The sun., 1912-07-17
ROADS STATE CASE
AGAINST ENGINEERS,
StrauS Arbitration Board Uc,,s
That Weak Railroads .
Would Suffer.
NIGHT COST S63. 600. .OoO
Alton Head Resents Statement
That Men Are Worked Over.
time. Purposcly.

| The commission OF arbitrators sitting
at the Oriental Hotel. Manhattan Beach
heard President Il. A. Worihington Of
the Chicago and Alton tell yesterday
how il would undoubtedly force fnany
Of the weaker roads TO the wall II IN.
demands Of the locomotive engineers
were granted. Tho great burden of the
81 ,OOO, 900 increase would fall upon these
smaller lines, he explained. and not upon
the richer ones that are more able 10
afford IL.
The strongest arguments Of the rail.
roads appear not to be levelled at the in.
crease az much as against the standard
ization on all lines, which il one Of tn.
things that the engineers are seeking
Mr.. Worthington frankly admitted that
If the commission granted the increase
to the engineers the roads would be forced
without a fight to make similar conces-
sions to all their other employees. and he
est imated that this would mean So3, ,OOO, ,Ooo
annually.
There has never been any disposition
on the part of the railroads to make the
conditions Of service Of the engineers
or any other of its employees unduy
I IDuTutHSOue, eatll U1lc SlliSnkO AHu hItOU
president in beginning the argument
for the railroads. They all realize the
benefit of the service from the engineers
They are mostly good men, and in fact
they have to be. for 1t Is one Of the rules
of their brotherhood that man must he
of good moral character. We respect
them and hope that 1t is understood that
only an honest difference Of opinion exists
between us.
II think the charges that engineers
are often kept out on the road on overtime
purposely is unjust. No railroad man
ever did that II he could help it. It would
be to our disadvantage to do 80 for the
reason that all our interests demand
that we get the trains in on time"
To show the magnitude of the interests
involved in the question MIR. Worthington
stated that in 1911 the fifty-two roads ope-
rated 268, 1856 miles ofenain track. 1:o, ,532,
oo4, sos ton miles of freight and 13,sl0, ,2ie.-
743 passenger miles. The operating rev.
enues were 81, ,Oss. .p67 .0s7 and the net oper-
ating revenues 1851 .073. 428. In 1900 they
employed n, ,543 engineers at an average
sa larry Of 81, 1870 and in 1910 they had 27,7'5
engineers at an average Of 1880. An
increase amounting to total OF $4,04+,?3O
was granted to the engineers in 1910.
4The Standardization of pay is a new
proposition and think that it is radically
wrong" continued Mr.. Worthington
"The present rates are adjusted to local
condit ions and weak roads and the burden
OF this change would fall entirely upon the
latter"
~. ice
in answer to a question. that the standard
ization of the conductors wages Was not
so general as has been intimated and
that the weak roads don I all pay as much
as the richer ones.
-And then you must understand" he
said, that conditions vary on different,
parts of the same system. Where there
is a mountainous run we have been ac-
cu% omed to make an allowance for this
to the engineer. but the system proposed
does not Would you expect a clerk in
a small country store to receive as much
as one on Fifth avenue?"
why did you accept the standard
wage for conductors on your road If you
didn't believe il was right" asked Com
missioner Judson.
Il had to-" replied MIR. Worthington
after a pause II was facing "a 1t trike."
"Do you think that the standard wage
would work an injustice on tho road
that unfort unatcly was overcapitalized?"
cont inued Mr.. Jidson.
There should be no excuse for such
a road retorted the witness. "but it il
the poor road that cant afford the hcavi
est rails and the block system of signals
that should not he hurdcncd."
Shouldn't the public safety he pro-
tected. even on poor road:" he was asked
The smaller road can get along with
out such an elaborate equipment" he
answered, And let me say that the
fact that there Is a standardization on the
mcnl that it should be adopted hcre,
Those companies accepted II because
they could not afford "A strike at that
time and not because they believed in it
How could the othercnployees demand
an increase on the strength Of the award
of this board" asked Mr.. Judson.
There is a certain dii'crential bet wcen
! tn" wages of the various men," explained
! Mr.. orthing, on "and il has been so Ions
established that II II expected. The fire.
men already have made their claims and
they amount 10 s.0,0o0,0oo. The Others
! lre waiting.
Warren s. Stone. grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
! finished his general presentation OF the
case at he morning session yesterday. He
vent over the rest of the demands which
the engineers have made. For men ori
freight engines with cylinders twenty
inches in diameter they ask S.. .25a day and
for the men on the larger engines s5,5n
and S5.75. according to tn" size of the
engine. Engineers on tn" nilllet engines,
which are two locomotives combined in
one want 81 IA day. They usk that en-
{ riaccrs held more than fifteen hours away
ON their home terminal bc paid AT cve
,,.a., ...t. ...I For. 10, !
servicc is s.5o n day and Tor eli Ii Z
service S5 Il day.
! "long hours are an evil that We hav"
tried to do away with by legislation.
said Mr.. Stone. "and ! was one IT the
prime movers for the sixteen hour law.
| | say frankly that il hasn't worked and
/ that contrary to our expectation the road
| have been inclined to make that the mini
mum day instead uf tn" InaXlmuin. Ia"
| only sol Il ion seems to he to pen i.ile The
| roads and ,hen ! believe that 40 per cent
| of the overtime will he done away with.
Most of the roads pay man only
Z from tn" time when H." takes liS clg'n'
, FROM the roundhouso and n}ane no COM
70 iSatiQ ion for the fact tn 4 he IN y have t.
: ,,end an hour and ~ half gc,t.ng tI5 "nSlI'
| ready. We want this paid for us overtime
| Then again many u time "A man i> n'i"t'
! to wait IN sight Of his own home five no'irs
hofor" he can take his engine nlto tht
round house, That soit of ihng should
he prualiHed.
"in conclusion We wish il tO he under
stood that in c;lse this award Is made "