The north Mississippi herald., 1919-08-22
|ENCINEMEN MAKE
NEW WAGE DEMAND
Seek 35 to 65 Per Cent Increase
in Pay - Affects $4,000
Men-Enginemen and Fire
men on 10000 Locomotives
Involved - Ask Mechanical
Stokers.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. ia de-
mand for a 35 to 65 per cent increase
in wages and that all coal-burning To-
comotives weighing 100000 pounds
and over in road service be equipped
with mechanical stokers and two fire.
men be placed on all such engines
until they are so equipped was adopt
ed by conference of 800 general
chairmen of the Brotherhood of Los
comotive Firemen and Enginemen in
session here today.
One hundred and seventeen thou
sand men and about half of the &c.
600 engines in the United States will
come under the proposal, only about
5000 of which are equipped with
mechanical stokers at present.
The more important sections Of
the report of the wage committee
which was adopted follow:
Rates of pay for firemen and help
ers in passenger service, $3.50 per
day of 100 miles or less, except
when Mallet engines are used, when
1920 shall be paid.
Overtime in passenger service will
be computed on the present basis at
"a speed of 20 miles an hour.
In freight service on engines
weighing less than 100000 pounds
fremen shall be paid $3.50 and on
engines weighing over 100000
pounds $3.50 per day of 100 miles or
less, overtime to be computed on
present basis at speed of IL 1-2
miles per hour.
Pay 5O-Cent Minimum.
Firemen and helpers employed in
local or way freight service, mixed
trains, mine runs and other service
shall be paid a minimum of so cents
per 100 miles or less in addition to
the through freight rates.
Firemen employed on trains in un-
classified service shall be paid
through freight rates, according to
class of engine used.
Firemen employed on Mallet en-
gines in all service, except yard SER
vice, shall be paid $720 per day for
100 miles or less.
Firemen and helpers employed IN
yard service shall be paid $3.50 per
day of eight hours or less, except
when Mallet engines are used, when
rate of $3.50 shall be paid.
A demand for time and one-half
for overtime in all classes of service
is made which will apply when men.
are used on Sundays or holidays.
Inside hostlers shall be paid $3.50
per day and outside hostlers S7.20I
per day and hostlers' helpers $3.50
per day, eight hours or less to con-
stitute days work.
In addition to the demand that all
coal-burning locomotives in road SER
vice weighing over 100000 pounds
be equipped with mechanical stokers
demand is made that all coal-burn-
ing locomotives less than that weight
shall be equipped with mechanical
coal passers, a mechanical device op-
Grated by steam to keep the coal
within the reach of the fireman and
that all coal-burning locomotives
shall be equipped with power CRATE
shakers and automatic fire-door open
ers.
1t is estimated that it will cost
5000, 100000 to. equip the locomo-
tives in the United States with the
different mechanical devices demand
ed by the firemen.
Another working condition de-
manded is that on railroads where
firemen are required to clean loco
motives they shall be relieved of
such work and firemen shall be re-
lieved of removing tools or supplies,
loading coal, filling lubricators, etc.