The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-11
100000 RAILWAY
BROTHERHOOD MEN
GET WAGE BOOST
Director General Hines Orders
Advances Amounting to
S65,000, 900 for Firemen,
Engineers and Others,

WASHINGTON, April u.--Wage ad
Vances .aggregating $4,000, 900 were or
dered by Director, General Hines fol
100000 locomotive engineers. firemen
trainmen and conductors In both pas
senger and freight service members Of
the big four railway brotherhoodS-
retroactive since Jan. /, 1913
The brotherhoods' demand for time
and a half pay for overtime was grant
ed only for men engaged In yard SER
vice and for the Others this question
was referred 10 the railroad adminlB-
tration's board Of adjustment No. /,
already created for consideration Oi
disputes relating TO railway trainmen
and enginemen,
The increases wero arranged accord
ing to contemplated schedule, ono oi
the aims Of which was 10 restore the
wage relationship existing before the
railroads increase In wages last year
The average advance IN pay per man
per year will be about $50.
This action practically completed the
war cycle OF wage Increases granted
railroad men since tho government took
over management OF the roads IA
quests for more pay remain to be acted
on.
Aggregate Is High.
Including todays order, the aggre-
gate pay increases allowed by the rail-
road administration to tho 2,000, O0C
railroad employees Is at the rate OF
SS22,3l1 900 a year, moro than S400 av-
erage per man, Thus the total payroll
Of Americas railroads Is raised nearly
TO $4,000, ,000, 900 a year from the basis
of approximately 81, 600, 900, 900 on Jan,
|, 1918, when the roads passed into
the governments hands,
The $65, 900, 900 added to the payrollS
of members OF the big four brother
hoods brings the total granted this
class OF employees in the last three
years to approximately S275,000,0O0 or
approximately $500 per man This
takes into consideration the $40, 900, 900
estimated as the brotherhood's share
of the general wage increase last year,
aud S7Q,000,000 estimated as the fruit,
for these men from the Adamson act
which established a basic eight-hour
day, but did not put into effect the
brotherhoeds' pleas for time and q halt
for overtime.
be given the brotherhood mon as soon
as railway paymasters can work out
the amount due. This may take a
month or even more to complete.
In announcing tho Increase, Director
General Hines explained that the same
principles were followed as were APP
piled by the railroad administration
during the war These principles In
cluded the adjustment OF wages to llv-
ing costs and to various classes OF EN-
ployment
Comparatively small increases In pay
are expected soon for dining car and
sleeping car employees
Director General Hines in his Analysis
Of the wage situation under govern
ment control explained that at the
end OF last year employees wages had
been raised to a rate which would
have added $75iS11, 900 to the aggre
gate railroad payroll II It had been ef-
feetive throughout the entire year
The actual payment under Increased
wage orders last year was 1888, 900 900
according to Mr.. Hines calculation
Railroad companies estimate the wage
increases at nearly 100000. 600 more
than the railroad administration.
Railroad accountants calculate that
about 81 000, 900, 900 year will be forth
coming from the rate increase last year
The railroad Administrations figures
today on wage editions indicates more
than 80 per cent of this IL eaten up
In wages