The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-21
MAY NOT ORDER
RAILROAD STRIKE
Brotherhoods Not Determined
to Quit Work First OF Year
Because of Eight Hour
Situation.
a.-.
AWAIT COURT DECISION
Last Week it Was Annourced a. Ger
tainty, But Today the
Decision 10 In
.. Doubt.
AWAIT COURT DECISION
[By Carl D. Gro1t, United Press Stah
Correspondent.

[By Carl D. Gro1t, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. pa gem
eral railroad strike January may
not follow as the result of the pres
ent situation growing out Of the
Adamson law dispute.
This Interpretation was placed to-
day on remarks Of Chief Stone, OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, that the question Of such q
strike will be answered later" The
elem ent Of donbt regarding his re-
marks arises from the fact that last
week In New York. brotherhood
chiefs f1at-fooredly said there would
be strike If they did not get real
eight hour day. 4
Now it is believed the brotherhoode
will be content to await test OF
constitutionality Of the Adamson
eight hour measure. The brot ler-
movements In an even deeper Sc. 'ecy
than that which marked their pro
gram when they threatened to strike
last summer.
Today the brotherhood chiefs are
in Baltimore to speak before the
American Federation of Labor conven-
tion-a move that portends co-opera-
tion between them and the railway
department of the federation to force
an eight hour day in all branches OF
railway service.
At the same time, the department
Of justice and the brotherhoods' legal
department are ready for the open
ing of the Adamson tests Thursday
when the Union Pacific and Santa Fe
start their suits at Kansas City.
The course taken by the crew In
these cases will be vital and upon its
action will probably rest the final de-
cision = of the brotherhood as to
whether there shall be a strike.
The Newlan1s committee investiga-
tion of the general subjects OF rea.
tions between railways and the gen
eral public, will continue with the
railways putting forth proposals for
alleviation Of what they regard as an
irksome condition. They will fight
particularly for elimination Of con-
troll by state railway commissions:
The condition of wages has been
minimized to date. but when brother
hood leaders return, they probably
will ask a hearing and precfpitate
sharp discussion on that point.
unfinished Business"
BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. Iii
There's going to ibe an eight hour day
On the railways-or there's some un-
finished business before this country"
In this manner today, Warren 8.
Stone, head of the brotherhood of To-
comotive engineers, answered the
question whether the railway brother
hood will call a strike If pending in
junction proceedings tie up the oper-
ations Of the Adamson eight hour law.
Speaking in response to an enthus-
iastic welcome given himself and the
heads Of three other brotherhoods by
the delegates to the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor convention, Stone de-
clared:
Labor will watch from the side
lines while the railroads fight their
own government
Efforts to obtain from the other
brotherhood leaders an expression Of
their purpose in the matter were fruit
less, Notwithstanding President Com
pers' assertion from the platform:
I'VE expect the brotherhood on the
first day of January to inaugurate the
eight hour day
Aff1liation of the brotherhoods with
the American Federation of Labor