The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-20
Increases Granted to
Various Classifications

CHICAGO, July 20.-The increases
granted to railroad workers in their
respective occupations follow:
Passenger service engineers and
motormen, firemen. helpers, so cents
per day; freight service engineers,
firemen, helpers, $104 per day; yard
service engineers, firemen, helpers. Is
cents per hour; passenger service con-
ductors, ticket collectors. baggage
men. fagmen and brakemen, $50 per
month; suburban service passenger
employees, $50 per month; freight sup
ervisors, flagmen, brakemen, S1.0S per
day. Superceding rates established
by the railroad, the board fixed the
following schedule:
Yard service foremen, s6.96 per day:
helpers, $6.4S per day; switchtenders,
S5.04 per day; hostler service, outside
hostler, 1924 per day; inside hostler,
$3.50 per day; helpers, S5.O4.
Increases for Mechanics
The following increase authorized
for shop employees, supervisory forces,
machinists, boilermakers. black
smiths, sheet metal workers, electric
al workers, powermen, moulders. cup
ola tenders and core makers, includ-
ing those with less than four years
experience, all crafts, IS cents an hour.
Regular and helper apprentices and
helpers all classes, 13 cents an hour
Car cleaners, 5 cents an hour; tele-
graphers, 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 stations,
cents an hour
UnskiIIed Labor Scale.
The following increases were grant
ed maintenance of way and unskilled
forces: Construction forces. their as
sistants, section, track, and mainten-
ance, foremen and assistants and
mechanics in these departments. Is
cents an hour; laborers in shops and
round houses, 10 cents; mechanics,
helpers in bridge and building depart
ments, track laborers, common labor
ers, bridge tenders. hoisting fireman,
pumper engineers, crossing watchmen,
flagman, lamp lighters and tenders, S15
cents an hour.
Train dispatchers are given an IN.
! crease of 13 cents an hour; yardmaster
and assistant yardmaster, Is cents an
hour. The following increase to the
established rate for clerical and
station forces, store keeper, chief
! clerks, foreman and other clerical su-
pervisory forces, clerks with one or
more years railroad experience, train
and engine crew callers, assistant
stationmaster. announcers, gatemen.
and baggage and parcel room men, 13
cents an hour.
| Janitors, elevator. and telephone
operators, watchmen, employees oper-
ating office appliances, and similar
work, 10 cents an hour.
Freight handlers. truckers, IL cents
an hour. all common labor in aad
around station, store houses and ware
| houses not otherwise provided for, StS
cents an hour. Clerks less than one
, year. 61a cents an hour; office boys,
messengers and other employees
under 18 years of age, cents an
| hour: stationery engine and boiler
room employees, were advanced 13
cents for engineers, firemen. and OIL
ers, while water tenders, coal passers
! receive 10 per cent increase.
In the signal department former. in
spectors, maintenance signal men, and
assistants. IS cents an hour; helpers,
10 cents an hour.
| The decision provides that en-
ployees in departments and who are
properly before the board and not
otherwise provided for shall receive
an increase equal to that of the near
est respective class.
The intent of this article, the de-
cision says, is to extend relief to mis-
cellaneous classes OF supervisors and
employees, practically impossible of
specific classification, and at the same
| time insure to them the same consider
alton and rate increase as provided
for analogous service