The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14
BrotheThOods Lost Only Demand
For Overtime wages.
THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
Men Will Get Back Pay That Has 40
crued Since Jan. I, When Adamson
Law Was to Have Become Effective.
Statement of Misunderstanding Now
In Effect.

The threatened rail strike has been
averted by the action of the railways
in yielding an eight hour day to the
members of the four brotherhoods.
The settlement means that approx
mately $1,000,000 week will be added
to the payrolls of the railways and
that about $13,000,000 in back pay since
Jan. 1, when the Adamson law was to
have become effective, will be dis
tributed among the 100000 brother
hood members.
The brotherhoods win their long fight
for an eight hour day and yield nothing
but their demand for time and half
pay for overtime. Instead they receive
pro rata pay for overtime. The settle
ment, signed by both sides, is COM
plicated statement of the new schedule.
This settlement went into effect at
once, and the recent decision Of the
United States supreme court as to the
constitutionality Of the Adamson law
will not affect its terms.
The terms in settlement follow in
full,
Settlement awarded by the commit
tee of the Council of National Defense:
In all road service, except passenger,
where schedules now read one hun
dred miles or less, nine or ten hours or
lose, o. tnY oil MIL
per hour, eight hours or less for a
basic day and twelve and a half miles
per hour for a speed basis, for the pur-
pose of computing overtime to be paid
for at not less than one-eighth of a
daily rate per hour. In all yards,
switching and hosting service, where
schedules now read ten, eleven or
twelve hours or less shall constitute a
days work. insert eight hours or less
shall constitute a days work at pres
ent ten hours pay
Overtime to be paid for at not less
than one-eighth of the daily rate per
hour. Y
TN yards now working on an eight
hour basis the daily rate shall be the
present ten hour standard rate. with
overtime at one-eighth of the present
standard daily rate
I'm passenger service the present
mileage basis will be maintained. On
roads now having fiat ten hour day
in the passenger service the rule will
be amended to read eight within ten
hours
"For all classes of employees in
short turn around 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 mum
Der Of hours for a days work in short
turn around 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.
1.-THE general committee ON individ-
ual railroads may elect to retain pres
ent overtime rules in short turn
around passenger service or the fore
going provisions, but may not make a
combination of both to produce greater
compensation than is provided in Ell
| ther basis.
"In the event the law is held to be
| constitutional, if the foregoing settle
ment is inconsistent with the decision
of the court, the application will be
| adjusted to the decision. Ii declared
unconstitutional the above stands will
all be provisions as written.
1.-THE foregoing to govern for such
roads, classes of employees and classes
of service represented by the national
conference committee of the railways
Schedules. except as modified by
the above changes, remain as at pres
ent.
Franklin X. Lane, Daniel Willard
W. B. Wilson, Samuel Gompers.
Accepted by:
"W. G. Lee, L. e. Shepard, w. s
Stone, w. s. Carter.
"The National Conference Committee
of Railways by Elisha Lee, chairman.
Following is part of the statement
issued by the mediators:
I'VE desire to express our apprecia
ton of the large and patriotic action
of the railway managers committee
which has put beyond peradventure
, the possibility of nation wide rail
road strike.
"Our first effort was to secure post
ponement of the strike, which was
fixed for March II. This was Sc
cured by presenting to the railway
managers a memorandum agreement
drafted by the brotherhoods which
with some particularly expressed the
| provision of the Adamson law.
1--WE asked the railways to agree tina
If the Adamson law was held to bt
constitutional this construction and ap
plication would be given to it. Tit
railways agreed to this at joint SEES
sion between the brotherhood chiefs
and the managers. And with mucl
difficulty the chiefs stayed the strike
an act that was vital to the success q
our efforts and further mediation.
"Thus the provision of the eight houl
law by agreement between the roads
and the men became the basis Of thu
settlement
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