Evening journal., 1916-12-28
HORE ADANS0N
Law WAGE SCALE
Threads Serve Notice
Pay Envelopes Will
Contain No More
ANAGERS WILL NOT
ANTICIPATE COURTS

Few YORK. Dec Notice that
Adamson bill will be ignored i'm
king up payrolls after January I
S served upon the railroad work
Of the country. Until the Supreme
sirt of the United States orders
erwise. these notices state. the OK
Ing scale OF wages will be paid. The
\, exception to the rule is in the case
/ the switchmen affected by the ar
ration award of Saturday.
t has also developed that whatever
yotiations the big four brother
\ ds proposed to initiate at a meet
Il with the railroad managers
leduled for tomorrow are off. The
citing will be held. but, according
the railroad managers, the most
e brothers Will be allowed to pre-
M Will be seasonal greetings
Iurts Must Decide.
.rhe attitude OF the railroads Will be
Il as the matter is in the courts they
] not be parties 10 any action that
|ght tend to nullify or set aside the
lWt proceedings.
IThe brotherhoods backed them
YES into what a distinguished
|tosman once described as a cavity.
d one prominent railroad man. 1T
no part Of our job TO pull them out
it,"
I the notice posted by the New York
latral i'm all its yards and shops is
lical OF that used everywhere. Ii
| IDS;
New York. December "a 1916.
FOR the information of employees
|ncerned. below Will be found a copy
the agreement entered into between
D attorneys for the United States and
railroads concerning the Adamson
ht-hour law now before the SUI
Isme Court Of the United States.
Intention is called to Section 5, in
ich it is agreed that beginning jan
~ ! the books aud accounts shall
kept in such q manner that II the
'astitutionality OF the Adamson law
upheld the men shall promptly re-
. We any back pay due them under
\ decision Ct the court.
In accordance with this understand
this company will pay its en-
'yes under present schedules until
|eh a decree is handed down by the
,preme Court w. j. FRlPP.
General Manager
Compromise ON Hours.
1 rhe posting of these notices gave
s,st of the men affected their nrsl
|fnite statement as to what they may
X for In the pay envelopes neNl
',nth. It was also the first dehnit'
'claration that pending the decision
1 the court there would be no com
somise on hours or wages between
railroads and the brOtherhoOds-
|The way for such q compromise was
|mght to have been cleared at the
inference scheduled far today. by
submission Of new proposal IRON
Z brotherhoods or am offer 10 arm
|.te everything in dispute. This
|,uld leave the brothorhoOds free "a
me later date to demand still more
Ian mrrht he given them now
lar Other Wage Laws.
rhe desire Of the brotherhoods i'
Ieape a test of the Adamson act rs
.oordinz TO the well informed IN Ia
r circles. due to a fear that sboulf
/ r. law be upheld the increase II
ages granted will be the last tn'
|otherhoods viii he able to obtaI
T, long time to come. They arr
Ir4jd that If it is established ina
neress can fix wages by lazy tina
unorganized railroad men, admit
Idlv undergrad. will also secure leg
Eafive increases i'm wages. thu
sing the treasury door 20 the or
l,nized men until such time as TIT
|ilf between the two classes Is SUD
qntially reduced.
The other reason is a belief that ]
s Supreme Court decides agains
4 Adamson law the prestige OF th
= four" will he gone
nitchmen Get s5.OoO,OOO.
Railroad statisticians have fg
IA that the award to the switchmel
NJ cost the railroads Of the coun
( $1,000 900. Though the Unite
|ditchmens Union of North Americg
whose members tho award wa
ade. controls but a fraction OF th
lritchmen OF the country. the other
ing members Of the Brotherhood O
abroad Trainmen or OF no union. tn
T. will apply to all. Analysis Of tn
Ward showed that the men had aske
Increases of AZ per cent. and had re