
but II compromise propositions are Of.
fered by any Of the railroads the work:
men will not have authority to agree
on terms Of settlement, but must re-
port to the grand officials.
Changes Of a radical nature as well
rs Increases in pay are to be demana.
ed for every branch Of the service.
One of the changes asked for Is 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.
ble-headers" was the question which
led to the famous Pennsylvania strike
in 1877, which cost millions Of dollars
and many lives.
The vote now being taken Is not q
strike vote directly, but one to deter.
mine the sentiment or the men as to
the proposed questions. The prtnei-
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. Les cents per mile, and brake
men SIPS per day.
Bon runs Of $500 miles or less
per month the pay Of passenger con.
dnctors to be not less than s4.25 per
day; baggagemen; s2.55 per day; flag.
men, s2.35 per day. and brakemen,
$2.25 per day.
C-oyertime or through passenger
service to be based on a speed OF 81
miles per hour, to be computed from
the time the men are required tore.
port for duty and to continue until
they r 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; iagmen, 2s.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 al hour.
The demands made by Itralnmen em-
ployed in freight service follow:
In all freight service. 100 miles or
less. ten hours to constitute q days
work; overtime to be considered at-
ter ten hours. On runs OF over loai
miles overtime to be paid Tor ca 4 na-
sis Of speed Of ten miles per hour.
Through and irregular freight seryicai
to be paid for, as follows: Conductors,
So cents per mile; fagmens 2.ss cents
per mile: brakemen, "a cents per
mile; 100 miles or less to be paid ifof
as 100 miles. Local and pickup con.
ductora are TO be paid 4.os cents per
mile; nagmen, 2.s cents per mile, and
brakemen, 81 cents per mile. with
trains Of over thirty ,cars; exclusive
of caboose, the practice o. double
heading is to be discontinued, except
in Indictment weather or to avoid run.
ming light.
I'll s set forth that the Chicago
standard Of rates. Of pay are % govern
all terminal, divisional or other im
portant yards. An other yards arss
to be paid one cent per hour less than
the Chicago rate Of pay. Ten hours
or less shall constitute days work.
If.these demands should bs sustain.
ed by the railroad worknfen and DO.
-ssfused by the oticials OF the raiivays
involved, 1t Is likely that one Of the
most determined strikes IN railroad.
history win result.