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It is very apparent that the easel for the employes 'seeking higher] wages is viewed with less ninlabllit:: j than ordinarily. In legislative eli des, there has recently been serious talk of legislation to prohibit striker, by employes of interstate carriers, and. ta provide a procedure for com pulsory arbitration. The impression has gained a good deal of ground, that certain favored classes of employes have fbr a long time been systematically aggregating to themselves most of the increases in wages; Highest P*td Class Of Men On behalf of the ?nginemen end trainmen who are - taking the de mand for a largo wage increase, it is urged tbat the bigber cost of living Justifies their demand, y Yet theBe mon, ibp'engineers, firemen, conduc tors and: brakemep; are the highest paid classes of railroad labor. The question being asked why on engineer getting an average wage in 1013 of $6.20, should require an increase, while trackmen, who were getting "41.58.per day, should be left out?( ^ Again, the average wage of conduc tors in 1913 is shown by the statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion to have,been $4.30 per, day. At tho same time* telegraph operators and dispatchers were getting on avev age wage of $2.62 per day. . ' If the. increased cost of living for the $4.39 conductor necessitates a large increase In his compensation, where does the $2.52 dispatcher come in? t No demand/la being urged on: be half of the operators and dispatchers, and some of the railroads! have-lately been intimating Vigorously that if a big additional burden must be laid on their labor funds. they would. like to give the benefit to the poorer paid claBcea of empl?yes. ^ The truth of the.whole businesses that, as a whole, . the railroad em ployes of * the country are not very highly paid a-'compared to other poo^ pie. A few classes of. railroad men are paid very high wages. The most fortunate of all these classes are the engineers^.firemen, conductors and brakemen. 1 Rf<te Rising Rapidly Not onlj xhre these four classes' paid; much more liberally than other em-| ployee, but *b? ; figures show that ! their.rate of wages baa been rising; more rapidly than that of any other classes. *. " : ! 1 la',,1914 the Interstate: Commerc?! C?iijra'?Dsion's report. showed the nunv ] ber of railroad employes for the en* ! tire country to bo 1,710,296. Out of this number there were 62,021 en gineers, 04.959 firemen, 48,201 con ductors, and 130,809 other trainmen; a tptOVof 311,999, or Just about, oae steth of the entire number,. At that saine date, thei number :o? trackmen, exclusive of foremen, was ; 337,451.. That is, the,\humber of . com mon- flaborcra ory.'jbe,. section was greater. than the entire .. roll of en?! gineors, firemen, conductors, ' andi brakemen. Y?t ' this' huge ; army o! = trackmen': was,^working for an aver age wag*}' of $1.68. pier day, while en-' ; glnoers were getting: $$.20, firem?n j were getting$2.18^conductors were getting $4.39, and other trainmen were getting $3.04. ; .Theae figures are | tho commission's averages for. the en!: tiro country, -'S.1 Condition Bettered largely because they are the best organized ?los??a or railway werken? and have been unremitting in their demands, for bettor! wages, thsae tear classes have succeeded in ' bettering their condition rapidly and regularly, at the ospenso of the other cia**es( 'which are not ao highly organized. The trainmen, whenever they insist on a wage increase, have, on their aide, the! tremendously, potent^ arjjf?; 'me&t-tfca* it tbey ^%W^i^-mji ask, they can walk oat and tie up ^ whole :;'vrdilroad;. system: ? Nd>>tb,?* ^pll^^p?oy??! could'do,!this;\'bot; ;c*'#?ip&^^ perlsobte, . * ;>; libw') effectively 'X the^ fo$r ?av?. .'e3a?;:^?va^'v: used >i^el0a^% >vhowri :oy fh?>('..>ii!d fi^orea. : la '-' lie" *ea *a*t?':tto^^o$ ^^jp?^Pi of ^giae?? 'Jr^ied?^ -SS^^^bse Mmo';tea lyearn ?il ^fenten! " Imprassiva Statement " Here ta an impressive statement e* fact ?bout railway wages that ought net to escape attention. There were a total of 87,873 employes classified as switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen. These woro receiv ing in 1912 an average of (<%70 par day, which was actually a cents a day less, than : they had b?sa raca?v tag tea years earlier. At that time there were 48,20} con ductors with Swhom the statistics dealt. The conductors, therefore, were only a~ slightly more ammsr ous class than the tenders and watch*' men; yet; While the conductors bad had their wagt-3 raised from $3.88 to 34.2? per day, the less fortunate class of tenders and watchmen had to stand, a reduction .from $1.76 to $1.70 per day. . If the cost of living has been stead* fly advancing for conductors, so as to Justify an t.?crease of. 27 per cent in their wages, it seems difficult to ex plain why that same cost of living should bave fallen sufficiently to war i "ant a decrease. Of 3 per cent in tho ; sedges of switch, tenders, crossing rtthiders, and watchmen, ? Take the single clasBlfles?en *?. I general office % clerks. There wer* 87,100 of these according to the of ficiel report' A much larger number ihaa of either engineers, firemen.-or conductors. These general office, clerks were . paid an average .of $2.21 per day in ;1S03, and of $2.50 in 1912; an In crease of only 13 per cent m the ten year period; .Gcn-aral office clerks, without ex ception, are compelled to live in cities, where cost of living'is high. Engineers Better Off Engineers, on the other hehd, are distributed between large towns and small toq^s; on tho average, their living circumstances ought to make their expenses average considerably less than those of office clerks, yet the statistics, -show .that engineers have received in the ten-year period an increase of 24 per cent In their i wages, making them average j exactly $5 per day, , while general office clerks bave received an increase" of only 13 per cent, making them aver -age $2.60 '.? Or4-j of tt-c worst underpaid classl flcat-'ons ' Of raTVway employes is that of the "tatio-j, agents. There are ; Just about 40,000 of -these in the country, 'or .nearly as many as the number of "conductors. In 1903 station agents averaged $1.80 a 4uy, und in 1912 they had been raised to only $2.20 a day, While In that same time conductors had advanced from $3.38 to $4.20. %'Tbat is, the station agent in 1918 was getting just, about half tho wages ' of. the conductor, and In ten years he had had an. average increase of 17 per cent, while the . conductor's rxxAnv had been 27 per cent. , Here are twd of ttto moBt numer ous classes .of railway employes; Trainmen,' oth?r than engineers, Hremen, and '.'ji^ddeters, numbered 136,809, while' trackmen numbered 337,451. The' Statistics show tbat\t?? trackmen were :v.: getting, m 1908 an ay?rago of $i.Sl per day, and in 1912 an average of $1.60 per day, an in crease of ,14 per cent. B?liJl' .What Others Got On the other hand, tbo. classlflca tion of other trainmen, was getting in 1903 $2.17 per;-day, and in 1912, ?2.05 'perdayi: an increase of 86 per' cent. In perceatagBv.lhla.u the largest ad vance, received by any single c]ase!ej? railway employ?s during this decade, A general survey of wage condi tions in the railway service and in other industries, it Is believed, wonMf; show that in tho ?aat fifteen ye-ai? the highly organized and : favored' classes, of railway ; wage earners have had their incomes . tocreHsed -Rare than'almost, any other class of work |?^t?v tho country,. while tbo much more 'numerous, - nut' leas : effectively' wgaaised classes of railway workers have probably received rather ; less 'increases' than otlj_ea industrial work pf?^n- general. In view ?>f ,th9--atrong feeling that these most fortunate "classes of the railway employes are now making excessive and unreasonable demands, attention is now, .being called as never before to ; these general ) dis crepapcles. There 1b a strong dis position to inaugurate ;general end ; sweeping- -: inivesU&atJOn of the whoio quaation 'of inilway ; wages with a viow to eflteblisbmg sonie sort of pub: lie regn'ation not unlike that already applied to. railroad rates, in the id wrest of employe's > and publto alike. Meanwhile, there Is a markod iudls position to extend : further favors, to .those classes already -most highly, favored,at tho expenso of other pWB&ia of employes' who appear to be getting very Iows wages, * * +. * * fi * * +, * ?p>- Fejjr saUooal ^iroad tmtoaa ^ ^ih^*tan. to :Ue-an;eyer>. steam:'- % ft^i?t'&ihi.ed&ffo' -.The nom-," &$A$5& employee*) i?vaiVed ?&y;:-4& -a ' aeent':: M tevti'it.w.ti^&w&to stop ' W alt icrelgBi-as^ijtt^eager,. traf- ' * *'^^J<?sjf?^iMl^it ?a- #tirtfe-fc 4\ inoottry and Amerce and ex- * 0? ifer* traeW Agnation of lOOv- > r The Victor, With Joyous shout*1, high In thft ailr ;; Oer hats t?r hint, who wins ar* tossed, But what of bun, of honoi <s bare, Who Btrovo as honestly-- und lost? ^ E'en though his eye* wUh Ujnxt are dial, AU thought of him Will quickly (ads incept when men refer to hira For the poor showing that bo madet And yot we sometimes must confess. As wo seo men to honor rise. Some arc less worthy of. success Than ho who failed to win the prise Because he was unfairly used By thoso : wo thought should him be- j t friend And that bis good name was abused By some who to wich triche descend. The world in this seems to delight Nor orv.tho means employed complains No matter if by wrong or right Of one who! victory attahiu. But we In thta may solace And. View it from any poln* we choc-st? It Boems as If it was dealgncd ; For some to win and coma to lose. ?Boston Globe. FOURTH FAIL OF L?T2IC Fortress Taken by Russians Has Seen Much Fighting In Present War. . LuUk, captured l>y the. Russians In their latest offensive against Austria, Is situated thirty-five inilea from the Galicien border and Is u modern stronghold erected within recent years by Russin to ward off possible Aus trian aggression, it is the eastern an gle of the Volhynlan fortress, the two others, Duhuo. the nvvs, situated thir ty miles to the coutbeuat, still in Teu ton hands, and Ilovno. thirty miles to the east, having been built for Its sup port ' When the German und Austro Hungnrlun armies last uutumn coin pelted the Russluus to retire on the whole COO mile front Lutzk was one of the most bitterly contested points ou tbo Southern purt of the Hue. Itclutng ed huiid:; throe tltue>-, railing lost into Teuton huudd on Oc-t. 1. The; fortress 'lies halfway; between ilovno and Kovel, ou the Important railway Imo Uiat. ruus from Brem Lltovsjt to the region eoutbwest of Kiev. It Is this railway sector, be tween Royno and Kovel, that bn*? bee:: the objective, of the Russian attache ever since the Teuton offensive came to a standstill eight month* ago. for It* control would give the/Russians a free hand to operate southward'ujmtnst the lines in Gallcla. ' Without holding Lutxb the AustrlanB will - have ; a hard task maintaining themselves in the smaller . Votbynlap fortress to the southeast, bubuo. and once Dubuo bus fallen the road Is opcti tp the czar's forces for another Invo slon of western Gallcla. Such an Inva sloe, if accompanied by simultaneous attacks agalust" the Bukowina lines, would prescrit a formidable menftce te the whole southernmost Austro-Htm go ri up "front, as it would threaten it with-"being cut off or driven to the north Into the hands of the army In fading Gab'.la. The town and district of; Lutzk a of little commercial importance. Lutt.K 'was ?t one time, a thriving center, with a population of about 40.000. but Since ' the Pollsb.wars in the last half of the sixteenth century it bas stendliy de eltned. _ "SALLY CAR/' SALONIKI. Tommies Adept Various Methods to ( K??p Home Folks Posted. Tho Rev. F, il. ? Ulliigham, the Ease* ; j cricketer,' who has been censorlug i:u? j diers' letters at the freut,. bas bceri j telling some ofVhis csperleuces. The tngln object of most Tom m leu seems to be to let their relatives' know whfre. tbey are. and nil sorts of 'schetues have been discovered, ? commM. one at the start of, the war was to place dots under certain letters which, when read together. ; gave, information ea, to the ..writer's whereabouts, but-parents eoon began to" receive letters with a confused Jumbling of dots placed un * d?r other letters"; by. the ?cusor. '.v.-Tbe story goes, ? however.' that a cen sor was not wide awake enough to See through one. HI tie s'euteuee In a'letfer from u member of the Mediterranean Expeditionary force. It wag ln: Iba form, of a postscript .fl?hd read. M? met; Sally ou the car/' Whether one Bees It or not-d?pends ou how bo pronounces Saloniki. HAS KEW CHINESE ALPHABET Dr. Lam Hops? to flfjvohJtionl/o His Ceunlr/e WrlitSr) Lsnausgo. Dr. T. F. La ni, : a ?tsU?gulsbed Chi fjttse scholar, left Ban Francisco ' for Gblna.-where ho will offer bis fellow countrymen . an ^-tdhabct which if adopted, bv said, would revolutionize the written language of. Chipa. 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