The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-26
Arb atffo1l FtsaVofS
o00Ioeomof Engieers
on Eastern Railways
WAGES axe Tee L0W
On Some Roads and 4 MIMI
mum Wage is Introduced
by the Board.


WASHINGTON. %. G., Nov. g.
Can award that IS considered par
tfaI victory Tor the 10000 locomo-
tive engineers IN their controRerIYs
I begun last January, with the 1fty-
. two railways operating IA the terri
tory east Of Chicago and north q
NorfoIk and Cincinnati. has been
announced here by the Board q
Arbitration which Investigated the
questions at issue. It grants ceE-
tain incraad compensation and inn
proved and unborn rules of SERVES
requested By the engineers. but hoIds
that a general increase OF wages on
all roads is not warranted upon the
bas of the evidence presented.
The board found that on some
roads and for certain classes OF ser
vice, the compensation was too Gqaal-
and therefore introduced into the
award the principle OF q minimum
wage for the entire dlstrict- The
award. which dates back to May
last and will stand for one year set
ties the most important American
labor dispute submitted to arbitra
ton since the anthracite coal strike
in 1902.
In its report the board suggests
the creation of federal and state
wage Commissioners. which shall ex-
ercise functions regarding labor en-
gagged upon public utilities. ana
logous to those exercised with re-
gard to capital by the public ser
vice commissions already In exist
ence. The representative Of the en-
neers on the board, p. a. MOTH
sey. dissented from this suggestion
which. he said, virtually meant COM
pulsory arbitration and was wholly
impractical.
Follow ng are the more important
of the boards awards and the re-
quests OF the engineers:
In passenger service. q minimum
wage was granted Of $4.25 Tor 100
miles or. less; and an overtime rate
of so cents per hour with an average
speed Of 30 miles per hour. The en-
gineers asked $40 and $3.50 per
day of LOO miles accord ng to the
size of the locomotive cylinder, with
an overtime =ate OF 20 cents per
hour after FIVE hours.
In through freight serviee, q min
imum was grenated OF &4.75 per
day of 100 les or less, with over
time pro rata after ten hours. The
engineers requested rates of $5.25.
$3.50 and S5.75 per day OF loo
miles, according to size Of the en-
CINE; and 800 for Mallett engines;
the same rates TO apply to mine.
runs, work! wreck, helper or pusher'
milk and circus trans,
In local freight service IS cents
additi6RaI to the through freight
rates was granted. This met the
full request OF the engineer.
In switchAg service, a minimum
Of $40 per day OF ten hours or
less was granted. The engineers
asked $3.50 per day Of ten hours in
suffering service and for belt line
service.
All existing rats higher than the
minimum granted by the board are
continued in force.
in fixing the minimum wage In
passenger service at $4.25 per day
Ia higher minimum rate Is estaD
lished for the roads parties to the
arbitration with the exception OF
few.
In awarding the minimum through
freight rate Of $4.75 per eAys the
board establishes wages Tor the dis
trict that measurably approach the
current minimum Of roads now pay
ing the better rates
In making the rate Tor local
freight service IS cents h'gher than
through freight service, generaI
Increase OF compensation Il
granted.
The eject Of the 20 mile per hour
basis of computing overt In the
passenger service. the rules regard
ing final Terminal delay, and other
changes in the rules OF service, are
all more favorable to the engineers
than existing rules upon many OF
the roads
The problep before the. hoard @
arb. tratiop was one OF such dimcuIty
that it became necessary before an
award was made tor the board e
consider the Principle8 which e3Culso