Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

1 The optimism of tle brotherhoo l | chief, however, was not shared by 1 railroad managers. While no state ment was forthcoming from them, 1t | was asserted that the settlement of 1 the differences was entirely contin- gent upon decision Monday by the supreme court favorable to the Adam l son law. In that event, it was under i stood, they agreed they would accept 1 the application of the law =-on tho basis of ten hours pay for eight hours work, with prorata pay for overtime No other concessions we;e made and the question as to what turn the situation would take in the event of no decision or one declaring law unconstitutional remained to be determined, according to an official in close touch with managers.
 Men Quit in Four States. | MT. Lees reassurirg statement came after he was informed that many members of the four brother hoods in Ohio, West Vir ginia, Pennsyi- vania and Illinois, failing to receive word of the postponement of the strike, actually had quit work to- night. He said he was not surprised at this, inasmuch as there was 50 little time-less than three hours in which to communicate with the men. %
 "This should be sufficient proof of the fact that we were not talking idly when we said all tie men would obey the strike order,'' said MT. Lee. "We knew they would--every one nf them.' It was agreed with the rail- roads, he added, that iL the event of any of the men failing to receive word of the postponement, should leave their work, the railroads would not attempt to discipline them in any way. MT. Lee said he was confident the misunderstanding would be strengthened out before midnight to- night, and that those who left their places would return to work by tn it time.
 Railroads Make Concessions.
 Decision late today to postpone the strike for 48 hours was reached only after three of the presidents media tors-Secretary of the Interior Lane, Secretary of Labor Wilson and Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore 6, Ohio-had labored almost necessarily since early last night with the four brotherhood chiefs and the confer ence committee of railway managers Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, who was also appointed a mediator, did not arrive in this city until tonight He explained he had been at Atlantic City, and did not learn his presence was desired here until this afternoon While it was generally understood that tentative agreement has been reached, all who participated in the conference maintained silence until MT. Lee made statement tonight The head of the Trainmen indicated that concessions had been made by the railroads that probably would b, acceptable to the men. He declinet to outline these concessions, bu said:
 "I believe that by Monday we shal have reached an agreement that shal avert a strike"
 From other sources regarded as au tthoritative it was learned that three Important considerations entered int
 the negotiations. These were: Pres . sure of public opinion against tn, l strike; possibility of decision Mon ? Lday by the supreme court on the con . stitutionality of the Adamson law proposal that the railroads accept tn
 brotherhoods' interpretation of tn
 law in the event of it's being upheld. Tentative Agreement Reached. :. Mir. Lee admitted that possibility c