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Show I RAILROAD MEN QUESTION CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE CLEVELAND, Oct. 3. President W. G. Lee, of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, today made public a list of Questions which has been mailed to all lodges of his organization, the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Locomotive Engineers and the Order of Railway Conductors, to be submitted sub-mitted to all candidates for congress and state .eglslaturcs, asking their stand on legislation affecting the three organlzn-tion.-., "Countlng our membership of 112,000 and their friends, we control a million voles," said Mr. Lee "These votes will be cast as the candidates answer.'" Tnc legislation brought Into question follows: "An act providing for compensation to workers when Injured In I he service of a railroad, "An employers' liability law without a contributory negligence clause, except in cases of misconduct. "Government Inspection of locomotive boilers. "Compulsory arbitration, which railway rail-way workers oppose, "An obstruction and clearance bill, preventing the building of all structures near railway tracks. "An antl-lnjunellon bill. "A bill allowing fraternal magazines the same privileges as any other publication. publi-cation. "A bill regulating the number of experienced ex-perienced workmen In a crew and providing pro-viding for amendments to the slxteen-hour slxteen-hour continuous service law." |