| Show Railways End Parley Over Law LawWill Will ill Fight Hour Eight-Hour Day in Courts in ill Hope of Proving Proving Proving ing Unconstitutionality Employees Rely on Wilson WilsonN WilsonN N MEW EW EV YORK Nov 14 Time Thc The interrupted interrupted interrupted inter inter- conference between n representatives of the nations nation's rail railways I and their brotherhood employees em em- looking toward an adjustment of or their newly formulated differences on oil the interpretation of the tho Adamson hour eight law was not resumed here today Instead of meeting the thc railway railway railway rail rail- way managers announced their purpose purpose pur pur- po pose c of fighting the thc law In Into to the time end in the courts while thc the brotherhood chiefs who remained in th the city left teft for their homes professing to believe that they may safely rest their case with President re ii Wilson Tilson Koth rth sl sides es admitted that they ther could not lor foretell tell th the probable outcome of or orthe the nc new v controversy The Tho railroad are arc certain they can establish lish the unconstitutionally unconstitutionality of the Adamson law while the brotherhood leaders are equally equall sure that the law lawwill lawwill will be upheld ld b by the courts and en enforced enforced enforced en- en forced In letter and spirit The attitude of the railways was as summarized in a statement issued hj hr Ellsha Elisha Lee at nt the the- close of an all day m meeting lfting of r the railroad U tives UTho The Tho statement reads Wo Weare arc all a agreed to fight I ht to the end rho The means i to be employed were vcr Cull fully discussed and the consensus o of opinion was wa that It was n necessary to tofile tofile file suits questioning the tho con constitutionality constitution constitution- nItty ly of or the the- law In every feder federal l dietrict distrIct dU dis- court In which the tho affected railroads raIlroads railroads rail rail- roads operate Warren S S. S Stone president t of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers summarized d the brotherhoods brotherhood's i side Ide o of C the juat beford betor boarding a Il train for tor Cleveland The other r chiefs left lef for tor their homes last nl night ht and this morning Mr Air Stone said sahl The situation Is closed in so far lar n as we weare weare weare are concerned Wo We are not at nt al all all alarmed We know Jenow what President Wilson ison intended wo we should have Wo We kno know the explanation he made malle to our chairmen ch In the time White hite House Hous We a feel fecI confident that if the present ent law lav docs does not give us the hour eight-hour day daj the President ent will give ghe us a law that will v We e cant can't understand the tho attitude e 01 of oC the time r railroad managers Thuy They did not file their first suits until the day n after election believing believing- that Mr Jr Hughes had been elected Personally I believe belle thc they are either whistling to keep up their courage or they the arc trying to scare the public Into sympathizing with them Mr 11 Ir Stone then disclosed the proceedIngs proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings at yesterdays yesterday's conference and the plan of oe action he said Id the tho railroads outlined at the conference We c asked for the conference he said to lo reach a a. working agreement on ort the lie operation of oC the new law The They told us they did not not interpret It as s moaning meaning that the old schedules providing provid I in lag ing for tor a rate of C pa pay based on the I length of a a. run were wore to be continued The They said the old schedules were to be wiped cut NIL When tho they boy asked us to reach a tentative ten tatie agreement on this point we told toK them that it was W Impo Impossible In view of the fact that our understanding of ot the law provided for a retention of or existIng existing existing exist exist- ing schedules The only onh difference we contended was what the law specifically ly Jy calls for the for the substitution of oC the word vord eight for the word ten wherever It n appears a 1 1 we e proposal iu to JOin them in an nn appeal to the attorney general gen gen- I oral eral requesting his approval of or a no plan to defer derer the operation of oC the law for thirty days das tn in order that a n decision on the suits might bo be obtained before the Li Law went into effect As s we un understood It they planned to have each of or the time 15 railroad s s- s ems Involved ed file st suit in each eich of ef l t the e federal districts through which their lines operate The They Thoy were surprised when informed that we wc would not defend the suits al although although although al- al though a chairman selected b by the different dif dit- ferent brotherhoods In each state will wm willbe willbe be named as defendant We Vo told the railroad managers the suits were were a a government matter and as 9 such would be proper properly defended b by the govern Jovern- mont ment Wo We were Informed that the suits would be filed tiled within ten days das The railroad managers will meet again tomorrow |
