Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-11
c. a N. w. VOLUNTARILY IN
cREAsEs PAY OF opERAr-
ING EMPLOYEES.
BELIEVED TO PREsAoE
ACTION OF OTHER LINES
Substantial Advances For Engine and
Trainnen on All Parts Of Line
Passenger Conductors to Receive SIS
Per Month Additional, Other Pro-
portionate Raises.


Northwestern railway lines were
granted new schedule almost identi-
cal with the demands made by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and Firemen which threatened to tie up
the traffic over the entire United
States.
The startling and unheralded move
of the Northwestern lines is said to
western roads which are now awaiting
arbitration on the dispute with the
men at the throttle.
The trainmen are said in the begin
ming, to have been firm in their de-
rnands on the roads, but later. in fear
Of losing their positions, tempered
their demands to a modest note.
This is said to have met with SYM
pathy of the head officials and Il. view
of the action of the enginemen, lead
them to the decision, made and gone
in effect on one line already. 1t is
thought in many quarters to be a re-
buke on the men who were ready to
strike
Substantial Increases.
Substantial increases are made in
salaries of all trainmen of the North
western.
The new schedule went into effect
Aug. l on the Northwestern and meets
the demands asked for. At the time
that the enginemen on the various rail-
roads of the middlewest began nego-
tiating for revised schedule which
would better their working conditions
and for higher wages, the trainmen
also instituted their desires along
similar lines They made their demands
more moderate, however. and in
much shorter time and with less ar
bitration the trainmen have been
granted the considerations asked for.
while the enginemen are still in the
air.
All passenger trainmen receive
10 per cent increase in wages, which
means that the conductors will receive
about SIS more per month. Freight
trainmen receive practically no in
crease.
Time For Terminal Delays.
All classes of trainmen receive q
guarantee of covering 5000 miles per
month, which is an increase Of 400
miles over the former schedule
All trainmen are relieved of many
duties about the trains, such as coupl-
ing air and steam hoses and the re-
brassing of cars. This work is now
done by employees of the car depart
ment.
Under the new schedule trainmen
get time for terminal delays. If a
train is delayed in arriving at q ter
minal. trainmen are paid for the delay
as is also the case if train is delayed
in leaving a terminal. Mason City
yards have formerly been divided and
when train left the north yards, it
was considered that the train had
pulled out Hereafter, with the limits
of the yards extended to the city limits
train is not considered to have pulled
out until it leaves the city. Increases
and compensations are allowed also in
deadheading, in cases where men are
held out of service for investigation
and rest compulsory under the sixteen
hour law.
The C. & n. w. is the first of the
ninety-e eight railroads involved in the
enginemen's threatened strike to have
put out new schedule. This schedule
governs only trainmen. 1t is thought
that many other roads will fall into
line and follow the example Of the
Northwestern Railroad men declare
the new schedule to be clear and COM
plete and granting satisfactory condi-
tons.