The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-09-09
RAILWAY STRIKE
AVERTED BY LAW
Congress Passes Eighth hue "a "a
Fixing sstanddrd for EN- %
ployes' Service. -
PRESIDENT WILL
NAME COMMISSION
Conditions Will Be Investigated !;
Fine or Imprisonment Pro-
vided As Penalty.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Follow.
ing is the text of the revised Adamson
eight-hour bill that was put through
the house and senate for the pur-
pose of preventing a railway strike:
A Bill.
To establish the eight-hour stan
dard workday in the interstate trans
portation and for other purposes:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled:
ber 1, 1916, eight hours shall, in con-
tracts for labor and service. be deem
ed a days work and the measure or
standard of days work for the pur-
pose Of reckoning the compensation
for service of all employees who are
now or, may hereafter be employees of
any common carrier by railroad,
which is subject to the provisions of
the act of February 1, 1887, entitled
IAN act to regulate commerce." as
amended, and who are now or may
hereafter be actually engaged in any
capacity in the operation of trains
used for the transportation of per-
sons or property on railroads from
any state or territory of the United
States or the District of Columbia to
any other state or territory of the
United States or the District of Co.
lumbia, or from one place in ter
ritory to another place in the same
territory, or from any place in the
United States to an adjacent foreign
country or from any place in the
United States.
Commission of Three.
Section 2-That the President shall
appoint a commission of three which
shall observe the operation and ef-
fects of the institution of the eight
hour standard workday, as above
Definite, and the facts and conditions
affecting the relations between such
common carriers and employees dur
ing a. period of not less than six
months nor more than nine months,
in the. discretion of the commission,
and within 80 days thereafter such
commission shall report ts findings
to the President and congress; that
each member of the commission
created under the provisions of this
act shall receive such compensation
as may be fixed by the President.
The sum Of $4,000, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be and
hereby is, appropriated out of any
money in the United States treasury
not otherwise appropriated to be i'm
mediately available and to continue
available until the close of the fiscal
year ending June so, 1917, for the
necessary and proper expenses in
Cured in connection with the work of
such commission, including salaries
per diem, travelling expenses of men,
bers and employees, and rent, fur
niture, office fixtures and supplies,
books, salaries and other necessary
expenses, the same to be approved by
the chairman of said commission and
audited by the proper accounting Of
fcers Of the treasury.
Fine For Violation.
Section 3-That pending the report
Of the commission herein provided fo1
and for period of 80 days there
after the compensation Of railway
employees subject to this act for a
standard eight-hour workday shall
not be reduced below the present
standard Gays wage, and for all nec-
essary time in excess Of eight hours
such employees shall be paid at a. rate