The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-25
WILL Be No
STRIKE Of
Engineers
Railroads Grant an Increase of
10 1-3 Per Cent Over 1910
Wage Scale.
| MEANS XMAS PRESENT TO
EACH OF $4,000 MEN
Improvement in the Working Con-
ditions Neill Effects the
| Settlement.
MEANS XMAS PRESENT TO
EACH OF $4,000 MEN

CHICAGO. Dec c4.-The wage dis
pute between the Brotherhood Of 10
comotlve Engineers and siXty-one rail-
roads. west. north and south OF Chica-
go, was settled today. There VIII be
no strike
Instead. the engineers get AN aver
age increase OF 10 l-3 per cent of their
1910 wage scale. giving them a Christ
mas present of an average of approx
imately 1892 for each OF the $4,000 in
yolved for each subsequent year.
NeilI Effects Settlement.
Specifically. the agreement provides
for a raise OF 40 cents a day for all
engineers with a differeutial in addi'
tion OF % cents for 2l5.000 young en-
gineers, an added difterential OF IS
cents day for the smaller Mallett
engines and a difTercntial of 81 day
for the heaviest Malletts.
In a letter TO United States Commits
siOner Charles P. Neill. who, as medi-
ator under the Erdman act, brought
the settlement ont of what seemed
sure disagreement, Grand Chief Engi~
neer Warren s Stone Of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, gave as
the reason for accepting the terms Of
fered. the suffering and loss which
would attend a general western strike.
Working Conditions Improved.
Numerous specific working condi-
tIons are improved by the agreements
signed fofmally late today, an engin-
GERS are given control OF electric and
gasoline motor cars used as locomo-
tives, with an increase OF 80 cents n
day in present wages. Hostlers are
given an Increase OF % cents a day.
The new rate is effective With the sig
nature OF the agreement today
The specific increases In the wages
of the engineers. in money. are as fol,
lows.
On passenger service, 40 cents a
day.
On suburban service. 40 cents day.
Forty cents a day on through freight
except on engines weighing 2l5,oOo
pounds on the drivers, on which addi'
tional differential of % cents a day,
also on engines of the Mallett type an
additional differential of from 75c 20
$1.0O.
On pushers. helpers. wrecllers. work
trains. snow ploughs and mixed trains,
40 cents a day.
This agreement gives the engineers
on all the siXty-one railroads affected
by the adjustment a total of some $S,'
$50 900 annually, or approximately
S192 for every man affected.
The engineers accepted Commission
er Neills suggestions In a latter In
which Chief Stone wrote
After thoroughly considering the
proposal and the question in Its entire.
", we are OF the opinion the offer will
not Weld the engineers compensation
commensurate with the service per
formed, and 1t Is with extreme reluct-
ance we inform you it VIII be accept
ed.
In this connection we are prompt
ed to accept the proposition through
the influence OF yourself and the de-
sire on our part TO avert a calamity
that would bring suffering and loss
on large number Of people who are
not parties 10 the controversy"
Asked for an Interview of the set
Element. Mr.. Stone replied,
MY whole statement can be found
In the letter We thought Of the coun-
try and settled that's all