Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1919 — RAILWAY WAGE ADVANCES. [ARTICLE]

RAILWAY WAGE ADVANCES.

The increase in railroad wages is indicated by the following table of average yearly wage: Employes not in All Train train employes crews. crews. 1910 ...» 673 | 993 $ 599 1914 ... 810 1,253 711 1917 ... 1,004 1,470 900 1918 ... 1,330 ' 1,870 1,'200 1919 ... 1,460 2,020 1,325 The war advances for the 400,000 men in the brotherhoods to date have been $295,000,000, or $725 a man. The war advances for the 1,700,000 men outside the brotherhoods have been $965,000,000, or $570 a man. The brakemen now are asking for a minimum of $l5O a month and the Conductors for a minimum of S2OO a month. The firemen and engineers have inot presented wage demands, their insistence being for a reduction in the cost of living. The brakemen and conductors are demanding time and a half for running trains on Sunday.