Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-09-03 | Page 11 | No Precipitate Action by Roads

rNo No PRECIPITATE BY ROADS Will wui Investigate hour Eight-hour l Day Thoroughly Before Going to Court Chicago Se Sept t. t 8 J.-Acce J. I. pa passages passage I of the the- Adam Adamson on bill by the Senate toIght toas toight to- to Ight as complete complete- assurance that the J railway strike peril has haz d. aae heads of ot western railroads anthey an- an tho they would take no ate court action the Adamson f laW but would wait Watt until the thc measure had been thoroughly Investigated E RAilway Hallway executives declared declare that the ip of oC time during which a strike seemed iI-seemed Imminent nt ne necessitated lt ted or- or expenses Including Including- strikeBreakers strikeBreakers' strike strike- Breakers Breakers' br contracts on tho the part of oC the ther r railroads that will total perhaps into Ithe millions I r- r Informed by the tho Associated d Press f that the tho Senate had passed the bill Holden president o of the tho Chicago o Quincy declared the rail rail- l would not discommode commodo the pub- pub Uc by any precipitate action f It Is my belief bellet he ho said that wo WG j wili wait for tor the tho government Investigation gation gatlon provided pro by tho bill before taking aU any ony action against It II The co cost t to the railroads s of or tho the threatened strike hat hai already run Tun very er Wo have havo been under extraordinary nary expense The loss to tho the public cannot be estimated at nt this time but butI I shippers and travelers have o But Buffered l Inconvenience and monetary lOB loss I I understand that tho the western parks 1 have been practically deserted as a af f result of or the strike threat and antl that man many r resort hotels have closed down n. r rt Mr Ur Holden folden declared the he hc present legislation leg leg- J b by Congress a direct result of or f previous bills which had made de labor from tho the Sherman I antitrust tru t ct I i