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day up to 12 p. m. at 50c. 8-231
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Mail Advices
Telling of the
Railway Strike
NEW YORK, August 12.—By mail
—The crisis in the railroad situa
tion was reached in this city on June
15, last, when the conference between
the representatives of 235 railroad
systems in the United States and 400,
000 employes failed to arrive at an
adjustment of their differences. The
conference began June 1 following
the presentation on March 30 of de
mands by the men for an eight-hour
day and time and a half overtime.
It had been hoped that the con
ference might make unncessary the
taking of a strike vote by referring
the questions at issue to arbitration.
After hearing the demands of the un
ions, however, the railroads declined
to make a counter proposal and dis
missed the subject by offering to
further discuss what they termed a
“tentative proposition” which grant
ed the men’s eight hour demand but
.refused all others.
The unions declined to consider the
“tentative” offer and the railroads
then suggested placing their differ
encces before the Inter-State Com
merce Commission for decision, or if
that body was without authority,
that both sides join in petitioning
congress to grant the necessary pow
er. If this proved unsatisfactory to
the unions the railroads suggested
arbitration under the Newlands act.
The men rejected the two proposi
tions. Their spokesman, A. B. Gar
retson, president of the Order of
Railway Conductors, in an impassion
ed speech said that the men would
never consent to arbitration because
of the failure of the unions to obtain
justice in prior disputes through
that method.
The leaders of the four unions, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the Brotherhood of Railway Conduc
tors, upon withdrawing from the con
ference lost no time in drafting the
strike ballot and in order to expedite
the vote caused their distribution
throughout the country by the (!00
union delegates that had also attend
ed the conference.
It was pointed out at that time
by the brotherhoods’ leaders that a
vote ordering a general strike did not
necessarily mean the immediate in
stitution of the strike. It was ex
plained that the strike order would
not be issued until every effort look
ing toward an amicable settlement
had been exhausted.
In statements issued by the rail
road heads, following the break up
of the conference it was held that the
eight-hour day demanded by the men
did not actually mean a shorter work
day but rather an increase of 25 per
cent over existing wages for the
same amount of work, and an in
crease in many cases of 87 1-2 per
cent for over time as compared with
present rates. The demands pertain
only to freight and not to passenger
service.
The railroads maintained that to
allow the increase would add $100,
000,000 a year to the operating ex
penses of all roads in the United
States, “for the benefit of men whose
average pay per day was increased
from 30 to 42 per cent from 1003 to
1014, while the wages of the western
engineers were further increased in
1915.”
The men’s proposition submitted at
the conference provided that 100
miles or less, or eight hours or less,
should constitute a day, with over
time beginning at the expiration of
eight on runs of less than 100 miles,
and as soon as 100 miles had been
run on longer trips, overtime to be
computed at one one-half times the
pro i»ita rate, no one to receive less
than they previously received for a
minimum day. The men were to be
guaranteed the right to retain any
rates of pay or schedules in effect
January 1, 1916, which would be pre
ferable to the new schedule.
The roads contended that the men
made no allowance for the differ
ence between railroad and industrial
service. They pointed out that rail
road enginemen or trainmen are
guaranteed payment for a full day no
matter how few hours they work and
receive pay for more than a full day
if they work more than either the
established miles or hours. In other
lines of industry, the railroads held,
the employe does not receive a day’s
pay for less than a day’s work, and
ordinarily he cannot earn more than
a day’s pay for less than a day’s
work without working more than the
regular number of hours.
Medicated Mineral Baths, $1.50. Six
for $8.00. Tub baths and furnished
rooms. Lady attendant for ladies at
Elextric Bath House, K st., between
4th and 5th. Phone 26-Y. tf
Fine Job Printing at Times oltlce.
WHAT IS SCAPOLORIUM?
The “Clutching Hand” makes use of
it. At the Harmony tonight. 8-28-2t
NOTICE.
Notice of meeting of Moose lodge:
Anchorage lodge L. O. O. M. will meet
on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock at
Robarts’ hall. As the business to be
transacted will be of vital importance
to the lodge, and if interest to all
members, it would be well for all to
attend. Kindly put forth your best
efforts to attend this meeting.
. Fraternally yours,
8-29-2t JAMES L. CORT, Sec.
Wanted—A Setter to work on car
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Lumber Co. 8-14tf
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