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Threat by Railway Head Aims at Adamson Eight Hour Law
New York Nov 14 The head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen William G Lee warned that failure of the nations railroads to honor the Adamson eight hour law would drive a strike vote by the four big railway brotherhoods The conference between railroad managers and union leaders produced no agreement on the law to take effect January 1 They said they had drafted an interpretation but would not release it to avoid injunctions Arbitration proceedings began over eight hour day and time and a half pay for overtime for switchmen and other workers east of the Mississippi River.
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