El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-11
EASTERN RAILROAD
MEN AWARDED RAISES
Long Standing Controversy Ends and
Arbitration Committee Files
Report in Court.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE long lived
/ controversy between railroads Of the
| east and their conductors and train
men over the latter's demands for
more pay. has ended. The employees
are granted an increase in wages aver
| aging Z percent and tOtaling $4,000. 900
| they asked, from October 1st last, ef-
1ective for one year One hundred
thousand men will share in the in
Thus ends by arbitration under the
Newlands amendment to the Erdman
act, controversy that threatened at
one time to tie up by strike the trans
pOrtatiOn facilities of all states "a ST
( Of the Mississippi river and north of
the Ohio river. The award of the ar
htrration committee filed in the federal
district court, is final and binding.
IN reaching its award, the board
ruled mainly against the employees on
four out of five points submitted as
reasons why the increase should be
granted and found for them on the
! Iifth-the increased cost of living.
| Since 1909. when last an increase was
granted. the arbitrators found the cost
Of living had increased percent. Ger
I tain minor contentious also were con-
coded to the employees.
The board does not found its ac-
tlon entirely upon the increased cost
| Of living" reads the award. a docu-
! ment of 70 printed pages, though il
looks upon this as Basic
An analysis of the vote on each
al tlCAE submitted DN the Irdlnmen re-
Vealed an almost unbroken coalition
between the two representatives of the
employees and the two independent
members of the board, with the rail-
roads representatives opposing them.
The articles are dealt with separately
and fix the pay for various classifi-
cations OF labor While technical in
Yerbiage, they provide chiefly that the
monthly pay OF employees in the pas
senger branch of the service shall be:
CONDUCTORS, s135; baggage men,
SsS9S.oo; fILagmen and rear brakemen,
hour. conductors, As cents; assistant
conductors and ticket collectors 35.7
cents; baggage men. 27.5 cents; flag
brakemen, 25.5 cents.
awards are:
Through runs, conductors, 4 cents a
mile; flagmen PSF mile; brakemen,
2.67 a mile, any run less than 100
miles TO be paid for as if it were 100
miles. In way freight, pickup or drop.
mine and roustabOut service, same
minimum, conductors are awarded
S4.5O a day of 100 miles or less, 10
hours or less: fragmen, $50. and
for as time and One-half
This was one of few instances in
which the employees triumphed in their
demand that overtime be maid for al
one and one-half the regular rate. The
award is distinctly against such a
practice IN most instances. To this
IinulnS, the employees representatives
IlIed a minority report of protest To
the entire finding the RAILROADS. rep
resentatives dissented
The board Of arbitration consisted Of
" W. .Atterbury, vice president of the
Pennsylvania: and H. 4 Smith. senior
vice president Of the New York Central
raliroad, for the railroads: Lucius z
shepard. senior vice president of the
Oruer OF Railway Conductors, and Dan
lei L Cease, of Cleveland. editor of
the Railway Trainman, for the men.
and Seth Low, former mayor Of New
Civic Federation. and John FINLEY. New
neutrals.
The board met here September II
and spent n month hearfnol vrjtnesses
After october II the board held sew
eral protracted sessions in an effort
to get together on its report.