The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-06-01
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STREET RAILWAY
FACTS REPORTED
Continued from Paae L,

This espionage takes the form of fol-
lowing employees to their homes and
elsewhere, and to the meeting places
of such employees. :.:.-
The report said that while it had
not been shown that officials of the
company used abusive or profane
language to it's employees except. in
rare cases, it did find that it is
practice to unduly censure men in
the service. E..
/ The commission investigated wage
conditions of other railway systems
and found the average rate Of pay for
conductors and motormen is 24..1
cents at Milwaukee;2y.3 cents at
Cleveland; 2S.S cents at Chicago; 81
cents at Detroit and 22.5 at st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth.
|. The rate of wages paid in Mil
waukee is 1 cent per hour. higher
than is paid in Duluth. However,
the average then paid in Milwaukee,
Duluth. Since this report was filed
wages in Milwaukee have been in
creased.
Where Wages Are Low.
st. Louis pays the same scale as
Milwaukee Toledo pays the same
scale as Duluth; Indianapolis is low
er, as is also Kansas City. At Buff
falo the scale is FL to rs cents.
THE proportion Of men at the
highest rate of pay in Milwaukee is
42.S per cent, which is slightly less
than the AIT per cent at the highest
rate in Detroit, where it takes two
years to reach the top; and consider
ably Less than the 1873 per. cent at
Cleveland, where it takes only one
year to reach the top; or the 6O.3
, per cent at Chicago, where it takes
four years, as it does in Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee proposition is nearly
twice as great as that at Minneapolis,
where it is % per cent. In other
| words, about two-fifths of the train
| men have been in the service of the
company at Milwaukee long enough
to reach the maximum pay; about
the same proportion in Detroit;
three-fifths in Chicago, four-fifths In
Cleveland and only one-fifth in Min
| neapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
Unions Get Wages.
The: report devotes considerable
space to discussion of hours Of serv-
: ice. and. annual earnings Of street
railway men generally: In the cities
where trade unions exist wages are
higher and hours of labor are short-
er than in the cities where there are
no unions The conclusion Of the re-
port is most interesting, and many
Of the findings of the commission are
applicable to Duluth. 1t reads as
follows: = = r. 49,. ..si.. -.
This commission has no desire to
consider questions Of policy adopted
by the company SO long as the policy
Of the company assures to the en-
ployes reasonable labor conditions.
In passing, we may say that some
method whereby employees may pre-
sent their collective grievances ought
70 be found by the company employ
ing such a large number Of men. It
is matter of common knowledge
that the Individual employe in such,
company cannot secure fair hear
ing. He cannot deal with the conn
pany on anything like even terms.
He can only submit to direction; right
or wrong. AZ.
Tyranny Of Petty Officials.
When employees have no system
whel eby their wrongs may be co.'s
lsctively presented, the tyranny: Of
tile petty Official develops. Such
abuses are illustrated by the acts Of
petty officers Of the company in
forcibly taking badges from employees.
| Violence OF this character begets vio-
lence In turn and tends to create a
disregard for law and order.
The system of spying on employees
when off duty, is repulsive TO our
IDEAS OF citizenship. company
property managed will not maintain
Esucf q system for LONG.
Wages and Hours.
On account ef tbs steady employ
ment throush =, ne total