The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-14

Delaware &, Hudson struck April L Tor
an Increase OF pay from Sl4O a day
TO 81 20. but II is said that the men
returned to work pending neGotia-
tions
Some Men on Strike.
Track laborers of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton struck April / for
an increase of pay.
Increases OF from one cent to one
and one-half cents an hour were made
April In the pay OF conductors and
motormen of the Rhode Island com
panv. which operates most of the
street cars In Rhode Island This
company is controlled by the New
York, New Haven &, Hartford.
On the night OF March 81 there was
q strike in New York harbor OF the
pilots and masters on the tug boats of
tho Baltimore C Ohio. the Central of
New Jersey. the Delaware. Lackawan'
ma C Western and the Lehigh Valley
railroads. II appears that the other
roads doing business In the harbor
had made increases In wages. but that
the four named stood out. Within one
or two days the companies announced
that they were moving nearly or all
their freight. and the strike seems TO
have failed
The new rates OF wages agreed TO
between the New York. New Haven &
Hartford and It's conductors are based
on runs OF 157 miles not 100 miles.
The conductors receive Sf20 per 157
miles: ticket collectors, 1886 for the,
same distance: baggage masters. 81 IS
per III miles; brakemen, 50 SO per 17O
miles.
A. 3. Garretson. president OF the
Conductors brotherhood. says that
the conductors on the New York Cen
trail receive less pay than those on
any other prominent road n con
ductor running the Twentieth Century
Limited Express train from New York
TO Buffalo. 440 miles. receives less
than 81 per 100 miles. while the con-
ductor on the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern controlled by the n. Y. c.
running the same train from Buffalo
to Chicago, 525 miles, receives $3.50
per 100 miles
The Baltimore & Ohio has for years
paid $3.50 per 100 miles on through
express trains and on some other
trims. and henceforth will pay S2,6S.
Freight conductors on the New
York Central receive $3.50 and 50 per
100 miles, while on other lines con
trolled by the New York Central they
receive 1920. On the Baltimore &
! Ohio freight conductors have received
| S3.46 1-2 and Will now receive sS.63.
West OF Chicago freight conductors
The increases of pay which have
been granted on the Baltimore & Ohio
4 II.N - "
and Neill. and which have furnished
| the basis for the settlement OF differ
ences concerning wages on number
| of other roads. appear, from an ofil'
| cial statement. to amount To the fol
| lowing percentages:
Passenger conductors 4.76; baggage
| men ll.6G brakemen 1898 Freight
conductors. through. AZ, local. 277;
| freight flagmen. through. i.39: local
30. brakemen through Az; local
133. Work train conductors 1000.
| flagmen 97S: brakemen 9.7S.
| Thees figures represent the average
| perceUh1ce under each heading. and
the average Increase granted TO all
classes OF tralnmen is calculated a,
5.ii per cent.
The variety of rates under each
head Is due to differences in length
OF runs and other conditions. The
principal changes in the rates pei
| mile are:
| Passenger conductors. old. &c
| cents; new. 2.6S cents; increase 30S
per cent. new minimum rate per
| month, 1925. Baggagemen handling
| express, old. l53 cents. new, 16i
\ cents: Increase 7.S4 per cent; not
handling express. old, 1.Ss cents. new
1855 cents; increase 1892 per cent;
, new minimum. handling express, S7e,
not handling express, SIS. Brakemer
| old, l.33 cents: new. l.50 cents. In
crease 12.7S per cent; minimum month
| ly rate new. $50.
| Through freight conductors. old
3.4e5 cents. new. $3.50 cents; increase
476 per cent. Flagmen. through
freight. old. 2.42 cents; new, 2.s2'
cents; Increase 4.34 per cent Brake
men. through freight. old. 2.Sl cents
new 2.42 cents: increase 476 pei
cent
Yards Are C;aselhed.
Tho yards are classified Into three
groups, Gl Chicago. Cleveland. Pitts
| burc wheeling and eight others: e