Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-07

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50 oltogct6cr YOU get about sn7 a
no a." calculated the chairman. Have
yun a family
Yes, sir: wife. four children, two mar
ried, and take care OF my mother The
children not married are in school
"You have been frugal. Them
No. sir. We have lived pretty we'll
But at first the tips were not 40 genor-
Gus. perhapse' went on Mr. Walsh.
soon Found cut.
NO. sir. But as soon as they found
out the kind OF a man was"--- Laugh
ter interrupted the witness at this point
aud he did not finish. lie explained that
there were many wealthy people living
along the lire he travels.
Treat them right and handle them
r.ght and they don't forget YOU" he said.
10 YOU think any porter would set
slnng as we'll as YOU do on this runT'
asked Mr.. Walsh.
NO. sir. Mr.. Walsh; some men would
stsrve on that run"
ThA witness considered his a fair aver
age run, except that the lRyover hours
were advantageous
The next witness was G. H. sylvester
OF New York. a porter ON the Twentieth
Century Limited OF the Lake SHORE h
Michigan Southern road Mr., sylvester
wore a check pattern suit and two dia-
mond rings, His salary, he said, is $3.50
a month. and tips average about VI a
month. -.-
On HUN Thirteen NeRrs.
2! lie is a veteran and has been on the
present run for thirteen years. HIS en-
tftrea TO sass a week from the Pullman
company: he has always earned the small
honus offered by the company: his uni
terms are bought for him because he has
been more than ten years in service, and
no charges have ever been brought
AGAINST him, he said. His train leaves
NeW York In the afternoon and arrives
in chieago the next morning and under
the rules he is not entitled TO any sleep
EXCEPT what he gets during the layover.
"Bu. don't let any OF them tell you
they do not sleep" he said. with a
grin. The man that tells he don't sleep
is a dangerous man don't mean that
ne So to bed, but We nod when we are
supposed to. be on guard an the aisle All
Inc .superintendents here knew that
Bus IL Is against the rule" suggested
ar. W alsh.
s.rhey' do not care about that. all they
care about Is that We don't get caught
Al 1t. We sit up just to guard the car.
aayway: they know IT. and breath Of
iir VIII awaken an experienced porter.
It's Instinct and the car really Is
guarded"
No Charges Made.
And yet charges have never been
brought against you2"
No. because l always figure that there
is a spotter on every train"
But would not the spotter catch YOU
when you napg'
I never do until everybody Is asleep,
Il never do until everybody is asleep,
Commissioner O'Conncr asked what
would be the effect IL congress passed an
anti-tipping law.
why, the porters would simply quit
You can see for yourself, They could not
live on $3.50 a month"
Then would you organise and petition
the eompanyT' pursued the commissioner.
We would Just quit and then tell the
company We could not live on the wages. "
But suppose wages were not raised p
We'll. ! want TO tell you that II the
Dorters were setting nothing but wages
and a passenger with s. In his clothes rot
On he would not be safe"
Former conductors and porters In the
course Of the session testified that on
many runs opportunities for sleep were
few.