The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-27
ALL KINDS OF
RAILLAB0R IN
BIG WAGE CUT
New Order Estimated will Effect
Saving of Four Hundred
Million Annually
EFFECTS EVERY ROAD
Practically all Employees on
Class One Carriers Are
Involved
EFFECTS EVERY ROAD

EnlcagO, June N.-The United
States Railroad Labor board extended
its wage reduction order to practi-
cally every large railroad in the coun-
try. No change was made in the
II per cent decision but it extends
to all classes of labor.
The new wage decision of the
United States Railroad Labor board
will make reality OF the estimated
$40O,OOO,OOO annual saving expected
when the boards IL per cent cut, ef.
fective July l is applied to all EN-.
ployes on all railroads known as Glass
carriers.
The decision drawn up as an ad-
dendum to the wage reduction order
of June l, adds practically every rail-
road in the Glass l division to the
original list Of lO4 roads authofiooAa
to make the IL per cent reduction.
When the reduction order was is
sued, 1t was estimated that IL ap.
piled to all employees on all Class l
roads, 1t would lop off approximately
$400,000,O00 from the country's rail.
road labor BILL
The new decision will make this
cut possible by ordering reduced
wages for employees not included in
the original case and also by includ.
ing employees on roads which were
not parties to the first hearing.
Applications Received
Immediately following the an.
nouncement of the boards wage cut
on July l, roads from every section
Of the country poured in their ap-
plicati0ns to the labor board for au.
thOrity to make similar reductions. A
hearing set for June 8 included a total
OF 164 roads and In the next two
weeks 61 more submissions were
made and included in a hearing for
June 20. A few roads which had not
included all classes of employees In
their first petitions for reductions
came in with the remaining classes
in the last hearing.
Many Of the roads which asked re-
ductions for only part Of their EN-.
pl0yes at the original hearing in May,
came back with applications to cover
all employees in these two later hear
ings. Virtually every railroad in the
country affected by the labor boards
y600,O00,0O0 wage award of July,
1920, was included in one or more
OF the three hearings. Following the
II per cent reduction which was gen
orally unsatisfactory to the roads.
the carriers return to the board with
added insistence that the 1920 wage
award be wiped out The board, how
ever, was not inclined to change its
scale OF reductions determined in the
June / decision and merely added tn
that decision employees involved in
the subsequent hearings.
Reiteratine Evidence
At the. two June hearings, the
roads, for the most part, contented
themselves with reiterating the evil
dence presented in May. Their argu-
ments consisted chiefly OF cost of liv.
ing statistics and comparison Of rail-
road wages with those in outside in
dustries. The employees took up other
factors laid down by the transporta-
ton act to be considered In the de-
termination OF just and reasonable
wages. Hazards OF employment, the
living wage and similar lines OF evil
dence were introduced in an effoft to
prevent any cut in wages. While no
definite returns have been announced
from the referendum being taken by
all the railway unions on acceptance
or rejection Of the IL per cent cut
it was expected the conferences here
July / would agree to accept the
boards decision without any Interrupt
tiOn OF traffic