Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-08-29
R. R. FIRE:MEN
ASK WAGE RAISE
Roads Also Required by Demands
to Provide New Locomotive
Equipment.
WOULD COST, s2oo,ooo,ooo
Overtime Rates Fixed by 300 Brother.
hood Observation-Disclosures Stok- b,
ers and Coal Passers Included
in Demands.

Cleveland-A 50 to 65 per cent. In
crease in wages is demanded for III
900 firemen and >hostIers on railroad
In the United Statets AMI Canada in q
wage scale adopted before adjourn
ment by 300 general cllairmen OF th
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemel
and Enginemen. ,...-
Another demand to be presented Il
the director general of railroads L
that all coal burning locomotives II
road service weighing 100000 pounds
and more shall he equipped with me
chanical stokers and that two tiremel
shall be employed on all such locolno
tives until they are so equipped.
About half of the 10000 engines il
the United States will come under thi:
proposal, only about 5000 Of which are
equipped with mechanical stokers a
present. i
In addition demand Is made tina
all coal burning locomotives Of less
than that weight shall be equipped
.ith mechanical coal passers and tina
all coal burning locomotives shall h,
equipped with power CRATE shakers
and automatic fire door openers.
1t is estimated 1t would cost 5000,
100000 to equip locomotives in thu
United States with the devices de
manded.
The more important sections OF th'
report of the wage committee as adopt
ed follow:
Rates Of pay for tiremen and help
ers in passenger service, $3.50 a da,
OF 100 miles or less, except when Nal
let engines are used, when $T.2O shal
be paid. .- ...
| Overtime in passenger. service VIII
be computed on She present basis a
speed Of 20 miles in hour.
Firemen in freight service on en-
gines weighing less than 200OOt
pounds. $G5l Il. day: on engines
weighing over 100000 pounds $3.50 q
day of 100 miles or less; overtime tt
be computed OH basis of speed OF
twelve and half miles IN hour.
Firemen and helpers employed in
local or way freight service, mixed
trains, mine runs and other service
minimum pay of 80 cents for eaci
100 miles or less, in addition to tie
through freight rates.
~Firemen employed on helper, push
err, transfer work, wreck, construction
SNOW plow, circus, milk and all otlle,
trains in unclassitied service to be
paid through freight rates, according
to class Of engine used.
Firemen employed OH Mallet engines
in all service, except yard service
ST.2O Il day for 100 miles or less. @
Firemen and helpers employed IN
yard service, $3.50 Il day of eight hours
or less, except when Mallet engines are
used, when rate of $3.50 shall he paid
Time and one-llalf for overtime i'll
all Glasses Of service, which will ap
ply when men are used on Sundays OF
| holidays.
Inside hoStlers, $3.50 Il day; outside
hoIt!rrS, $40 IL s,ay~, and hosllers
helpers, So 80 Il aly, eight hours OF
less t0 constitute days work. Timt
and one-half for all time work in ex
cess Of eight hours. ~
Another working condition demand
eG is that on railroads where firemeI
are reuuirrd to clean locomotives they
sl.a;! hc relieved of such work ana
tl,a, i%vinea shall he relieved Of re-
moving tools or supplies, load!ng coal
filling lubricat0rs, etc.
"'rle iiramCn G;, locomotives han
ding the prcpondcrance OF traffic vii
receive under our proposition Il wage
increase Of about 80 per cent, sale
Timothy Shea. acting president OF th'
| brotherhood. ~.-
"If our full demands are granted !
will hardly restore .pre-war conditions
considering The present purcllasln'
power of the dollar. Since l9l3 TN
wages Of tiremen have been Increase
approximately ~ per cent, ana IL
a matter Of record that the cost Of l:v
ing during that time has Increased lO
per cent. The wage increases to fire
men since 1911 have been entirel.
wiped out by the increased cost of liV
ing.
ashington.-Demands Of American
railroad tircmen and hostlers for in
creased wages and changed workin!
conditions, as outlined in Il wage scal
adopted at Cleveland by the genera
chairmen of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen ard Enginemc., prob
ably will be considered along with th'
demands of other railroad workers
r,IlrOad administration officials said.