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Show NEW AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE ON 1 U. P. SEPT. 1 The new ahopcraft and maintenance mainte-nance of way employes agreement with tha Union Pacific railroad, which waa promulgated severs! weeks sgo and which . allowe readjustment re-adjustment of wsges snd tncresees In seversl Instance for ahop employes em-ployes and section men. will become be-come effectlre September 1. C. M. Ball, assistant to the general manager man-ager ef the Oregon Short Una s to ted today. Mr. Ball stated that tha range of ratea had not been forwarded to Pelt Lake yet, but that maintenance of way employee would bs put on a graduating scale with a mlxtnum and a minimum wage aocording" to their length of service and efficiency. effi-ciency. In some Instances section foremen and section men will receive re-ceive alight Increases, It is announced. an-nounced. M. O. Wlllard. asslstsnt ta the general manager In rharg of wages, la out of Salt Lake on hi vacation and will not return until about fteptoraber I. . Th hop employe egreement waa announced by the Union Pa-eiflo Pa-eiflo oa A u rust 1 and covered Increases In-creases ranging from 4 to II per cent, which effected more than 400 employes. Tbe new agreement with th mitntenane of way emplove will effect a corresponding number of men. |