Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-01
Saturday Morning, April 1, 1916.
UP TO THE PUBLlCi

i. UP TO THE PUBLIC!
 There was presented the general managers of railroads throughout the country yesterday general demands by four hundred thousand engineers fire and trainmen for eight hours for days work and tmeand,a half for overtime Exclusive of the men who made demands there hundred of millions of persons the United States who vay in the situation The wage schedules involved would show an increase of 1O0OOOOOO yearly Somebody would have to pay this sum. The somebody" is the public public pocket" that would be hit, and would the public get value received? Review these facts:
 Railways their either from freight passenger rates. . In the final analysis man, woman and child in the country there ateseither for travelling in the prices paid food apparel some other necessity. Thus the public will have pay hundred million year railway engineers remen, conduc tors and tranmen present demands granted Enginemen and tranmen a class today the high paid employees the railroads Railway machinists as class get a rifle more wages than the fremen or brakemen.
 The average pay on the Western roads of all would be the strike for higher is S1296 year. This includes all engineers, remen tranmen and conductors working full time part time average yearly salary school teachers in the United States is less than $500 Cergymen only few dollars annually
 But if these railway employees averaging s1,296 year are given wage increase of million dol year. every clergyman school teacher and citizen will have to help pay it. They cannot avoid it. their directly, they part the American public.
 The railroad only fix it's freight passenger but operate continuously throughout g and overtime in many is absolutely beyond control of the management.
 Railroad terminals generally located that the distance between them be made with freight train in approximately 10 hours with little overtime possible but the actual running time in freight service is dependent upon great many conditions which cannot be arbitrarily fixed such the of the ran the number of trains to be met and passed the number and length of station stops and by weather conditions If certain train movement is not completed within the limit, if switch engine is engaged in certain piece work engine left standing where 1t is. The movement must completed or the train d terminal of kind where it's cars may be loaped unoaded made up trains. Nor can the released they may themselves Their contracts provide that they shall be paid until they
 
 the latter would have be paid full days pay for pleting the trip day, though miles made in doing Under the propoesd rules the crews would have be paid additional 8 the proposed overtime rates The ninth or eleventh of is no more to the railroad than any other hour.
 The railroads believe that while these conditions irregularty frequently long work they
 
 vide for payment either for hours mileage
 The injustice of demand for time and one-half for overtime has been recognized by various boards of arb The which arbitrated demands of the board which in 1913 settled wage versy the and their men missed the demand follows:
 "The in sympathy with the expressed desire recognizes that the payment of time one-half overtime is a well established custom in the building trades and possibly in other trades But wherever prevails, the Board is aware determina- with the employer In rairoadng it is quite ev' that many neither management nor the trainmen prevent overtime; and appears this Board therefore, that punitive overtime is called is trains