Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-20
INCREASE FOR
RAIL WORKERS
s6;||D0,0O0,000.
United States Railway La
bOr Board Announces
It's Award.
is GO PER CENT OF
SUM ASKED BY MEN
Board Considers Award Just Increase
to Meet High Cost Of Living Con-
dltlons - Has Considered Many
Things, and Aimed at Fairness
Fright Rates Must Go Up to Meet
Wage, Increase.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Chicago, July 20.--Six million dol
lars was added to the pay envelope
of the nations 100000 rail workers
today in the first award handed
down by the new United States rail-
way labor board.
Rejecting the demands OF the or
gani..ed rail unions for increases
averaging approximately 100000
600. the board decided approximate
w 60 per cent OF that sum would be
q just increase to meet present high
living conditions.
The award adds approximately 81
per cent to the present pay. sched-
ules. Railroad officials have declar-
ed that any pay increase awarded
the men must be followed by q COR
Responding increase in rates and
they plan, 1t is said, to file new
tariffs with the interstate commerce
commission as soon as they can be
/ prepared.
i
Req,.irss Month for Referendum.
Whether the award viii stave off
the threat OF general railroad
strike remains to be seen. The Lead
ers OF practically every one OF the
sixteen, big railroad unions were
present this morning when Judge
RI M. Barton, chairman OF the
board. handed down the decision.
They left Immediately to present
the award to 1000 general chairmen
who had gathered here to pass on it's
acceptability. The union presidents
refused to make any comment before
the meeting. The terms OF the de-
cision had been known to them yes
fsrday, and they believed then their
meE would stay in line until at least
referendum vote can be taken.
Nearly o month will be needed for
the referendum.
Maximum increase Check s11o.16.
me boards decision is retroactive
I 10 May j. AS the maximum tncreas se
granted any class was 1S cents an
nour, or $S6.72 per month, the big
s gest pay, check due when the settle
meIlt is made Aug. 1, will be- s11o.18
Engineers firemen and helpers In
the yard service will receive thia
amount. The board provides that
the back pay checks shah be made
out separately so that each man viii
knew the amount he receives from
that source.
Many Things Considered.
Seven things were taken into con
sideration In arriving at the award.
the' preamble Of the boards an
nollncemennent says. They were:
The scale paid for similar kinds OF
work in other Industries; the reyela-
ton between wages and the cost O..
living. the hazards Of the employ.
ment, training and skill required. de-
gree Of responsibility, character and
regularity OF the employment, and.
Inequalities In increases and treat.
ment resulting from previous wage,
orders.
Has Aimed to Be Fair.
Tnose persons who consider thu
rates determined on herein too high
should reflect on the abnormal con-.
ditions resulting from the hogh cost
OF living and the high rates now be-.
inG paid in other industries" the
board says. THE employees who ma,
believe these rates too low. should
consider the increased burden these
rates will place on their. fellow.
countrymen, many Of whom are les.;
favorably situated than themselves.
The board has endeayored to fix
y1yoo uytn -tL
living and secure for the children OF
the wage earners opportunity for
education, and yet to remember that
no class Of Americans should receive
preferred treatment and that the
great mass OF the people must ulti-
mately pay q great part Of the la
creased cost Of operation entaile,l
by the increase Of wages determined
herein"
Ignores AoutIaw" Unions.
The decision, Chairman Barton ex-z
planned, was not unanimous one,
some members dissenting on nearly
every section. The awards given were
by a majority vote on each section,
with ut least one member Of the pub
lic group voting for each award. De-
mands Of the 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 had re-
fused to hear representatives Of the
new unions. holding, with the old
brotherhoods. that the men were al
ready represented by the officials of
the recognized unions, The strikers
demanded that the board order re-
tIlrn Of their full seniority rights,
which the railroads had declared