Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1909 — MORE PAY FOR 6,600 MEN [ARTICLE]

MORE PAY FOR 6,600 MEN

Philadelphia Transit Employes to Get 22 Cents an Hour. Philadelphia, May 18.—The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company has decided to increase the wages of motormen and conductors from 21 cents to 22 cents an hour, effective July 1. About 6,600 men are affected. Representatives of the employes state that they are not satisfied with the increase of 1 cent an hour. They believe that they should be paid 25 cents an hour.