Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1917 — Wage Increase Granted to 700 Men On Monon R. R. [ARTICLE]

Wage Increase Granted to 700 Men On Monon R. R.

P. L. McManus, general superintendent of the Monon railroad, and Charles Burgman, superintendent of motive power at the Monon shops, on Saturday completed . negotiations with a committee representing the federated crafts employed on the Monon railway for a new wage scale. The men believe they have been treated fairly and all indications now point to a settlement satisfactory to both parties. The men will receive a flat rate increase averaging 7 cents per hour. The scale applies to the entire Monon system aftd affects fully 700 employes. The increase schedule dates from July 16.