The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-20

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 Leaders of the sixteen recognized railroad brotherhoods, who were present when the award was made. left immediately to present the terms of the decision to general chairmen of the brotherhoods who had gath cred here yesterday and today to the number of thousand or more to pass upon it's acceptability.
 Most of the brotherhood presi- dents refused to comment before the matter was taken up for con sideration in grand council but it is believed the railroad workers if dis satisfied will stay in line at least until referendum has been taken a matter of nearly month at best.
 Stone Averse To Strike Warren s. Stone, Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eers, is known to be averse to a general railroad strike except as a last resort and it is believed that his advice will count heavily in the councils of the union leaders.
 John Gronau. President of the Chicago Yardmen's Association. one of the new unions which struck last Spring against the orders of the brotherhoods and whose demands were ignored by the board, said the decision would be unsatisfactory to all railroad workers.
 Demand for substantial wage in creases for nearly all classes of the 2,00o,000 railroad employees have been pending since late last summer. These demands, first presented at different times to the Railroad Ad- ministration's Board on Wages and Working Conditions, were unsettled when government operation of the railroads was ended, and in turn were referred to the Railroad Labo' Board which was created under the Transportation Act
 Leading Unions Demand
 Some few of the classes of organ ized employees have not pressed for nal demands, but have insisted that their wages be increased if advances were granted other related classes of workers, The principal demands of the leading unions follow:
 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen: Passenger brakemen be increased from $120 30-day working month to $50 for a 26-day month; baggage men be increased from $12480 for 30-day month to $160 for 26-day month assistant conductors be in- creased from $144 for a 30-day month to $179 for a 26-day month: freight brakemen in valley territory be in- creased from $4.0S to $5.8S a day with ten percent over these rates wherever the grades exceed IS per cent; yard foremen or conductors be increased from $5.33 to $720 day; yard helpers or brakemen be increased from 8 to $6.90 day: switch tenders be increased from "A to S5.90 day; also time and one half for all Sundays and holiday ser vice and a guarantee of 26 days month for regular employees in all classes of service.
 Conductors Brotherhood Order of Railway Conductors: | Passenger conductors be increased | from $1SO for a 30-day month to s225 for a 26-day month; Through | freight conductors be increased from S5 40 to s7,65 a day in valley terri tory with increases in the mountain rate from s5.92 to sS.3S a day; local freight conductors be increased from $5.92 to ss.3S a day in valley i territory with increase in mountain rates from $6.21 to $913 a day.
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men and Enginemen: road freight firemen be increased an average of s1S4 a day over present rates; | yard freight firemen be increased an average of $225 a day over pres ent rates; passenger firemen to be increased from present average ot | S431 to s650 day.
 Engineers Not Specific