Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-05-05
helpers in freight electric service was
awarded: .

helpers In freight electric service was
awarded;
A minimum Of 30 cents per 100 miles
or less, was added to the rates Of pay
which formerly applied to local freight
service, both for engineers and fire.
men, according to the class Of engine;
In switching service on engines less
than 100000 pounds on drivers, engi-
neers are to receive $4.25 and fire.
men $2.70; on engines 100000 pounds
and over on drivers engineers will re-
ceive $40 and firemen $275; on NAL
let engines Of 275,00O pounds or less
on drivers the rate will be $5.15 for
engineers and $500 for firemen; on
engines over 275,00O pounds on driv-
ers engineers will receive $40 and
firemen $4.25.
A little change regarding prepare
tory time was made in that the arbi-
traitors ruled that an engineers or
f1reman's time will commence at the
time he is required to report for duty
and will conclude at the time the en-
CINE is placed on designated track;
final terminal delay, after the lapse of
thirty minutes will be paid for the
full delay at the end of the trip.
The articles regarding automatic
release of engineers and firemen was
denied. The award granted the men
continuous pay for all time held away
from home terminals after % hours
from time relieved from previous duty
at the rate per hour paid for the last
service performed;
Engineers and firemen deadhead-
ing were given compensation for &C
tual mileage at the rate of 4.3 cents
per mile for engineers and rs cents
per mile for firemen;
Minimum pay for hostlers is to be
$4.20 per day of II hours or less and
engineers and firemen will have pre-
ference for positions as hostlers. All
other roundhouse employees handling
engines over Is per cent of their time
will receive $500 for II hours, or
less;
Surprise tests were not done away
with but step forward was taken by
the board ordering that they be con-
Quoted under conditions not hazar-
dous to the employees;
1t was ordered that on coal burning
locomotives the coal shall be SHOW.
eled forward at specified points when
ever necessary, or by men riding on
locomotives for that purpose, and coal
Of proper size for firing purposes
shall be placed on all tenders;
Provision is made that if two fire.
men are considered necessary on coal
burning locomotives in freight SER
vice, weighing over 100000 pounds on
drivers, the matter shall be taken up
with the proper officials of the indi-
vidual railroads by brotherhood COM
mittees;
It was ruled that on railroads where
firemen are required to clean locomo-
tives they shall be relieved Of that
duty;
Engineers and firemen who have
been required to set up wedges, fill
grease cups.or clean headlights are re-
lieved of such service at all points
where competent roundhouse forces
are employed;
A step forward with respect to
standardizing wages was made when
the board handed down the following
rule regarding classification of en-.
gines by weight on driving wheels:
For the purpose of officially classify
ing locomotives each railroad cOmpa-
ny, party to this arbitration, will keep
bulletin at all terminals showing &C.
tual weight on drivers Of all engines
in it's service"
No general rule as to engineers and
| firemen throwing switches or tagging
through blocks or filling water cars
was laid down;
Finally, the board denied the right
a part or whole Of any rule awarded
by the board and coupling it with a
part or a whole Of any rule existant
and thereby creating new condition
The foregoing principal points are
offered as matter of history. For
nearly six weeks in executive session
F. A. Burgess, Assistant Grand Chief
Engineer Of the engineers brother.
hood, and Timothy Shea, Assistant
President of the firemen's brotherhood,
as members of the arbitration board,
fought for greater concessions to the
men. They were unable to make head
way chiefly on account of the seem
ingly antagonistic attitude Of Charles
Nagel, one of the neutral members.
Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, the other
neutral member and chairman of the
board, frequently sided with Arbitra-
tors Burgess and Shea when there was
a division on any specific article.
The brotherhoods, however, re-
ceived so little consideration from the
board as a whole that Messrs. Bur-
CESS and Shea refused to sign the