Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1917 — Monon Employes At Lafayette Ask For Wage Increase. [ARTICLE]

Monon Employes At Lafayette Ask For Wage Increase.

The men employed in the Monon shops at Lafayette have asked for an increase in wages. A delegation representing the different departments in the shops left tor Chicago to see President Kprrie and General Superintendent McManus to discuss the w r age scale for the present year. The men are asking a five per cent increase per hour over the wage scale of last year. The machinists and boiler makers are now getting 38 cents an hour, the blacksmiths have a sliding scale from 41 cents down, awd the pipe fitters get 32 cents. • Fof some time past the men have been working on a fifty hour schedule per week. The wage increase does not affect the apprentices in any way. None of the members of the committee hav6 returned home as yet and it is not known how 'the conference ■resulted. , ‘