A SQUARE DEAL FOR STREET RAILWAY EMPLOYES In errantme an increase of wages and fixing a minimum wage for locomotive engineers, the board of arbitration became so alarmed at the possibility of a strike of 32,000 engineers on 52 it railroads, that it said. "The interests of the public so far exceed those of the parties to such a controversy- as to make the former paramount To this paramount interest both the rail road operators and the employes should submit" , That sounds very well, but there is no law that could com pel engineers to work for a living -wage, no matter how rtiuch ajl the rest of us might suffer in' case 0f strike. And no law will ever.be en acted that will make intelligent workmen work if they refuse. The street railway arbijtratipn board m Chicago will have to consider the interests of the pub lic, too. For a strike of street railway employes in Chicagb would demoralize business, and affect the entire community dis astrously. Hence the importance of seeing that the employes get justice. For if the men feel that the finding of the board is unjust to j them, the trouble will start all over again as soon as the time fixed by the board expires. Arid the board n't fix that time, so it wilUast forever. Every man, -woman and child in Chicago is interested in hav ing the men get a square deal. For if they don't, a strike i sure to come some time and every body knows what that means. Of course it means suffering for the men and their families, but it also means suffering by everybody else. The issue is be tween humanity and dollars. It is either fnore money for the em ployes and their families, vor more dividends for capitalists so they can live indecently. The, people of Chicago are more interested in the employes and their families than they are in the few greedy bond and stock owners. ORGANIZED ENGINEERS GET AN INCREASE Washington, Nov. 25. A min imum wage has just been estab lished for 32,000 locomotive en-' gineers on 52 railroads east of Chicago and north of Cincinnati and Norfolk, Va. The minimum wage for passen ger engineers is $4.25 per 10Q miles or less; pvertime 50 cents an hour, with average speed of 20 miles per' hour. Through freight service, $4.75 per day of 100 miles or less, withl overtime pro rata after 10 hours. Local freight service 25 cents additional to through freight i rates. Switching service, minimum wage of $4.10 per day of 10 hours or legs. ; All existing rates higher than the minimum rate are maintained This award dates back to May 1 and lasts a yean It staves off a , big strike.