New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-29
PLAN TO REPEAT
ATTACK OF 1916
Railway Employees Chiefs Ap.
pear at Washington With New
Threat to Congress.
ASK 81 ,OOo,O Oo,O 900 MORE PAY
Also Demand Naturalization Of Other
1ndustries, Following Example OF
Russian Soviets.

since The four leaders of the railway
brotherhoods, having refused arbltra-
ton Of their demands, sat IN The gal
lery of the United States Senate ana
held their watches on the Senators
while the memorable vote was being
taken on the Adamsou Law thai gave
them S60,000,u00 additional wages a
year. When the vote was counted and
announced the four lHhor chiefs rushed
out to the telegraph Office and with
drew the order for Il nationwide
strike.
That such n scene IDay he again en-
acted on a much greater scale i indl'
Gated by the startling Developments
at the nations oaIilHl H. The past fe"
days. Now the %lu,epa men IN The
brotherhoods have been joined by
more than O million other railroad
workers shopmcu, t%rachuen, tele-
graphers, clerks, Station ageHts-aud
the demands nre many times what
they were three years ago.
A Thousand Million Dollars.
on top of a thousand million dollars
n added wage granted 10y the GOV
IN thr past yoar and II half,
he allied workers arr, asking for an
other increase of a. thousand million
dollars.
But more Jhan his, this great body
If railroad employees has served an
ultimatum on the Government that al.
he railroads Of the country must he
takeu away from lhcir owners ana
turned over Ia The employees Ia he "I-
Grated by them on Il c~ommunistic
proft-sharine plan.
The plan l. as daring as any con
eived by the Russian Bolshevlsls, ana
behind it is me threat of II uu~iioh-wide
strike, with the leaders Of the men Sit
ing IN The Senate gallery, watches ia
hand, counting the ole
To Tie Up All Transportation.
We viii ne w The railroads So THAI
,ley vii never run again II We do no'
get what We want announced one Of
the labor spokesmen, standing within
d stones throw OF the Capitol, and
Ibis amazing ANNOUNCEMENT, like an
uitiBatum from q leader of the Rus
-ian Soviet, was Instantly flashed over
the telegraph wires to every part OF
the country.
Since he first Brotherhood bomb
shell exploded In Washington al the
end ~ July, the fact has leaked out
that the hr~otherhoods are gathering
J propaganda fund Of S%loo0o.000 for
~ intensive drive on Congress. Three
million dollars. il l. announced, has
ALREADY been collected from he nttr.
hcrs NJ luc unions. This viii he used n
rampat-r work in The '"ngre>si"na.
districts. with the purpose Of enlist
rhc votes Of ma, members ut
Congress or 81 defeating them for
r,- ,lcctiuu u they Il" not vote ~ ~"
nroth.rhoods dictate MONEY viii al~"
ne ia,i>hIy spent. n j. stated, IN So o.
rg speakers Throughout the country
fo ,tir ur fhc enthusiasm of urgiu'.'4
0nhur for the brotherhood plan oI
,ommuuisiic railroad operation.
~sdtlonelZiNS al 'Ioue'J
II Ne don't get what "" want NJ
- this Congress Ne viii put tlls
Congress oar and Put another one ~
MAT will give rs what "" want -
the matipr-of-fact announcement II
the central propaganda office ~ tie
tratherh"ods In Washington.
Back Of the immediate purpose 20
gain control 81 the railroads j. III
even deeper scheme To- gain "utr"l -
an great industries, linking ilrm from
their wucr aud putting tltem under
tie direct management Of the organiz-
- WORKERS. ~ has been lone IN kus
STA, and as they are attempting 4" Dc
10 Germany and Austria.
The reports Of the United State,
Railroad administration show that the
Government, since II took over IA.
roads ia december, 1917. has Increased
railroad wages by considerably more
than q thousand million dollars. and
shout s5eoDo0.o0o a year Is being tar
out of the National Treasury e.
meet the deficit caused by the great
Increase In labor cost
eis Wage Increases.
The principal advances in wages
been To shopmen. $500. oC0.00c
10 unssillrd labor. s22a.Dny000; To the
train hroth.rhoods. s2tu.p0.000; Il
sI25.0O0.O0o: To- telegraph and
agents. s~lO0.9n.90: to mic
c%ellsneous classes. ell0.eN.O00
AT 80 these groups are now demand
Ing s%1difional increases ~ from 30 70
10 Isr cent. when the Government
control Of the roads the average
earnings Of all railroad workers. In
several hundred thousand M
workers. was sl.sH n year. III.
average. j. now more than Sl.50u AND
'rw demands would rai,e >. 10
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