Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-02
THOUGHT STRIKE s.,
ORDER WILL Be :.
RESC|NDED soon . !
Bill Will Be Rushed to Wilson %
Shadow Lawn, N. J., I'm.
mediately.
ISSUE PASSED HOUSE
BY LARGE MAJORITY
Believed Code Message Will Be
ent Out at Once Countermand.
ing Walkout Order.

Prevention of the threatened rail.
road strike through an act Of congress
seemed assured tonight after the
house had passed the Adamson eight.
hour day law by an overwhelming
vote, and the senate had agreed to
take final vote on the measure, not
later than six o'clock tomorrow eve.
ming.
Although it is possible that senate
amendments may make conferences
necessary, it is generally believed on
both sides of the Capitol that, when
the test comes, the house bill, as It
stands, will be accepted and rushed
to Shadow Lawn, N. j.. for Presi-
dent Wilson's signature. While no
formal announcements were forth.
coming from the employees brother
hood heads tonight, it is authorita.
lively stated that this will result In
immediate Dispatch Of code messages
calling off the general strike ordered
for Monday morning. Y,
&c. Bill Passed by Big Majority.
The Adamson bill, as It was passed
in the house, by vote Of 239 to Sc,
with minor amendments, is the same
measure which the brotherhood lead.
ers officially declared yesterday would
constitute satisfactory settlement"
and prevent strike. The amend.
ment added to conform to a draft
framed by the senate interstate com.
merce committee would fix the effec-
tive date January l, 1917, instead Of
December l, 1916, and exempt rail.
roads less than 100 miles long and
electric street and interurban lines.
Briefly, it provides: ~,
Provisions Of Bill. e..
That eight hours shall be deemed Z
days work, and the standard for reck.
oning compensation of railroad EN-.
ployes operating trains in interstate
commerce after, January l, 1917, and
That a commission Of three, ap-
pointed by President Wilson, shall in.
vestigate the effects Of the eight-hour
standard from six to nine months,
and then report to congress, present
wages not to be reduced during the
investigation, or for thirty days there
after, and overtime to be paid at q
pro rata rate.
1t was after a day of hot debate
that the house passed the bill, under
a special rule brought in when Re.
publican Leader Mann objected to its
consideration. Less than half Of the
Republicans followed their floor lead
er in the opposition and; whom the
final vote came, seventy Of them lined
up with the majority, while only 6fty.
six voted against the measure.
Just two Democrats, Represents
tive Steel of Pennsylvania, and Black
of Texas, stood out against the bill.
and Representative London Of New
York, the only socialist, voted for 1t.
Red Tape Eliminated.
Red tape was eliminated as TAR as
possible to rush the measure over to
the senate which, after several hours
of lively discussion over bill report
ed by it's interstate commerce COM
mittee, had recess until eight o'clock.
When the senate convened the house
legislation was there awaiting action.
The senate committee bill. drafted
during a late session last night and
another this morning, was the Adam
son measure, with the same amend
ments adopted today by tho house.
and an added section empowering tho
interstate commerce commission to
fix the wages of interstate railroad
employees at the end of the proposed
period of investigation and thereafter.
At the outset Of the night session.
Senator Newlands sought and OBJ
tanned unanimous consent to put
aside the senate bill and take up the
one sent over from the house, there
by paving the way for quick final &C.
ton, without parliamentary formali-
ties that otherwise would be neces-
sary. Then Senator Underwood
brought up the issue, over which tho
senate is divided, by proposing as an
the rate-fxing provision
of the discarded senate bill.
Over this amendment, debate wag.
ed for three hours, Senators New.
lands and Underwood advocating It.
and Senator Cummins making q long
speech criticising the whole proceed
ing. Most of the senators had little
to say and in the cloak rooms there
were strong intimations that the rea.
son for this was the genral conviction
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