The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-01

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Common Labor Cut
Common labor pay. over which the
railways made their hardest fight. Is n
be reduced S.. cents IN hour. cutting
freight truckers average monthly wages
TO 1910 and track laborcrs tn &77.ll.
This new schedule gives section men an
average daily wage Of $500 for an eight
hour day. although considerable tcsti-
mony offered hy the roads particularly
In the south. showed common labor
wages as low rs $50 for i ten hour
day.
Shop craft employees and train and en-
gine service men. except those in pas
ScnEcr service. are reduced cents an
hour. CONSTRUCTION section forcmen ara
reduced 10 cents an hour.
Passenger and freight engineers. who
were given increases of 10 and - cents
an hour by the 1920 award. arc 10 he
cut i and s cents AN hour respectively.
Passenger and freight conductors, who
received Increases Of 1@iG and l3 cents
in lgcN are cut "a and s cents respect
lively by the new schedule.
Train dispa' ChCrs and yardmaste-:
whose morthly earnings at present
average $3.50 and $40 are cut eight
cents an hour.
Cut for Office Boys
The smallest reduction will apply t.
office boys and other employees under
eighteen years Of ag,. who will receive
nv" cents an hour less after July J.
Clerks are rcciass.: lied. 80 that cnt"-'
ing clerks. usually young men am
women ct Is tn 20 years OF aEr, will
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the first SIX months AMI $3.50 ior tho
second sin months Of service. Clerks
with less than one years experience
now receive Sl2o.
\ new monthly schedule for floating
equipment employees on ferries. tugs and
steam lighters gives captains $500: en-
giuccrs Sl9u: iirrmcu AMI oilers $40. On
lighters and hare"S. captains will re-
Ccirc sl@0 to $50: engineers $40 10
$3.50. and mates 500.
Lower Wage Campaign
The cami.alcn for lower wages WAS
begun in February. when Gen. ". W
Attcrbury, vic, president Of tn" Penn
Sylvania LircS. first demanded III" RICH;
to hire unSkillcd labor al tho rate pre-
waiting in each roads territory. Cen
AttC rhury brought his demand 10 thu
board during the hearing on rules and
working conditions. which demanded
immediate ahr"Gation OF the national
ship crafts agreements, which. he de.
rlarrd. would further rrduc" the raul.
roads labor bill by 5000. 100000
The board. however. took no action
on the demands 1T that time and t was
until the following month that diStinc,
wage cases came to the boards attcn'
ton. Tho Eric Railroad and the New
York Central Lines then took steps to-
ward n reduction by presenting the mat
tor TO their employees. No agreement
was reached. however. and the disputes
finally reached the labor board.
Reduction. under today's dc"is or
will hr Cffc,t :v" only for tho classes II
rmploycs named by tho railroads which
filed disputes prior to April Is an.
which ape: r"a in IN" hearing beg m
niny rn-~thtt date. Tn" !n"rcas, last
N,.ar-afC"rtcd all SO-CIll"d Class | rnaA.i
!uCIuding nearly 200 Of the larger raj
syStrmS Of ia" country.
\ new hearing will Jc begun Jun"
10 include all disputes nlcd with the
board between April is and June am
q speedy decision is anticipated in lh'
new cases. members If tn" board stat
ing that tuda!s decision would set ;
precedent for subsequent decisions.
Fifteen Labor organizations. including
tho Zig -Four brDthcrhoods. together
with IN" affiliated members Of In" Rail
way Employees Department. America
/ Federation Of Labor. REPRESENTED by III,
,m,.loyc~ Involved in tn" present cas-
All or IN" roads asked reductions i!
several other classes, Il few Of the r"rd.