The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 20, 1920, Page 14

THE SEATTLE STAR VETERAN STEPS ON NAIL, DIES Blood Poison Fatal to Ex- Soldier } | Funeral services for George F. Biggerstaff, who died I bloc soning resulting fr ping on @ rusty nail, will Wednesday afternoon at 3 o the He Undertaking company’s | |rooma, where the body was recetved | lyenterday, The body will be cre mated. Higgerstatt did 18 months foreign | vervice during the war, waa badly gassed in the battle of Verdun end went thru the St. Mihfel drive and "The Bon. Wash Dresses Reduced to $4.95 SEVERAL STYLES FROM OUR HIGHER PRICED LOT A Wash Dress opportunity for those who Marché Women’s Bathing Suits $1.25 | A SPECIAL LOT AT AN EXCEED- INGLY LOW PRICE If you want an inexpensive Bathing Suit, here’s {600,000,000 WAGE INCREAS “TS GRANTED TO RAIL WORKERS ‘Decision of United States Board Is Announced in Chi- cago, Granting Big Annual Pay Boost RY L. R. BLANCHARD CHICAGO, July 20.—The United) railway board today announc- ‘ed wage increases totalling almost F $600,000,000 annually for 2,894,287 few exceptions, raffroad employ- ment is more regular, and the char- RAIL WAGE AWARD jacter of the work f ore desirable AFFECTS 1,894,287 _ || site ocounona owtsise” | “It Is clear that the cost of living WORKERS ON ROADS |) lin the United States has increased employes of the roads. | Leaders of the 16 rail labor crafts affected by the increase went Minto season today at 11 o'clock to onsider the awants. § Their approval or "wilt be announced by might. ‘Their recommeniation to workers the ranks probably wil! determine er or not there will be strike in the near future. Judge R. M. Barton, chatrman of ‘he board, handed out the pamphlets ining the award. Immediately ‘afterward he called a conference In disapproval tomorrow | Number of workers affected, || 1,894,287. | Total annual wage tncreases, approximately $600,000,000. Wage bdard began heartngs || April 16, 1920. Demands pending since July 3, 1919. Personne! of labor board, three representatives each for ‘labor, the roads and the public. Demands of workers, 28 to 66 per cent increase, or approximate || ly $2,000,000,006 annually. approximately 100 per cent since 1914," the report sald, “In many in stances the increase to employes | herein fixed, together with prior in creases, exceed this figure.” HOPE TO ALLAY ANY DISAPPROVAL Anticipating the award would not meet universal favor, and attempting to allay dissatisfaction, the board declared “those persons who con- sider the rates determined on herein too high should reflect on the ab- normal conditions resulting:from the high cost of living and the high rates Bis chambers of heads of all unions | oneniy basis with differentials ac |now being paid in other industries ‘and E. T. Whiter, chairman of the Doard of railway managers. | Whe increase awards for the most | on an hourly cording to harbor. In New York harbora, masters, | pilots or captains of ferry boats} The employes who may believe these rates too low should consider the Increased burden thew rates will basis, | vere given $220 per month; mates | place on their fellow countrymen, were tens from 1%, and 16 cents Per! 4 first officers, $150 per, month.|many of whom are less favorably hour for the more poorly pant/ Wworkers, to an average of cigtt| @Bd ten cents for the higher) “Brades such as train and engine men. “The Increases, roughly, average? 20 to 27 per cent. Demands Tug boat captains were awarded $220 per month; pilots on coal tow-| ing lines, $200 per month, and| mates $150 per month. In Philadelphia, Camden and Wilmington district ferryboat mas. situated than themseives.” An effort was made, the Statement said, to arrive at an tnereage suf- fietent to provide “a decent ilving and secure for the children of the wage earners opportunity for educa tion,” without showing “preference” | the unions had run from 30 tere were given $190.30; extra pilots, | for any class, because “the great Judge R. M. Barton, chairman | the rail labor board, after an-/ Mouncement of the awards, said: HE PUBLIC WILL PAY INCREASED WAGE | “This award nectesarily tn the ‘end will have to be paid by the Public and will result in increased it rates, # “Efficient rafiread service , has difficult and sometimes tm- | with the men receiving the wares they did. The board been fair and just In this com. | and intricate problem.” H. T. Whiter, chairman of the @xecutive board of railway mana-| after a cursory reading of| division, sald: have not read the decision entirely, but I can my that the Fallroads will abide by the board's > wward.” Following the conference, the! rie hoard specifically avoided de | Pamphlets containt anion heads were to meet general | © chairmen of their unions for discus. | ion of the award. | WAGE INCREAS®. i TABULATED The wage increases were given tn of cents per hour and per day.) day. agua $1.04 Increase per day. ‘3 helpers, $1.04 increase ‘ate f engineers, 18 per hour. Yard firemen, .18 per hour. Helpers, .15 per hour. Hostlers’ pay established at from $5.04 to $6.24 per day. “Passenger service increase per ‘Conductors, $39. Baggage men, brakemen and flag-| $20, f conductors, collectors! Waxes were set at $6.96 per day) for foremen, $6.48 for helpers and $5.04 per day for switch tenders. Clerical and station forces were) oy wage increases, Store| and their helpers and clerks | ‘With more than one year’s experience | Were given increases of 13 cents per | hour. Clerk@ of leas experience were @warded 6% cents increase, Train | jeallers, gatemen, assistant station )master and parcel room employes were given a ent increase. Janitors, elevators board operators, and those in, like| Work, were awarded a 10-cent in- |}! crease. ) OFFICE BOYS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN | Office boys and those doing similar | ‘Work were given 5 cents, | Freight truckers, dotk men, stock Foom employes and station, platform ;and warehouse men were awartled 12 | cents, | All common labor tn and around {stations and warehouses not other } Wise provided for were awarded an 4 8%-<cent increase. | Workers in the maintenanceof. ‘Way and structures department were Siven hourly increases. Foremen assistant foremen | Were awarded 15 cents increase. Mechanics, except those affected the agreement with the union, a cents increase Mechanics’ help }ers, laborers, drawbridge tenders, | pumper engineers, cro m watch }men and flagmen were given 6% } cent increases. | Laborers in round honses and Shops, such as wipers, flue borers, ete., obtained a 10-cent increase, Shop employes, including supervis- | achinists, boiler mak- rs and telephone men, except as otherwise provided for; agent telegraphers and tower men, tower and train directors, block Operators and staff men, were ad- “vanced 10 cents per hour. Agents at Pon-telegraph stations were raised 5 cents per hour. | Stationary engineers, firemen and | their heipers were raised 123 cents; | Boller room water tenders and coal , 10 cents, In the signal department, an ad- of 13 per cent. per hour was ‘awarded foremen, their helpers and Anapectors, gang foremen and main- -tainers, signal men and assistants, were given 10 centa, Train dispatchers were given an Anerease of 13 cents per hour. Yard- Masters and their assistants were @warded 15-cent advances, In addition the board’ superseded $150.22; tugboat captains, $156.96; mates, $111. |} In the New Orleans district, wages were set at $230 for captains of mont steamers, listed by names, Master pilots were awarded $220, Excep-| tions were the El Vivo and the El Listo, of the Southern Pacific, which mmsters were awarded $15 per month. For the sa:ne line's Rest leas, the wage was fixed at $180. In the N rt News, Hampton Roads and Norfolk district wages were fixed according to the boat or tug. For tug captains the wage was set at from $160 to $190 per month Steamship captains ranged from $190 to $250 per month, With the Increases retroactive to May 1, 1920, Judge Barton said some time will be necessary to determine the amount due each worker. The| computation of these amounta will be al | os | left to the clerical departments of each road, termining compensation for officials | of the various roads, ‘The decision of the board wag not | unanimous, The award declared the increases Tepresented the “judgment of the majority of the board.” No an- nouncement was made of the tndi- vidual stand of membera =, In reaching {ts decision, the board said it took into consideration the following: Scale of wages for similar work in other industries. Relation of wages to the cost of living. Hazards of employment. Training and skill requtred. The degree of responsibility. The character and regularity of| the employment and inequalities of | increase in wages or of treatment, | the result of previous wage orders or adjustments, and Other relevant cireumatances. The award said it found, “with masa of the people must ultimately pay @ great part of an Increased of operation entailed by the increase in wages.” If raflroad labor will render “the best service of which it ts capable” the award declares, “the American people will receive bAhefits far out~ weighing the cost of increases de- cided upon.” The board asks, in | making the award, that it serve as an inspiratian to workers to attempt better service to the publit and spirit of co-operation, Thies will result in economies of material and labor, and solution in transportation culties, it sald. The p . and has a right to board members declared, The heart which has worked on the problem since April 16 met at 8 a m, today, The entrance to its rooma waa barred by a long table on which were piled the the awards Newspaper men ‘and leaders of the unions, including * Timothy Shea, B. M. Jewell and W. G. Lee, lined up at the barrier to receive the documents when the ticked 8:30. Judge Barton hovered about the table as Secretary CP. Carrithers dealt out the awards, He was one of the first to ot tain a helping. He casually opened the pamphlet as he strofied back to the group of union heads who awaited him The men glanced thru the tables hurriedly and Shea pocketed his copy. Shortly after. ward the men went Into the office for a short conference with mem- bers of the board and E. T. Whiter, only representative of the railroad managers. The union men shen left to at tend thelr owg meeting. The board members, their work finished for the present, will consider the ex preaemen’a demands next week. clock | other engagements, Ile was a mem-| ber of the Mooseheart Lagion. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. | George Baker, of San Francisco; his | father, William Biggerstaff, Mabton, a elster, Mra, Wenley J, Magee, 229) |Mastiake ave, Beattl, and two brothers, Henry Blggerstatt, of Spo-| kane, and Walter Higgerstaff, of | Monroa, | ‘SEEK NEW BOND FOR GOTTSTEIN | Attorneys Have Month to Appeal Superior Judge Everett Smith | ruled @onday afternoon that a | new $16,000 bond would be neces: mary before William Gottstein, held in the county Jail, convicted on a murder charge, could be released Gottstein has been at liberty under bond, but was placed in jail Friday when the supreme court | |mustained a muperior court convic tion, Hils attorneys then applied! for a writ of habeas corpus, Gott: | stein's attorneys have one month from the date the mupreme court affirmed the local verdict in which to file exceptions to ruling of the higher court. | Hiecauss of Gottutein's arrest within thia period, the original bond was made void. ; Counties in State | expect this spirit, | a One | Gain in Population! WASHINGTON, July 20. — The | census bureau today announced the | following 1920 population results; = | Hormman, Mont, 6,153. | ‘Tatty Cal | | Increase | | Bozeman, Taft, no c f | Adams county, Washington, 9.422. | Franklin county, Washington, | S477. | Iniand county, Washington, 5,459. | Increases since 1910: | Franklin county, 724,0r 141 per com. Island county, 785, @r 16.2, Decreage since 1910: Adame county, 1,297, or 11.4 Charges Burglary From Hotel Room} Urich Swain was charged with | | second degree burglary late Mon-| | day afternoon tn a rrant tasued | |by Prosecutor Fred Justice John B. Gordon's Swain ts said to have stolen cloth ing belonging to William J. Kelley from the latter's room in the Wayne hotel, 2013 Second ave, on }July 14 | Ba Extra! | | and switch. ||| The THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT A Silk Dress Sensation in Basement New Silk Dresses— Excellent Values, $16.95 Crepe de Chine, Georgette Crepe, Taffeta and Printed Georgette Combined ’ Accordion pleated Taffeta Silk Skirts with blouses in over-the-skirt style of printed Georgette. Smart styles of all Georgette—in plain colors and silk C, i —beaded, embroidered, ruffled and ribbon rr snd enn Navy, brown, flesh, white and combinations of colors—Sizes 16 to 40. A special purchase offers worth-while savings on practical everyday Cotton Petticoats Black Sateen Petticoats, well made—98c. Sateen Petticoats in light colors—$1.50, Heavier Sateen Petticoats, dark flowered patterns—$1.69. Heavy Sateen Petticoats, light and dark flowered pattern—$2.25. Petticoats of fine quality Sateen, all ‘dark patterns—$2.49, want something cool for outings and shopping wear, or to use at home. In attractive Plaids and Solid Ginghams—in Reduced for Wash Dress styles that will please. Day to $4.95. SECOND FLOOR, Th e Cotton Jers colors——-19¢. SSS ASV A special purchase has just reached Marche to sell at $1.25. y, in black with white, red or striped trimmings—regulation style. A special lot of Skull Jathing Caps, in all SECOND FLOOR. Wash Skirts at $4.50 Made of Fine White Gabardine—12 Different Styles—Many With Hemstitched Fronts The better kind of Skirts, and worth a great deal more than $4.50— A special purchase allows us to sell at this low price. By no means are they the regular $4.50 values— compare them with some at this price and you'll realize how unusually good they are at $4.50. summer lines. Reduced to $4.95 —Large floppy shapes for spo: wear. . —Of Satinette and Hinoke Straw. —Street Hats for mother or daughter. —Roll and straight brims and novelty shapes. —In bright colors—Navy and Black. —Trimmed in many smart | ways. —With flowers, feathers. —Four large tables full. —Giving you a wide choice for selection. —Reduced for Wednesday to $4.95. THIRD FLOOR. ribbon and —s Women’s House Slippers $3.65 a Pair Good comfortable Slippers af a most reasonable price. Slippers with hand-turned soles, com- mon sense or medium high heels; one-strap style. Sizes.3 to 9 in the lot. Made by one of the most reliable skirt manufae- turers, of splendid quality white cotton gabardine, in about a dozen different styles, featuring the newest SECOND FLOOR. Diminutive Prices on Summer Footwear Growing Girls’ Mary Janes $5.85 Pr. What girl is there who does not want a pair of Mary Jane Pumps? And at $5.85 a pair they are a good buy. 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Bed Spreads $5.50 You'll like the looks of these Satin Damask Bed Spreads— plain hemmed size, 78x88 inches, with neat patterns. Bed Spreads $9.50 White Satin Damask Bed Spreads with Marseilles pat- terns—size 72x90 inches, for twin beds—at $9.50 each, Dress Gingham 35c Ginghams. in pretty color combinations — plaids and stripes —27 inches wide. “ FABRIC FLOOR (TAIRD) 500 Pieces of High Grade Enameled Ware at 95c Each A rattling good sale of Enameled Ware—pieces taken at random from our regular stock of “Royal” and “Sterling” gray enameled . steel ware—the best made. A good chance for women whose kitchen wares have become de- pleted to lay in a supply for home and summer home use—and to use at fruit canning time. In the lot you will find: 10-quart Preserving Kettles at 95c each. 6-quart Covered Sauce Pans at 95c apiece. 6-quart Covered Kettles, priced at 95c. 4-quart Tea Kettles at 95c apiece. 14-quart Rice Boilers, priced at 95c. 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