Carmen Pay Dispute Over Turn Back Work at Ford Hall
Arbitration hearing reveals L officials admitted Carmen workers since last February were underpaid for turn back jobs. Witness Nesdale says wages would be $3.15 or more daily if paid per trip, criticizes pension system, and claims broad undercompensation across divisions. The salary list and its disclosure trigger tense arguments over who set the turn back pay policy.
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Ford Hall
Nesdale
Snow
Road
James J. Storrow
Board of Arbitration
John P. Feeney
Mr. Storrow
Nichols
Feeney
Carmen
Wage Disputes and Rail Labor Tensions Highlighted in Testimony
A labor hearing details wage scales for street car workers from 1891 to 1913, noting that raises often masked cuts in real value. The witness criticizes graduated pay for reducing motivation and calls for a flat wage rate while describing turnover, extra work disparities, and the impact on the company. The session includes discussions over salary lists and turn back work orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesdale
Union
Old West End
Carmen
Questions and Orders Dividing at L car hearing
Feeney and others disputed the February order for the L street car division while Tripp and the auditor offered conflicting accounts. Nesdale recounted L pensions with two beneficiaries and varias deaths before payment. Burns compared conductor duties then and now as Nesdale and Higgins testified. Storrow set 10 oclock start for the next hearing.
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Feeney
Wripp
Tripp
Nichols
Neil
Brush
Rripp
Nesdale
Bartlett Street
Timothy A. Burns
Dorchester
Messrs. Nesdale and
Higgins
Carmen’s Union
Storrow
Hereford Light at Anglesea Threatened by Erosion
In Wildwood New Jersey the Hereford light at Anglesea shows warning signals as foundations and living quarters wash away. Captain F H Hewitt of 39 years tends the mechanism amid rising tides and collapsing ground. Congressmen and citizens urge government action to fill Hereford Inlet to halt further erosion. engineers are en route.
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Wildwood
N. J
Hereford
Angliea
F. H. Hewitt
J. Thompson Baker
Hereford Inlet
Buffalo Bill Exploit Highlight in Sioux Fight Next Sunday
The upcoming Buffalo Bill episode details another notable exploit in the clashes with the Sioux as featured in the Post next Sunday.
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Buffalo Bill
Mrs French Rides With Geraghtys After Boston Shopping Spree
Mrs Amos T French, Mrs Geraghty and Mr Jack Geraghty spent most of yesterday shopping in Boston department stores. The trio exchanged no statements, but it appeared the two families had reconciled as they visited five shops from Washington to Boylston Streets and returned toward the Touraine hotel.
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Boston
Post Office
Jack Geraghty
Washington Street
Mrs. Geraghty
Mrs. French
Jack
Boylston Street
Touraine
Prince George tours canal work site visit
Prince George of Pattenberg and the crew of the British cruiser New Zealand toured the canal works today with Lieutenant Colonel Goethals. The sightseeing expedition highlighted ongoing construction and military observers accompanied the party.
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Colon
Prince George of Pattenberg
New Zealand
Goethals
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Special Board of Arbitration
Carmen's
George R. Tripp
Sur
R.H White Co
Onsen
Aera
Siahtte
Anhildren
Thomas Hardy
Bronzett
Barrie
Read
Lyall
Verne
Lyton
Conway
Stevenson
Doyle
Russell
Hugo
Lamb
Defoe
Dumas
Eliot
Carlyle
Meredith
Dickens
Paine
Blan
Bath
Norfolk
D. B
Lisle
R. H. White CO
Axminster
Wheeler & Wil
Feeneys
Burns
Walsh
North Station
Hurt Company
Tras
Seeney
James H. Vahey
J. 8. Richards
Mr. Feeney
The
White Dental Parlors
Washington St
Oxford
Washington ,T
F. Bonney Sons
Horlick
Man At the
Dee Lauren
I Clear
Sisamer 'S
Gimdley's
Geraghtys
Prince George
Mat Red
David A. Ricardo
Boylston St
Resinol
Baltimore
Jount
Connor Co
Jefferson Bidg
America
Fleischmann
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