The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
GIT B 40. RATE OF WAGES
AWARD on TWO VANDERBILT
LINES WEST o. BUFFALO.

AFbltPaaoRa Annuunes an lncFeAse %
Ahsut . pr cunt.-N. Y. CenlFaiS
InsFaaas vas - PeP Csnt.-AwaFtll
un An nsaas Practically Standard
Ths award Of the arbitatOrs In the
dsmanda og the trainmen and Conductors
Of two lines Of the Vanderbilt group west
of Buffalo was made Known Yesterday
Ths award reached President 0arreason
Of ths Order u Railroad Conductors
in TIE forenoon and y. 3 Clark and p.
n. MOrriaasy. the arbitratOra. mailed q
oouy Of the award TO vice-President
Aoarf of thoss roads at biz headquarters
IN ChlnaRO.
The waees aad conditions under this
award. the grand oAAceFs 81 the tEAinmsn
and conductors ny. are tho sane as
Wers awarded 10 the baltimore and Ohio
trNinmon and conductors under the
EnamAn arbitration act. On behalf
Of President 0arretson az the Order Of
Railroad Conductors and President Les
of tho Brotherhood Of Railroad Trimmer
this statsmsnt was issued yesterday
afternoon:
The award Of the ArbitEators IN the
Lake shore and Michigan Southern and
Michigan CentFal cases has been handed
down and Il gives the same rates a. obtain
On tho Baltimore a Ohio. thus maxim G
the rates on those two properties standard
with tho lines upon which settlement hns
f0Fmsriy nsoa mais, thO tsrms u tho
award bong the same an the New York
Central without the dsfsrrOd payments
IN any oass. Il establishes tho New
York kATboE switching rates across the
Province Of Ontario on the Michigan
Central from New YOPk 10 Buffalo
Praaidant 0arreata0n aid lAst evening
that tho award IL elective on April
Of this year and Affects botwesn 1900
and T.OO0 men. He gave out the follow
ing detAils a. 70 the wages under the
award:
Passenger trains: Conductors, q. a
for 100 miles; baggAgsmgn. Sl.sb for 100
milaa; brAkemon, $50 for 100 miles;
daily minimum: conductora. 80, bag
EAgsmsn, a1.7E braksmsn. el.sG monthly
minimum: conductors, n3 s. baEghNomea
t5B; brakeman, 90. Through freight sar-
vics-C Conductors. tS.G1; brakeuIen, t3.tl
Local freight Conductors, n.sI1s brake
men, a1.I0
Ths average rates before this award
for the MESSENGER conductors we're % 90
for 100 miles and Tor freight conductora
40 for 100 milaa. The wages Of the
tFainmcn we're In about the same pro-
portion. The following explanatory
stAtsmsnt was also made last evening
By Mr. 0aFfotaon:
HSUndsF this award the average increase
o. wages allowed u not more than
psT cent. In the freight department
alone u 70 about 10 per cent. In the case
of the New York Central the advance
IN Wagon by the Gward of the arbttrAeUTs
Averages - per cent. thus bringing the
wares up % the BAltimOFo and Ohio stand
ard. The New York Central paid 10 much
lower than tho roads whose award we
received to-day that IN Ia case The jump
was higher. Some u the other roads hma
been advancing the wages. while the
New York Central had not.
hspercsutAR0o Of advance In standard
ining the wages vas higher In the oase %
the Central than In some0f the other roads
FOR instance, under the award In the
oase of the Baltimore and Ohio. which had
advanced the wages some time ago,
tho increase was Only about per cent.
% An average. The advance In the case
% tho LAckauanna was a httle lees than
the award % the New York Central
The thFos other roads IN this vandsrbilt
group 30 10 hsard from arr the BIG -Four.
the Ohio, Indiana and Southern and che
Lake IRE and Western. Mr. OarretsOn
aaid that the awards for theaa roads
were expected about the middle ~ this
week. Re had no doubt, h. said. that II
WouId conform 20 the Baltimore and Ohio
standard in all dstaila Tho Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton and the Monon
rOads he said. had agreed IN ~ hound
nv the decision In the BlE -Four road,
Whirh Il expected 10 he the same a. the
decision In the two others TO he heard
nom.
There Was a belief that the award
would reach the once Of President Brown
% the New York Central a. the sane time
Il reached Lee and GaFrets0n. but i
vas eent 10 Vice-President Scharf of the
Vanderbilt roads instead Il was said
q Mr. Browne Ofilce that the representa-
tives Of the Central had tried 10 reach Mr.
SchAri. but he was out along the line.
and they expect 10 Revive a copy Of
the decision to-day.
Until the full award reaches ~.
aaid q representative 81 the New York
Centrall-Ws have nothing 70 cay about H.
We expect 10 receive q copy tomorrow
and a statement will he made on behah
% the road whFn we rpceive No.
While the heads Of the trainnien and
conductors will not commit themselves
A. IN the result of the strike vote in the
caas Of the Erie tfninmen and conductors
before Il h canvasssd. Il Was learned
unoficially that u viii h. nearly u not
quite l0O per cent for a strike. The
canvass Of the vote will begin IN this