Boston Chamber seeks 30 day delay of railroad strike
The Boston Chamber of Commerce urged postponing the strike order for at least 30 days appealing to New England railroad brotherhoods and to Washington leaders and to President Wilson. The committee to decide freight priorities in a strike would be the chamber to act as clearing house with final railroad decisions.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
Railroad Brotherhoods
New England
Washington
Wilson
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Railroad Brotherhoods of
Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company
Edmund Billings
District of Massachusetts
Henry J. Harriman
Connecticut River Power Company
Russell Robb
Stone & Webster
Bernard J. Rothwell
Bay State Milling Company
Frederic S. Snyder
Batchelder & Snyder Company
Charles F. Weed
Washinton
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United States
Congress
Massachusetts
Western railroads say Adamson eight hour bill would not settle wages
Chicago leaders report that passage of the Adamson compromise eight hour bill would likely delay a trainmen strike but fail to resolve the wage dispute. Hale Holden of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy warned the bill would not be satisfactory and stressed railroads would not permit an illegal law to stand. Similar views were voiced by other railroad presidents.
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Chicago
Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress of the United States
Garretson Speech at Senate Hearing on Labor Arbitration
Garretson cites labor groups arguing disputes should be settled between employers and employees, not by legislation. He warns of militancy and a power greater than labor, urging human factors over dividends. He stresses priority of social questions, warns of danger beneath the social crust, and supports arbitration only if it does not cause loss.
Leaders Named From Rail Lines In Separate Posts
E. P. Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and H. R. Kurrie of the Monon are identified as presidents in separate mentions.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
H. R. Kurrie
Monon
Adamson Bill Proposes Eight Hour Day for Rail Workers
The Adamson bill outlines an eight hour workday for interstate rail carriers starting Dec 1 1916. It creates a three member commission to study impacts over six to nine months, with a $25000 appropriation. Pending the report wages may not fall below the current eight hour standard for 30 days.
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United States
District of Columbia
Congress
Treasury
Strike Would Cripple the Anthracite Mines
Hazelton Penn Aug 31 Nation wide railroad strike looming could halt anthracite output within 24 hours idling about 175 000 workers officials say coal cars needed to move output strike impact and mine shutdowns feared plus a separate report of Bradway electrocuted at General Electric plant during a transformer test while teaching a trainee as his knee touched the controller and a pulmotor failed to revive him
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General Electric
Railroads Say Wage Demands Burden Public Service
Rail executives warn that an eight hour day and 20 percent pay rise for freight train and yard workers could cost about sixty million dollars annually and threaten railroad solvency. They urge impartial arbitration to avoid crippling costs and wider economic harm.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Southern Railway
R. S. Lovett
Union Pacific System
A. H. Smith
New York Central Lines
Frank Trumbull
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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