Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-02
FIREMAN s LIFE
IS NOT QUITE A
DREAM Of PEACE
Evidence introduced at Hear
ing in Chicago Indicates
That Their Calling Is Dis
tinctIy PrecariOuS.
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Chicago. Jan. THAT the 0ccupa-
ton Of a locomotive fireman 3 pre-
carious was the dominant note struck
at this weeks hearing IN Chicago OF
! the wage requests of employees on
( western railroads. The federal arbi-
iratlon board Of six members has sd
iourned to reconyene Monday. Janu-
airy =. Judge Peter G. Pritehard
3 chairman, has gone to Ashville. $. c..
7 20 pass the holidays Charles Nagel.
I Of ST. Louis, the other neutral mem
Z Der of the board. is in ST. Louis. where
he Will spend the gala season. The
other members Of the board-two rail-
/ road officials and two represents
tiyes Of the engineers and firemen's
hr0therhoods-Wil pass the next ten
days IN their respective home cities
Eight witnesses were heard prior 30
adjournment, all firemen. They We're.
o. IT, M0denhach. Of the Rock Island
railroad. running on the Oklamoha d.
vision. g.. b. Vance. of the Illinois Cen
trail road. running on the Centralia-
Cairo division y T. Hicks. Of the
Colorado Southern, running between
Trinidad and Pueblo, a. Z. Jacoby. OF
the Wabash railroad with Moberlr,
Mo. as his headquarters: +. o. Live
say, of the Oklahoma & Gulf railroad.
running out OF DennisOn, Tex W. r.
Stevens, a Canadian Pacific fireman
running out OF Calgary; c. r. Jessup,
Of the st Louis. Iron Mountain x
Southern railroad. with headquarters
at Arge nta, Ark. and b. G. Kuehi. Of
Aurora, H., Burlington fireman.
Coal ShOyelied by Wholesale.
The features Illuminating the state
meuts that q flreman's occupation is
precarious We're the following
Witnesses showed that locomotive
firemeu DO western territory shovel
from eight 20 twenty-five tons az coal
unaided. according to the length OF
their run and the character Of the
service they are ia.
The length of a firnman's day APP
pareRuy j. much longer than that II
other trades as it runs from ten 20 six
teen hours
Railroads have been reducing the
number Of fremen In the last two
Years not only because OF slack bust
ness but more generally by reason
oi the installation Of heavier locomo-
tiyes
Heavier locomotives have displaced
thousands Of smaller engines. have
Young engineers to the scoon shovel.
have crowded firemen down man,
points on the seniority list who ma
iurallF ranged behind the engineers.
and have also resulted in the actual
dism Ssal 81 an unknown number OF
locomotive firemen.
Tho average nav az a locomotive
fireman is about $3.50 a dav
For instance. Mr.. Vance OF the ILL.,
nois Central. said that foriy-fve fire
men had been laid off recently. AZ
though his roads business had been
very good the past year He said ne
thought the firemen had been dis
missed because engineers had been
denoted TO fremanS work. AIR.
Vance testified % the fact OF shovel
lng between seven and eight tons Of
coal on short passenger run Of about
our hours Firemen Hicks. Of the
olorado Southern. asserted that he
actually had shovelled from nineteen
20 twenty-five tons Of coal without
my help but had worked from Twelve
% thirteen hours at the job
Tells Tales Cut Of School
II remained for A. p. Jacohy. az the