New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-23
TRA|NMEN AND ROADS
BEGIN WAGE D|CKER|NC
Conductors Also Figure IN
Negotiations for Increase
in Pay.
MEN ANNOUNCE DEMANDS
Shorter Work Day Among Re-
quests Made Upon Eastern
Lines at Opening
Conference.

The demands OF the trainmen and con-
ductors on the Eastern railroads were
made public after preliminary CONFER
cnce at the Engineering Societies Building
yesterday between the committees OF the
trainmen and conductors. consisting OF
nfy trainmen and fifty conductors. ana
the managers committee Of the railroads
The conference began at 10 a. m, Elisha
Lee. chairman Of the managers commit
tee. presiding. and lasted until p. nj.
The conference will be resumed to-day at
the same hour and place.
The demands were gone over in detail
yesterday. but no decision was reached.
They were approved at a meeting OF the
Eastern Association OF the brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and the order of
Railroad Conductors I'm October. and were
submitted 10 the railroad officials last
January. The principal demands are az
follows:
on runs Of lJ5 miles day OF over the
pay Of passenger conductors on steam or
electric trains to be- go cents per mile:
oagsagemen. 1.S per mile; haSmen or
rear brdkemen. 80 per mile; brakemen.
Ia per mile.
"On runs of less than l5S miles u day
the pay OF passenger conductors TO be
81 80 per DAY: baggagemen, 81 ~; hagmen
or rear brakemen. s. 81. biakemen. 81 20.
Ask Eight Hour Day.
Passenger trainmen on short turn
around runs. 30 single trip OF which ~
leeds eighty miles. including suburban
and branch line service. snail be paid
overtime for all time actually on duty or
held for duty In excess of eight hours
computed on each run from the time re-
quired 10 report for duty TO end of the rum.
within ten consecutive hours, ana also
Tor al time in excess of ten consecutive
hours computed continuously from time
hrst required TO report until final release
81 end Of last run. and such will be COM
putcd for each emplOye on the basis OF
overtime worked OF held for duty at the
following rates:
Conductors ....... .......... SO cents Per hour
BaggagenIeu. ........... ...... - cents per hour
Flagmen 0r feaf braArinen. - cents per hour
BfaAenrn. -.........-i cents per hour
All other passenger trainmen shall be
paid FOR overtime on the speed basis II
twenty-five miles an hour. Regularly as
sigred passenger trainmen. who are ready
for service the entire month and who do
not lay of on their own accord. shall re-
ceiye the following minimum sums, ex.
elusive Of overtime or extra service. for
the calcndaL month Conductors, flSJ
bagsagemen. So. fasmen or rear brake
men. ST. brakemen. SSl
When regular passenger men lay on
Of their own accord or are held OFT Of
service extra men will receive the same
compensation regular men, would have re-
cclycd.
Through and irregular freight service
10 be paid a. follows: Conductors. tlS
cents mile. hagmen 2SS cents a mile
brakemen rs cents a mile; runs OF 10
miles or less. either straightaway or turn
around. 10 be paid FOR as 100 miles
Way freight pick up o. drop. mine and
roLstabout service shall be paid for as
follows: Conductors 1874 cents a mile
nagmen. 33l cents mile: brakemen. 32l
cents a mile runs of 100 miles or less,
either straigh,away or turn around, to be
raid ~ 100 miles