Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-09-03 | Page 8 | R. R. Pay Raised by $100,000,000

V R R. Re R. PAY RAISE RAISED BY V Other Than Trainmen Trainmen Trainmen Train Train- V men Receive Wage V Increase V 1 V By Associated Press Pres WASHINGTON Sept 3 Nearly Nearly a amilon million milon men or half of the railroad in the hal United States share sare snare in additional al wage increases approved today by Director General McAdoo for tor track laborers watchmen other I maintenance of oX way clerks station staton agents and other classes of drawing relatively low pay The ThE new Increases the second granted in supplement to the governments government's governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's general wage order will wi add nearly to the annual railroad railroad rail rail- rai- rai road payrolls it la js said aid aid Most of ot the increases are from 10 to 30 per percent percent percent cent above present prese iges