Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-19
best to adopt at once the memorandum
agreement Of the previous day az ap-
plicable under all conditions. Then the
provisions Of the eight-hour law, by an
agreement between the roads and the
men, became the basis OF the settle
ment, and whether the supreme court
holds for the validity Of the law or
against it there will be no strike.
(Signed) Franklin K. Lane.
'sW, b. Wilson.
Daniel willard.
Samuel Gompers.

Daniel Willard.
Samuel Gompers."
National Calamity Avoided.
The committee sent the following
letter to Elisha Lee. chairman Of the
railroads committee:
"Wes are in receipt Of your letter OF
this date placing in our hands for i'm
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 desirable
to put into effect the provisions Of the
Adamson law, whether 1t be held wallis
or not. Thus by your own action you
have avoided q national calamity.
I'VE would be delinquent in true
sense Of gratitude IL we failed to ex-
press our sincerest appreciation Of the
action you have taken. We trust that
1t promises long period Of hearty CO.
operation between the railroad mama
gers and their employees"
Text ef Agreement.
The agreement Of the two factions
reads as follows:
I'm 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 for a
basic day and 121s miles per hour for
speed basis for the purpose OF comput-
Ing overtime.
"Overtime to be paid for at not less
than one-eighth the daily rate per
hour. In all yard service, switching
and hostlery service, where schedules
now read ten. eleven or twelve hours or
less shall constitute a days work, in
sert eight hours or less shall constitute
a days work at present ten hours
pay"
I'm yards now working on an eight
hour basis the daily rate shall be the
present ten-hour standard rate with
overtime Of one-eighth of present
standard daily rate.
I'm case the law Is declared uncon-
|stitutional eight hours or less at pres
ent ten-hour pay will constitute q
days work"
w. q. Lee. spokesman for the broth
erhood chiefs, declared today that the
settlement of the controversy was the
|'..arsatsst yiGtes1 ever won for labor
..NeaYiy 10, ~ 1lsan /. he said, 'shavs
won thG 31Sht hour my without sacri-
flcihg ! cent u thsif money for it. We
are now in : position to 90 back to oui
men with the greatest thing ever >put
over for labor"
To Collect Back Pay.
Conferences will be held here tomor-
row between the managers and ihe la
Dor chiefs to determine basis of pay
inasmuch as the new agreement is to
be retroactive beginning Jan. I. 1t is
estimated unofficially that the men
have coming to them between $4,000,
900 and $13.000,000.
Naturalization Of Railroad coatroI.
Washington, March 19.-Immediate
naturalization Of railroad control was
urged today by Robert F. Lovett,
chairman Of the board Of the Union
Pacific, in testifying before the con-
gressional committee investigating all
phases Of the railroad proglem.
Final disposition Of the control
question, he declared, would prove a
great factor in solving the problem OF
oAk~x-tuo - y,}xo1 foe Novo1oppoonk