The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-30
Memphis Domingo
Railways Begin to Put
Embargo Into Effect

and to draft the military and such per
sons A. needed to run them:
IL at any time aAy railway en-
gagged In intestate commerce or
In the transDortatlon Of the Aails
shall cease to operate or % sert-
0usly hinaered IN It's operation be-
cause Of q strike Of lts employees,
the President shall have power -
direct 1900 the ossr :. %. q such rail-
sentlal for military purposes, anA
to that end he may employ such
part Of the military forces or such
civil agents or draft late the serv-
Ice Of the United States such per-
sons a. nay b necessary.
Any person refusing to DerforA
such service shall be gullty of .
crime and punished By Ane or I'm
Drisonment or both.
Eight.Hour Bill.
The tentative draft Of the eight-hou
bill along with the provisions for tn
wage commission and its report to tn
Commerce Commission fol
lows:
Ftrst. BegfnninS eight
hoars shall BE deemed the meas
IRE o. standard OF . days work
fer the purpose Of reckoninE the
coavensat1en for services Of all
employees wAs are now Or may
hereafter - employed b. any
common carrier By railroad sub
1ect to the Drevisisns Of the Act
Of February fourth. eighteen hun
dreA ana sAShty-sevea. entitled
An Act t. regulate eonAerce,n
~ AMENDED. and whs are now Or
nay hereafter b actually engage
u the werk e s1eratinG trains
3. e RE. ~
late q Ts-rstory Of the U,itez
States OF the. District Of Cel1n-
bia t. any ether state or Terri
tory Of the ynitef states or the
place In the same Territory, or
from any place In the United
States to IN adjacent foreign
eocntry to any other place 0. teh
United states.
point . connission Of three 10 he
known ~ the Wage Commission,
tive OF whom shall be persons rec
commended respectively BY the
railways and their employees. The
comm1ssi0n shall observe the ad-
ninistrative and financial effects
Of the institution Of the eight-hour
AneA during . period Of not less
than - months nor more than -
months, In the discretion Of the
commisston, and within - days
thereafter shall report its AAd-
ings to the President and to Con-
The President shall transmit
the report Of the wage Comnis-
sion to the Interstate Commerce
COmmission. which shall accept
the Andings OF the Wage Commits
mission unless clearly erroneous,
and upon these findings and such
other facts - 1t nay consider
Cemmissioa, within - days from
the receipt OF the report Of the
Wage Commission. shall reach .
decision ~ to what extent, II any.
the change In the standard work
day necessitates an increase In
the freight rates Of the railways
affected In order TO conserve their
on the capital invested.
No Wage Reduction.
Third. Pending the report Of the
WAGE Commission and the decision
OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, ~ above provided, and for
a period Of days thereafter,
the compensation OF railway em-
ployees subject to this Act for
a standard eiEht-hour work day
shall not be reduced below the
present standard days wage, and
for all services In excess Of eight
hours such employees shall re-
ceive not less than the pro rata
proportion OF the compensation
received for the standard eight
Fourth. The Wage Commission
shall also study the problems OF
the compensation for services OF
employees engaged In the operation
Of trains and the service OF In
ttsr.tate raiirad tr.n.portS ton
tories of the United states and the
District OF Colum bia, for the pur-
pose Of determining whether, in
the Judgment OF said commission,
power to NJ and regulate the
wages OF such employee. ought
to be vested I'm some public body
and Il shall report its hndinEs In
this behalf, together with Its con-
thereon to the Congress ana to the
President, not later than .
Fifth. Any carrier violating any
provision Of section three Of this
Act shall be liable to q penalty Of
not less than 500 and not exceed
Ing 81 1000 In respect to each en-
PlOyee whose compensation IL az
fectcd by such violation, which
penalty shall accrue to the United
states. and 10y no rsco .s IN 9
States.