The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-10

phone workers, averaged $135.66
month, with $139.54 for the highest
paid and $129.34 for the lowest. The
reduction averages cents an hour.
Group 6, consisting of engine SER
vice employees, including passenger
engineers and motormen, freight fire.
men and helpers, yard engineers and
motormen, yard firemen and helpers,
earned an average of $21S.80 month,
with passenger engineers averaging
$288.s2 and hostlers' helpers $153.32.
The reduction ranges from AS cents to
Ga cents u day.
Group z. consisting of train service
employees which includes passenger
conductors, brakemen, baggagemen,
fiagmen and freight conductors, yard
foremen and helpers, averaged $780,
SO month with passenger conductors
averaging $257.54 and switchtenders,
$153.30. The reduction ranges from
60 cents to GA cents day.
Group 8, consisting of stationery en-
gineers and firemen, including boiler
, room water tenders, engine room oil
ers, averaged $122.40 month, with
stationary engineers averaging $141.-
So and miscellaneous employees $780,
08. The reduction is and cents an
hour.
Group 9, consisting of signal de-
partment employees, including fore
men, inspectors, gang foremen, lead
ing signal men and ell assistants and
helpers averaged $155.77 month with
the signal foremen and inspectors av-
eraging $179.52 and helpers averag-
ing $120.36. The cut is 6 and s cents
an hour.
All members of group 10, which
covers marine departments, employees
including masters and other officers Of
railroad transfer facts and pilots, av-
eraged $1944o a month with captains
averaging $215.47 month, mates,
$151.56 and pilots $134.3S.
The State Bureau of Labor Stats
tics estimated that of the $4,000 Mis-
souri, railroad men whose wages are
cut an average of IL per cent after
July l, next. $4,000 belong to organ
lied labor. The National Brotherhood
of Railway and Steamship Clerks,
freight handlers, Express and station
employees has the largest unionized
membership in the state, it totaling
the commencement of 1921 little I'M
der 10000 divided between seven To-
calls. Unionized locomotive engineers
Of Missouri number approximately q
500; locomotive firemen and engi.
neers, 1000; railroad conductors, g.
600; railroad blaclKsmiths, 700; rail
road and other machinists, 6,100; rail
way trainmen, 5000; railroad boiler
makers, 1850; railroad sheet meta
workers, 1000; railroad electrical
workers, $500; railway carmen, $500
railway telegraphers and similar
workers., 1900; mantenanee-of-wa,
workers, 4,500; signal men, 500
switchmen, 750.
Aside from railroad officials ant
others whose work is supervisory
there are probably 5000 railroad
workers in Missouri not affiliated
with organized labor. All unionizet
railroad workers of Missouri, will
the exception of those that belong t.
the "Big Four Brotherhoods," are af
filiated with the American Federation
of Labor through their national ant
international organizations, and witt
the Missouri State Federation of La
Dor, Reuben T. Woods, president
through their locals. The "Big Fou
; Brotherhood" which alone has a Mis-
souri, membership of approximate,
$4,000, works in close cooperation
and harmony with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at Washington, d. c
A. T. Edmonston.
UARVEY'S SPEECH.