Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-12
CHARGES AGAINST RAIL HEADS ARE
 SUPPLEMENTED
Acting President of Fneman's Union Asks Time and a Hal Overtime Based On a Minute Schedule.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. IL Charges by representatives of other brother hoods that the railroad homogeneous have svaded or sought to discredit the operation of the eight hour law. were supplemented by the statements of Timothy Shea, acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen. Enginemen and HOstlers. at tOday's hearings of the railroad wage commis- sion
 We want time and half for over time. computed on a minute basis. MT. Shea said
 ''I think I can say that if this penal ty is imposed. very little overtime will be paid for the arrangements will re- adjust the working shifts to eliminate it"
 Mir Shea asserted that many roads had returned to the eight and nine hour basis and that in the case of host lers, some roads had undertaken to re- classify them so that they would not come under the eight hour law He cited particularly the Atchison. TOpe- ka and Santa Fe railroad. where he said hOstlers were performing their old tasks under a new name. working twelve hours at the old rates
 criticizes Report
 The report of the commission head ed by Major General GOethals. which investigated the workings of the eight hour law in accordance with the act of congress. was declared by Shea to be filled in great part with forecasts of what the railroads believed would be the cost of the law. rather than the actual expense of operation
 The roads have sought to make the aplication of the law as expensive as possible for two reasons" he said First, they wanted to discourage any suggestions for time and a half over time. and second. they wanted. what ever the cost of the new basic day, to have the bill paid by the public. in- stead of the roads.
 They succeeded in having incOrpOT- ated in the commissions report state ments that originally were prepared for presentation as partisan evidence"
 Increases in pay asked by MT. Shea for members of the brotherhood amounted to 10 per cent genarally. with a minimum wage of S3.50 a day.
 The possibility of basing the pay of firemen on the coal used, with a view to saving fuel. elieited numerous Ques- tiOns from Secretary Lane, chairman of the commission and the frank hos tility of the union leaders to any such system
 Opposes Bonus System
 We found when I was on the inter state commerce commission MT Lane said. that less than 10 per cent of fuel units were utilized. We are in terested very greatly in making time with trains to relieve congestion and also in the saving of fuel Could not the firemen be paid on a basis of the use of cOal?"
 "A bonus system?- asked Mir. Shea quickly. T would oppose any such plan It was tried on the Pennsylva- mia lines east and experience showed there was no accurate way Of measur- ing the fuel. The experiment caused more confusion and dissatisfaction than any other innovation I ever knew The bonus system makes a certain class of employees dishonest and I am opposed to ask anything with such tendency
 There should be competent instruc- tors to teach firemen about combus- tiOn, although as a matter of fact we are not burning coal on railroads any more To use the railroad term. it is real estate-slag. slate and dirt"
 MT Shea will continue his discus sion of the eight hour commissions re port tomorrow
 Protests Received
 Dozens of letters were put into the record protesting against the recent testimony of w C. Lee. head of the trainmen's brotherhood. referring to train dispatchers as train delayers- They came from employees of railroads in the west