Show Mom MOTORMEN MEN DESCRIBE I DEAD DED M MANS MAN'S NS S 'S OUTFIT I II I I CHICAGO Feb 8 A 8 A dead mans man's outfit outfit out out- I fit f Is th the tha name given b by motormen to the control on electric locomotives locomotive which au automatically automatically au au- shuts off ot the current and applies applies ap ap- ap plies the the- brakes If JC the motorman faints taints or dl dies on duty The apparatus was described here to today today to to- day Q before the bouru boeri of or arbitration In Inthe Inthe inthe the Western eter railroad wage case cc CO hi y R p. R E E. Hewitt He master mechanic of or the fled fed lines of or the Southern Pacific at Ala AJa- mends Cal The engineers and firemen demand amon among other thins things s that motormen motormen motor motor- men be paid the same as locomotive pid en engineer en en- n and nd the r rate te of or P pay to be beon bl based d don on the effort of or the cars In presenting their side o of the tho case aise the engineers engineers en en- asserted that tot the hazard o on elec ele- electric ele locomotives Is greater than that greter on steam engines Hewitt Hewit testified that the thi tr hazard haard was as slight and that the size of or the electric en engine lne does docs not Increase c the tho work of the motorman motorman- Whether the lu power be small smal or great the motorman's motorman work Is smal the same mc He Hc simply moves the controller one way ay or another Mr fr Hewitt Hewit said sId He lie keeps keep his hand on the controller to keep the con contact ct said aid the witness wite li i l is h j what hat we call cl a dead mans man's outfit I li If I he faints or drops dead deal and his hand leaves the controller It springs 8 up and set the too cu current nt Is I Interrupted The Tho brakes I |