Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-01
AWARD IN WESTERN
WAGE ARBITRATION
Advances to Some Extent Pay Of
$4,000 Engineers, Firemen
and Hostlers.
IN NATURE OF COMPROMISE
Declared in Dissenting Opinion
as Merely Postponing for
Year Actual Settlement.

CHICAGO. April 30-An arbitration
award. advancing to some extent the
pay OF $4,000 locomotive engineers.
nremen and hostlcrs on ninety eight
Western railroads. was signed here to-
day.
y dissenting opinion was nled on
behalf of tho brotherhood OF Engine
men. in which the arbitration was
branded as 1t failure. and the New
lands law, under which II was ar
ranged, an inadequatc device for settle
ment OF industrial disputes
The award. effective May 10. and
binding for one year only, was frank
ly, declared, in the dissenting opinion.
as merely postponng for n twelve
month the actual settlement of differ
cnces. The railroad members of the
board issued Il formal statement criti-
ciHinE features of tho regulations gov
crning the arbitration. and remarkinc
that certain concessions regarded as
unjust were made for the sake of pre-
serving peace with the employees
PRTTCHARD FINDS MUCH
OF HOPEFUL NATURE
Judge letter c. Pritchard. chairman
OF the board, declared that, while, in
ms opinion, tho men in certain
branches OF tho service were entitled
TO greater advances than were made.
he had to make concessions that an
award might be made, and he found
much of a hopeful nature In the award
Charles Nagel. former Secretary of
Commerce and Labor. who. with Judge
Pritchard. represented the board of me-
diation and Cancellation. was the only
member who issued no statement
fie is known to have been deeply Of
Tended by the recent attack made on
him by officers OF the brotherhoods
who pointed out that he was n trustee
OF the estate OF the late Adolphus
Busch, and that railroad securities
form part OF the assets Of the estate.
The brotherhoods were represented
on the arbitration board by +. A. Bur-
CESS. Louisville, Ky, OF the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers. and
Timothy Shea. Peoria, ILL.,, of the
! brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Engincmcr The railroad mem
bers were: w. l. Park. Chicago, vice
president of the Illinois Central. and
H. e. Byram. Chicago, vice president
OF the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy.
ESSENTIAL CONCESSIONS
EXPLAINED ny BURGESS
AS explained by Mr. Burgess. the
essential concessions to the men were:
/. Standardization OF rates OF pay on
the weight of locomotive on drive
wheels.
:. overtime pay to passenger fire.
men ana engineers, ranging from a.
TO ." cents an hour. respectively.
3. EnGinemen OF steam power may
transfer TO electric power when in
nf
after May /. 1915.
CThc board named $3.50 Il day as the
minimum for passenger motormen and
$3.50 for their helpers: 1915 for
! freight motormen and Sa.75 for help
ers)
4. Engincmen of milk trains. circus
trains and other irregular service get
an increase amounting 10 from 10 10 10
per cent
>. The men will be paid for dclay
while in their cabs and at initial and
final terminals. and for time in cXccss
Of thirt% minutes spent in preparing
their engines for service.
6. Switch cncinemcn will receive an
advance in daily pay of 25 cents on
small engines and l5 on large ones.
q. Men held away from home term
inals shall, after twenty-five hours
idlcness. receive a minimum days nav
Of ten hours, based on last service out
OF each succeeding twenty four hours
until he gets II ran.
s. Through freight wage rates were
advanced to 81 cents. and % cents
on some OF the extremely heavy en-
gines.
{? Way freight enginemen will re-
coivc 50 cents a day more than throupb
freight men
10 Surprise tests Will be conducted
in such way as not to cndangcr life
limbs or nerves.
II. liremcn will be assisted where
assistance is available In Keeping coal
forward
u. Where nremcn on big engines
ask an assistant. the matter. IL ncces-
sary, may be adjusted through arbi
tration.
IL. Firemcn will not he required to
clean engines.
IA. The weight on the drive wheels
OF each engine shall be posted where
the cngincman can have convenient ac-
cess to the information
NUMBER OF REQUESTS
NOT GRANTED DY BOARD
Among the requests not granted we're
the automatic release, time and a half
for overtime in freight and switching
service and the fvc-hour day In pas
scngcr service. The award on the sur
prise test was as desired by the rail-
roads, but Mr.. Burgess listed IL anon.
the results satisfactory to the men
Judge Pritchard's statement follows.
in part:
II deem il proper TO say that, in my
opinion, the freight rates, as we'll as
the yard rates, for nremen and engi.
ncers agreed upon arc not as high rs
they should be. Nevertheless, tic rules
as respects weight on drivers, time con-
stituting days work. initial and ter
minal delay and overtime passenger
rates and rules and other rules accord