New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-25
COMPROMISE AWARD
IN RAILWAY DISPUTE
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and an overtime rate OF 80 cents an hou,
with an average speed of twenty mlies a 20
hour. The engineers asked ~ W ana ~ W
| n dav OF 100 miles, according 70 the sIne
of the locomotive cylinder, with an over over
time rate OF 70 cents an hour aller NV
! hours. ,t,.,,,
| In through freight service minlIn M, ID
was granted OF 81 10 a day OF 100 miies
or less, with overtime pro rata aL atas Of
\ hours The engineers requested 49, ,fIos
S2J $3.50 and s. IS day or lVo hll'e -
| according to size OF the engine anu 90
| for Mallett engines. the same rates "
apply 10 mine runs, work, wreck he'pe'
or pusher, milk and circus trains. ,ai
| In local freight service p cents aou',
tionaI 10 the through freight rates was
granted. This met the full request OF t'e
| engineers. ,,.., -, 81 IN
In switching service minimum OF ~ !"
a day of ten hours or less was grhh'su.
! The engineers asked 81 30 a day OF zen
hours IN switching service ana lot o'''
| line service. Iii
ma granted by the board are continued IN
! force.
In fixing the minimum wage In pas
senger service at 81 % day higher
minimum rate is established for the
roads parties to the arbitration WIN
| the exception OF a few.
In awarding the minimum through
| freight rate Of 81 70 day the board
establishes wages for the district That
measurably approach the current mini
mum OF roads now paying the better
rates.
! In making the rate for local freight
service % cents higher than through
| freight service a general increase OF
compensation is granted.
| The effect OF the 2O-mile-an- hour
basis Of computing overtime In the
| passenger service the rules regarding
| final terminal delay and other changes
| in the rules Of the service are all more
favorable to the engineers than exist
! ing rules upon many Of the roads.
Wide Range Of Inquiry.
The problem before the board Of ar
| bitration was one OF such difficulty
that It became necessary before an
award was made for the board to con-
slider the principles which should OBJ
tain. The facts upon which it reached
! its conclusions were so involved and
numerous that they cannot be sum-
/ married.. The Investigations regarding
! the compensation TO capital, the inter
| corporate relations Of the railroads,
their present earnings, their future
possible earnings and other factors
were so complex that the board was
unable to arrive at conclusion re-
garding the ability Of the roads to pay
| an increased compensation.
II was determined, however, that
reasonable wage should be paid. Dis
regarding. therefore, the claim OF the
railroads that they were unable to bear
an increase. the board agreed TO the
principle that the engineers should be
paid a fair wage.
| In determining the basis Of fair
wage the board took the point ~ view
! that the existing facts regarding the
| relation OF wages Of engineers 10 those
| Of other classes Of employees In the
! train service i'm the eastern district
and in other parts OF the country
should be the guiding principle. The
I board's discussion ~ facts In this con-
ncction led Il 10 the conclusion that a
/ general increase OF wages on all roads
was not warranted upon the basis Of
! the evidence presented.
1t was concluded by tho board. how
| ever. that on some roads and for GER
tain classes Of service the compensa-
ton was too small, and therefore the
board introduced into the award the
! principle of n minimum wage for the
entire district in question.
The board states as It's belief that
thu engineers should be granted a fair
! compensation. II further states II 10
| be probable that the great majority OF
the railroads in the district considered
| are able 10 pay fair compensation. II
they are not able TO pay such compen-
sation with existing rates, the report
says, there is just cause for them to
open again the question OF an increase
OF rates with the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Public's Interest Paramount.
The board points out that railroad
strike for the great centres of the
United States can no longer be consd-
cred as a matter which primarily af-
fects the railroad operators and en-
ployes. While 1t does affect them seri-
ously. the public Is far more deeply in
| terested indeed, the interests of the
public so far exceed those Of the par
| ties to the controversy, says the re-
| port, as to render them paramount. 1t
| is therefore imperative that some other
way be found to settle differences be-
| tween railroads and their employees
| than by strike, the report says. In
| this connection the gains secured
| through the Erdman act and the Ca
| madam Industrial disputes act are dis
cussed, and while these acts are found
| to have merits they are held by the
board to be inadequate to meet the sit
uation.
in many respects the railroads are
| subject 10 the Interstate Commerce
! Commission and various state commits
| Tho co ma Co not trna nf tho am