The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-27
AFFIuATION OF EMPLOYEES
The Result Il is Thought VIII Lead
UP 10 the Greatest Railroad
Strike Unless the Terms
Are Accepted.
By Southwestern Pre- $.

Of Railroad Conductors and the
Brotherhood of Railway Tra!nmen.
With Garre;son, Morrissay and 9th.
er officials. will meet in the sher.
man house tomorrow 20 canvass the
vote just cast by the members OF
The organization on whether they
shall affiliate in makilz concerted
demands for more pay and improved
conditions Of labor. All OF the ter
s.tory east OF the Mississippi river IS
affected, as IS a'so eas'--- Camilla
Should the vote be favorable 10 max.
Ing the demands. the chairman OF
each system will be- notified by wire.
Then on next Thursday a simulta-
neous demand will Dee made on the
general Offices OF all the Gj compa.
ules involved. The general commit
tees Of all the railroad systems will
convene on January 20 in the
cities where the railroads have their
headquarters in order to demand an.
swers 10 the proposals
Attempts will be made 10 arrange
conferences with the railroad officials.
but Il compromise propositions are Of.
fered by any Of the railroads the
workmen will not have authority to
agree on terms OF settlement, but
must report to the grand officials.
Changes Of radical nature as well
as increases In pay are TO be de-
manded for every branch OF the ser.
vice. One OF the changes asked for
is the abolition OF the "double.head.
er"-two locomotives with only one
train crew-the two engines to be
permitted in extraordinary cases oniy
The double header was the Ques.
ton which led TO the famous Penn.
sylyania strike in 1877, which cost
millions OF dollars and many lives.
The vote now being taken Is not a
strike vote directly but one to de.
termine the sentiment o fthe men
as to the proposed questions. The
e principal demands are as follows:
A-On runs OF 400 miles per
d month, or over, the pay OF passen.
ger conductors to be 2.7j cents per
. mile; baggagemen, l65 cents per
mile; flagmen, l.56 cents per mile,
and brakemen, s225 per day
| Bon runs OF $500 miles or less,
| per month the pay OF passenger con.
| ductors TO be not less than si25
Ser day; bagyagemen. s225 per day:
flagmen. s2.35 per day. and brake.
men, s2.25 per day.
C-Oyertime on through passenger
service TO be based on speed OF
% miles per hour, to be computed
from the time the men are required
70 report for duty ,.nd TO continue
until they are relieved at the end
OF the run, and to be paid for az
the following rates: Conductors. 49,
cents per hour; 5ag-agcmcn 25.5
cents per hour; Cagnen. 30 cents
per hour; brakemen, 225 cents per
hour; less than 30 minutes not 10
1y counted and 30 minutes or ovs;
10 De paid for as an hour
The demands made by trainmen
employed IN freight service follow:
In all freight service, 100 miles or
less, ten hours or less to constitute
days work; overtime TO be con.
sidered after ten hours. on runs Of
over 100 miles overtime TO be on a
basis OF speed OF ten miles per hour
Through art irregular freight ser
vice to he paid for as follows: Con.
duc'ors, 3.S cents per mile; 'lagmen.
2N cents Der mile and brakemen
p cents per mile With trains Of
over thirty cars. exclusive OF ca.
boose, the practice OF double heading
Is 90 be discontinued, except In in.
element weather or to avoid running
light
Il Is set forth that the Chicago
standard OF rates OF pay are to gov.
ern all terminal, divisional or other
important yards. All other yards are
10 be paIu one cent per hour less
than the Chicago rate OF pay. Ten
hours or less shall constitute a days
work.
II these demand should be sus.
tained by the railroad workmen and
be refused by the officials OF the
railways involved, It is likely that
one OF the most determined strikes in