Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-01
FINAL ACTION EXPECTEpn
BEFORE SATURDAY
House Agrees Upon Specia
Providing for Vote by
O'clock This Afternoon
ADAMsoN MEASURE AppRovEr
rro''hes FOR Commission to Investi.
gate Working OF Law and
Report to Congress.

WASHINGTON. August 31.-Be,ief
grew in all quarters here Tonight that
the great railroad strike called for
next Monday morning would be ayerted
Al the close OF day of conferences
and hearings Congress apparently wa. was
! Prcpared to pass tomorrow or Satur.
DAY the eight hour day legislation
! winch heads OF the employces' brother
hoods have declared officially would
cause them to telegraph the code mes
sage necessary to revoke the strike
order.
Although President Wilson still de-
Sires strongly to see his whole Iegisla-
1--WE program accepted and Democratic
! leaders In the Senate have ideas of
their own about what should be
done. administration spokesmen vir-
tually conceded Tonight that the, bin
hnally passed would provide only for:
An eight-hour day for trainmen in
interstate commerce. effective December
or January l. with the present ten.
hour rate OF pay and pro rata over
time: and
\ small commission appointed by tho
President to investigate the working.
months
and report to Congress.
This. in substance, is tho Adamson
bill. revised by Representative Adam.
son and Democratic Leader Kitchiu
after comforting with President Wilson.
which a. B. Garretson. spokesman for
the brotherhoods, stated formally late
to-day would be considered "satisfac.
tory settlement" and prevent tho walk-
out.
Tonight the Interstate Commerce
Committee aECeed to report out a
similar bill. with the dato January 4
and roads under zoo miles IN length
and electric street railway and inter-
urban lines excepted.
HOUSE WILL VOTE BY
4,3o THIS AFTERNOON
The House Will meet at IL o'clock
| tomorrow morning to take UP the
.Adamson measure, and the majority
leaders have agreed upon a special rule
providing for a vote by 1870 O'clock in
the afternoon. The Senate meets at
10 o'clock to begin consideration OF a
bill to be reported by the Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Committee,
with the administration leaders deter.
mined to keep the body in continuous
session until 1t is passed,
Only long speeches in the Senate can
prevent prompt action, and the admin
stration Is confident that minority
Senators will not carry their opposition
SO far as to mako 1t impossible to set
tho necessary Legislation through both
houses by midnight Saturday.
President Wilson will be in his room
Mt the Capitol when the Senate meets.
and has arranged to spend all OF the
forenoon there aiding in putting the
legislation through. At 8 o'clock in the
afternoon he leaves for Shadow Lawn,
his summer home in New Jersey, where
on Saturday he is to be notified
formally OF his nomination for re-elec-
tion. A special messenger will be
started for Shadow Lawn with the
eight t-hour bill as soon as 1t is passed,
and the President will Sign 1t there.
While the Senate committee to-day
was holding a ninc-hour hearing. at
which representatives Of the railroads.
the employees and tho shippers gavo
their views on the situation and this
proposed legislation. the President held
freouent conferences with members of
Congress and sent for hrotherhood
leaders and earnestly urged them to
reSClHu inc StTlhe
NO ASSURANCES GIVEN
by READS OF UNIONS
When the trainmen left. the White
House authorized tho statement that
they had given no assurances. 1t was
indicated that the President still in
tended, il il became necessary as r.
la st resort. to address a public appeal
to the men of the brotherhoodS. urg-
ing them on patriotic grounds to- have
the strike called OFF.
Although the program for action In
the House was clearly outlined with
out delay. 1t was not until latc to-
night that n definite idea OF what the
senate would have before 1t tomorrow
was obtainable. When It's henrins5
closed, the Interstate Commerce Com i
miltee went into what promised to be
ar ail.niGht session to consider the
various legislative proposals before K
it, including the Presidents whole pros
gram with its provisions TOR prevent.
ing strikes pending Investigations, and
for the drafting of men to operate
trains In case Of military necessity.
All day the House leaders had been
declaring that these provisions never
could be enacted. and near midnia
{. was learned that the Senate copa,(
te3 had decided 1t would aotl
viSable to submit themY at
COMMITTEES agreed
Ftantinlly similar
sure. with the eft
1t-hopr provision