United labor bulletin., 1910-11-10
FIREMEN WIN WAGE DISPUTE.
Arbitration Board Grants Majority Of
Railroad Mems Requests.

Railroad Mems Requests.
The award of the arbitration board ap-
pointed to settle differences between the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen and the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad company. filed in the
federal district court here last week, has
been made public.
Seven requests were made by firemen
on the Colorado lines and nine by those
on the Utah lines of the system. The
majority report, signed by W. L. Cham.
bers, appointed to the board by the in
terstate commerce commission, and w.
s. Martin, appointed by the railroad COM
pany, orders changes in pay rates and
working conditions in response to must
of the requests.
Timothy Shea, the third member of
the board, appointed by the firemen. filed
minority report in 10 OF the 16 points
involved in the arbitration. Mr.. Shea
based his dissent on the increased cost
of living, a condition which he says was
admitted by both sides in the contro-
versy, pointing out that the wages al
lowed by the board are not sufficient for
the maintenance of the men and their
families. He also protested that the
hazardous nature of the work of firemen
on the Denver & Rio Grande was not
given the consideration by the board
which it deserved
The principal features of the boards
award are:
On Colorado lines the request that the
increase granted to firemen on Western
lines by the Chicago arbitration award
of June 4, 1910, be applied to the pres
ent rate of pay on engines in all classes
of service on the Denver & Rio Grande,
covered by the schedule of January 1,
1907, is denied; but firemen III passenger
service in standard gauge districts and
on all narrow gauge valley mileage shall
be granted an Increase OF six cents per
100 miles. All narrow gauge rates in
freight service shal! be increased from
312 cents to 1927 cents per mile. A days
pay for road f1remmen shall be increased
cents over the present rate. Overtime
shall begin after 10 hours work. If Nal
let type engines shall be introduced
later on Colorado lines firemen shall re-
ceive A cents per mile on all classes of
service, valley miles. Between Salida
and Malta the rate shall be 5 cents per
mile, between Mintuurn and Malta and
between LaVeta and Sierra it shall be
5h cents, with a minimum rate of pay
of 1920 per day.
The board refused to establish a per-
manent running time on the basis asked
for by the firemen for mixed, through,
local and irregular freight and helper
service. Overtime on regular passenger
runs shall be computed on the schedule
time of train, and on special passenger
hall I&. to1
the average time of the fastest and the
slowest scheduled passenger trains in
districts over which such trains move.
When engines are turned and run in op-
posite directions overtime shall be fig
ured from the start until the end of the
return trip ON basis of the running time.
This is to govern places not otherwise
covered and does not apply to regula;
branch runs. Overtime rates on narrow
gauge lines in passenger and freight
service shall be 30 cents per hour; on
standard-gauge passenger service 80
cents, and on standard-gauge freight
service SO cents per hour on all engines
except those of the Mallet type, where
the rate shall be 40 cents
On Utah lines the rate of pay shall be
increased Is cents per 100 miles or less
in all classes of freight and passenger
service. Firemen on Mallet type engines
shall receive s4 per 100 miles or less in
all classes of service. Overtime on regu-
lar passenger runs and on special pas
senger or express service shall be com
puted as at present. When engines are
turned and run in opposite directions
overtime shall be figured as at present.
twenty-five miles for passenger service
and twelve miles for freight. The over
time rate on all classes of engines in all
classes of freight service shall remain the
same; in passenger service the rate shall
be 29 cents. In computing overtime less
than thirty minutes shall be disregarded
time between thirty and sixty minutes
shall be counted as an hour
The request of the fremen that days
pay be allowed for ten hours or less SER
vice at freight rates in certain specific
places is denied, except that an increase
of 25 cents day is allowed on Shay
engines. No change is made in the rate
of pay of switch firemen in regular yard
service, except at Walsenburg, Rouse,
Branch and Ell fundamentally canon,
where an increase of 81 cents is allowed.
Rates OF pay of hostlers. receiving less
than SO day are increased 20 cents a
day; those receiving 50 are increased to