El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-08
GREAT T|E-UP Of
RAILROADS MAY
CONE SOON

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have one chance to meet the terms OF
J our men, and if they refuse it, think
| the strike order v i'll go out WITHIN
| half an hour.
| IF a strike is ordered. we can reach
/ every engineer, believe, within i've
hours and on every one Of the 81 roa Is
every cab will be deserted immediate
| ly. and If you happen to be passenger
at that time, I guess you will have to
get out and walk"
The Railway Side of 1t.
Repres entatives of the association
of railway managers, from which the
committee of 10 to treat the engine
men was drawn, said the statement by
Mr.. Stone was substantially correct
and added only the figures over which
the contention was waged-
when the conference began said
chairman W. B. Scott, Of the confer
ence committee, 1.-The engineers de-
mands Appropriated a q percent In
crease. This finally was brought down
to II percent. We finally agreed to ~
percent increase, totaling s3,S4O,9Oo
for the 81 roads we represent, and
there we both stuck. The s6,25o.O0o i'll
than we could concede."
Lines Affected
The following is the list Of the lines
affected:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
coast lines.
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western.
Canadian Pacific
Chicago & Great Western.
Chicago & Northwestern.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Colorado & Southern.
Ell PaSo & Southwestern.
Galveston, Harrisburg & San An
tonic
Houston & Shreveport.
Houston, East & West Texas.
indianapolis Southern.
Kansas City Southern.
Louisiana Western.
Marie.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Morgan's, Louisiana & Texas.
Northern Pacific.
Oregon Short line.
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City.
st. Joe & Grand Island.
Southern Kansas & Texas.
Eastern Railway of New Mexico.
Baltimore & Ohio.
Chicago Terminal.
Canadian Northern.
Chicago & Alton.
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound.
Chicago & Western Indiana.
Chicago Junction.
Chicago, St Paul. Minneapolis &
Omaha.
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
Fort Worth & Denver City.
Great Northern.
Houston & Texas Central.
Illinois Central.
International & Great Northern.
Kansas City Terminal.
Mineral Range.
Minnesota Transfer
Missouri Pacific.
New Orleans, Texas & Mexico.
Oregon & Washington.
Oregon Railway & Navigation corr
pany.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
ST. Joe Terminal.
ST. Louis & San Francisco.
st. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico.
st. Louis Southwestern.
San Antonio & Arkansas Pass.
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake.
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix.
Southern Pacific.
Spokane, Portland & Seattle.
Tacoma & Eastern.
Texas & New Orleans.
Texas & Pacific.
Trinity & BraZos Valley.
Union Pacific.
Wichita Valley.
Yazoo, & Mississippi Valley.
VIII Increase Rate.
The wage increase of demand of the
engineers referred to by reDresenta-
tives of the railroads before the inter-
state commerce commission in Chicago
recently was one of the reasons why
higher freight rates ought to De
charged by the railroads.
At that time, likewise, the railway
officials predicted that demands FROM
other branches of the service would
follow a successful plea from the en-
ginemen.
Chairman Scott, of the conference
committee, issued a statement giving
the railroads side of the case. He
said in part:
THE advance offered the engineers
would have been a higher percentage
of increase than was awarded by the
state and federal boards of arbitra-
ton last spring to the switchmen and
firemen.
I'm view Of the present earnings of
the roads, there was no Justification
for this demand, except the awards al
ready made the switchmen and fire
men by the arbitration boards
1.-The net earnings of the roads IN
volved were s9.5OO.0O0 less in July and
August, 1910, than in the same months
in 1909"
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE
SITUATION MAY BE SERIOUS