Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-01
Will Reduce Nations Work ingWage Bill About $400,- 900, ,OOO Annually.

Chicago, May S1-(By The A. p An estimated four hundred million dollars will be slashed from the nations rail- way wage bill when an order cutting wages an average of twelve per cent. to be handed down tomorrow by the United States railroad labor board becomes ef- fective July l. The order affects mem bers of S1 labor organizations. employ ed on 104 railroads.
 While the decrease is specifically ap- piled only to the roads whose cases have been heard by the board the decision says it may later be applied to any other road asking hearing under the provis- l ions of the Esch-C -Cummins transportation act.
 1 The decision grants reductions vary ing from to 14 cents an hour, or from | 3 to 10 per cent, and in the case of section laborers, completely wipes out l the increase granted that class of en- ployes by the $500 0e0. 900 wage award | of July 2o 1920. For section men the reduction was approximately IS per cent switchmen and shop crafts were given a nine per cent reduction while the train service men were cut approximate | ly seven per cent. Car repa irers were cut about ten per cent.
 Common labor pay, over which the railroads made their hardest fight. is to be reduced to 1-2 cents an hour. cl1+
 ting freight truckers average monthly wages to $9710 and track laborers to l$14-ll This new schedule gives section men an average daily wage of s3e2 for an eight hour day
 Shop crafts employees and train and engine service men. except those In nax- senger service, are reduced eight cents an honr Construction and section fore men are reduced to ten cents an hour
 Passenger and freight engineers who
 were given increases of 10 and 12 cents
 an hour by the 1920 award, are to be cut
 ana cents an hour respectively Pas.
 senger and freight conductors, who rn.
 celVed increases of F 1-2 and Is cents
 Ill LszV are cut 1-2 and cents re- specuVely by the new schedule
 Train d;spatchers and varC,r,.,+o
 whose monthly earnings at present ave
 hour. o7ii's al The smallest reduction will applv to ot nee boys and other employees unde- |,
 years of age, who will receive five cent, an hour less after July 1.
 NIerks are reclassifed so that enter ns clerks usually young men and wo : men or Is to 20 years of age will re
 eelve monthly salary of s67.5o for tn
 hrst SIX months and s77.5o for +b. zaa
 ond six months of service c,Ie-ilr ie -T.st, seg ceive s12o. no" re
 A new monthly schedule for noo+;n.
 etulprnent employees on ferries. tugs an,
 seam Ishters gives captains, s9Oo an :, glheers s190; fremen and oiIers s1IS on lighters and barges. capts fns viii ro , eelve Sl2o to S150: engineers s14n . $l6o and mates sI0o. ne attltude Of the railway rrion- +o ee't .tIle Increases ordered remains f " oeteFrnlned. The big brotherhoods .r . to meet here July to cons;da
 that date. 10 eiiectlVe O Claiming they were hard bi+ b,, +, winter slump in business. raflrood 1n In
 3l aselhents have been clamorfnr for ca,
 erai months for lower waees ana ~ ' re3:E eGis.oh tomorrow will mark inc frl
 4el granted by the board since # ..
 ene advanced scale more than fen ,,o,t ,e as ;, :, s;u lne declslon tomorrow will sav +b. f ha b,nce Ihe 1920 wage award "thera hs I. ana ott ueefease in the cost of fvine . of .ne scaie of wages for similar lin6 1t era1 haor II" other industries has in per
 cl"i been decreased" Tbasa --l < s7I
 Were the chief contention. o, .p poln'
 roads before the board the raj !, testimony was offered ;n IL
 # ".ilch began April Is and andal, ie', ,I m o oo 10, 10 show reductions of oo to n Wa o u cent in the cost of food and o,o o9 pc
 HrSlng reductions in wages rnostI,r rsf mn n
 common labor, were also citad t1ostiy , ff h c@rrlers- carriers: The board believes" s U = ctslon says, that, based on the aIa Iae o' sno"n' the decreases fixed ar. etemen t,sEa'i $ and required" are 1ustife
 gin whatever may be said as to tb. o.
 bna blm or contributing causes tb. .ne or
 S Jven and is marked depressia1 e :. na {,
 oosery uoa affecting the entire co,,Dtr rOh m il " some lines of production roos4 ogn'ry. @ an
 lH, the board says AS ''sa serlou n ', heavy feraJ financial losses have Sasr Fesui SUI > > .ered, and many hundreds of teen tsa su II otfown out of employment and 'nHusa ,loE. nc n G. Sn wages, and this loss of n,.LI,. uspr!ye ;" ns power by them has accelo-atnS purena a, ,1 general depression by reducinT eso tsa U U w mana for the products they won1d ne o+,I a 'o wise nave purchased. While if t. ot ne ne o argued that the fall in prices La. DeS ,r reached to any large extent tba as n n
 sufner' 1t has without ouestio, r1os+ cui s. # Sscrously reached and affected tI,e L uI H eucers, especially some lines ot nn, pr, s i3c'ure and agricultural classes' ---'''i