Evening star., 1917-03-19

conference committee Of the railways:
I'VE are in receipt Of your favor of
this date, placing in our hands for inn
mediate adjustment the matter of the
differences between your committee
and the railroad brotherhoods.
I'VE have brought this letter before
the brotherhoods, with the statement
that in our Judgment, 1t was advisable
to put into effect the provisions OF the
Adamson law, whether 1t be held valid
or otherwise. This was acceptable TO
them. Thus by your own actlon' urged
thereto by the highest reasons OF ma
tionai concern. YOU have avoided "a ma
tional calamity. ;, .r,.
sense of gratitude if we fa1led 10 eX-
press our sincerest appreclatioIi VI .ne
it promises long period OF hearty CO.
operation between the railroad man
agements and their employees"
Text of Agreement.
The agreement signed by the repre-
sentatives of the brotherhoods, the
roads and by the commission reads as
follows:
.In all road service, except passen-
ger where schedules now read 100
miles or less, nine or ten hours or less,
overtime at ten or eleven- miles per
hour. insert eight hours or less Tor a
basic day and twelve and one-half
miles per hour for speed pasis ioi
the purpose of computing overtime
.Oyertime to be paid for at not less
than one-eighth of the daily rate per
hour.
"In all yard service. switching ana
hostelry service. where schedules now
read ten, eleven or twelve hours or
less shall constitute a day work, m
sert eight hours or less shall consti-
tute a days work at present ten
hours pay
Overtime to be paid for at not less
than one-eighth of the daily rate per
hour.
hours basis the daily rate shall be the
present ten-hour standard rate with
overtime at one-eighth of the present
standard daily rate.
"In case the law is declared unconstl-
tutional, eight hours or less at present
ten-hour pay will constitute days
work.
In Passenger Service.
TN passenger service the present
mileage basis will be maintained. On
roads now having a fiat ten-hour day in
passenger service the rule will be
amended TO reau elBnl within tSh
hours
For all classes of employees short
passenger service, where
the rule now reads eight within
twelve hours it will be amended to
read eight within ten hours
For such territory as has no num-
ber of hours for a days work in short
passenger service, the
eight within ten-hour rule applies.
Overtime to be paid for at not less than
one eighth of the daily rate per hour.
The general committees on indi-
vidual railroads may elect to retain
their present overtimeS rules in snort
passenger service or the
foregoing provision. but may not make
err compensation than is provided in Ell
ther basis.
IN the event the law is held to be
if the foregoing settle
ment is inconsistent with the decision
Of the court that application will be
to the decision. If declared
above stands with all
the provisions as written.
1.-The foregoing to govern for such
roads. classes of employees and classes
Of service represented by the national
committee of railroads.
Schedules except as modified by the
above changes remain as at present"
When the railroad managers left the
room at IL o'clock last
night without having arrived at an ad-
justment of the differences, it was with
set faces which showed the strain they
were under. When the heads of the
left an hour earlier they,
too, appeared to be depressed. Neither