The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-08-30
rL.AN TO REPEAT
ATTACK OF 1916
Railway Employees Chiefs Ap-
pear at Washington With New
Threat to Congress.
ASK 100000, 900 MORE PAY
Also Demand Naturalization OF Other
Industries, Following Example Of
Russian Sovieta.

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Washingt0n.--It is Just three years
since the four leaders OF the railway
brotherhoods, having refused arbitra-
tion of their demands. sat I'm the gall
lery Of the United States senate and
held their watches on the Senators
while the memorable vote was being
taken on the Adnmson Law that gave
them $60,0OO,0OO additional wages a
year. When the vote was counted and
announced the four labor chiefs rushed
out to the telegraph Office and with
drew the order for nationwide
\ strike.
4 That such a scene may be again EN-
4 acted on much greater scale Is lndi-
Gated by the startling developments
at the nations capital In the past few
days. Now the $4,000 men in the
brOtherhoods have been Joined by
more than million other railroad
workers shopmen, trackmen, tele-
graphers, clerks, station agents-and
the demands are many times what
| they were three years ago.
A Thousand Million Dollars,
On top of a thousand million dollars
Of added wages granted by the Gov
eminent In the past year and n half,
the allied workers are asking for an
other Increase Of u thousand million
dollars
But more than this, this great body
of railroad employees has served an
ultimatum on the Government that all
the railroads of the country must he
taken away from their owners and
turned over TO the employees 10 be op-
Grated by them on communistic
profit-sharing plan.
The plan is as daring as any con-
ceived by the Russian Bolshevlsts, and
behind II Is the threat of nation wide
strike, with the leaders of the men sit
ting I'm the Senate gallery, watches in
hand. counting the vote.
To Tie Up All Transportation.
1--WE will tie up the railroads so that |
they will never run again IL we do not |
get what we want" announced one of |
the labor spokesman, standing within |
q stones throw OF the Capitol, and |
this amazing announcement, like an !
ultimatum from a leader of the Rus
sian Soviet. was instantly flashed over
the telegraph wires to every part Of |
the country.
= Since the nrst Brotherhood bomb.
shell exploded In Washington Mt the
end Of July. the fact has leaked out
that the brotherlioods are gathering !,
a propaganda fund of $1O,OOO,OOO for
an Intensive drive on Congress. Three
million dollars, 1t Is announced, has
already been collected from the mem
bers OF the unions. This will he used In
campaign work In the Congressional
districts, with the purpose OF enlist
Ing the votes of the members OF
Congress, or of defeating them for
reelection II they do not vote as the
brotherhoods dictate Money will also
be lavlshly spent, 1t Is stated, In send
Ing speakers throughout the country
TO stir up the enthusiasm of organized
labor for the brotherhood plan Of
railroad operation.
"Nationalizlng" All Industry.
"If we don't get what we want out
of this Congress we will put this
Congress out and put another one in
that viii give us what we want" is
the matter-of-facN announcement OF
The central propaganda office of the
in Washington.
Back OF the immediate purpose TO
gain control of the railroads Is an
even deeper schvme ia gain control OF
Ill great industries, taking them from
heir owners and putting them under
he direct management of the organic.
I'd workers, as has been done In Rus
'ia, and as they are attempting TO do
N Germany and Austria.
The reports Of the United States
Railroad administration show that the
Government, since II took over the
Dads in December, 1917, has increased
abroad wages by considerably more
han thousand million dollars, and
bout SoOO,0OOOO0 a wear is being tax
N out of the National Treasury 10
meet the deficit caused by the great
Increase in labor cost.
Big Wage increases.
The principal advances In wages
ave been: To shopmen. $500. 900 900
unskilled labor, S225,OO0,OOO; to the
rain brotherhoods, S200OOO,OO TO
Jerks, Sl25,0OO,0O0 to telegraph and
tation agents, $1O0,O0O,OO0: TO mis-
ellaneous classes, $ll0,OO0,OO0.
All ot these groups are now demand
" additional Increases of from 30 TO
y per cent When the Governman,
Iok control OF the roads the average
lrnings of all railroad workers, in
uding several hundred thousand un.
Nilled workers, was 81 900 a year. The
Verage Is now more than Sl.5OO and
le new demands would raise IL 10
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