Show UNION CHIEFS DEMAND ACTION It ift t t fIE JOE IE ift it Rail w. w Workers Wo Must Get det More Pay MAN MANAGERS GERS URGE WAGE fRAISE Workers Will Quit Jobs Job's If N Not t Given Living Wage Is Rep Report GC May 1 11 A A nationwide I CHIC breakdown of ot railroad transportation trans- trans l n will son soon confront the nation unless the new federal deral railway b board rd rd- rd which be beg began began be- be g gan n its fi final a sessions flere here i today day 4 decides de decides de- de to grant a wage raise to railway workers throughout the coun country ry Jt it was declared in a form formal l statement Issued by the chiefs of ot the big railroad brotherhoods broth mae made public to today y It was reported the of ot a number of t leading railroads concur with the leaders in their opinions ns and have ha given their approval t tc the statement state state- ment The brotherhood brotherhood- chiefs according tp the statement belleve th the railway board should fix Ix the salaries of ot the raU w workers worker fr from m 1700 to 2 2500 OO a a. year which would represent an increase increase in increase in- in crease of f approximately for the 2000 i railroad ad throughout gho t th the country In em effe effect t th the stat statement rrie pr presents the threat of a g general n rat railroad strike jn n the United States pointing ou out that thousands of ot rail raU employee have quit the th transportation service to find more lucrative e employment e 1 el elsewhere and their railroad travel actually has beqo be- be pome hazardous b r us b Q a auge of of t. t a ac l lack g of men en on near nearl nearly al all ad THE STATE STATEMENT T p IJ The brotherhoods' brotherhoods statement ta em nt in fn part follows f The country is face to to ta fate face with the in menace na e ot of a breakdown in transportation trans trans- po atlon service Already the efficiency efficiency effi em- lency and nd safety of ot the lj en service have b been en seriously impaired by the action of thousands of voluntarily voluntarily volun volun- taril have quit t tb find tind higher wages elsewhere The car car shortage now threatening to stop the tIte wheels wheel of all call industry in the country is one of ot the first effects trace traceable bl to th the failure I to provide the railway workers workers' with a a living w wage ge i 1 A LIVING LIVING v WAGE ci We Ve have ave prese presented ted our our case for a living wage fo for for th the work workers rs Expert opinion predicated on incontrovertible facts indicates s that the lowest figure at which h a family of can can be maintained main maln- tamed e i in 1 health alth and reasonable com com- I I I iori LOL is a year We have also submitted evidence proving g th that t only 2 2 per c cent nt of ot the he heI whole army of ot railroad workers are receiving a living wage ag today today More tb than n railway do not earn In Ina a a normal working year 1075 below which figure figure nearly three- three quarters of ot th the families are undernourished undernourished Ish ed and and seven eighths are under under- clad BELOW THE LEVEL Here Is t the e entire transportation system of ot the toe country not ot with its unskilled alone below the level of ot subsistence subsistence subsistence sub sub- but with seven eighths of ot Its entire working force forc below this level leveland and a large proportion p a actually oel below w. w the The ay rage jY yearly arly wage w ge p ld to the entire number of ot railroad workers in the Un United ted tates States today is is' is for a normal working year of ot eight eight- ight hour days allowing nothing t for r sickness sickness sickness sick sick- ness emergency or OJ irregularity irregularity- of em employment s sASo So ASo great is the Issue that that there can be no question ri as s to td th the practicability of qt paying rates which wilt will make ke possible possible pos poe sible for tor f families a standard of t health and re reasonable comfort PROTEST STRIKE PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE n. n H It I I. I May 17 The k The met first movement in lIt the tle nationwide protest pro I test of t railroad work workers rs against the governments government's nt's delay In meetIng their wage Increase demands took pl place ce h here re I toda today when track laborers went on strike According to George A A. A Poor local division superintendent of th thew the New ew Y T York rk rk N New w Haven Hartford Hartford I railroad the trl trac- quit pendIng pending pending pend pend- ing the s settlement ot of the demands i al-i a. a though they were f- f receiving cel ng 40 c dents cents an hour national agreement Tile The men made no no further r demands bue iut simply walked out as a protest against the del delay dely y of ot the railroad labor board Doard QUIT AT SPOKANE SPOKANE Wash May 17 The The day day forca of 01 switchmen of ot the Chicago Milwaukee St St Paul railway here today did not report for tor duty None of ot the night cr crew rew w it was reported had been on duty The rhe men said they had walked out individually without presenting pre pre- f nUng demands b but t that they want they want wanted ed more money mone |