The Carlisle independent., 1919-08-28
PLAN TO REPEAT
 ATTACK OF 1916
Railway Employees Chiefs Ap- pear at Washington With New
 Threat to Congress.
ASK s1 ,0oo, GOO, ,00O MORE PAY
Also Demand Nationalzasion of Other Industries, Following Example of
 Russian SoViets.

NaShlngtOn.-lt Is JuSl three HSdlo since the four leaders of the railway brotherhoods, having refused arbitra- ton of their demands, sat ill the gal lery of the United States Senate and held their watches on the Senators while the memorable vote was being taken on the Adamson Law that gave them S60,000,000 additional wages 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
 That such scene may be again en- acted on a much greater scale is indi- cated by the startling developments at the nations capital in the past few days. Now the 350000 men ill 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 thousand million dollars of added wages granted by the Gov ernment in the past year and half, the allied workers are asking for an- other increase of 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 be taken away from their owners and turned over to the employees to be op- erated by them on ccmmunistic profit-sharing plan.
 The plan is as daring as any con ceived by the Russian Bolshevists, and behind it is the threat of d nationwide strike, with the leaders Of the men sit ting in the Senate gallery, watches in hand, counting the vote.
 Tc Tie Up All transportation.
 "We will tie up the railroads 50 that they will never run again if Ye do not get what we want" announced one of the labor spokesmen, standing within stones throw of the Capitol, and this amazing announcement, like an uitimatuln from a lcaaer Of tha Rus sian Soviet, was instantly flashed over the telegraph wires to every part of the country.
 Since the first Brotherhood bomb shell exploded in Washington at the end of July, the fact has leaked out that the brotherhoods are gathering a propaganda fund of $10,000,000 for an intensive drive on Congress. Three million dollars, it is announced, has already been colieGted from the mem bers of the unions. This will be used in campaign work in the Congressional districts. with the purpose of enlist in" the votes of the members of Congress, or of defeating them for reelection f they do not vote as the brotherhOods dictate. Money will also be lavishly spent. it is stated, in send ing speakers throughout the country to stir up the enthusiasm of organized labor for the brotherhood plan of cosninunistic railroad operation.
 "ilatioaalizing" All Industry.
 sIf we don't get what we want out of this Congress we will put this Congress out sand put another one in that will give us what we want" is the matter-of-fact announcement of the central props ganda office of the brotherhoods in Washington.
 Back of the immediate purpose to gain control of the railroads is an even deeper scheme to gain control of all great industries, taking them from their owners and putting them under the direct management of the organiz- ed workers, as has been done in Rus sia, and as they are attempting to do in Germany and Austria.
 The reports of the United States Railroad administration show that the Government, since it took over the roads in December, 1917, has increased railroad wages by considerably more than a thousand million dollars, and about S500,000000 a year is being talk en out of the National Treasury to meet tHe deficit caused by the great increase in labor cost.
 Big Wage Increases.
 The principal advances in wages have been: To shopmen, S3GO,00O, ,000 to unskilled labor, S225 50O0,000; to the train brotherhoods, $2000 900 coo; to clerks, $125,000,000; to telegraph and station agents. S100,000,000; to mis- cellaneous classes, $110,OO0,000.
 All of these groups are now demand ing additional increases of from 30 to 50 per cent When the Government took control of the roads the average earnings of all railroad workers, in- cluding several hundred thousand un- skilled workers, was S1,0Oo year. The average is now more than $1,J00 and the new demands would raise it to S2O00.
 Preparedness.
 Pa, when q man doubles his fists has he four hands?
 "Why. no, my son; though the action is generally as forehanded one"