The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-16
SAYS ENGINEERS
DEMANDS WOULD
BANKRUPT ROADS
President of Chicago & Alton
Tells Board Such Wage In
creases Are Impossible.


MANHATTAN BEACH. y. ". July
Chicago and Alton Railroad. declared
this afternoon before the Board Of Ar
b1tration. which II considering the
claims Of the 5000 engine drivers Of
the nfty-two railroads east OF Chicago
and north OF the Norfolk ana Western
for an increase In wages. that several
roads would face bankruptcy were the
demands granted.
President worthington said the in
crease demanded. in some Instances, rep
resented increases Of SS per cent. and
. general average OF 1870 per cent. He
said the proposed increase would total
0,S3.So0 In q year and that II would he
equivalent to placing a lien OF Slsp. 900 .ono
IN four per cent. bonds on the railroad
property involved. lie declared other
employees would demand increases n
the engineers were favored and that the
total would Jump to s2o.Ooo.ooo a year.
A. . result OF wage increases In 1911
President worthlngton said, although
the gross earnings Of the roads IN
creased Ns6ss,e $50 the net earnings ds-
orsased e27.e5oO. He said salaries that
year were increased tss,<is.so2.
gNoiNEER DRIVEN INSANE ~
WORK, THEY SAY.
W. 8. Stone. grand chief Of the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
continued his argument for an increase.
He presented a mas Of statistical EVIL
dsnce. including the list OF examinations
Through which an engineer must pass.
A. the conclusion OF his argument he
presented several oid-tims engineers
VINO explained TO the board something
Of their hsssrds. They told how men.
driven insane by their risks ended their
lives. broken down under the strain.
Some Of the men told Of seventy three
hours duty In . cab Of An engine. They
told OF fire blindness from looking into
the white. hot furnace Of the engines.
when as firemen they were quaiifyinG
10 become engineers.
Or. verdits OF George Washington
University. At Washington. has been ap-
pointed statistical secretary of the
board. Dr. vedits Investigated the Eu-
ropean end Of the Harvester Trust for
the Senate. He will report to the board
on the mas Of figures introduced by
the engineers and the railroads.
I, u 10 expected the engineers will devote
four or i've days to the presentation Of
their demands, and that the railroad
representatives will occupy fully - much
time.
A decision from the Board Of Arbitra-
tien. which both sides ere bound under
tbs law to abide ~. 10 not expected Tor
too weeks.
UeGs sARcAeM IN FLAYiNo THE
RAILROAD MANAoGMGNTO.
Stone admitted that In some CLASSES the
PennsytvAnia, the New York, New
Haven and Hartford and che New York
Central Are nov paying snsiaessD Q
oAsgsr scale than 10 being asked.
Stone spoke Of the demands made by
OW1tching enginssrs for double crswsd"
eaginss. ChaifslAa Oscar Strsus asked
wat was usasA b. double crswsd"
eaeins.
IA v . switching engine that works
Dsactioally twsnty- Sour hours q day."
- replied. ''0ns crew win work IN u
- ~ eleven hours and then another
tsuw will take II A Switching sngipSsr.
- managers are sorry TO admit. cahnot
vUgk twsnty-tour hours . day. even u
- eagins ean. but freight engineers
oftsn have 70 work forty hours at .
TIM. ..-.
''But gentlemen" he added with mock
ees3ousness. - man can't DO good work
for mueh more than forty hours On q
stretch. you know. however much the
goAAe may rs0ret q"
The engineers. he said. demand q
minimum DAY Of 100 miles work.