The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-09
IN a K
AT 81 E go ON
RAIL- GA DS REPL u
TO THE ENG me RS
Point Out in Pamphlet Inabil-
lily to Grant the Wage
Demands,

BALTIMORE. April s.-Penalns
the vote which w. S. stone, grand
chief engineer of the Brotherhood Of
Locemetive Engineers. stated nat the
engineers are taking, the railroad
companies are submitting a pamphlet
to the enginemen. aremen, eondhe-
tors, itrainmen ana all employees som
eerned in any way with the operation
ofttrains. in order that the men .mny
have before them all the facts OF tho
patter., The pamphlet sets forth the
demands made by the brotherhood
Of Eoe6motlye Engineers pAd the re-
ply by the conference committee of
gepetal managers, opd epSbodied IN
the pamphlet are number OF news
paper editorials rejecting the We've
and interest of the public In the con
troversy between the railroads and
their employees.
The pamphlet being distributed by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company contains in full the propos.
al made by the locomotive engineers
on March IA and the response of the
conference committee OF general
managers MS signed by j. c. Stuart.
Chairman, under date OF March Is, In.
which the railroads explain their in
ability to meet the recurring demands
for increased wages. Attention Isl
also colled to the fact that the reduc-
ton of net revenues by the constantly
Increasing expenses OF operation have
50 narrowed the margin essential tq+
the solvent existence Of many Of the
roads that further ihcreases In apsrs
ating costs are viewed with grave con-
Germ. The statement shows gross
earnings In the, year 19i1 to have In
creased $lS,559i65s. whoreas OK.
penses increased SAG. 2o9,s59, making,
h decrease in net earnings OF $27,.
650929O u is shown that of this In
crease in expenses wages OF employees
were Increased 500 6;SOl2 nobslth-
standing the fact that there we're s.
17s less men employed.
The gist Of the arAwer Of the rail-
roads to the men was that the pres
ent rates Of wages are, as a rule, full
and liberal and that the railroads are
financially unable to bear the in.
creased expense involved.
or the newspaper editorials sum
marlzing the situation and, rejecting
the rights of the public under the cir
cumstances, the Jersey CITY Journal.
published at the terminals Of most of
the roads entering New YORK. and a
city. which has a largo railroad pop
uIation, sums up intelHgently the diff.
ferences between the railroads and
their employees in the matter Of wages
when 1t says;
Locomotive engineers have been
looked upon as models Tor union la
nor men, because OF their intelligence
and fairness. For. this and other
reasons the railroad managers have
always treated them with respect and
granted most Of their requests.
1T seems strange that the .engin-
GERS union should have made @ do
mand for so large an increase in
wages at this time when railroad
problems are in a most critical stage.
:fout of the present CONFLICT some
means must be reached, and expert
enee alone can locate the line of adj
'justment- While the problems are
being worked out seems an unto
ward time for a demand such as the
engineers have made.
There is no talk of strike, and ii
is not likely that there will be a strike
on the part Of the engineers; still, i
would be of interest to have a full
statement of their point OF view