The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-01
PHONE L|NEMEN co
OUT ON A STRIKE
Refuse to Accept the Day
Pay Rate Offered by the
Home Company.

All linemsn employed by the Home
Telephone company walked out this
morning following a dispute as to
wages. william Bailey, manager OF
the company, notified the men last
evening that they would all be put on
day pay and the monthly pay roll
abolished. The men asked for higher
day wages this morning than that
stipulated by Manager Bailey last eve
ming ana a failure TO meet their de-
msnd resulted In them walking out.
The day pay offered by Manager
Bailey. according to his statement to-
day Is 81. so a day, time and half for
overtime. the men to go out on the
companys time and return on their
own and to be locked when off duty.
The lincmen, according to the state
ment OF one today. asked for 1915 a
day, going out and coming in on the
company's time. One of the men
stated the company stipulated that
both going out and coming In should
be on their own time.
According to the linemen $2.75 a
day with time and half for overtime
and double time on Sunday is the rec
ognized DAY scale all over the country
and Us commanded in all places ut the
present time. They declare that the
linemen for both the light and power
companies in this city are receiving
So q day and that their work is more
hazardous than that Of the employees
Of these companies. They also allege
that they are not receiving as high
wages In comparison as the ground
men who are paid 81 day.
Refuted by Bailey.
All of these statements are refuted
by the management OF the Home Tele-
phone ompany. Manager Bailey stat.
ed today that $3.50 with the stipula.
tons that he offered the men is the
universal scale for linemen. He also
asserted that light companies here
are paying but $3.50 a day to their
employees. and that the wage offered
to the linemen Is not lower in com.
parison than that paid the ground
men.
The walk out of the linemen will
delay all outside construction work
and the installation OF new phones un.
til new men are secured or a satisfac.
tory agreement Ia reached between the
company and the strikers.
Manager Bailey stated today that he
hoped to have men at work within two
or three days.
In speaking OF the matter today Mr..
Bailey said: Some OF the linemen had
been on the monthly pay roll, getting
paid regularly whether on duty or off
duty with no docking or overtime. We
heard that this wasn't exactly salts
factory to some. so I notified the men
yesterday that they would be paid by
the day. with time and half overtime
and to be locked when off duty. They
were to go to work on the company's
time and return on their own. This
morning the men notified me that they
wanted more pay per day. They also
wanted to so out and come in on
the company's time, and double pay
for overtime. I refused to meet their
demands and they struck"
According to one OF the linemen
there are four of them who walked
out and there were two men engaged
to 20 to work this morning who re-
fused when they learned Of the strike.
One OF the two who refused was a
cable man receiving S. a day. His
refusal to 20 TO work was entirely be-
cause Of sympathy for the other men.
Manager Bailey said today that there
were Ave men who walked out and one
who refused to 60 to work.