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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10
DEMANDS OF R. R. TRAINMEN.
Wage Increase of $1oo,ooo,ooo a Year
Would Have to Be Borne by Public.

Wage Increase of $1o0,ooo,ooo a Year
Would Have to Be Borne by Public.
The train service employees of all
railroad lines in the United States have
united In demand for a new basis of
pay for all men engaged in operating
trains. except those in passenger serv-
ice. At the present time they are paid
on the basis of ten hours of time or
100 miles of distance, whichever gives
them the higher pay; and every man
receives full days pay, no matter
how short time he works.
The trainmen now demand that, in
all but passenger service, a. the pres
ent ten hours pay shall be given for
eight hours. or less. with a guarantee
of full days pay, no matter how lit
tie service is performed e. overtime
to begin after eight hours, instead OF
after ten hours, and to be paid for at
one and one half times the hourly rate.
These demands would increase the
hourly rate Of pay % r&r cent, and the
overtime rate S712 per cent
They also insist that all special extra
pay provisions Ill Tie lU-uOuT SCueuulcS
shall be included In the proposed
S-hour schedule.
These special rules frequently give
double pay for the same service and
enable the employees to earn two and
three days pay in a single day of
ordinary working hours.
AS the increase for all the lines Is es-
timated to amount to $100,OOOO00 a
year the railroads say that they cannot
pay it unless they are allowed to In
crease freight and passenger rates.
The average wages of the men en-
gagged in train service are already very
much higher than those of other EN-
ployees and they receive % per cent of
the total payroll although constituting
only 18 per cent of the whole number
II railroad workers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10

The railroads have considered every
man whose name appears on the Janu-
airy and December payrolls as an en-
plOye for year, no matter how little
service he performed in the other ten
months. 1t Is pointed out by the man
ayers that these averages are, in con.
sequence, an understatement of the
earning power of these employees.
An Appeal to the Public.
The National Conference Committee,
in making these wage figures public
says:
do you believe in arbitration or
industrial warfare?
"Ihe train employees on all the
railroads are voting whether they
will give their leaders authority
to tie up the commerce of the coun-
try to enforce their demands for
S1O0OOO,000 wage increase.
THE railroads are in the public
service your service. This army
of employees is in the public service
your service.
"Nou pay for rail transportation
S3.0OOOO0,OO0 a year. and A cents
out Of every dollar from you goes
to the employees.
a $100.O0O,O00 wage increase for
men in freight and yard service
Cess than one-fifth of all employees
is equal to a per cent advance in
all freight rates.
"The managers of the railroads,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10
Buy Lumber Now.

The lumber advance is but a small
part.of that in other lines, but it may
jump any day, so the time to do
your building or repairing is now.
Hemlock, white pine, yellow pine,
and specialties in, oak, poplar, cy-
press and cedar, ready for immedi-
ate delivery at real bargain prices,
these days.
Door Hangers Glide Door Hang
ers for barns and other buildings
that simply cannot get off the track
and cause trouble. In stock ready
for use.
Roofings Prepared roofingsfrom
$1.1O to 1925 per roll.
Hydrated Lime, for whitewash-
ing and disinfecting. 15c. cans.
Brick, several thousand straight
hard brick, at 81 so per 100, or in
quantities.
JOSEPH G. LEAR e CO.,
Lambert Street,
LAMBERTVILLE, N. j.
Bell Phone 44R5
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10

Threequarters of these men Qnclud-
ing all those who put in full years
service) earned these wages:
Engineers Toad), 81, $50 to 1924;
(yardD, $1,3O3 to $2,17S.
Conductors Goa6, $1,552 to $1,000;
yard, SLID to $1,991.
Firemen Goad, 1898 to $1,762; yard,
$752 to $1,633.
Brakemen road, $500 to $1,7O7;
(yard), 1881 to $1,635.
For the whole country the average
wages of three-quarters of the en-
ploYes Were:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10
HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records Made
Public by the Carriers.
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
Managers Offer to Leave Question Of
$1o0,o0o,ooo Wage Demands to an Inn
partial Federal Tribunal to Prevent
Disaster of Nation wide Strike.

Disaster of a Nationwide Strike.
New York.-What is probably the
most elaborate study of wages ever
made in any industry has just been
completed by the National Conference
Committee of the railways.
For six months railway accountants
throughout the country have been en-
gagged in collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employee among the
100000 engineers, conductors, tiremen
and brakemen now voting on a ma
tional Strike for new wage scale.
That these employees are one of the
highest paid groups of workers in any
industry is disclosed by the summary
made public today by the railroad
managers.
The average yearly wage payments
to all Eastern train employees Gnclud-
ing those who worked only part Of the
year,, as shown by the 1915 payrolls,
were:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-08-10

tiresome waiting for
the oven to get right
for cake-baking. For
just before the batter
is mixed, light the
burner that heats the
oven; in almost a iiffy
the oven will be ready
ready to bake a cake
that will do anyone
proud.
In place of paper,
wood and coal, a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
FRENCH FORGE ON
IN DRIVING STORM
Take Fortified Towns in Rush Along Somme-Germans
Build Three Lines of Defences-kaiser
Expected on Front Today
By FRED B. PITNEY.
(By Cable to The Tribune.)

severely under the effects of the ter
rife bombardment.
The lightness Of the French losses
is shown by figures for two regiments
that took that part of the German line
OF which Domperre is the centre. The
company that suffered most lost SIX
killed and sixteen wounded. while IN
other companies the losses varied from
eight to fourteen. and in the entire
division the losses, both killed and
wounded. were only $40. This is
proof OF the thoroughness of the
French artillery preparation.
The bottom of the plateau DON'T
mating Peronne allows greatly increased
freedom of movement for the French
troops, and cavalry is playing a large
part in patrolling and reconnaissance.
In all this angle of the Somme only
one point now remains in the hands. OF
the Germans. This ~ Basleaux, from
which radiate seven roads. The helgnts
there are we'll placed for defence. but
they are dominated by those to the
north now in French hands, while the
French are within two kilometres Of
the German position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
local TICKETS NET
SCALPERS 100000
Railroad Begins War to Pro-
tect Communication.

War on ticket scalpers was declared
Yesterday by the passenger department
of the New York Central. The scalpers'
bv renting commutation tickets are
said to have caused the road loss OIL
more than 100000 annually.
A new rule. applied to the sale OF
o,,,r,,.ation tickets is now awaiting
hearing before the Interstate Com
,nerce Commission. 1t says: In CON
s;doration Of the reduced rate at when
monthly commutation tickets are SOLD
,hoir limitations must be strictly oo-
aorved and no commutation ticket VIII
bo sold to any person, who, having pre-
,,;ouslv purchased such ticket shall
have used it, or permitted it to be used
in violation Of the provisions there'n
contained" - .ho
This rule is already in force on tne
Harlem. Putnam and Hudson River d.
visions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
VILLISTASROUT
CARRANzA NIEN
Bandit Chief Reported
Leading 1000 Out
laws in Person.


IL Paso. Tex, July 5.-Psncho Villa,
with his Wounds healed and his hatred
increased, las resumed hostiliGes and
IS leading an army Of more than 1000
men in Southern Chihuahua, if reports
received here and in Juarez tonight are
true.
According to the reports Villa with
a well organized force attacked on
Monday and practically annihilated
Carranza force of 500 men fifteen miles
south Of Jiminez, killing the Carranza
commander, General Ignacio Ramoz,
and capturing the Carranzista position
on the Corral ranch. Jiminez IS thlr-
teen miles east Of Parral, where there
was q clash between United States
troops and Mexicans when the Ameri-
can expedition was pushing south.
General Ramoz. under orders to
round up and exterminate bandit
force near Jiminez, encountered the
viTistas early Monday morning. Hasty
preparations for defence were made
bv the Carranzistas, Ramoz not daring
n risk making an attack with his in
ferior force.
Led in person by Villa, according 20
the report, the Villistas charged the
Carranza position. using artillery IN
,bo hone Of demoralizing the small
III ls
force. The Villistas we're repeatedly
ron,lsed. but repeatedly returned to
tho assault. For more than twelVe
La,rs until darkness. the Carranzstas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
FOch to Slow Up
Attack on SOmme
lRr Oh. The Tnhuns ]

Paris, July 5. The armies of General
Foch, operating south Of the Somme,
have arrived at a point where there
must be a brief let-up in the advance IN
order not 10 make the mistake Of vast
ing infantry in storming German
trenches before proper artillery prep
aration. Three prominent elements
enter into the situation.
From the Somme south 20 Hill SO,
about two-thirds Of the distance be-
tween Assevilers and Baregx. the
French have taken both the first and
second German lines. They also hold
all the plateau sections dominating the
valley in which lies Peronne. East Of
Peronne. however, there is another
series Of hills. The French advance IN
this region has been such that they
must pause 70 bring up guns OF all cal
ibre before attempting further ad'
vance.
Thorough artillery preparation has
been delayed by heavy rains during the
last two days. These rains at times
have reached proportions of cloud
bursts and greatly hindered movements
Of artillery.
Seizure Of Estrees.
The third point is the extension OF
the advance to the south, which has
been held UP by the exceedingly strong
German position at Estrees. This
southern offensive Is essential in or
der not to limit the advance TO dan
gerously narrow front. Estrees Is a
town OF one street, with a double row
of thick stone-wslled houses extending
f,r,inued on parc 2. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Germans Driven Back by Sue
CeSSful Blows on Both
Sides of River.
HEM TAKEN BY STORM,
ESTREES FULLY OCCUPIED
10000 Prisoners Now Taken by French
Teuton's Losses 60,000-BritiSh
Make Slight Advances.
by Cable to The Tribune.1

London July 5-Ony two miles now lie between General
o troops and Peronn the great railway centre which the
immediate goal of the French drive OH the Somme.
The way has been cleared for quick push that in
erva both banks of the Some to-day the French forces
have struck with undmnished vgor and both strokes have
succeeded.
North If the the second German lines carried
front of more than mile from the arcourt road to
the Somme and the village of Hem taken by storm Thus
the highway that into Peronne controlled by the Allies
South the river the German second line carried
front of than six miles, and the occupation Of the
village of Estrees completed.
With these the French will be able sraighten
the salient directly of Peronne The German hold on
Esree and the Ceryarcour highway had tackled down the
base of this wedge 1t has been loosened
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06

SOMEWHERE NORTHEAST OF
PARIS, JULY s. Estrees and Belloyen
Santerre were taken in a violent hail
storm, accompanied by a torrential
rain. Belloyen Santerre was taken
first. after which Estrees was sur
rounded and the defenders capitulated.
The French found the defence Of
Estrees prepared with the greatest
care. Not only was every house turned
into fort and all connected by sub
terranean passages, but shelters were
dug nearly twenty yards deep and each
shelter and house was protected by
heavy sandbag walls and complicated
wire entanglements.
But the French artillery had levelled
the whole system of defence, and when
Belloy- en- Santerre was taken the Ger
mans surrendered 10 the French troops
that had been on the northern and
western borders Of the town since
Sunday.
Almost all the Germans captured at
Es.rees were Prussians OF the classes
of 1916 and 1917, called up at the be
ginning Of May and sent to the western
front after only seven weeks instruc-
ton. They were joined to recovered
wounded and remnants of the division
decimated before Verdun. and made
into new division for the Somme
battle.
The Kaiser is expected on the Somme
front tomorrow 10 brace up the morale
OF the German troops, which suffered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
french Win Mile on Road to Per0nne;
CQrru S1x-Mile Line South of S0n1n19
NO MORE MILITIA
GOING TO BORDER
frrom The Tribune Bureau J

Washington, July 5.-Thc
War Department will send no
more National Guard troops
to the border except to re-
hevc those already there, it
was announced to-day. Those
which have been ordered to
entrain will so within the
next few days and the others
will remain at home or in
state camps for training.
The President and Sccrc-
tary Baker believe there are
already enough guardsmcn
on the border to care for
patrol duty and to serve in
an emergency. The three ad-
ditlonal regiments offered by
New York, including the
69th, now at Camp Whitman.
will not be needed, they
think, for several months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Son and Daughter Di-
vide Great Fortune
Under Her Will
SMALL REQUESTS
TO OLD FRIENDS
Heirs to Serve as EXeCu
tors Without Bonds
or Accounting.

Bellows Falls, VI, July 5. The will
&C Mrs. Hctty Green, long known as
the wcalthiest woman in America.
leaves the bulk Of her estate to her
son. Colonel t. H. Green. and her
daughter, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks.
The remainder is distributed in small
er bequests TO old friends Of Mrs.
Green.
No estimate Of the total value OF
the estate is contained in the will. and
the closing clause provides that tho
son and daughter shall not he required
TO file an inventory or appraisement. or
give bonds, and shall not be required
TO account in or 10 be subject to the
jurisdiction Of the probate court"
The will. a document OF nine tyre
written pages witt sixteen item. va
filed by Colonel Green and Charles W.
Pierson. an attorney Of New York. in
the office Of Probate Judge Warner A.
Graham. after the funeral of Mrs.
Green. here to-day. Judge Graham set
July 22d as the date for the hearing.
The instrument is dated March 28,
1911. 1t was witnessed by Hoffman
Miller, Of Tuxedo. ~ Y, and James
Smith and Mrs. Fay Smith, Of Hobo
ken. y. ].
Gifts to Friends.
After directing that all expenses in
Cured through Mrs. Green's illness
and funeral shall be paid promptly, the
following tokens Of esteem" are be-
queathed:
Mrs. Herbert p. Bancroft, formerly
Of Bellows Falls, now Of New York, a
friend Of Mrs. Green. $4,000.
Amory A. Lawrence, Of Boston, for
merlv trustee of the estate Of Sylvia
Ann Howland, aunt Of Mrs. Green, SlO,-
600.
Ruth Lawrence. Of 50 Washington
Place. New York, $4,000
Matthew Astor Wilks. husband Of
Mrs. Green's daughter, $4,000, as IAN
appreciation Of having made an ante
nuptial REIMBURSEMENT of any CAIN on
his wifes property"
The viii disposes of the estate OF
Mrs. Green's husband as directed IN his
will. This property goes to the son
and daughter. with the provision that
il is given "to the exclusion Of any in
terest therein or control thereof by any
wife or husband whom he or she has or
may we'd"
Al iewelry. household furniture, porr-
traits, paintings and other personal ef,
fects Of Mrs. Green are TO be divided
oouallv between son and daughter as
they may agree.
Trust Fund for Daughter.
A trust fund is provided for the
daughter. and the son IS directed 20
serve as trustee without pay, that the
daughter may have the benefit OF MS
oxneriences. The will provides that
bonds and mortgages shall be held IN
trust by the son and daughter fof teh
Years. the income to be given y the
daughter every three months and the
capital TO revert 10 her at the termiha-
tion of the trust. -,
The securities 10 be thus held IN
.rrst are 81 900 Of Houston & Texas
Central Railroad general mortgage I
per cent bonds; $4,000 OF main line
Houston & Texas Central hrst mort
gage 3 per cent bonds; Sl6O,OOO OF In
Continued on page I, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
RUSSIANS CUT
LEMBERG LINE
Push On to Railway
Supplying Defenders
of Capital.

! London, July 5.-1he Russian army
advancing on Lemberg has cut the
/ Delatyn korosmezo railway, the line
which supplies the Austrian force de-
1 Tending Galicia Official announce
ment of this success was made by
Petrograd tonight.
With the control of this road in
, Russian hands, the Austrian hold on
Lemberg is threatened seriously. For
it means that the Teutons must fall
back TO the next lateral railway-the
line which runs along the Stryj.
The Russian forces, advancing over
this ground, would hold a position
which fanks Lemberg on the south
and makes the occupation of the
stronghold untensble. Unless the
Austrians evacuate it, they are in
danger of being cut off. And men, not
territory, is the present objective Of
Brussiloif's forces.
The Austrians also have been routed
on the right bank Of the Dniester,
Petrograd states. The Russian sue
cesses followed heavy artillery ac-
ton and a sweeping bsyonet attack
which put the Cars forces in posses
sion of the village of Sadzadka, be-
tween Delatyn and Kolomea.
Resistance Stubborn.
The operations on the Russian front
show not the slightest diminution in
their intensity. Both Russian and
German official communications testify
TO the desperate nature OF the battles.
The Germans are offering stubborn
resistance TO the Russian offensive IN
the Baranovichi region, but on the
whole the Russians appear TO have the
advantage here, and also in the Lutsk
/ region.
4 total Of l58 Russian officers and
23.O25 men were taken prisoner during
the month Of June along the line 70
the south Of the Pripet, where the Rus
SLAMS we're pushing their offensive, ac-
cordins 10 an Austro-hungaria state
ment OF July /.
The official communication from Pet
rograd, issued to-day, reads:
"On the lower Styr and on the front
/ between the Styr and Stokhod, and
. further south as far as the region OF
/ the lower Lipa, everywhere there have
been most desperate battles.
ION the Riga-Dvinsk front, the ar
! tilery duels have grown more intense.
/ Northwest of GodutZieseZki, We dis
/ lodged the enemy from the outskirts Of
i a wood In the region OF Tcherneschkl,
north OF Smorgon, We captured part
Of an enemy position.
Seven enemy sirmen dropped bombs
on Molodechono station. East Of the
Continued on page 2. column 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06

Punta Arenas, the most southeriy
town in the world, situated on 'he
Strait Of Magellan, is the port where
the Uruguayan government has h''eu
ont another relief expedition to rescue
the main body Of Lieutenant shacKie'
tons Antarctic party left on Elephant
Island. =. zach
Sbackleton's first attempt TO reaen
Elenbant Island on vessel lent by
iirnguav failed, and on June % he re,
turned to Port Stanley, Falkland
IslandS .---.---------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06

The Kaiser's troops are making
valiant effort TO stem this constantly
increasing pressure on Peronne. In
some places the French have broken
through the third and last line of
the German defence. The Teutons
are hastily constructing a new line,
but it is hardly probable that it will
be as strong as the three lines
strengthened with twenty months
work, through which the French
have forced a way.
Heavy Counter Attacks.
How important the Germans con-
slider these positions on the Somme
is indicated in the heavy counter at
tacks they launched against the Sor-
mont farm, on the left bank Of the
river and only two miles from Per.
onne, and the village of Belloy-en-
Santerre, between Estrees and Bar
leux.
After the French had taken the sor-
mont farm the Germans made a heavy
attack on Belloy. They succeeded in
winning a grip on the village, thus
denting the French line. But in furi-
Gus battling that followed the French
won back the town again.
Dispatches from the front say that
the Germans are rushing reinforce
ments 10 the Somme front from as far
as Verdun on the east TO Lens on the
north. On the British front, where the
Teuton resistance is sitter, troops were
rushed forward all day yesterday along
the Cologne-Cambrai railway, running
to the centre Of that part Of the Ger
man front on which the British are
attacking.
The British have been able 10 make
only slight advances. They are occu.
pied in beating back heavy German
counter attacks. Between tn Ancre
and the Somme, however. they are
making steady, but slow, progress. Blu,
II the French are 20 advance much
further their left flank must be pro-
tected, and only a British advance on
the north can guard it against flank
ing movement.
Heavy Cost to Germans.
These counter-attacks are levying a
heavy cost on the Germans. lt IS esti-
mated that the kaiser's losses in the
Somme battle are alrsaSy 60,00e. -
number of prisoners taken by the
French is now lmost 10000, and the
British have baggeG 5000.
The desperate opposition the British
are meeting ) constr ed here as mean
ing that the Germans are content 90
yield some ground 20 the French so
long as they can hold the British in
check. in the BELIEF that the main at
tack in the present offensive will be
made By Haig's forces.
The salient between Thiepyal and La
Boselle. about three miles, continued
TO be the hottest point in the battle
on the British front, with the sdyan-
tage swinging one way or the other
hourly.
Having moved their artillery 10 the
hills behind the old lines. the Germans
now are subjecting the British 10 an
intense bombardment. following with
infantry charges. but without apprecia-
bic success, II is perfectly plain that
the British guns must hammer away
still more before they can hope 70
smash the OPPOSITION confronting them.
The French continue 10 advance. bus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
SHACNLETON REACHES
PUNTA ARENAS
South Pole Explorer Ready 10
Start New Relief Dash.

Punta Arenas, Chill, July OH
Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic eN-
nlorer. arrived here to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
W f A T II f r

r,rH TODAY AND TOMORROW
SOMEWHAT WARMER TOMORROW.
GENTLE TO MODERATE NORTH
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS.
ruu Report on rsse t2.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Seizure Of Estrees.

Continued on page 2. column )
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Parleys in Washington.

a high State Department ofhclaI sara
to-day that the negotiations WIN Gar
rama probably would be carried VI,
hencefortb in Washington. The United
States is represented IN Mexico Oi.y
only by a special agent, ana th's
thought TO be handicap TO sueSTssiuI
negotiations there. President "lIsoi'
is understood TO be considering send
ing Ambassador Fletcher 20 Mexico,
but. with Secretary Lansing away ana
the State DEPARTMENTS work piled up