The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-07-13
WANT MORE PAY
AND Shorter HOURS
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H NJ o N d, VA-Special-
For the last three days there has
been a conference in progress in this
city between head officials of the sew
eraI International organizations OF ma
chlnists, boilermakers, bIackSmiths'
anu metal trades and the officials of
the Chesapeake and Ohio over the
matter of wage schedule and hours
Z. j. Conlin represents the maehin-'
ISIS j. A Franklin represents the. hoi--
lermakers and J. w. Kline is repre-
senting the blacksmiths. The matters
under discussion at this time apply TO
all the several classes of employees
named along the entire Chesapeake
and Ohio system.
man identified with organized Ia
Dor well known in this city. said thar.
the local officials Of the organizations.
mad undertaken to adjust the differ
ehces at a conference held here some.
tune ago, but had failed and that ~,
matter had been sent up TO the baadS
or the several organizations for SET,
tlement.
Just the exact nature of the dlsa.
SreemSnt is not positively known, ex-
cePt mat wages and hours are in
VOWED, but the amount of the adj
vance being asked ana the number of
hours desired are not known.
me nope Is INDUCED that the diff
Ierences viii be adjusted and that 49,,
same good feeling and relations which
HNehA u0tl maintained he
tween me company and its employees
VIII be maintained
As to the r., T.. & II.
yesterday 1t was inadvertently
stated that the same class ne
employees on the Richmond. Fred
SSIr,lcksburg and Potomac. including the.
" aSHii Stoh-Southern, We're also en-
Gagged IN conference with that road
ms should have been that the Orday-
OF halfway Conductors and the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen were The
employees involved. The conductore-
are represented in the negotiations.
now under way by Messrs t A Cree.
DRY and b. Gates. while the Rrotber-
hood or Railway Trainmen are being
looked after by Valentine Fitzpatrici5
ana II. NJ. Cousins. incidentally the
iiniIl, IN me train and yard service are
the matter under dispute.
The y. ~ w. Matter.
me correctness of the item printed
IN Inc journal yesterday afternoon
rssardlng the taking OF the vote in the
SHOPS ana along the entire svsten, of.
the Norfolk and Western was veri6ed.
last night, when the following teIe-
gram was sent out from that civ to
the Baltimore Sun:
Whiie none OF the officers of the
NorIoik ana Western Railway knew
anything OF the voting among its en-
ploNes TO strike for higher wages. p
prominent labor leader here an
nounced today that the vote was being
taken over the entire system. and thai
the sentiment was Overwhelmi~r DIV i'm
FAVOR or the strike. Recently the
labor leaders and officials held confer
ences here, and the terms offered NV
the company were submitted to the
men. '''e
The terms provide for an increase
IN wages. when the gross earnings of
the road reach a certain amount Tbo
earnings for June fell many thousands
snort of the amount, and it is be-
iieved that the monthly statements
Just issued was the signal for the
vote being taken by the men. Every
man employed on the system, outside
OF ONCE men, conductors, engineers
and telegraphers, are in the fedora
ton.