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of cab and clean windows outside on the engines specified in this Article and will continue to clean other engines as heretofore except as specified in Article Thirty. When the engines specified in this article are so located that cleaning cannot be properly taken care of by the Company, firemen will be required to do such cleaning as will prevent damage.

ARTICLE THIRTY.

Firemen will not be required to blacken smoke-boxes, stacks or front ends on any class of engines which run into Division Terminals.

ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE.

No fireman shall be required to continue on duty when he reasonably needs rest, he to be the judge; but in extreme cases the firemen on their part will tender every means in their power to assist the company; it being understood that trains shall not be unreasonably tied up between terminals, and that due notice shall be given when rest is required, if possible to do so.

ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO.

Coal for all main line and switch engines shall be broken, suitable for furnace use.

ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE.

Firemen will not be required to coal engines between terminals where chutes are not provided.

ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR.

There shall be no objection to the transfer of a fireman from another division, provided the supply of firemen on the division requiring additional engineers does not meet the necessities, and good, competent men on other divisions are desirous of such transfer.

ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE.

Firemen on assigned runs will stay on their run regardless of engine furnished.

When a chain gang engine goes into shop for general repairs, its fireman will take the engine of the junior fireman in chain gang service and it will be considered his regular engine.

ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX.

In case of a surplus of firemen, the junior men in the service shall be taken off and shall do extra work or firing. A surplus shall not be considered as existing while firemen are making 2,600 miles per month.

ARTICLE THIRTY-SEVEN.

On application a copy of the revised seniority lists of firemen shall be furnished.

ARTICLE THIRTY-EIGHT.

When a run becames vacant, it shall immediately be bulletined and a fireman assigned as soon as possible thereafter.

ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE.

Firemen on standard 8-wheel locomotives will receive two and twenty-five hundredths (2 25-100) cents per mile; on moguls and local runs they will receive two and forty-hundredths (2 40-100) cents per mile; on 10-wheel engines they will receive two and fifty hundredths (2 50-100) cents per mile. Firemen of construction trains will receive one hundred miles per day as per schedule. In construction service, twelve working hours or less will constitute a day's work.

ARTICLE FORTY.

Firemen on suburban trains between Chicago and Blue Island shall receive twenty-one (21) cents per hour while on duty.

ARTICLE FORTY-ONE.

Firemen of switch engines shall receive one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) per day; it being understood that in switching service ten working hours shall constitute a day's work; five hours or less a half day; over five hours a full day.

ARTICLE FORTY-TWO.

Overtime will be allowed in switching service at the rate of seventeen and one-half (17 50-100) cents per hour, and in all other service at the rate of twenty-two and one-half (22 50-100) cents per hour, irrespective of classification.

ARTICLE FORTY-THREE.

After final investigation, firemen will be notified when time is not allowed, as per time reports, and reasons will be given for not allowing

same.

ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR.

Firemen leaving the service of this Company shall be given a service letter.

ARTICLE FORTY-FIVE.

All bulletins concerning firemen shall be posted in engine house.

ARTICLE FORTY-SIX.

Evidence of the willingness of a fireman to serve the best interests of the Company at all times, in whatever capacity assigned, as well as economy and cleanliness in the care of his engine and the Company's property under his control will always be considered as meriting reward.

All rules previously in effect are by this agreement abolished.

The articles enumerated above, constitute, in their entirety, the agreement between this Company and its locomotive firemen for a term of five years from September 1, 1902, and shall not thereafter be changed unless thirty days' notice has been served upon the other party.

PROVIDED that these rules shall not become effective until at least seventy-five per cent of the total number of Firemen in the service on August 1st, 1902, have signified their acceptance of the rules by attaching their signatures thereto, and further

PROVIDED that any person accepting the position of fireman during the life of these rules shall signify his acceptance of them by attaching his signature thereto. These rules do not apply to the Firemen paid and governed by the rules of the B. C. R. & N. Railway until such time as the rules of the C. R. I. & P. Ry. relating to firemen become effective in the Northern District.

FOR THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RY.

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APPENDIX 6

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND THE FRISCO SYSTEM

AGREEMENT

Entered into by and between the Frisco System and all lines pertaining thereto, and the International Association of Machinists and Apprentices at Springfield, Missouri, Feb. 1, 1902.

ARTICLE I.

Sec. 1. A standard working day shall be ten (10) hours.

Sec. 2. All time in excess of ten (10) hours per day, Sundays and Legal Holidays (New Years, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) shall be paid for at rate of time and one-half.

Sec. 3. Should a machinist or Apprentice be sent out on the road he will be allowed straight pay from time he is called until he returns, and one dollar per day, expenses for each twenty-four hours. If out more than thirty-six hours, and given time for rest, shop rules will apply, covering overtime; in addition, one dollar for each twenty-four hours will be allowed.

ARTICLE II.

Sec. 1. Should it become necessary to reduce expenses, all conditions being equal, the best men will be retained, and preference given to those that have others dependent on them for support. As to working hours, conditions existing at time reductions are being made will govern.

ARTICLE III.

Sec. 1. All Machinists employed at present (February 1, 1902) shall receive the schedule rate of pay (30 cents per hour) beginning February 1, 1902. All new men hired shall be paid not less than 29 cents per hour, and if at the end of three months he is found to be competent he shall receive the schedule rate of pay (30 cents per hour).

ARTICLE IV.

Sec. 1. One Apprentice may be employed for the shop and thereafter one for every four (4) Machinists employed. This rate not to affect apprentices already employed.

Sec. 2. All Apprentices will serve a term of four (4) years at the Machinists trade, and will be furnished with service papers at the expiration of apprenticeship. The rate of pay to be as follows: For the first year, 8 cents per hour; for the second year, 10 cents per hour; for the third year, 15 cents per hour; for the fourth year, 22 cents per hour; and at the expiration of four years and six months, 27 cents per hour; and if retained in the Company's service at the end of five (5) years shall receive the schedule rate of pay (30 cents per hour).

Sec. 3. An Apprentice, after serving one (1) year, if in the opinion of the foreman of the department, he shows no aptitude to acquire the trade, he shall be transferred or dismissed, and all obligations accepted by this Company by reason of this schedule will of necessity be forfeited.

ARTICLE V.

Sec. 1. Machinists shall be considered in line for promotion.

ARTICLE VI.

Sec. 1. Machinists will enjoy the same privileges in regard to free transportation upon the Company's own lines as other employes and their families.

ARTICLE VII.

Sec. 1. A first-class Machinist must be either capable of operating to an advantage all important machines, or competent on floor or vise work. If an expert on a specialty such as building and maintaining in a workmanlike manner the important details that make up air brake apparatus as applied to locomotives he shall be classed as a Machinist.

ARTICLE VIII.

Sec. 1. Helpers or laborers will not be advanced to the detriment of Machinists or Apprentices, but will continue as in the past on such rough work as repairs of steam pipes, truck work, spring and rigging.

ARTICLE IX.

Sec. 1. The Company will not in any way discriminate against any Machinist who, from time to time, represents either Machinists on committee of investigation or other committees duly authorized to see the

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