Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-27
RAIL WORKERS PAY
CUT EXTENDED TO
ALL THE BIG LINES
Labor Boards New Ruling Gov
ers 210 Additional Class
I Carriers.
EFFECTIVE NEXT FRIDAY
II Per Cent Reduction Now viii
Mean Saving of $4Oo, ,ooo.-
600 Year.
by Associated Press 10 Every Fyenlne

BY Associated Press to Every Evening.
Chicago. June 27. ~ The United
States Railroad Labor Board today
extended its wage reduction order
effective July | to nearly every large
railroad in the country. No change
from the average u per cent reduc-
ton granted f04 carriers on June /
was made by today's decision. The
boards order today covered 2f0 roads.
The new wage decision win make
reality Of the estimated s400, 900 900
annual savings expected when the
boards II per cent cut is applied to
al employees. on All railroads, known
as Glass ! carriers" The decision.
drawn up as an addendurn to the
wage reduction order Of June /. adds
practically every railroad in the class
one division to the original list Of f04
roads authorized to make the twelve
per cent reduction.
When the reduction order was ia
sued. it was estimated that, il applied.
10 all employees on all class one
roads. 1t will Iop approximately four
hundred million dollars from the
country's railroad labor bilI.
The new decision win make this
cut possible by ordering reduced wag-
IS for employees not Included in the
original case, and also By including
employees on roads which were not
parties TO the first hearing.
Immediately following the boards
wage on June / roads from every
section Of the country poured in their
applications to the labor board for
authority 10 make similar reductions.
A hearing set for June 8 included a
total Of 1G4 roads and in the next
two weeks sixty-one more submis-
sions We're made and included in
hearing for June 20.
A few roads which had not inclnd-
ed all classes of employees in their frs.
petitions for reductions came in with
the remaining classes in the last hear
ing
Many Of the roads which asked re-
duetions for only a part or their en-
ployes q the original hearing in May
came back with applications to cover
all employees in these two later hear
ingx.
Virtually every railroad In ~.
country affected BY the Labor Boards
$500. 900 900 wage award Of July. 1920.
Was included il one or more OF the
three hearings.
Following the IL per cent reduc-
ton. which was generally unsatis-
factory TO the roads. the carriers re-
turned to the board with added in
sistence that the 1920 wage award be
wiped out. The board, however, was
NOT inclined m cha rera sfs Sa11. ~ -
ducti0ns determined in the June 1
decision and merely added to that de-
cision employees involved IN the sub
sequent hearinss.
At the two June hearings the roads
Tor the most part contented them
selves with reiterating the evidence
presented in May. Their arguments
consisted chiefly of cost OF living stat
istics and comparison of railroad
wages with those in outside indus
tries. The employees took up other
factors laid down BY the trausposta-
ton act to be considered in the de-
wages. Hazards Of employment, the
living wage and similar lines of evil
dence were introduced in an effort 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 twelve
per cent cut. it was expected that con-
ferences here on July 1, would agree
to accept the boards decision with
out any interruption Of traffic.