The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
1916 by the railroad brotherhoods
( but which never went into effect.

1876 by the railroad brotherhoods,
&but which never went into erect
S;IRRsssss RusI, Law Through
To meet the demands OF the
workers at that time and forestall
!!sssw,,h at was feared would be ma
S$fion-wide tieup Of ransportation,
sSPresfden Wilson addressed spe-
9ciaI message to Congress and the
@Adamson law was rushed through
House and Senate, and signed by
Nthe president on the day preceding
Mthe date the strike was to become
reflective. 6
Als;record Of the more important
Transportation strikes. running back
stoF the historic general strike on
the railroad in 1877
which was one of the most violent
S1abor struggles in American his.
,tory, ollows:
ssssI s2o-on April 20. strike Of
and yardmen in Chicago
sSand q other principal railroad cent
ssersSwas& called by local leaders This
strike was 5repudiated by the ma.
ssttonal officials of the switchmen
4 and yardmen, and branded as out
Sa1aw.l''' Action of union leaders I'M
the strike as outlaw
ssuIIckly broke it. About $4,000.
sSmens were out. .
ss3gsSl 81 ga strike of shop workers.
Sin wf1ich between 10000 and $4,000
srnenswalked# out, was called because
ssofs dissa tisfaction based on claims
Sfthat swages had not advanced pro.
to the cost of living
sSleaders on the promise of the ma
SstionaI government to attempt to
Mbring down the cost OF living.
80 9-Switchmen and gardiner
Won 10 roads west and north of St
Paul and Duluth struck Novem Der
ss3O FOR double pay for Sundays, holt:
days and overtime, elimination OF
age limit and physical examina-
Sstions. Men refused arbitration
ISrike was broken.
O2.--FreigEt handlers on Chi
sScago roads struck July IS, for in.
s9creased wages and recognition OF
IL but$Tecognition of union refused
9OO.-Car repairers and freight
Chambers on all roads out >of Chi.
struck for higher wages, May
as1 Refused Men were replaced
land strike br oxen.
ss1S94.--The great Pullman
" strike in the Pullman shops at
lSChicago, May IL. This developed
aStnto "a general strike and boycott
cars in which total
ss$of Toe, 200 men were involved It
was the result of the panic OF 1888
Ssloll lowing which the Pullman com
pany cut wages 25 per cent, but de-
cIined II to cut rents on the company
G. hopsesSin which a large part Of it's
workers lived The strike was call
e@ed by the Am erican Railway Union.
s#Rresid ent Cleveland sent federal
to Chicago to prevent riot.
On July 2 federal court
mi Joined workers from influencing
work to give up jobs. Eu.
gene Debs and other strike
81 leader were arrested for violation
81 Injunction. and sentenced to the
Strike was broken.
SO 3-The first use of the in.
81 Function in labor disputes came in
n 1873 In the strike OF workers oa
Ann sArbor & Northern
Railway. This strike WIS
sailed March s, the men demand
SSiug increased wages, reduction OF
sfhes overtime limit and recognition
HI sc the union Striking engineers
were arrested, cited for contempt
disobeying the injunction orders
filmed $50.
Ask Raise
Yard brakemen and
hmen%pn the Lehigh Valley,
Buffalo Creek Railways
II StruckS August. ~, for wage increas-
II ss. The men offered to arbftrate.
n Ehe railways refused. By August
II !6 8the~Lackawanna, Nicke!
N Plate, New York Central, West
shore and Lake Shore& Michigan
Southern had be en- drawn in. The