Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-01-27
OKLAHOMA MAN ON
STAND IN CHICAGO
Engineman Denied That He
Was Injured in "Sur-
prise Test

CHICAGO. Jan. 25.-E Eighteen mil
lion dollars would cover the normal
increase Of payrolls OF western rail
roads If they granted the demands of
tho enginemCn now being arhitrated
here, according TO a statement made
at the hearing here today by Warren
$. Stone, of counsel for the men.
He made the statement in the course
Of cross examination OF j. II. Kecfe,
assistant general manager OF the Gulf,
Colorado a Santa Zee railroad, who
estimated the added cost at more thar
forty million dollars. keefe's figures
were based on actual payrolls for Oc-
tober, 1918, and showed, he alleged,
just what the payroll would ave been
had the demands of the men been in
force.
Stone quoted reports showing this to
have been the busiest month in several
years. lie took up the increases In
detail in an attempt to show that how
they would work out, keefe showed,
for instance, where a turn-around run,
If operated under the rule requested
by the men, would pay the engineers
$1,000 a month. Stone remarked that
these instances were rarities.
you don't imagine and we don't,
that any railroad would ever pay such
a HdlhlNs he Itllldl hths NhUllh1N
that figures in your $40, OOO, 0O0.' Wit
ness said that 1t did.
Hopes for Compromise.
Judge Peter c. Pritchard, chairman
Of the board of arbitration, attempted
to get the two sides to agree on a
method Of operating surprise tests.
James Nj. Sheean, attorney for the
railroads, said that the general man
"a paTgt ppnNpNiftna MO nnnAGaI 10 dan
geTous surprise tests, out would not at
tempt to impose on all the roads just
how tests should be conducted, be-
cause conditions vary IN different
roads.
w. L.. Park, vice president Of the
Illinois Central. and n member Of the
board, said that he had acted on a
committee representing the Hartman
roads at which a standard for such
tests had been agreed upon. At this,
w. S. Carter, representing the men,
said:
II am much impressed with what
Mr.. Park has said. AS he did find II
possible to standardlZe these tests, |
and Mr.. Stone will agree to act with
counsel for the other side as the chair
mar suggests"
f. A. Burgess, representing the men
on the board. said that the two sides
seemed Inadvertently to have agreed"
on one point at least and Charles
Nagel, a neutral member, remarked
that 1t was a happy development"
when Stone said that he had not UNI
derstood that the railroads had agreed
on the point. Sheean confirmed this
and Stone said that they were still
where they had been for 10 years.
Oklahoma Man Testifies.
w. w. Thompson OF Plymouth,
Mich, denied that he was injured at
Dover, Okla, six years ago as a result
OF a surprise test, o. +. Modenbach,
who testified a month ago that he
and Thompson both Jumped from
their engine at the time. repeated his
original story and tho matter was al
lowed to rest there, Judge Prltchard
remarking that there had been enough
discussion of surprise tests. He
thought II would DO unnecessary for
Stone to bring In a trunk full OF re-
ports of such instances which Stone
said he had in his possession.