Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-15
R. R. HEADS PLEAD
 WITH BROTHERHOODs
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 Justifiss DemanCs Charges that we are acting in bad lait.i Iu bringing up this question ..-.ln at t.is time without waiting Tor ,.e usOIsiOn oI the supreme court on ,n. 4AuansOn act, are Daseless," he .-.4.a4eu. I've were not parties to the -sieeAient entered into between the .u,uneys TOT the raIlTOaOs ana the representatives Of the attorney gen erals o1ice to dO nothing until the uecisiUn IS handed down
 Will Confer Today
 Our position IS the same as if |. -vru were no AuaMson law and no -e~IsiOA ponuIHg. Nhetuer the oecis- .1n is lO4 O. asainst the law our de 4uanus which we snail present tomOr- 4o~. M4u be una4Je4vu. n t"e is.w Is up.elu, IL wOulU give us what we Will .sA Tor ,JmOriON. II It is -.lrOwn out We stiIl viii stand pat ana taKe no less than the Atkinson law wOdld nave given us.
 want it Cleared Before Wsc
 We four DrOtAer4Ood chIeis, ,nrougl these recent meetings With our men. nov feel that VIC nave UAe ,.nited bacLlns oi our men be-lnd us III this. We want 10 get this eIgnt- nour aay question setteC and seJJIad quickly. Inc decision TOT our seem In- haste at t.is IiuIe IH tOICiLs |, 60 an issue is that the country may be n war within few weeks or months and ve a-lare this ought to be settled 1..o-e iJ comes.
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 are sincerely .ua.t1ls that t-e va -f- - -rI .ru,,'i1.5 at our employees er.Hu ae ol te 1isIc-r plane cons .--t .lr- tI. efficient oq- eratious of the railroads. Wlen the national wage demands of the four train brotherhoods were made last year, we felt that they were beyond reason, entailing, as they did, an an nual increase ot $lO0, 0,000,000 or about B percent in the wages of the 300. eco most highly paid workers in tAe country.
 Tried to Avert Strike
 But we were ready and anxIOus to submit this wage controversy for set riemsnt to some impartial public -ri- hJn3i. Tn the nope that our employees would join with US in seeking the judgement of such 2 board of inquiry, we earnestly urged that the w-JIe case be referred to:
 "1-The interstate commerce com mission, the government body regu- .at,ng tLe transportation industry in the public interest, or.
 "A board Of arbitration under the New!ard arbitration act of I91@ the law enacted at the joint request Of the employees and the carriers, or.
 ''3-A board Of inquiry Co be al pointed by the President.
 Our offers for a peaceful sett-l- -nonf were all rejected by the brother hoods. If we had refused to meet ith our employees to discuss their de m2nds or if We had refused to submit the issue to arbitration. this great body of workmen might have been justified in leaving the service. But. under the circumstances, tNe threat of nation-W idle strike was indefen- sible We left every door open for q fair determination of t'o merits of the controversy and every door is 5 i'll open
 Accuse BrotherhooSs
 'The AdaUsOn railroad wage law, hastily enacted last summer to avert the threatened strike, is now beforc the highest court for a determination