The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
TRAAVNAN KILLED
EVERY ! ::R| SEVEN \ / HOURS
A. B. Garretson, President Order
Of Railway Conductors, Makes
Startling Statement. !,
AND ONE Is MANNED
EVERY NINE; MINUTES
Companies Counsel Denies Claim
But Labor Officials Back It
Up By q. s. Figures.


Up By y. s. Figures.
, NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-Dramatic-
ally declaring that one man waa
killed every seven hours and fifteen
minutes and one MANNED every nine
minutes on the eastern railroads.
ALB. Garretson. president of the Or
der of Railway Conductors, assisted
by w. G.. Lee, president of the train
mems organization, concluded the
presentation of the case on behalf
Of the men at the second day Of the.
arbitration Of the demands of the
trainment and conductorsin the Man
haitian hotel yesterday before the
federal board selected under the
amended Erdman act.
Elisha Lee, counsel for the rail-
roads. challenged this statement. but
Garretson said that he would prove
it from the records. !. !.
How Men Are DisAhled.
sEverysdaYlle.a aal ldsstrainmeu1usraa
being disabled by the brealing OF
l,airbrakes suddanlys appIted an Amer-s
|gency cases. Doubling the numb of
cars in freight train, Garretson de-
clared, doubled the risk and respon-
sibility. Some, .of, the working econ
omies introduced by railroad man
agements,. he added, really increased
the risk encountered by trainmen,
who pay for the railroads econ
omies in disability funds. Then he.
continued: ..~..,.- .-.,l -
"On the eastern lines one man is
killed every seven hours and fifteen
minutes. One man is manned every
nine minutes
II have seen some of these evils.
corrected said Garretson. These
evils do not exist without a reason.
The idea Of the railroads officials is,
to use a man to the legal limit s
Garretson Knows the Game.
Garretson entered into long dis
cussion of several kinds Of railroad
duty, the scheduled pay of which he
will request to be changed in the di-.
rect demands to be made later in the
hearings. He urged changes in the
railroads management of labor and
explained railroad "piecework.'
Assignment trainmen are assured
a given amount of pay for the
month";" he said. A 'pieceworker,'
who is an emergency worker, may
hold himself in readiness all month
for work and devote as much time to
the service as the assignment man,
and not get equal compensation. He
will be paid for what he has actually
done. not for the time he is in emer-
gency for work.
"'Dead-head' crews are subject to
an abuse we desire to have corrected,
'Dead-head' crews are men who have
run loaded train to given. point,
and on returning to the home start
ing point have no work to do and are
| not paid for the time lost in return
ing" 80 :. 3. #5.s
|: Attacks Double Heading.
"Double-heading." another railroad
practice, was attacked by Garretson.
;...Double-heading'' is placing two en-.
gines on train. He added that this
practice had become general on rail-.
roads, and that often when two en-
gines are not necessary they were.
used in order to give employment to
| more men. Garretson declared that
this practice caused the pay for each
man to be reduced, and often, at the
end Of the run, caused the men to be
laid off at frequent periods without
pay. .5 ..3
w. w. Atterbury, OF the Board of
Arbitration representing the railroads,
asked IL there is any more risk In.
handling double headed than the.
Irregular trains
There is greater responsibility and
greater work. Z replied .Garretson.
The men are overworked without
extra pay. We don't want overtime
work. We want the regular ten-hour
day. and we find that when overtime
is enforced the working day Is speed.
lily shortened 81 many cases by roads
to avoid paying over mo. = sIsSsa
IS Warne, who was at ono time
connected with. the United states Cen
sus bureau. was put on the stand s.
the first Witness Tor the employees
4 His testimony ssras Int tended ato show
the increase tn 5of large tonnaIaa 8
/ since 1yo2 g ma ~ gsl,y teschniosi a
i Ii nct ntshl hisl stes flilInony
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