The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-07-20

The terms OF the decision had been
known to them yesterday and they
believed then their men would stay
in line at least until referendum
vote can be taken. Nearly a month
will be needed for the referendum.
The boards decision is retroactive to
May l.
Decision Not Unanimous
The decision, Chairman Barton OK
planned, was not a unanimous one.
some members dissenting on nearly
every action. The awards given were
by a majority vote on each section
with at least one member Of the pub
lie group voting for each award.
Demands of che railroad men who
struck last April and formed new
unions are ignored by the board No
reference is made to the strikers or
their demands. The board has re-
fused to hear representatives of the
new union, holding with the old broth
erhoods that the men were already
represented by the officials of the
recognized union. The strikers de-
manded that the board order return
of the full seniority rights, which the
railroads had declared forfeited. This
demand also is ignored.
The Increases
The increases follow:
Carpenter service: engineers and
mOtOrmen, firemen and helpers 80
cents a day.
Freight service: engineers, firemen
and helners 81 O4 Der daY. ...
Yard service: engineers, tireme1
and helpers 18 cents per hour.
Passenger service: conductors, tick
ct collectors, baggagemen, flagmen
and brakemen, $50 per month.
Suburban service: Passenger en-
ployes $50 per month; freight service
conductors, flagmen and brakemen
$1.04 per day.
Superseding rates established bv
the railroad administration, the board
fixed the following schedules:
Yard service: Foremen, $6.96 per
day; helpers, $6.4S; switch tenders,
S5.O4, hostler service, outside, 1914
per day; inside, $3.50; helpers, $5.W.
+ For Shop Employees
The following increases were auth
OflZcu olOp OhPioJSo'
Supervisory forces: Machinists.
boiler makers, blacksmiths, sheet
metal workers, electrical workers,
power men, molders, cupalo tenders
and core makers, including those
with less than four years experience.
all crafts, IL cents an hour. Regular
and helper apprentices and helpers.
all classes, IL cents an hour. Car
cleaners 5 cents an hour.
photographers, telephone operators,
agents, tower men, lever men, tower
and train directors, block operators
and staff men, 10 cents an hour.
Agents at small non-telegraph sta
tions, S cents an hour.
For UnskiIIed Workers
The following increases were grant
ed maintenance of way and unskllled
forces:
. Construction foremen, assistants.
section, track and maintenance fore
men, assistants and mechanics in
these departments, Is cents an hour.
Laborers employed in shops and,
roundhouses 10 cents an hour.
Mechanics helpers in bridge and
'DullulIlS ucpdl LlACAIoS CAuSh AoDoA va
Common laborers, bridge tenders,
hosting firemen, pumper engineers,
crossing watchmen or flagmen, lamp
lighters and tenders 8 IL cents an
hour. ..
Train dispatchers are given an in.
crease of 13 cents an hour and yard
masters and assistant yard masters
Is cents an hour.
For Clerical Help
The following increases are added
to the established rates for clerical
and station forces:
Store keepers, chief clerks, fore
men and other clerical supervisory
forces, clerks with one or more years
railroad experience, train and engine
crew callers, assistant station mas
Continued on Page Three)