The chronicle=news., 1914-12-09

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The Olive Tsblet Company: Columbus: .;
these surprise tests are kept up 1t
will be no uncommon thing for en-
gineers to be found dead in their
cabs. When suddenly white light
again is flashed before him. he has
the right of way. and he discovers
that the whole event has been stage
affair. That is, some miner official
of the railroad has gone to the trou-
BILE of arranging conditions with the
deviiish idea of giving old employees
of the line severe trial.
What we object to. Mr.. Chair
man. Is not fair surprise test, or
rather an efficiency test. as 1t should
be termed. but to the test which is
|overdrawn, which Is not routine
affair of travel, and which the en-
gineer and firemen probably never in
their careers would have to face. This
condition has become so bad that We
have even sought legislation on It..
In Kansas, we will show. law has
been passed forbidding offensive sur
prise tests. However. we will show
that despite this law railroads in
Kansas still are rcsortins to it,
The gist Of the testimony OF NJ. W.
Cadle. Mr.. Stones associate, during
two days OF grueling examination
and cross examination was to the ef-
feet that throughout the west,
among the 9S railroad companies
which figure in the arbitration pro-
ceeding. here and there railroads
will be fond to be paying as high
in many cases higher-rates as the
engineers and firemen are now re-
|questing.
Walter D. Moore In his testimony
offered an exhibit for the firemen
which contained many OF the i'm
portant rules and regulations gov
erning the wages and work of the
railroad employees III western terri
tory; also the 16 articles in the en-
ployes' program of requests. From
this book it was shown by Mr.. Moore
that what Mr.. Cadle has said con-
corning various railroads already
meeting wages and WORK conditions
OF the engiiieers. applied as we'll to
liremen and hostlers.
William $. Carter, "Bill." as the
5.OOU men of the firemen's Organi-
cation generally call him, one of the
picturesque figures at the labor hear
ing, took the stand Thursday and
presented exhibit No. 3, which en-
phasized the following two all I'M
pcrtant contentious of the railroad
employees in their request for wage
I. That the basis of fireman S
or engineers pay should DC weight of
the locomotive on its driving wheels.
2. That the wages OF employees
should increase according to their
ability to earn more money Tor their
Mr.. Carter in his exhibit showed
that d. A. Worthington. at the time
a member OF the eastern managers
which conducted arbitra-
tion proceedings for eastern railroads
in 1912, went OH record as saying
that he considered weight-on-driv-
as the only proper method
of rightrully estimating employees
wages: that w. c. Nixon, chairman
of the mana gers committee of west
ern railroads the year before. In a
letter. made similar admission. MI
Carter also showed that Mr.. Worth
ington declared publicly that the
engineer is entitled to his share Of
the increased productivity Of his la
Dor"
Mr.. Carter, during his cross-ex-
animation emphasized that the high
or cost Of living and the installation
IF modern safety-fivst appliances
must be considered in determining
the justice of The railroad employees
demands. Io also said lie believed
that where new inventions enabled
a railroad to draw heavier and longer
freight trains without increased
work for the engineer and fremen
in the locomotive cab, the latter-day
ides. of profit sharing should enter
the situation and enable employees to
participate in the greater emolu-
merits coming 10 the company.
Mr.. Steinbergcr, the last witness
Offered in evidence book of 1873
pages, considered by many railroad
men as the most remarkable docu-
ment eve.' offered in any arbitration
nearing. This exhibit contains the
rates OF wages now in effect and the
rates requested upon every class of
locomotive used Gil the IS lines rep
resented at the inquiry. 1t required
months Of work by Mr.. Steinberger
at tic head OF a corps of assistants.
ana is expected to- be of vast benefit
to tlc arhitrators i'll determining the
Justice OF the mems requests.