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Show I WAGE SLASHES GO INTO EFFECT One Million Men to Feel Pay Envelope Cuts of ! Railroads Today CHICAGO, .Tnly I, (By the Assoc!-' 'ri' W.ig. slnsboK totalling) 00 annually go into effect Ofl hi railroads of iho country today.' There arc approximately I l8B000 1 i.iilwiy workois In tho f-r c at ptos- ent, but probably not morn than one million of these will feel the cut In their pay envelopes. - r 1 -i r decisions of the I'nlted .Stntcs railroad labor bontil during ih last month anil a hnlf. form th" bnel fur the w :tKe reductions. Several classes 1 of employes, notatth ths snRlneers, H firemen, and trainmen, were not lu- lOded In the r -1 1 1 . 1 1614, and n dcis- Ion hn vi ( been IsSUSd for one other H group, the telegrapher!" and the train dispatchers, suffered no reduction iH The railway employes were not hit P as hard this year ax when the board H cut the wages of all workers lust year H a total of $350 0000,000. The cuts' H ranted from one to nine ftaflts an hOUf (oi various: , -lasses of workers. uhllo H certain groups of semi-official and H supervisory employes escaped tho pruning Unlfe entlreiv FOBA i s COHPARBD The following table glvec. the ap-proSlffllltfl ap-proSlffllltfl number of railway employes in the group clflMlflcatloftl present H figures being compared with those un-H un-H dor ttiQ federal railroad administration .-.hen the numher ( v,,rkii reached I: he highest jolnt in history 10 1H 1 9 2 J '.i rdnvi siers and assistants 7.000 5,660 Train I)lspHtchers 6.500 6,250 Engineers and fireman 136,950 lfO.160 ' tahdtlCtOfi and trainmen i so, son 1 70,400 Maintenance of way employes . 585.500 383.900 CleriU 21 8.500 I'll, 250 'th r station forces . 187;500 86.150 2Jhop mechanics .. ..314,600 220.250 M ehanioa' helpers .141,250 129.450 Telegraphers 77,500 75,000 Serial department employe 15,ooo 12.000 J St. 1 1 J o 11 ,1 1 englll- iH eors and firemen 8.000 8,000 Murine employes . . . S50 800 I Total 1.827.950 1,425,460 Ot these groups, the yardmasters and assistants, tnln dispatchers, engineers en-gineers and firemen, conductors' and trainmen, and telegTaphera aro not touched by the reductlos Avhlch g.. Into effect today. CL&RKfl M.so CI T The maintenance of w.iv men, who formerly received from 28 to 40 cents an hour, were cut 6 cents, making the ftew range from 23 to 35 cents tho rate3 varylhg In different parts of the eountry, according to local labor conditions. con-ditions. The clerks were cut S rpnts an hour in the case 0f thus who have lmrJ two years1 or more experience and 4 cents for others with a minimum starting start-ing salary of J60 :i month for beginners. begin-ners. After Fix months service a minimum of $70 was set. and after a '!:lr ra.1r8 Br'V'' ccordJns; to ability. abil-ity. poMtion and seniority Shop mechanic, receive, under the board's n etdor, a minimum of TO cents an hour, a reduction of 7 cents Due to higher ra m.:- and senior to ritl u , " ( e,V "Mglltly high- , ,atP Helpers will rt ive n new m minimum rate of 54 CBr B b dUCed 7 cent, ,,ls,, bQ( fr, h. WW men got the biggest , mamL S3CcenStrCl,U,ne 'hHr ""r,v ''to Signalmen, who received a cUt nf r. WWm n hour, and Station 17 engineers and WWm firemen, who we,, reduced IS cents 1 ah hour will eet a rue of 43 cu REDUCTIONS BY GROUPS grourTZw'0 h"Ur,y r'-J-t.ons. the ' Rciu.d l cent an hour Mainte. of Way dopartment: MechanJcV r.T "f those i, ihopa Reduced 2 cent., an hour Station ary engineers, stationary flremc and engine roott bllera, boiler room water tenders and coal pi en "educed 3 cents an hour Malnte t track, and maintenance foremen "".:.-!: and malntena,,. e aanistanta chief eierk foremen H with 2 or m , ,,,Pri ers 1 " emPl0e fral anSoun. -1 rs ana gutemen nR!flU7rI 4 rPnts nn hour Malnte-I Malnte-I c.u.kVV'; 1fPartnnt: Meehai h exclusive of shop mechanics); cleri- l ( I cal forcos. clerics with experience of . 1 less than two years. Janitors, freight . handlers, messengers, ClOVfttor operat- ors, office boys, office, station and vnrehouse watehmen, fetation attendants, attend-ants, bill sorter, perforating machine operators, addressers, mall gatherers and distributors, cotttfitOfl labon rs around station:!. mlr,,ellaneous ofilec l hi 1 1 1 HI 1VIEST REDUCmoNS Reduced cents ati hdur Uaintc- nrmen ,,r w w ,1-. hit rt ment Bridge, 'building, palmer. 1 oiiHtrnctlon, mason. land concrete, water-supply, plumoer. coal wharf, coul-chute, and fence.' g.mg. foremen and assistant foremen.! pile drivers ditehlng and hoisllflg en glneers, bridge inspectoi-s track nnd oomtnon laborers, dfftwbridgs tenders, and assist ants, pile driver dltclilnfand hoisting firemen crossing watchmen or nagmen. pumyperV helpers and 1 pumpers, lamp lighters nnn tenders. 1 engine watchmen and wipers. fire 1 builders, ash-pit nu n, flue borers, coal c passers, slgnnl department. leading 1 tnaintainefs, gang foremen and lead- I lng signal men signalmen, assistant t signal men und Ignul malntalners and t assistant signsi maintalh'erf; shop cm- t ploes. car cleaners 1 Reduced 6 cents an hour Signal , department. Signalmen's helpers. t Keduced 7 cents an hour Shop em- i ployes. machinists, boilermakers. sheet j meral workers, regular and helper ap- r prentices, helpera electric workers 1 hlacksmlths. Carmen (except freight earmeni moUldei, OUpOIa tenders and coremaki-rs. ) Reduced i c uts an hour Shop em-li ployes. freight carmen. - an |
