White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-17

United States and Canada and is
travelling all the way from Cleveland
10 occupy the time allotted him
twenty minutes, says the Herald
Republican. The commissioners
have heard the railroads side of the
labor question a great many times,
said Mr.. Stone, but this is the first
opportunity they will have had to
hear from labor's side, and | could
mol afford to let it pass"
Results of the arbitration were not
satisfactory to anyone. The rail-
roads are dissatisfied because the en-
ginemen gained anything at all and
the enginemen are dissatisfied be-
cause they did not get enough or
what they are entitled to. The
men are not being paid enough
These big powerful engines are TAX
ing the best out of men in short space
of time and engineers are going to
scrap heap now at As and so years
of age, while not many year ago
they were considered to be at their
best about that time.
1.-The rules and regulations es-
pecially in the matter of physical ex-
aminations are becoming more and
more strict all the time, so that it
has now come about that a man over
40 years of age, who for any reason
loses his job, though he may have
had many years of faithful service
need not apply for a job. He won't
get it. On SO per cen of the rail-
roads in the United States the age
limit is As years and on the remain
der of them 40 is the limit.
The agreement resulting from
the board of arbitration holds until
May |. After that | cannot say what
will happen. There are two or three
big problems to be worked out and
l cannot foretell how they will be
worked out
Warren s. Stone is one of the
most picturesque figures in the world
of labor today ad bears the distinc-
ton OF being the highest salaried
man in the world. Before he was
made grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers he oc-
cupied a cab on the Rock Island rail-
road for twenty-five years. He start
ed as a fireman on the old Rock Is
land system in Iowa when he was 10
years of age and fired for five years
and six months, when he was pro-
NOTED to be an engineer. He operat-
ed a freight train in the same ter
ritory for nineteen years and six
months. His run was between Rock
Island and Eldon. Ia, and on the
Iowa stretch of the run he ran each
night past the old farm upon which
he was born and where he had spent
his boyhood days. His mother lived
there and every night when he pass
ed he would whistle two short blasts
a welcome to the old folks.
Mr.. Stone was made grand chief Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng
gineers on July 30, 1903, after P. NJ
Arthur, who had been grand chief
for thirty years, dropped dead while
making a speech before his COM
RAIDS at Winnipeg. At the time he
was made grand chief he was chair
man of the brotherhood's general
committee of adjustment of the
Rock Island system.
Mr.. Stone was present at a meet
ing of the local divisions of the
brotherhood, where he talked to
them on the good Of the order. This
is his first trip to Salt Lake since
1894. There is nothing of especial
interest or importance in my trip
here at this time" said Mr.. Stsne
"As i told you, ] was On my way to
San Francisco to talk before the
railroad commissioners in meeting
there Wednesday and stopped off
here to say hello to the boys. l
stopped at Colorado Springs on my
way out and intend to visit in Dem
e while On my way east.
Business in the east is improving
How IT will be at the close of the
wal though We canot tell, nor can we
say when the war will end. To me it