Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-04-28
FIFTY CAR LIMIT
LAW REQUESTED
BY R. R. MEN
Car Limit Must Be Provided fos
Safeguarding Employee
and Public.

one Of our newspaper tens stated
that II Is proposed la lnttniue" "A Oili
in the Legislature, for a limit ot -
cars In number IN all freight trans
TO aNuii the obstruction Of street
crossings b. long trains and which
would uikr II more sal" for the tray
cling public This bin comes through
the various brutherhoods This Is tha
one great disads antag. the whole pub
lie has been up against for a numb%
OF years When th"A wanted 10 get
across a grade crossing they has" Ia
wait until some one OF III. train crew
comes To cut the crossing This takes
up quite bit of time with the long
trains which they ar" trying 10 hauI
at the present time. whereas had
50-car train been In service. this time
could all BE- don" away With.
And set the Jo-Car train has great
or meaning than the grad. crossing
which many people do not know OF
And still these railroad officials scori
the brotherhoods. as trying To maxi
the whole public believe that the rail
road employees are asking for some
thing just TO create jobs Let US tel
you. dear public, W. ar. not askin
for anything more than that whicR~$
to make II safe for ourselves and tn
travelling public at large We know
what Ne are up against, and We know
what you are up against What Q SO
car train means to US Is this: VI
have In number OF cases many EN-
ployes injured by trains parting. burst
ing OF air hose. bad triple valves. an,
due to disadvantage Of operating ali
brakes with such long trais-line
whereas 4 5ocar train would overcome
all Of this in the means OF safety for
tt M. And .her,as re yublic
n focar train IA not so quick =" "
as loug iran thereby ma -,
car train SAFER for ALI OF IL
Full Grew Ls~.
Now. As for the IN cf.y -. or
extra crew laws. as our COMPANY off
ctals term them saying that both the
50csr Law and the full crew lax are 20
create jobs for men, and they beth
have the same meaning That Is l.
mistake dear public aud 1t eerta.
needs corr. elton. What . full crew
means Ia ali Of US is this: Ne have
cas"s ahtf- there have been a. high
as - 10 - shop cars hauled In ono
train Out of Harrisburg 10 other teri
mluals. also With place cards % ever
car SHOP. Hold Tor Orden. Ye.i
many meu sho ar III" at HARRISBURG
could have don, all this kind 0, WORK,
before such cars were put on, among
swiftly moving passenger traias VIE
heavy traffic. This leaves all tn. n.
sponsibility upon the train crew for
safe handling Every time a ran Is ,
stopped the brakeman and colducsSg
have to go over train and e,anin. /, !
and without a full crew 4ch lrzins |
can not be- properly inspe, 81 20 IA toll
insure safety for all. For another "
stance one brakeman { freis't
tram IL used part Of the '.e.e 20 hell
the fireman sl'h his NO 4. In order
To get tn big trains over the noat
As a matter Of fact, II a. TOO Inuch
work for any one man to 20 the firms
on one OF these heavy trai Yet IL
company comes out In the ,,oblie pres
and scorns our brotherr ID IsxsSs
Whatever you do. please mt belize ,
everything you read In J ~ cal, D..
pers. The public q the tate Of 49,
souri, vas bafflee by 81 ii publicity,
and the sane thing Is ~ beng at
tempted In III. STATE Of ennsylvaniA
IL you want to get the rr.ct ne,fs
OF the railroads. and y a. yoa I'D
th"ir employees are up sainst nlb
scribe for papers which e write. "
msa Who do thu actual sork-by ae
railroad men ,bemsely by "a D.
let's"
The railroad man tol.Jys hs,s j.
Gus occupation Many then. he
paid the price Of an ear. rave xt q
railroading has been its te,e,ro
ment Now that We ha reach I'd ,Dt.
advanced stage. let US sLow ON. a,
probation OF these pi.Ieen OIL.
gress by assuring thsn ~ voaabI.
working hours and rssonsbss cUm
pensation for their las1r-Hsniaon
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The railroads must he fsrslated