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Show I " Increase in Wages I Granted to Men M But Arbitration l Branded Failure LB J IlL and Nevv,nds Law Declared Inade- iB flfibi quate In Dissenting Opinion on Be- B Jtt half of Enpsiemen'c Brotherhood H Chicago, April 30. An arbitration B nwnrd ndvonclng to soma extent tbo BB '.5j-- rates of par of 84,000 locomotive on BB ' gtneors, firemen and hostlers omploy BB ed on tho 140,000 miles of lino of BBJ ninety-eight western railroads in tho BB1 great area of tho United States and BBV Canada, bounded on tho east by tbo BBl Illinois Central and tho great lakes, BB was Blgned hero today. BBf A dissenting opinion was filed on BBb behalf of the Brotherhood of Engine- BBb men, In which tho arbitration was BBl branded as a falluro and tho Now- BBV lands law, under which it was nrrang BBV cd. an Inadequate dovlco for the set- BBb tlement of industrial disputes. BBh Tho award effeetlvo May 10 and BBb binding for ono year only was frank- BBf ly declared as merely postponing for BBf a twelve months tho actual settle- BBf ment of tho differences In vol vo J. BBB Tho railroad mombers of the 'joard BBf Issued a formal statement criticising BBl features of tho regulations governing BB the arbitration and remarking that BBf certain concessions, regarded as in- BBb trlnslcally unjust, wero made for tho BBf sake of preserving peace with tho BBl employees. BBb Concessions Made BBb As explained by Mr. Burgess tho BBf essential oncessions to tho men BBf BBh Standardization of rates of pay on BB the weight of locomotives on drive BBf wheels. BBf Overtlmo pay to passenger firemen BBT nnd engineers ranging from 44 to 7G BBl cents on hour, respectively. BBf Englnemen of steam power may BBf trasfer to eloctrlt power when In- BBf stalled without loss of seniority right BBl after May 1, 1915. Tho board was BBl unable, becauso of tho nownesB of BBf electric railroad sorvlco to fix rates BBb of pay in detail, but named $4.30 a BBf day as tho minimum for motormon In BBf passenger service and $2.90 for their BBb helpers 34.75 for motormen in freight BBk sorvlco and $2.75 for tholr holpers. BBf Englnemen of milk trains, circus BBf trains and othor irregular service, BBf such as pusher and helper, receive tho BBb Tate accorded on through freights tin Incrcnso amounting to an Increase of from 10 to 15 per cent. Tho men will bo paid for delay while In their tabs at Initial and final fin-al terminals and for (lino In excess of thirty minutes spent In preparing their engines for service Switch englnemen will receive nn advanca In dally pay of 25 cents on small engines and 15 centa on largo ones. Mon held a day from home terminals termin-als shall, after twenty-two hours idleness, idle-ness, rocoivo a minimum day's pay for ten hours, based on last service, out of each succeeding twenty-four hours until ho gets a run. Through freight wago rates wero advanced 5 to 20 cents, Increasing with weight of englno and 25 ecnts on somo of tho extremely heavy engines. en-gines. Way frolght cnglnomen will receive 30 cents a day moro than through freight men. Surprlso tests will bo conducted iu such n way as not to endanger life, limb or nerves. Firemen will bo assisted whero assistance as-sistance Is nnlIablo In keeping coal forward, and the coal shall bo broken Into proper sizes at chutes. Whero firemen on big engines deem an assistant necessary tho matter may, if necessary, be adjusted thru arbitration. Firemen will not bo required to clean engines, nor will engineers bo required to till grease cups, set up wedges or perform othor minor duties du-ties about an englno whero others nro avnilablo to do tho work. Tho weight or drlvo wheols of each englno shall bo posted whero the en-glnomeu en-glnomeu can havo convenient access to tho Information. Among tho requests which were not granted wero tho automatic release, tlmo and a half for overtlmo In freight and switching service, and tho five-hour five-hour day In passenger service. Tho award on tho surprlso test, which was a matter of bitter contention conten-tion in tho courso of the four months hearing was precisely as desired by the railroads, but Mr. Burgess listod It among the results satisfactory to the men. |