Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-20

fOdu laDOE DOaFu give 3SSuFdlctS
to railroad men and that the emf
turned to work without loss OF
with the board today by Edward
ers in the metropolitan district C
of the st. Louis Yardmen's assoc
The board permitted the filing OF
the complaints after il had held
short executive session. With the com.
plants in the hands OF the secretary,
the board proceeded with its public
hearing on the wage demands of the
two railroad workers over the country.
Chairman Barton, in opening the
first hearing. laid down the policy that
cases would be heard in the order in
which they were filed except where
some dispute should become OF such
pressing Importance as to demand
precedence.
Demand $3.50 Minimum.
w. N. Doak, vice-president of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen, was the
first spokesman for the unions.
Principal demands presented by Mr..
Doak include;
A wage increase Of from Al to Al per
cent with minimum of $3.50 month
and time and a half for overtime Sun
days and holidays, A basic month Of
26 days with uniform lunch period
Of 20 minutes and a uniform dead
head rule providing that time con-
sumed in going to and from work be
considered as working time.
The trainmen comprise baggage
men. brakemen, flagmen, yard fore
men, helpers, switch tenders and yard-
masters below the rank Of general
yardmater.
Strikers Give Ground.
| Chicago, Apr. 20.-Strike fever
among railroad employees suffered q
setback when 10000 railway clerks
and 5000 feright handlers in the Chi.
cago district announced today their de-
cision 10 permit hearing of their wage
demands by the railroad labor board al
Washington.
The district council of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, which In
cludes freight handlers, voted last
night against an unauthorized walk
out.
| Assurance was given by the Associa
| ton of Railroad Managers that the
roads would join with the brotherhood
in asking the labor board to grant til,
men increases. The railway clerks, whit
receive in general minimum ol
$3.50 a month, ask an increase of 81
cents an hour. The freight handlers
demand an increase Of 10 cents ar
hour and restoration of wage differen.
tials between truckers, callers and
showers, abolished when the govern
ment took over control OF the roads
! Freight handlers receive 43 cents an
4 hour.
| Freight Moves Faster.
Freight movement In the Chicacr
district hampered by the unauthorized
yardmen's and enginemen's strike
continued to increase today and else
where in the middle west and far west
traffic conditions were returning to
normal.
Four Chicago strike leaders. includ
ing John Grunau, president of the Chi
cago yardmen's association, were In
Jail pending hearing on charges Of VIC.
lating the Lever act.
Warrants were out for 27 persons
indicted yesterday by the fedora
grand jury in Los Angeles in connec
ton with the strike.
Possibility of another serious blow
to the railroads In the Chicago distric
loomed today with a threat that 100,.
900 members Of the Brotherhood OF
Maintenance of Way and Railroad
Shop Laborers would leave their work
on April 2S unless their demands for q
temporary increase of 81 day and
time and half for overtime after
eight hours were granted. Chalrmen
of the northwestern district Of the or
ganization, which embraces an area
within radius of 500 miles of Chicago
involving S5 roads, telegraphed to e
G. Gable OF Detroit, president OF the
brotherhood requesting his 10 present
their demands.
According to brotherhood officials
these workers now are paid from 1924
to 1920 a day
Sanction Refused.
Detroit, Mich, April 2O.--A walkout
April 2S on the part of 100000 mem.