| Show I WAGE SCHEDULE BEGINS TODAY New Scale Affects More Than Thousand Railway Men Employed in Utah AGREEMENT IS FOR YEAR Locomotive Engineers Firemen Firemen Firemen Fire Fire- men and Hostlers Hosters Profit by Rate Advances More Ioro than a thousand locomotive en engineers engineers en- en tire firemen men and anI hostlers hosters employed In Utah h by 13 tho the several se railroads operating oper oper- rUing in this territory will bo be placed on a a. I new wago wage schedule today In ac accordance accordance accordance ac- ac with wih the advance In rates of ot pay n agreed recd upon b by the board o of arbitration arbi arbi- In Chicago April Apri 30 0 and made effective May Mar Ia 10 for fot ono one year ear Copies Coples of ot the decision of or tho the board o of arbi arbi- were received by the operating officials of ot the railroads In this district only last lust week and forces of dorks clerks are arc arenow rc now engaged In going over the payrolls pay R I rolls rols for the last year ear to determine what the Increase will wIl cost tho the rail rail- ralI ral- I roads Estimates of the tho several se railroads railroads rail rail- ralI ral- roads place tho the increase to I 1 In iii Utah alone at approximately oOOO The Tile approximate number of or engine engine- men mon o of the railroads which will vIli come comeIn comeIn comeIn wl In for Increased wages are distributed among the the several roads as follows Oregon Short Line Union Pacific Southern Pacific Western Pacific 60 50 Denver fc Rio Grande extra en engineers and firemen The advance agreed upon by tho the board of ot arbitration is a standardization tion ton o of rates of oC pay pay on the weight o of locomotives on drive wheels and af affects nt- nt bets S 1000 on tho i miles mies of line lne of oC ninety eight western railroads Tho The ne new schedule I Is effective effect effect- erect erect- ive lye only for tor one yearS year car and It I Is ad admitted ad- ad Is mere merely the postponing postponing for tor forthe tho the twelve months the actual settlement settle settle- sette- sette ment mont of ot the difference Involved The Increases granted tho the range ranle from 0 G to 15 per er cent over their pres present n t wages |
