Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-15
Pennsylvania and New York
Central Ask Injunctions
Against U. S. Attorneys.
SEEKING TO PREVENT
ENFORCEMENT OF ACT
Compliments Aver That Congress
Has No Power to Abridge Lib
erty of Contract.


PHI pm, >,
Neiper inc
anna haiiroan company today
a bin i'm eou;tv ,s,,ir, ,o, - ii,,
q" '"9ui
'ioi against the three United states
district attorneys in Pennsylvania for
bidding them from hringips nrosac,,
-:
''oiis "SaiHs. 'he railroad company
under the Adamson eight-hour law.
The court is asked to declare that the
a;rbt-borr I. 10 s,o,;,,.i,, -.
-'' 10 anu
The bill AYERS that tho complainant
is advised that the requirement OF the
Adamson act in respect to the wages
10 De PAID after January is iegaiiy
inHaiid ana imperative. and conse-
quehtiy not pihoihg upon the COM
plainant because or the many possible
inconsistent and connictihs lhterpre-
tations of the act, and because of the
further fact that neither now nor at
'he oate u .he passage vi '"e az
there in existence any day. whether
measured by hours or work done that
,,
couid De fesaroeo as d s'ah"aiu ua.'
nor was<there any wage paid which
could be regarded as a standard wage
..,,.,o,a. o,,,,r.o.d i, tho act
TOT the einpioHes eliIpi @ can,re.s
1t rs further aserreo .nae dar or
mas ho pomsr 70 In r.w e,ten,nts
wage as the -hua'tis f.t - ;nor.,;ys
TO do Inc law is iurther ittope . a's.
the oiil SAYS. because 1ons ,',,ar ,,o .hs
denhed no" OF III via honaS
present standard odN Mas
pe ascel .aiiieu u. ,.,:.,,.;nnaI a,u tho h,,l
AYERS, because it seeks 10 deprar1 io rns
subject thereto of liberty OF contracL
IN respect 10 the einls
anu '''e ~
New York Central Acts Also.
>ru- vopU >o,.,,her 1.-THE New
c,.ra, r.;,ro,d TODAY filed suit
eoa.r., d;stric, court to fest the
4" Tue iea .,,xh.~
constitutionaiity OF the Aoaiisoh eie
hour law. The suit is directed against
.,. ,hr.e federal district attorneys Of
=. a.. h.;rn,,, ~
New fork s'a.e a. anu h-o,herbaods in the
etat "a Inv
sta.e. ,.;,o;,,,, contention is ac-
me ROAD pr iIarr;s raneraI
corolhg 70 ~ a. rnsor law .is in
80 . n .uIation Of commerce but
no ra-, ssmse md arbitrary increase in
1,..ens fn,. The hrotherhood men" He
s1ad sIsd as an SEoi INJUNCTION against the opera
ton OF the Jaw "ouia vt ~, work
New Haven and Hartford railroad
would also tile suits to test the consti-
tutlonall.r 9d 3a,an an hn 40 yard Elliott.
,he roatl.s president. The suits will
be filed in New York. Massachus Nt!s.
Rhode Island and Conhecicu'. he siiu'
within a short tine
q NxO &c
,. ,,e,,., ,,,.;..;,,., tho .,
railway ~
tioual conference committee continued
TODAY consideration of whether whole
,,, a.io, +o defeat the Adam-
m =. .o,,. nv
son elSht-hour Id" Will NC "
whether a limited series OF inlunctionS
Ill, ha s,ed The consensus of opin-
;o,, us id 10 favor the former course,
,on a. ,.o,,Ia resuIt in anproximately
ono ,ctions covering the entire rail-
oad ,erritorv of the United States.
uyhicbsver method is selected, the
a.. soc are exnected to be in the courts
WITHIN M ten SisndH aay II" commiJtee rnm m e" is to
hold puonc hearinss on tnt Ia'ii 10. go
SInni1.U ,bsra US an indication thar
definite action would be postponed until
the conclusion OF these hearings.
po;+s navalo,eI
Two Developments stood out proiri-
nently today in the new situation aris-
inc from the forthcoming application
|,
OF the Adamsoh law
First. The announcement that the
,,.p.gers of the roads would prohably
MY for iniunctions AGAINST th. law
-, .,a,.,, federal court district in the
IN ,itsd states Win a senarate suit in
t,hoIf 81 80. en-, of ,ba ooo rail
80 IN .,arv diStrict which tbav en-.
~ ShouId This stem he taken and
course of legal procedure. the eight
hour iam WI, ,,id itur,, ,;, n,,3n.ns go ~
efrec1 even ii cound constitutiouaI in
was declared.
Second. The brotherhoods OF trainmen
ann ahlioulieea t,.i5t 20, N;, III ,niame an ap-
IN January l. next. the eieht-hour day'
which they say promis ID them at
Washington last summer When the