Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-12-06 | Page 9 | English R. R. Men in Move for Higher Pay

I I i II ENG Lift R. R MEN IN MOVE mR FOR HIGHER PAY PAYI I London Doc Dee C. C An G-An An Industrial Warb war warby warby b by tho the railway men may he be Imminent James Henry Thomas Thoma general secretary secretary secre secre- tar tary of C the thc national union of or railwaymen railway railway- men conferred loda today with Sir Albert II lJ Stanley pre president l nt e-nt of the board boar o of trade and afterwards ater telegraphed to lo all the tho unions that he lie had notified d the government government govern govern- ment that th tho war-time war truce whereby strikes strikes' ha had boon averted a was canceled Tho railway men have a n. pro program ram of oC reforms tho the chief Item Hem of oC which Is an au hour eight day They fhy also demand rep rop- lIon on out all managing bodies bodice Larg numbers of or the workers worker are aro united unit unit- ed cd d on the tho demand that the war time Increase In lit wages amounting to 40 o per percent percent cent shall bo be o retained In addition to 10 per cent increase on tho the wages prior to the theal war al While Whilo tho the demand appears large tho tIme railway men before the war Were wore among amons the Iho lowest skilled workers