El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-03
Postponed Or Averted?

IN measure
b the domestic significance Of the strike pro
ou has 50 mind of the average reader yet
proposed strike should go into effect would cause g @ % %
in economic for the time 1t lasted tnan ~ ~
F thousand sngnemen railroads covering 10000 miles of
line railroads trying take nom In % van g
in schedules and operating practice required 80 years " build up
The railroads desire TO impair N any way the %
Of III. snpse but must to operating practice
which thew regard avoid large increase IN total wage
disbursements =. - - h.,r1.. and
marked dersuts of those engnmen running Maet and %
~ heavy engines concessions in the way OF increased
payment terminals layOveTs deadheadng etc. Pn'aY al OF
which the decline to grant a., -,
The DISPUTE months and for more than three
months active negotiations between the
Of the enqfpe and the deadlock has
been reached the unanimously for strike and now
the federal is to arbitrae the dispute
strike the railroads would have found themselves
to operate more than ght while 90 percent Of the
usual handled under almost nP0e
Under such circumstances would receive such
shock as this generation At the height the
crop moving merchandise moving season. and " the hesht OF @ ian
and the whole country west OF the MISSISSIPPI Vay
would transportation facilities and the industrial east
~ deut on the vest for provisions for subsistence
would be left dependent solely hand which never sufficient
prolonged strike over necessarily involve
the the resulting losses and distress would not fall far
o with another planet
The reports of the long published
60 s REPRESENTATIVE committees contain much purely
technical Of Keen interest to railroad men,
public informed through their ogan
tons and it is general public information at this crisis
In the FL PasO district perhaps directly affected by the
proposal least ten times as many railroad employees are n
1ecy affected families this makes some 10000 persons de-
pendent On railroad employment closely the outcome Of
establishments
be affected and vinin total population
Consequently general public entitled the facts to form
OuinOn for public opinion settles problems The engine
directly concerned the western roads might lose SOOOo week
wages but the country soOoOOooo week the whole
transportation system should out Of business for any con-
siderable length Of time Compared Win suen P0sAOy' ~ ~ 1
European which to threaten dWindl in Importance
politicians Washington laHPy cannot afford to let genera
strike critical congressional campaign The fate Of the
the outcome of the railroad crisis This
for public fair Judgment and Widespread dis
tres in the campaign wholly outside
sh1v in vosu
party power avert the strike
means face partial defeat in the fall elections
The railroads assert that the present payron
railroads s6soooooo year. would by
30 percent if all the demands enginenen
men deny and in event they
say payr important factor in increased
operating costs in recent years. they actually
through the passing
the demands of the engnemn involving de-
percent stghtme labor in service
percent service with corresponding increase of overtime
seek the removal burdens which they
inuioes under present practice
When sngiuensu they
schedules schedules
stroke all that has been for the in 80
Of organized activity The men claim that the railroads are taking ad-
vantage practices ulawd
The railroads deny this and assert that they living the
schedules 1918 in particular pending settlement and are ready to sign
a agreement O.
original requests engnemen presented
railroads. the formulated revised demands which railroads
deemed since they still further reduced the hours labor
CURED plan o
s5 nv both sides the ORIGINAL proposition Op will he discussed an sub
uen existing prior
October 1918 winr in pending o. arbitration
The engfnemn had already accepted proposal They had previously de-
officially proposition
1epuded arbitration awards"
challenged statement
pertinent
charge
snginsmsn by government
They that the plight
the which the
seriously They they be
he penalties the financial roads