Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-02


adi,r paclflcI has the reputation
Sai, 'a,,ine IFS men wei, Fireman
LOT l pr's said his average monthly
StV after the put-of- town expenses
Wase' dednctcd. Vas not above $40.
we y Jossup II the Iron Mountain
,asfifiea to having leen reduced
iln I94th- 10 li1th place on the Sc
li irity list duel he said to the in
ln,Slafion of heater engines He said
,f monthly wage is about $S5.
IN Misunderstanding Story.
q q Kuehl | Burlington fireman,
TOD a tale hat made everybody
the federal tSurt room SILVER. 1t
-, tb.t the kurlington has a GUS
~, ~ causing bme of its firemen to
~, no work of ,witchmen. Mr.. kuehl
o.id that standing for long periods
:. front Of billing hot flre-bo and
nserting himseF strenuously with a
s,oon shovel mae him not only phys
Talv exhausted but caused his
dothes 10 become dampened with
respiration and overheated his body
.,In the dead of winter when the
thermometer is very low. firemen on
our road are compelled to leave their
'oromotiye cab pnder these conditions
and perhaps w1k for mile or more
IN n switch andtlo the work a switch
man is paid fo doing. 1t is like go
ing from a nd room in Turkish
hath to an ice bouse. Our clothes are
damp when welleave the engine, but
before we WALL very far they are
frozen as stiff Is a sheet of TIM"
Mr.. Kuehl sid that he worked
from thirteen TO fifteen and half
A., IN
pet as high sS129 month--his
5eak point. Hetold President w. S.
Carter of the fremens brotherhood,
who was exannng the witness, that
he would muci prefer to work eight
hours as other artisans do at higher
rate. even If tie pay check at the end
Of the month we're not quite 80 large,
His pay. he sid averaged 35 cents
an hour
MIR. Modenbph was recalled to the
stand Monday to give further details
Of the surprise test which caused in
jury to himself and to Engineer
Thompson Of The Rock Island road,
concerning witch he testified last
saturday. Attorney James Sheean,
representing he companies, endea-
yored to minimize the effect of Mr.
the arbitrator that efforts had been
made to get q record of the accident
without avail Mr. MOdenbach stuck
TO his story saying the details were
absolutely correct, and whether the
Rock Island Officials corroborated
the account q not, he would vouch
for it. The clmpanies are now try
ing to learn the whereabouts of En-
gineer Thomson and If they reach
him, President Carter desires to put
him on the stand.
Surprise Test" Odious.
Incidental 10 the Modenbach testi-
mony, both Mr. Carter of the fire.
mems brotherhood and Warren 5.
stone, grand chief of the engineers
brotherhood, bottled the arbitrator
that if the mon fail to get relief from
the 0dous surprise test through leg
isaton or though an act of the ar
bitrators, they would take matters in
their own hands. Neither Mr. Carter
nor Mr. Stons desired to intimidate
the board, th,y said, but they very
plainly stated that the men were tired
of receiving Promises from the COM
panies concerning lessening the dan
gers Of the surprise test and If some
thing was not done by this arbitration
board the men would act accordingly.
The word strike" was not used by
either of the brotherhood executives,
but their meaning was clear.
Mr.. Stone also insisted that If the
companies. wien they give their evil
dence, are to produce figures showing
the pay a typical man" receives In
various lines If locomotive work, the
brotherhoods will ask that the pay
rool upon which the typical man" is
shown he offered in evidence to the
board. Mr.. Stone said he feared that
the typical man" presented by the
companies might not be typical but
would be an Imaginary person receiv-
ing very high pay That is the reason,
he said. the b'Otherhoods wanted to
show that other men on the same
payroll probably were getting smaller
wages. The companies showed dis
position to meet Mr., Stone half way
on this proposition.