The Detroit times., 1913-08-21
Mahon Submits ID. L. X. SEIZED
ules Before the Board OF
Arbitration
MANY DAYS WORK
EXTENDS OVER is HOURS
Brooks Gives Statement of Dis
agreement Between Company
and Employees


workmen. played a large part in the
Wednesday session OF the street rail
way board OF arbitration. which Is
considering the wage and hour de-
mands OF the men.
Has a man the right 10 work is
hours a day II he wants TO? This
was the question argued.
Following the submission of a
statement OF the ID. u. RS position
by General Manager Brooks, de
tailed analysis OF many runs on the
schedule now in operation by the y.
U. X. was presented by w. d. Ma
hon, showing that in large percent
Sge OF them the men are now com
PEELED TO be on hand II or IS hours in
order TO get In nine or 10 hours
work. He also pointed out runs
where men are required TO put In
~ much as Is hours actual work.
To this point Arbitrator Hendersoh
for the company. objected,
do you mean TO say he asked,
'that the men are compelled 10 work
that long? Are they required TO go
out on those particular runs or do
they take them because they want
tor
"Pll answer that question" volun-
teered Judge Phelan, but after
personal argument between The two
arbitrators In which the Judge as
serted that he proposed 10 answer
any question that came UP affecting
the men and would concede Mr. Hen
derson the same right to represent
10 ION n.
swered by Mr.. Mahon.
The men surely do have 10 do
the work or lose their jobs. he said.
But" insisted Henderson, does
any particular man have 10 take d
long run unless he wants it,"
well, perhaps, he is willing 10 go
out on 1t, but the decision OF the
men acting as body Is against il.
answered Mahon. Il have been told
that there were Negroes in the Get
ton fields who objected TO doing away
with chattel slavery, but that had
nothing to. do with the principle"
Judge Phelan here remarked AS
I understand II, we are here 10. cor
rect conditions, so that men cannot
make the long runs contrary 10 the
law even II they want TO. II is our
duty to lay down regulations that will
require both the company and its
men to live up to its franchise. II
there Is any man who is hog enough
to want to work Is hours he should
not be allowed to do So
His reference TO the franchise was
to a section in the Pingree line
grants. cited by Mr. Mahon TO the
effect that the men should not be
required 10 work more than 10 hours
q day, which should come within
period OF IL hours.
When this was referred 10 Mr..
Brooks. he insisted that the instances
referred to by the representative OF
the men did not come under the pro
vision, because they were not regu-
lar runs, but socalled swing or trip
per runs.
But they are regular runs" de-
clared Mahon, vehemently. They
are on the schedule and are run
every day. Saying that they are not
regular Is avoiding the issue on a
technically"
4. Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Mahon held
conference before the session TO try
10 reach an agreement as TO what
their differences over the wages and
working conditions in section Is,
really are, but reported that they
failed to do SO, and that the whole
section would have to be thrashed
out by the board.
Mr.. Brooks. however, submitted his
version OF all the differences, which
was as follows
With regard to unlimited free
transportation for the employees, the
company wants 1t restricted TO while
they are going TO and from work,
with the exception OF the business
agent and secretary OF the unioa,
who would be allowed to ride free at
any time.
In section Is. providing that nine
hours shall constitute a days work,
which shall be completed within u
hours, the company wishes TO make
1t nine TO 10 hours, completed in Is
consecutive hours, while the men
want II nine hours completed in a
period OF IL, and that no run shall
carry less than eight hours pay.
\ They also demand pay for time be-
tween the halves OF swing runs.
which are those which are not com
pIeted wholly within the required
time.
The company asks that no change
4 be made In the swing runs. and that
they may have OH the schedule IS
per cent of swing runs, as now.
The men want stricken out the pro-
3 vision that IL hours shall constitute
/. days work on Sundays and hali-
days between May / and Sept. IL,
y while the company wants ii M.
K changed.
Swing runs are now those O! SIX
& hours or more which are not com,
!. pIeted within 1914 hours. and the
men demand that hereafter they re-
|kcoive . minimum pay for eight hours
land that men shall not take swing
<>sun Oftener than once in seven days
Lev that II they are required to do sc
they shall get double pay for IL. Thi.
11Dt II agreed TO by the company.
" The men demand two hours pa,
<1notead of one. as now. when they re
1oogf 70 q call without being used Tn,
Gnmpany wants no change.
The men demand full pay al al
1lnos for men whose routes ar,
kortened. while the company sill
1910 TO the exceptions now In fore,
(hoh the completion OF the run i
1Utouted by IRE, rain or other dis
~ men ask that city. suburban an,
111furban service be defined, ar,