The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
me- BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD COMPANY
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
BALTIMORE, MD.
10 al OFFICERS RNp EMPLOYEES.
August 81, 1916.

The Locomotive Engineers, Fremen Train Conductors and
Brakemen employed practically all the railroads the
States, and acting through their respective Brother
hoods have sent out order for general strike to begin at
Monday September A. 1916 This action support their de-
nand for eghour day and for time and half overtime rates
after eight hours
As you all know it quite impossible to so arrange the
hours the short divisions This also we'll understood
by the who have voted strike and their demands if grant
very large increase III wages.
The who operate the trains engines ought TO be we'll
paid and IN fact they TO grant their demands would
the Baltimore and Ohio Company alone O00OOo per an
num- sum more than double the average yearly surplus
gin of safety the Company has earned after payment dividends
during the past five years
The involved this movement number less than one
fifth Of all the employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Company and
they now receive more than oneourt OF all the wages paid by
that Company Ii their present demands should be granted
would increase them OF about 80 per nearly as
we can estimate and then oneft OF employees would
more than onehrd of the entire paid all employees of the
Company.
While believe that their demands unfair and without
scaton and ought not to be granted nevertheless the Ba
more and Ohio Company in with the other Railroad
COMPANIES mas oneIed TO submit the whole controversy to arb
ratlo has agreed accept the award whatever may be
certainly aer proposition could be made The
se however to submit their demands to arbitration and threat
en- to strike at once and to do all they that pre-
vent the Company from carrying its business unless their de-
ads are granted regardless of the effect of such action
their fellow employees and upon the general public
1t has been my desire Baltimore and
Ohio Company efficient public servant and also good employ
era good Company to work for Many Of the who
ed support the strike and who have been ordered
service IN such the Company the greatest
possible embarrassment have been in its employ the whole
greater part of their lives Their relations with the Company
think have upon the whole been generally satisfactory
difficult to believe that they should be willing
against when the Company entirely willing that all
issue including the eghour day shall be submitted
btraon While impossible foresee what the outcome
may be if strike should actually take place, it that
such men, any, conclude leave the service response
to the strike order cannot expect that Com
pay the future again be quite what they been
IN the past with long record loyal and uninterrupted service
to their credit. I'd
This statement simply for the purpose of making to
all concerned the position of this Company and its willingness
arbate the matters in dispute The action of the Company
ter the strike becomes effective if should finally take place. will
depend wholly upon circumstances that time shall natu
ally make every possible effort and every possible to
operate the railroad and to perform the service which the public
has right expect and sincerely hope that will not be nee
essary to write the record of any the Ds
loyal"
Daniel Willard