Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-08
ENGINEERS READY TO VOTE
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increase they stuck out for was more than
we could conoede."
List of Lines Affected.
The following list was given out Of lines
affected:
Atchison, Topeka Santa Fei Atchison.
Topeka g. Santa BE coast line; Gulf. Colo
RADIO & Santa Fei Beaumont, Sour Lake &
Western; Canadian PRcifio' Chicago Great
Western; Chicago s. Northwestern; Chi
cago, Burlington q Quincy; Chicago, NIL
waukee 8 St. Paul. Colorado g. Southern;
rsl Paso & Southwestern; Galveston. Har-
risburg & San Antonio; Houston & Shreve-
port; Houston. East & West Texas; Indian
apons Southern; Kansas City Southern;
Louisiana Western; Minneapolis, St. Paul
& sault Ste. NIsriei Missouri, Kansas g.
Texas: Morgan's Louisiana g. Texas;
Northern Pacific; Oregon Short IAne;
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas CITY; st. Joseph
& Grand Island: Southern Kansas &
Texas; Eastern Railway OF New Mexico:
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal; Cana
dian Northern; Chicago q Alton: Chicago,
Milwaukee s. Puget Sound; Chicago &
Western Indiana. Chicago Junction; Chi
caEo, St Paul Minneapolis g. Omaha; Fort
Worth q Denver City; Great Northern;
Houston & Texas Central; Illinois Central;
international g. Great Northern, Kansas
! City Terminal; Mineral Range; Minnesota
Transfers Missouri PacifioI New Orleans,
Texas g. Mexico: Oregon & Washington;
Oregon Railroad and Navigation company;
Rock Island. st. Joseph Terminal; st. Louis
g. San Francisco; St Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico; 81 Louis g. South western: San An
tonic g. Arkansas Pass, San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake; Santa re, Prescott &
Phoenix; Southern Pacific; Spokane, Port
land g. Seattle; Tacoma & Eastern; Texas
g. New Orleans; Texas & Pacific; Trinity
& Brazos Valley; Union Peoifoi Wichita
/ Valley Yazoo g. Mississippi.
RaiIrOads' Side of Case.
THIS wage increase demand OF the
engineers was referred to by Representa-
! tives of the railroads before the Interstate
Commerce commission in Chicago recently
as one Of the reasons why higher freight
rates ought 20 DO charged by the rail
roads
Late today, Chairman Scott Of the con-
ference committee Of railway managers
Issued a statement giving the railroads
side of the case. He said in part;
Tho advance offered the engineers would
have been a higher percentage OF increase
than was awarded by the state and
federal boards OF arbitration last spring
to the switchmen and firemen. In view
of the present earnings of the road there
vas no justification for this offer except
he awards already made the switohmen
and firemen by the arbitration board. The
net earnings Of the road involved were
$S.5OO,OOO less in July and August, 1910. than
in the same month IN 1909. In this con-
nection II should be also remembered than
in 1907 the engineers were given increases
in wages averaging 81 per cent.
About q week ago. Warren g. Stone
asked the railways II they would Join in q
request for mediation OF the question in
volved. The railway managers promptly
replied that they stood willing to submit
the questions TO arbitration Then the
next day Mr.. Stone delivered an ulnmatum
to the railway MANAGERS. He was aeked
IL he had withdrawn his mediation prop
osltion. He said that he had not made any
propositions that he had merely asked If
the railway officers would consent TO
arbitration and announced vigorously that
he would not consent to mediation or
arbitration of any of the questions tn
volved"
This action is the result Of the instruc-
ton Of the big annual convention Of the
Brotherhood OF Engineers in Detroit last
spring. At that time the grand officers
we're instructed to enter into negotiations
with the railroads in An effort to raise
the wages OF engineers and improve their
working conditions
The negotiations began IN Chicago Sep,
TENDER rs. After twenty-five conferences
the two forces were wide apart and the
workers decided to bring matters to 6
head.
Since the enEinemen almost unanimously
demanded in the Detroit meeting that al
increase in wages be asked for. It IL be-
lieved that the strike vote will be nearly
unanimously favorable. II the railroads
= do not agree, the strike will begin at once
on every one Of the sixty-One roads ives
Of Chicago say the union men.
The differences between the OppOsinl
sides is approximately per cent of tn,
: present wages. Enginemen have had n,
change in their wages since February. 1907
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