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Show RAILROAD WAGES I Shall they be determined by Industrial Warfare or Federal Inquiry? To the American Public : I Do you believe in arbitration or industrial warfare? J The train employes on all the railroads are voting whether they will give their leaders author- J ity to tie up the commerce of the country to enforce their demands for a 100 million dollar wage increase. ' i The railroads are in the public service your service. This army of employes is in the public service your service. 1 You pay for rail transportation 3 billion dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every dollar f from you goes to the employes. On all the Western railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the train employes earn'ed 1 these wages (lowest, highest and average of all) as shown by the pay rolls 1 i Passenger Freight Yard 1 Range Average Range Average Range Average u T? I' $1747 91Q $1537 119071 $1056 H7R .Engineers 3994 ij2195 Q7 r $2071 2445 137B j Conductors 2789 1878 2933 1 ' 193S 2045 135S 17- !063 ., 751 0 418 n, Firemen 207g 1317 2059 . 1181 1552 t 973 j Brakemen 957 1135 J2I 1107 The average yearly wage payments to all Western train employes (including those who worked' only part of the year) as shown by the 1915 payrolls were ' i 1 Passenger Freight Yard j Engineers .$2038 $1737 $1218 Conductors 1772 1624 1292 Firemen 1218 973 832 Brakemen 921 1000 1026 A 100 million dollar wage increase for men in freight and yard service (less than one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a 5 per cent advance in all freight rates. The managers of the railroads, as trustees for the public, have no right to place this burden on the cost of transportation to you without a clear mandate from a public tribunal speaking for you. I The railroads have proposed the settlement of this controversy either under the existing national na-tional arbitration law, or by reference to the Interstate Commerce Commission. This offer has been refused by the employes' representatives. Shall a nation-wide strike or an investigation under the Government determine this issue? National Conference Committee of the Railways ELISHA 1,KE. Clitiirnuui. A. S. GREIG, Asst. to Receivers, P. R. ALBRIGHT. Gen'l Manager, St. Louis fc San Francisco Railroad. Atlantic Const Line Railroad. Ct w KOUNS, Gen'l Mnnngcr, L. W. DALDWIN, Gen'l Malinger, Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fc Railway. C IHARD. SS, SEE" . W. MeMASTER, Gen'l Manager, NcVv k, Nei Haven Hartford Railroad. Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. E. H. COAP JAN. Vice-President, " ' D. MAIIER, Vice-President, Southern Railway. Norfolk and AVestem Railway. S. E. COTTER, Gen'l Manager, ' JAMES RUSSELL, Gen'l Manager, Wnhash Railway. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. P. E. CROWLEY, Asst. Vice-President, A. M. SCHOYER, Resident Vlce-Pres., New York Central Railroad. Pennsylvania Lines "West. G. II. EMERSON, Gen'l Manager, W. L. SEDDON, Vice-President, - Great Northern Railway. Seahonrd Air Line Ralway. C. H. KWING, Gen'l Manager, A. J. STONE, Vice-President, Philadelphia A: Reading Railway. Erie Railroad. E. W. GRICE, Asst. to President, . S. WAID, Vice-Prcs. & Gen'l Manager, Ohcsniienkc & Ohio Railway. Sunset Central Lines. PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP NOTICES. Consult County Clerk or the Respective Respect-ive Signers for Further Information. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Lemuel Colbath, deceased. de-ceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at No. 125 South Main street, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 2nd- day of December, A. D. 1916. COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY, Administrator of the Estate of Lemuel Lem-uel Colbath, Deceased. N. A. ROBERTSON, Attorney for Estate, 411 Felt Bldg. Date of first publication, July 29, A. D. 1916. 7-29-8-26 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Joseph McGhie, deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at 419 Judge Building, Salt Lake City, Utah, on or before the 5th day of December, A. D. 1916. W. I. SNYDER, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Jo-seph McGhie, Deceased. W. I. SNYDER, Attorney for Ad ministrator. 7-29-8-26 Date of first publication, July 29, A. D. 1916. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. Fortuna Gold Queen Mining Company, Com-pany, a corporation of the State of Utah. Location of principal place of business, Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the directors held on the 22nd day of July, 1916, an assessment of one-half cent per share was levied lev-ied on the capital stock of the corporation, corpor-ation, payable immediately to B. F. Caffey, secretary, at room 333 Judge |