Show c- c Fight for hour 8 Day 9 CI aJ Leaders o of of M Men en O Outline Views By A. A B. B GARRETSON President of the Order of Railway Conductor Conductors i GI CEDAR GEDAR DAR RAPIDS la Ia Aug 26 What What the hour eight-hour day Leans tans tans to the trainmen and engin men of the country is the with their families to have i to live in human companionship we nee of th the privileges of leisure that men engaged in other 1 pur- pur hur- hur tits lits its to be relieved of inhuman hours to gain gam the bene- bene t ts' ts s i social ci hygienic and indus indus- ial that hat come with a reasonable me for employment for rest nd d for recreation I The iThe punitive overtime is noth- noth ig g but the effort to make the I of men for long irs d uneconomic and therefore re rom m the employers' employers standpoint ii An increase in the rate of ages would mean more money upend pend This would not lot com com- the men for the onerous ns under which they erve erye- and they ar are thus placing of conditions above a 5 rate of pay in the scale desirability i. i By W. W S. S CARTER resident of of the Brotherhood of Locomotive tive tl-c Firemen and Engineers PEORIA 11 Aug 26 The The I rent relent demand for an hour eight aj aj by railroad in teral ter ter- I al and freight service means MI many instances an actual reI re- re I tf tion ill in their earnings In r terminal work where men are area aw a I. I v earning one and one-half one d ts' ts pay in fifteen hours they ul earn but one days day's pay for foright ight i-ht i hours' hours work I because when are required to pay time timed rid d one-half one for overtime after i ht hours no man will be rewired re- re wired ired to work overtime To the engineer cond conductor fireman reman ir eman or switchman in terminal e ervice vice the demand m means ans three ours nurs a da day dav v more with families In f freight service service the demand will make no change either I 1 the earnings of the men or in the practice of railroads where r ight trains are now operating as fast as twelve and a half miles i in n ti hour Where the railroads deem it cheaper to overload their 1 rains ains r ins and not avoid useless delays en route the earnings of f the then fen ifen n in train service will be in increased but this is not a purpose of ife e demand I I By W. W G. G LEE President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen CLEVELAND LEVELAND 0 O. Aug 26 Railroad Railroad trainmen regard the shorter work day in exactly the same way other men have considered considered consid consid- ered it They have had opportunity to know for themselves the advantages that follow a reduction in the number of hours of work they remember when there was no limit to to the hours and they tIley I A. A B. B Garretson W. W G. G Lee r t 6 tr g v r A t t'S S 4 to toh h S J j- j S. S 3 try S I Ii n A SS t W. W S. S Carter It W. W S. S Stone know how they paid the penalty they realize that with the endless day they were not as well off as they now are with the ten-hour ten day anti antl with the lessons of years to prove it they stand for the shorter work day as s a hU humane just proposition which they consistently consistently consistently con con- demand on the ground that eight hours' hours service at a time is all the man can give with fairness fairness fair fair- ness to himself if he is to retain his mental and physical health enjoy a part of his own time to his own advantage and that of his family and remain alert and active active active act act- ive the better to perform service and to have some sonic hope of remaining re- re remaining remaining re re- a w wage worker wage ge worker several years more snore than he knows he lie now has By W. W S. S STONE Grand Chief Engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers CLEVELAND O. O Aug 26 26 The hour eight-hour day demand is fair all leading industries and trades railroads excepted have recognized its economic justice We believe it can be accepted with no greater inconvenience by railroads than accompanied its in introduction introduction introduction in- in in other employments The hour eight-hour day movement is based wholly upon the justice of a work day of reasonable hours that will permit the men further to separate the dead line between work and wages Overtime in road service is due almost wholly to railroads overloading overloading overloading over over- loading trains so they cannot make their mileage within their time limits The Tile railroads are doing this for fot profit they do not deny it and if they propose to demand extra service at the sacrifice of the health and future earning ability of the men they should pay extra for it I If they exact extra service it is to their own interest and the themen men inen have a perfect right to demand time and one-half one time for that service |