The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-03
RAILROAD MEN
PARTIAL VICTORY WON BY THEM
IN ARBITRATION DISPUTES.

Chicago, May 3.-The award in
the western railroad wage arbitra-
.tion recorded here late yesterday al
lowed an increased rate of pay for
firemen and engineers in many in
stances, but is believed by the men to
fall short of their demands. BY rea-
son of the many rules of operation in
volved, no railroad will be able to tell
exactly for a month at least the
amount of money involved.
The award includes several re-
forms affecting hours and conditions
of employment. Representatives of
the brotherhoods expressed disap-
pointment with it, the railroads in a
general way, considered it satisfac-
tory.
The award advanced the rate of
pay to $4,000 engineers. fremen and
hostlers employed on the 140, 600
miles of railway comprising the forty
four western railroads embraced in
hat great area of the United States
and Canada bounded on the east by
the Illinois Central and the Great
Lakes.
In the dissenting opinion filed on
i DHnalI Oh the DIOiltI nOOuN VI tl6AhC
men in which the arbitration was
branded as a failure, the Newlands
law under which 1T was arranged,
was declared to be an inadequate de-
vice for the settlement of Industrial
disputes.
The award effective May 10, is
binding for a year only. and frankly
declared that it was merely postpon-
ing for a year the final settlement of
the difficulties involved.
Railroad members of the board
have issued a final statement critieiz-
ing features of the regulations gov
erning the arbitration, remarking
hat certain concessions, regarded as
intrinsically unjust, were made for
the sake of preserving peace with the
employees.
The essential concessions to men
are as follows:
Standardization of rates of pay on
the weight of locomotives on the
drive wheels.
Overtime pay TO passenger train
iremen and engineers ranging from
"A to rs cents an hour, respectively.
Enginemen of steam power may
transfer to electric power without
loss of seniority rights after May l.,
1915. The board was unable, because
OF the ewness of the electric rail-
way service, to fix rates of pay in de-
tail. but named $3.50 a day as a
minimum for motormen in the pas
senger service and $3.50 for their
helpers; $4.75 for motormen in
freight service, and $2.75 for helpers.
Enginemen of milk trains, circus
trains and other irregular service,
such as pusher and helper, receive
the same rate accorded on through
freights. an increase of from 10 to
Is per cent.
The men will be paid for delay
while in their cab at initial and final
terminals and for time in excess of
thirty minutes spent in preparing
their engines for service.
Switch engine men will receive an
advance in daily pay of 25 cents on
small engines and Is on larger ones
Men held a day from home termi-
nails after twenty-five hours idleness
receive a minimum days pay for ten
hours, based on last service out of
each succeeding twenty-four hours.
until he gets a run.
Through freight wage rates were
advanced 5 to 20 cents, increasing
with weight of engine, and rs cents
on some of the extremely heavy en-
gines.
Way freight enginemen will re-
; ceive 80 cents a day more than
through freight men.
Surprise tests will be conducted In
such a way as not to endanger life
: limb or erves
! Firemen will be assisted where as
! sistance is available In keeping Goa
forwarded and the coal shall be bro
ken into proper sizes at chutes.