The Washington herald., 1907-03-31
STATISTICS ON STRIKE SITUATION

Forty-nins railroads involved including every
system vest Of chicago and New Orleans. from
Fort William, Canada. 20 San Francisco.
Combined mileage Of roads involved. $3.50
Mileage Of all railroads in the United States.
256 $50 miles.
NumbsT Of union employees who voted to strike
B.0o.
Naaber Of men in the Brotherhood Of Railway
TTainmen and the Order OF Railway Conductors.
IsIos.
Affiliated unions Of dremeu and locomotive en-
gineers who might be drawn into a sympathetic
strike. l1.o0o Total number Of all employees who
may be drawn into the struggle 2l4eo.
Estimated annual wage Of demsndants, Se0O0.-
0o
Estimated annual increase demanded. s6OooOo0
Estimated increase in cost Of living OF men,
Sd 50oooa
Increased earning capacity Of the railroads. 400
per cent
Increased carrying capacity Of the railroads. 100
per cent
Difference between the demanded increase of z
Per cent in wages and increased revenue Of the
railroads OF 400 per cent SIS per cent
Annual pay Toll Of al lines Of labor on the
forty nine roads SD 90O00ol-
Twelve per cent increase TO all employees, So
e001
Basis Of capitalization to pay this increase.
s7olo0Ga
Increase in wages OF railway trainmeu within
the past ten years. IS per cent.
Total number of employees on all roads in the
United States. ls6lES
Total pay ron, $soo,oo0,Ooo
Chicago. March 30-The gravity of the
railroad-strike situation is indicated by
the determination announced by the gov
ernment commission late tonight TO hold
an all-day session tomorrow CEaster
Sunday
Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and Commissioner of
Labor Nell requested the labor chiefs tc
be on hand at 10 a. IN. The managers
We're notified of the decision to hold the
session. and said their committee would
send a quorum
The present conferences have broken ali
records in concessions of prestige to the
labor leaders Never before have the OFF,
cials of The big trunk lines gone out Of
their Offices 10 meet union committees.
nor have they previously gone to confer
ence rooms and waited upon the labor
leaders To-day they waited two hours
in the hotel lobby while the representa-
tives of their employees were upstairs dis
cussing terms OF compromise and reject
ing the railway magnutes proposals.
Three Conferences Held.
Three conferences were held during the
day at the rooms of the commission in
the Auditorium Annex. The following
railroad men visited the commissioners as
d committee of managers: T. G. Rawn,
vice president Illinois Central; A. w Sui
hvan, general manager Missouri Pacific;
", c. Nixon, vice president; A. i. Mohler,
vice president and general manager Union
Pacific; Z. r. Slade, general superintend-
ent Great Northern; F. o. Melcher, gen
eral manager Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific; D. II. Ashton. general manager
Chicago and Northwestern: J. N. Gruber,
general manager Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy; Z. /. Bush, general superintend-
ent Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
During the day. other railroad magnates
visited the rooms Of the commissioners
A B. Garretson, grand chief conductor;
p II. Morrissey, grand master Of the
Trainmen, and six committeeman of the
whole strike committee Of 1872 men paid
two visits to the commission. They re-
mained with the commissioners several
hours
No Agreement Reached.
At the end Of the days conference. all
those who attended declined to express
any opinion as to the probable outcome.
Il was announced that no satisfactory
agreement had been reached.
The railroads are said TO have demanded
arbitration of their proffer Of "a 10 per
cent increase with Il nine-hour day for
uainmen and ten-hour day for other
employees. The unions insisted upon their
demands Of 12 per cent and "a general
niue-hour day.
After the second conference Garretson
said:
''The traiHmen are citizens. They have
the utmost respect fer the law, and will
give its representatives, every opportunity
To exercise its fullest functions
The impending strike has revived the
statistics of the famous A. R. L. strike
IN 1881. Twenty-fCU railroads centering
here IN 1886 formed general managers
association. In 1873. the association re-
ceiVed a demand from the switchmen OF
all the ROADS in the organization for an
increase In pay. The other railway