Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-26
WANT ISSUES LEFT TO
!. c. c. OR OTHER BODY
Wage Increase Is Justified
Will Consent for Finding
to Be Retroactive.
DRAFT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
Heads of Brotherhoods Warn Presi-
dent Men Will Not Wait Longer
Than Tonight.

WAsHINGToN. Angus, e5-Af,er the
beads OF the four great railroad
'rotherhoods threatening nationwide
trike had gone 20 the White House
o-day with - warning that their mon
you'd not wait longer than Tomorrow
hight for reply from tho railroad
executives 10 President Wilson's suE-
festion that AN cight-hour day be
Granted the executives tonight agreed
ipon counteiprorosal to be sub
nitted to the President Tomorrow.
his plan. holding to the demand for
arbitration. which ,he employees have
Declared they unaltcrably oppose, pro-
y,oses:
That the question of an eight-hour
Pay is not directly connected with tho
matter at issue. and that there Is a
difference between an actual eirh,-hour
lay and an eight-hour day as basis
or pay.
That questions OF increases Of wages
ire indisputably questions which should
)e settled by arbitration
That the present demands Of the
rainmcn be submitted TO arbitration
~ the Interstate Commerce Commits
SION, or som. board 70 be created bv
he President or in some other way.
,c,c,
'' ~" r.
nat IT inc arhitratinc board finds
wage increases should he granted. their
"',' "e 'e' 'o"c''Ne' ana the IN
'rease will take cnec, from the time
he arbitration begins
tina. a fund shall No c,o.,.a .
ailroads TO provido for ,h,.
.tneeucv. tho r,,ors,.,o ca-
Commission IN kccn ,,o ,.
Win be necessary and ~. ...
o continue in forc. tor
determined nm, ,ro
Rhat during tho marie, -. ns,
here shall ho no fnr,ho~ ao,..,,e ~"
I,ny att.mn, 70 ..ri,.o
A draf, Of ,hts r.,,o,,
+onirb, h,. no t.
3nresider,s ,.ho Us ~
at work ,,,or .'H
!, week T,o-e '''
80. Sol"t discussion.
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la. s "'e ~ "'
I no,hor 10 ''"'' presented al
49,, ." morning
[,.o.as -, nv 'ePo''
n, 80, is'oent wilson
ms VIII oe the
.., ''' N''"'' eS'
Ni"dreiE UP 10 the
r. we Wy one ofhclal phrase
fcRisiS IN SITUATION
ENPECTED ny NOON TODAY
The crisis in the si,ua,;o, :.
Fpected by noon to-morrou Via, -
President has an enrara,,.r, -
|.he brotherhood leaders
Some Of the execu,;vos ..,d .,o.
while the propos,, would no, ,i ,h,
|more than % ner cen, g.,
wages. provided for. in atIec, - pro,,
|dent Wilson'S plan. Il orohah h,y n.orIa
give an increase Of ovcr IN ne- o.n,
The proppeal. in its tentative form.
covered three typewritten pages After
'he >ote seNera! o' the executives made
Sus "s''ohs. "h'th inc committee OF
u. 'foo"''! VIII ihc!ude In the final
III o"s houl 'he discussion the exccu-
Tvs .ooh 'hc position That the dues-
''o" y. '''' t's 'sh'-hour day was entirely
o"e y. WAGES. ra'hei man OF princi-
s"' III .hcE never had
"'"n! "' reS'oent WILSON'S
a;-.,,,os ~ =, " ''
go '""l II 'ouio not
Ne PC. :" 10 ehtret!' Inc plan
no" eeu va VIII De the hrst pre-
,.,s ,"' SINCE the ne
o''cr hoons c"uid
-, ~ ,o' d'Sc"sS'oh
~ p."l''ats' ou' among
'"e .a I was Pialniy
o6"''''' Wv '"Sh W al 'itra'ion ne
,,, 49,. o""S ""'e
couraging sign tina, this might form the