Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1918 — M’ADOO RAISES WAGES OF ALL RAILROAD SHOPMEN [ARTICLE]

M’ADOO RAISES WAGES OF ALL RAILROAD SHOPMEN

Director General McAdoo has issued an order raising the wages of all railroad shopmen. The order establishes an eight-hour *day and the increase rate is retroactive to last January Ist. The advance applies to about 500,000 men and covers all sections of the country. The new scale of wages was announced as follows: Machinist, boiler makers, blacksmiths, sheet metal workers,' moulders and first-class electrical workers, 68 cents per hour. Carmen and second-hand electrical workers, 58 cents per hour. Helpers, 45 cents per hour. Foremen paid on hourly basis, 5 cents per hour more than respective crafts.

Foremen paid on monthly basis, incease S4O per month, minimum $155, and maximum $250. New rates - are retroactive to January 1, 1918.