The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-26
RAILROADS LIKE
ADAMSON LAW
And the Only Hope Of Trainmen
is That It viii Be Declared
Null and Void.
~ Chnrlns Rrooks Smlih.l

I Wv NiNititN DTWOkN NIilllilsl
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26,-'Thc rail-
roads OF the country are going to ao-
cept the provisions Of the Adamson
law literally, and avail themselves
of all thor rights under rs provision.
This information was given to me
today upon any authority whose In
fallibilIty on this matter Is not to be
questioned
More explicit and official announce
ment Of this fact will. am told. be
given to the public within the next
week. The readers OF this dispatch
may confidently expect II shortly, and
hence viii be OF that number of per-
sons who Will not be surprised.
At the big new building of the
American Federation Of Labor au-
thcr.titave news Of wtni lis about to
happen had arrived today, and every
whore there was excitement and CON
ferences innumerable among officials,
REPRESENTATIVES Of President viii
sons campaign were also astir There
was something doing" OF the live
Lest kind in organized labor and
Democratic campaign circles.
In short, beginning January !. 1917,
which Is the date set for the Adamson
law to 20 into effect, an eight hour
Work ga! ior rallroau ~. "A.eu w
SIollel no" l"en - =.
nVur "orh nay. anu no,n,Ie S,aI,
WV ~ taken ~ NY wv w '''.s ".'. I.
upon whlch 10 compute wy ""hsS y
the lfalhhlef aIler she hlSs Wy ~
January next. INC extent ~ iul'yaH,
Woiked over WI hol pv lahyn LIN
Gaieual!oh Whetl Gonlpu,l"s u'e ,t ~"
wage scaie uiluer the new NV
age ~ iacl, eeaSes 70 ne y l"Stol y
y ON We new ISIS on IN elFht I'uui Wy
Wages VII nc adjusted as " ~ " ~
coma tlohs VIII aliow on ,ne p"sls ~
eisht hours pa! LOT elsnt houtS WON,
ana not zen hours pay lot eisnl iou'a
work, as brotnernood men n1yc pee.,
led TO believe by president wilson uru
the leaders OF the tralnmen bro.hgr-
hoods, ana sam Gompers, heaa II 'ne
American Federation Of bahor, whose
open deal TO deliver me lahoring Vote
OF the country 70 President Wllsoh is
now a national scandal
The erect or this detefrnlnatoh OF
the railroads TO CONFORM surety 70 ,he
Adamson law beginning me nIst uaS
of the coming year on railroad IRAN
men in West virginia WIZ pc as plainlH
+. obvious 10 Inc rubhc IN mat siate w
in any other. MI existing contracts
and agreements neN existing between
the railroad companies ana the proth-
crhoods, pass out OF existence auto-
maticnlly when inc Adamson Jaw ne
comes effective. " VIII be compare
lively an easy matter Tor the cofnpan-
les 10 make the change III West Nir-
Ginia, easicr tAah ~ some o'her states,
where conditions as 10 distances be-
tween terminals arc not so great. Inc
railroads not only nave the'fisht uhder
the Adamson law 70 do what they m
tend to do, but they are compelled ny
the provisions OF the law to do II. me
law penalties them II they 90 not.
Advlces from an parts OF the country
are rolling In here which tell OF a
sweeping reversal or opinion among
railroad trainmen as to the Adamson
law. Just what the law means seems
to have been grasped by them clearly
in all parts OF the nation at about one
and the same time Where there was
praise for II. every report telegranhed
here indicates that opposition is sub
stituting itself for commentator
kilograms for Its repeal are swapping
the local telegraph Offices. Many OF
these kilograms are expressive OF an
ger. intimate betrayal, and finding
fault that the railroad brotherhoods
have been brought into this plight.
Handed lemon" and "goldbricked'
which are two OF the explosive slang
Who carly foresaw lust what is happcn-
Inc now are most frequently made use
Of
The talk here today is that the
hrotherhood men NOT only see that
present satisfactory working condi-
ions are TO he done away with when
the new law goes into effect, but that
they have surrendered to Congress, the
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