The sun., 1917-10-12
ROADS, FACING
WAGE DEMANDS,
FEAR BIG TIEUP
Eastern Lines Expect Train.
men to Frame New Scale
Tuesday.
WAR SUPPLY MENACED
Railways Withhold Plan for
Higher Rate to Ascertain
Additional Burden.
HOPE LIES IN L. s. AID
Government Ready to Run
System if Welfare Of Troops
Is Imperilled.
WAR SUPPLY MENACED
HOPE LIES IN L. S. AID

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Railroad operators east OF Chicago
ana north Of the Potomac River conf.
IDENTIFY expect demands for increased
wages TO be presented December l. ef.
fect.ve January /, by the Brotherhood OF
halfway Trainmen and the Order Of
Railway Conductors These demands arc
to be framed. the operators assert. at
meeting of the general chairmen of the
two organizations to be held In Ottawa.
Ont. next Tuesday.
so confident are the railroads that
these demands Will be made that they
nave decided TO withdraw their request
for increased rates which the Interstate
Commerce Commission has been con-
sidering. They prefer now to wa and
see what additional burden they must
[ shoulder. then amend their application
TO fit the new conditions
! The railroad ofic ais assert they have
ample proof that tho demands are to
/ be forthcoming, one official going so
far as to assert that such a threat was
made at the conference table Ie.entiy
bro'herhoods were In Joint session.
J w. G. Lee, president Of the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen, issued
statement at Cleveland. Ohio, last night
In which he said he had received no in.
timaton what his fellow members con-
templated. once they assemble at o.
tawa.' His statement, however, con-
tanned no convincing denial Of the claims
made by the operators that demands for
increased wages would be forthcominc
Tieup n Menace to Troops.
The railroad officials assert rhat
sh uld n t!eup of the railroads com.
now, or IN the near future, the act!o, Of
the tralnnen would be little short of
criminal One of these officials poir,ed
out how the railroads are being run to
their full capacity 20 haul freight and
munitions bound for the Atlantic sea
. board, all of which is to aid the Ameri-
can soldiers now in France, To stop
these shipments, he said, would only i'm
peril the lives of the Khaki clad army
now enrolled under tho American nag,
and he does not believe the Federal
Government Will Countenance for a mo-
mcnt such interruption to traffic SO vital
to tho lives Of those enlisted in Uncle
Sans service.
The railroad officials say that unless
the Federal Government intercedes and
employs the agencies of tho Gno,t,,s
Eight Hou- Law Commission or tNa
Interstate Commerce Commission in
granting relief TO tie roads they Will bs
placed entirely at the mercy of the
uaih!ncn ana !orce1 10 meet their de-
mands They say that the railroad COM
nliftec Of the War Council is incxorlbl,
ana VIII NOT lof a moment counienancs
"toppas" To- the movement of freight,
o' NJ me ralIroads' theY
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-, 'o'"o ,"'' p"S' '"ere mas been
"u'ta'Iu"" oI unrest IN inc railroad
N"!'u' Ir"In'H' H. passenger and freight.
""'Ie SuPf"HeHIE awaiting the rear
raRsen'h' "' S'hedules IN accordance
WIN th' Aaamson elght hour law, have
been restless. Tho abnormal WAGES that
skilled and uusNllcd laoor have been
receiving since the big drive started 10
Keep the ihuntion making plants at
work has tended to aid TO tho dissati.-
faction or the trainmcn Rouudhouse
employees AID trackneu have been dn-
sert'nG ny the hundreds and when they
told their respcctiEc forc,1Cn the v,ors
that awaited them Il, oiber ta,ds 90.
was nothing clsc 70 do bu, "a II, ,L,rn
GO The railroads could IL, ,o,hi,,,, ,,,.
los IN, Ir;.rsr,tc Cnn,Tc,,,. ,,a,,,,,.'-
sion rcccdrd from lis adan.an, ","n1
thar tbc roads ',.I r>..1 tl,lr ,,...,,