Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27


I sense of the new schedule, since the
the man.
Back pay due under the retro
active increases will be sent to any
man who has been dismissed from
| the railroad service since January 1
or who has entered the Army or
Navy, but not to an employe who
quit voluntarily.
An important principle contained
in the Director Generals order is
| that reductions in hours since 1915
are not to be regarded as increases
in pay. This means that employees
of the four brotherhoods affected by
the Adamson Act are to receive
additions on top\of the increases de-
veloped by that act.
For instance, an engineer who
made 81 a day working ten hours
| in 1915 may have had his pay in
creased to SIS for the same number
of hours under the Adamson Act.
But for the purpose of applying the
new scale. the $5 is considered as
! 81 a day of eight hours. with 81 for
| two hours oVertime.R Consequently,
| the pay will be increased on the
basis of 81 a day, and overtime will
be paid at the same rate of increase.
On this principle train employees.
including memh2rs of the leading
! brotherhoods, Will receive approx
mately the following proportional
increases over 1915 pay, or their
| equivalent when pay is based on
miles operated Passenger engi-
neers, IL per cent; passenger fire.
| men and helpers, 2S per cent; pas
enger conductors, 10 per cent;
passenger baggagemen, 3S per cent:
! passenger brakemen and flagmen,
40 per cent; freight engineers. 15
per cent; freight firemen and help
ers. "a per cent; freight conductors,
20 per cent; freight brakemen and
flagmen. 40 per cent, these men
also must deduct increases granted
since 1915.
s-Hour Day Recognized
The recognition of the eight-hour
basis, though important as a prin-
ciple, does not materially affect the
scale OF new wages granted. For
instance, man who in 1915 received
80 for ten-hour day would now
get S4.2S for ten hours, but this
S4.23 would be considered as $3.3S
for for days work-eight hours
and SO cents for two hours over
time. When readjustments are made
later, involving possibly extra rates
OF pay for overtime. the full effect
- AN nv" PiihSlpiS VIII peCoLHe
more apparent.
In addition to the rule regarding
women's pay, Mr.. McAdoo specified
that where women are employed
their working conditions must be
healthful and fitted to their needs"
The new board of railroad wages
and working conditions is composed
of j. j. Dermody, vice-president of
the order OF Railway Telegraphers;
u. ii. Sines, vice-president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
A. y: wharton, head of the Railway
Employees Department. of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor; +. f.
Gaines, superintendent of motR e
power of the Central of Georgia
Railway; c. Z. Lindsey. maintenance
, of ways engineer for the New York
Central and W. L. Morse, general
manager of the Denver and Salt
Lake Railroad. The board will sit
In Washington, probably continux
ously.
1T shall be the duty of the board -
says the wage order, Ito hear and
/ investigate matters presented by
railway employees or their repre-
sentatives affecting inequalities as
to wages and working conditions,
whether as to individual employees
or classes of labor; conditions aris-
/ ing from competition with employees
IN other industries; rules and work
ing conditions for the several classes
of employees, whether for the coun-
try as a whole or different parts of
the country. The board shall hear
and investigate other matters affect
ing wages and conditions of employ
ment referred to it by the Director
| General. The board shall be solely
I an ADVISORY hOHV and ho1 e
/ its recommendation to the Director
| General for his determination
ms order contemplates a strong
effort to iron out many Inequalities
now existing. The board will deal
with organized and unorganized en-
! ployes alike anCs the railroad admin
istration on its own initiative take
up the claims of railway clerks and
| other unorganized men.