El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
To
GET MORE PAY
Arbitration Board Makes
Award in Chicago Case;
Unions Dissatisfied.

J Chicago. Ill. May Though $1,000
, locomotive engineers. firemen and hos
tiers. employed on 10000 miles Of %
/ western railroads will receive higher
wages as a result OF the award made
Friday night by the arbitration board
8 which has been hearing evidence in the
( case for the past several months, the
B unions represented at the hearing ex-
pressed dissatisfaction.
] a dissenting opinion was filed on be-
/ half OF the Brotherhood Of Euginemen,
l in which the arbitration was branded
as a failure, and the Newlands law. IN
| der which it is arranged, an made
Quate device for the settlement of in
I dustrial disputes. The award, which
! is effective May 10, and binding for
one year only, was frankly declared as
merely pQstpOning for a Il month the
actual settlement OF the differences in
volved- The railroad members Of the
I board issued formal statement criti-
cising features Of the regulations gov
erning the arbitration, and remarking
that certain concessions, regarded as
I intrinsically unjust, were made for the
sake Of preserving peace with the en-
plOyes.
Judge letter c. Pritchard, Of Rich
mOnd, Va, chairman Of the board. ex-
planned his position and stated that
] while in his opinion the men in GER
Z tain branches Of the service were en-
titled to greater advances than were
granted, ne had to make cOnces-
sions in order that an award might
be made, and he FOUND much Of a hope
ful nature in the award Charles .Nagel,
Of st. Louis, former secretary Of COM
merce and labor, who. with judge
Pritchard, represented the board Of me
diatlOn and Cancellation on the arbitra-
ton board, was the only member who
issued no statement He is said to have
been deeply offended by the recent at
tack made on him as an arbitrator by
officers Of the brOtherhOOds, who
pointed out that he was a trustee Of
the estate Of the late Adolphus Busch,
and that railroad securities form part
OF the assets Of the estate.
Concessions to Men.
As explained by Mr.. Burgess, the es-
sential concessions TO the men were:
1-Standardization Of rates Of pay on
the weight Of locomotives on drive
wheels
Overtime pay to passenger fire
men and engineers ranging from 81 to
70 cents an hour. respectively.
3-Enginemen OF steam power may
transfer TO electric power when in
stalled. without loss Of seniority rights I
after May /. 1915. The board was IN
able. because Of the newness Of electric /
railroad service, to fix rates Of pay in {
detail. but named $3.50 a day as the /
service and $3.50 for their helpers; /
s4.75 for mOtOrmen in freight service, !
and S2-15 for helpers
4-Enginemen Of milk trains. circus (
trains and other irregular service viii I
receive straight time.
5-Men held a day from home termi- /
nails shall, after ., hours idleness, re-
ceive a minimum DAYS pay for 10 hours, .
based on last service. out Of each sue
ceeding q hours until he gets a run
Freight Wages Increased
Through freight wage rates were 1
advanced TO 20 cents, increasing with I
weight Of engine. and 25 cents on some Z
Of the extremely heavy engines.
Way freight enginemen viii re-
ceive 80 cents a day more than through
freight men
S-Surprise tests will &c conducted In
such a way as not 10 endanger life,
limb or nerves
9-Firemen will be assisted where as
sistance is available, in keeping coal
forward, and the coal shall be broken
into proper size at chutes.
1O.-Where firemen on big engines !
deem an assistant necessary, the mat
ter may. n necessary. be adjusted
through arbitration.
1l-Firemen will not be required to
clean engines. nor will engineers be re-
quired TO iii grease cups. set up wedges
or perform other minor duties about an
engine where others are available to do
the work
12-The weight on drive wheels on
each engine shall be posted where the
enSinemen can have convenient access
TO the Information
Requests Not Granted.
Among the requests which were not
granted were the automatic releases.
time and half for overtime in freight
and switching service and the five hour
day In passenger service The award
on the surprise test. which was mat
ter Of bitter contention in the course Of
the four months hearing. wa precisely
as desired by the railroads but Mr..
Burgess listed il among the results sat
isfactory 20 the men.
Il am satisfied as respects many OF
the propositions advanced We have ap-
preached as near as possible at this
time "a standardization of many rules
and rates, which will in the future tend
to remove many things that have been
the cause OF innumerable controversies
between the railroads and their en-
plOyes"
COmmIssIone-s Give Views.
The statement by II. l. Byram and L.
". Park was brief. saying:
That our signatures to the award ,
,lple or in detail, brief word OF ex-
PLANTATION seems necessary.
To such provisions Of the award as 1
nay confer benefits upon men whose I
present rates and conditions merit ad-
uStmenL, we are In hearty accord: TO ,
hose who. in our Judgment the testf- 9
nony shows to have been literally paid 5
md properly treated. we feelithat moth +
ng additional is due, and in agreeing Z
% changes in their rates and rules and +
% other conditions OF the award. IL was !
'nly because il was made apparent that
hese changes were necessary III we q
we're TO have an award at all It ap- :
Feared necessary to us that for the :
of the principle OF arbi- n
ration for the adjustment Of labor dis
'utes which is the public interest. our y
.uty lay in this direction. even though Z
additional burdens OF expense result" Y