Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
RAIL LROADERS GET
WAGE INCREASE
AND 8-HOuR DAY
s2s 600. 900 Annually Added to
Pay Rolls of Carriers oy MIC
Adoo's New Schedule.
IN EFFECT ON JUNE !
" AsuINGro<. MAY -

W G. McAdoo, director general "i
railroads, has approved the findings
II the Railroad Wage tommssi"n
submitted 10 him n the close Of Aprh,
with four important rrNsions h'~e
were.
>,.onf4ncc ol The basic eight hour
d3> -, al classes ot railroad enplo(cS.
Increasing the wage ot common 'alnr
t,,a and our-hHlf ,cutS 8u hour over th'
rate nf December. 1917. where the wage
commission recommendations were less
than that amount CO.. g.
T,1inu a minimum wage oi tlttN-hve
cents an hour for mRchlmsts, h'iett',hNot7 =
bI.cksmitbs and other shop mechanics
-, NV, hccn receiving the Same hourly
rate
Il,rinc negro 6rcmen. trarnmen anu
,,,trb,nen upou the same hasls oi pay
,aubite mon employed III slmlnr positions
In addition the director general ac-
,r,,tcd tbe recommendation of the COM
mite, for pcrinanent board t" study
,.e ,,nditIans ~ he known as hoard
~ ~a,l,,av wages and working conditions.
,,l,.b shall CONSIST If the following
mcmlers = !,
! Dcrmodv. I Gaines. 9 -
La.lscy. " l Mnrse G y Sines and
q Wharton
Ibe my, -,nlo If wages SGT IN tho amend
.d rcpori Is - hc rald commencing
.I,nr lint. N addition the mon WI
rr,c,,, i-,ek paH from january :, ~ =
tn an cases where the new "age eN'''1S
~ ia, tho, formerly rooo'ved y
vas estimated that tic amount add'o y
r,,rsII- ii talfrae,i- vruii T., ~ the
usrlI4rbo,,d ~ S1l.unoHm
Ilupr-uorR r>l
rt4- v.H ...ae rntnelv tra'n thc M
-..4,t..i ..,f.n..u .1ietr. 'nr. .+f't
t~f tha der.f III
.entl Z doo- ret 81 fhs
t .u>.I,t FL ,tHl#I t.ne1.5
tr Az r-. sn,t that an e"ti' NJ
rbfugj $40 hour, daN 0hg~" he" Il,
4 n-tti.n hs- lrnn t1stj f n I a'N N''
t-isf.i - re .lNHg - ~ TT 'h"
.rplt hours and the additional S}1N
.rrr. r,, tvo hour- overtfnl"
I>trnsi.n at thr prnslpio .nd h"Fc
I'll f,it,bcr benefits through 1's adoption
a- held a,it IL thy dltcrtnr gcn'rat
In crease ii the vagc ~ralo - r. pald
.,ntn,,n labor and mcchanss "as tnrr"d
~ tho railroad administration through
tbo ,n;npctltian 81 th, war mdus'r'c n
director saws
Ii, common labor paii hv If" h"n
III ssalc named herein shall apply
Nth tho pravision however that as 7
n,inimum two ami one-halt cents ro'
hnIr viii 10 added - the rates paul MI
hour. as of December al 1917
SlnIlar reasons influenced the read
nstmont IT wages 81 he pald neRr'
employees
In tho allotment Of hack pay tho nogr"o
will receive compensation on he hasf
6xed hy tho wage commission hHt a'to
June will he on an equal footing with n
othe. men doing similar chera'''f "
work
j'Icce workers we're awarded an nrroas
for each hour worked equal to he amoun
awarded the hourly worker engaged =
similar employment n the same sh"I
NTIFArT RaTFe
Adjustment of the mlcage rates dcai
,ne with the members II the Brotherhood
was III percentage basic as follows
Passenger engineers and motormon
Ill. per cent
Passenger fremon and hclrors 80
per cent
Passenger conductors. f5i2 per cont
Passenger bacgagomcn, &N = rcr cent
Passenger hrakotncn and tiagmcn. aH'
Freight engineers and motormcn. ~
pt.r cent
Freight arcmcn and hcIrors al pc
cCut
irclelt brakcmcn and fagmen 50
pcr cent
lmnerlani sections ~ the goncTf
r.iicS tor thc application ~ the Wag
fue~eaecs vcrc faat IN the arplcat'o
al tho ~calo tho vaec rans with the l'ac'
that promoted employees Shaii t
granted the increases applicable 10 "a
places to uh3ch thor have been Promoto'
rrduc',ou IN hours between pcccmhcl ;
1918. and Janaafy 1918. were not
hc regarded aS increases III pay
The duties 81 the hoard OF railroa
wages and working conditions VIII hc
hoar and investigate matters presented b
lsiluav employees or thor representative
affecting
inst iaequ3.hts rs - wages an
working ganastfast-. vastHe' aS /" 2
d.1tI..a} ,utp,ot.s - eI.~~,'o ~ cUanio>@
Second Gondltlen~ ar-lae ifnm c.n
actlr5aI, v.}h eorir1t~ b otht Industries
Thira E.r.- aai working conahe3
for go. several o.s~~e- IS Cnpla>e> tlii'
sor f.c epta.tf1 ~ Vhe.o 90 ."' o}tt!ci
parts d the e0,n11'
FaARn ur I>s FsTf->Tlu>
The board Viii also hear and inve~flga'
other matters affecting wages and NoTNin
conditions referred 10 II by the dlrect'
general The board is solely an ADVISOR
board and vii submit IT'S recommendation
10 the director general Tor his determin'
tion