Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-12-02
BOARD HEARS R. R.
QUESTION DISCUSSED
- rRATIoN OF QUESTIONS AT
ISSUE BETWEEN SERIAL
ROADS AND So, 900
EMPLOYEES
UNDER NEWLANDs ACT ARel.
TRATioN is REsoRTED TO
lNsTEAp OF A GENERAL
STRIKE

When the arbitration of questions
at issue between ninety-eight western
railroads and $4,000 of their employees
began at Chicago Monday a board an,
pointed under the Newlands act. the
representatives of the men set ont
TO prove that every one of their six.
teen demands, with two exceptions
OF a comparatively minor nature. are
In actual existence on some roads. al
though no one road has granted all
of them.
or the six arbitrators two were an.
pointed by the roads, two by the men
and two-Judge Peter C. Pritcbard
and Charles Nagel-by the Govern.
ment- Judge Pritchard was chosen
chairman. Then he and his fellow
members settled into their chairs
and for. fve hours listened to a sol
Id volume of statistics ELECTED nv
warren S. Stone, grand chief engi-
neer of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
i've Engineers, acting as counsel for
the men, from his first witness, NJ.
w. Cadie, an assistant grand chief
engineer of the organization.
Stone Outlines Employees Case.
The railroads were represented by
A. w. Trenholm, chairman of the
conference committee of managers
appointed by the Western Associa-
ton of General Managers, several of
his colleagues on the committee and
as attorney by James M. Sheehan.
Stone outlined his case briefly, and
then introduced exhibit 1" which
proved to be a paper bound volume
OF 935 pages containing upwards ,u,f
hNf million words.
'this exhibit" he explained. ICON
fains all the records of agreements
'between the enginemen and the rail-
roads in the hearing
BY its bulk it was regarded also as
ample explanation of the expectation
that the hearing will last three
months,
Summary OF Demands
A summary of the demands read
and Witnesses replies follow:
1-One hundred miles or less, flve
hours or less, will constitute a days
work in all classes Of passenger SER
vice. All mileage in excess of 100
miles shall be paid for pro rata. To
indicate the justice of this demand,
Cadle said that this agreement was
already in effect on many railways.
Two railroads in southeastern terri
tory, he said, make four hours work
ing day for enginemen
2-One hundred miles or less, ten
hours or less will constitute a days
work in all classes Of service except
passenger and switching. All mile
age In excess of 100 miles shall be
paid for pro rata. Ten miles run will
be the equivalent of one hours SER
vice performed or vice versa. Wit
ness said that this rule is quite gen.
eral and that few railroads even
had nine and eight hour days.
Basis Of Overtime comnutation
3-Overtime in passenger service
will be computed and paid for on a
basis Of twenty miles per hour at a
rate for each class of engine used.
4-Overtime in all other service ex-
cepting passenger and switching will
be computed on basis of ten miles
per hour and paid for at the rate Of
fifteen miles per hour, at rate for
each class Of engine used. All over
time will be computed on the minute
basis. Cadle testified that this ar
rangement has the sanction of many
roads. It's real purpose is to elimin-
!, ate overtime which enginemen re-
,S@ent.
ndl Pay For Pushers
6-Pushers, helpers, mine runs,
work trains, wreck trains, belt line,
transfer and other unclassified ser
vice will be paid through freight rate
according tocthe class of engine.
6---Thls demand concerns the re,
tention Of concessions granted to en-
ginemen when they are transferred
to electric OF gasoline engines.
7--Crews on local freight or mixed
trains shall be paid 10 per cent more
than those on through freight tralns
with proportlonate overtime.
Compensation For Delays.
9--Thirty minutes preparation In
addition TO all other time shall be al
lowed This demand is designed tc