Show WOULD POSTPONE HOUR LAW LAV Railroads Say Union Telegraphers Telegraphers Tele Tele- Are Stumbling Blo Block k in Their Way OBJECTION TO NEW MEN MENI I I Oregon Short Line Lne Has Petition Petition Peti Peti- tion Before state Inter-state Commerce Commission I 1 If H tho te railroads of the tho country countr ar are aro ible to have o the tise Interstate commission slon postpone til tho Lime when the new hour nine law becomes e cf r it I Will Wil be largely th thy R because of ot the attitude of the tile unions md and ad of at the tho uron urIon toward tho the new madi mI by tho the law r. tl ti-c ti to o hardly expect the lon lion to vast postpone pone tho ho law la At noon r March 4 Or or to bo he more exact at 1 GO 11 GO on that lint day Washing Washington will wll ton tn tini Im the nine hour law lav- wil so go o Into on the railroads s of or the il Stes S Several Seral eral railroad companies com coin COI- COI values Irve C entered formal petition n for fora forI a postponement of the time at al atthe the Jaw law I It to become effective o nn an and lie rhe rie l will wm come us ui b before tho ho commission lou February 27 2 As u a matter of fact railroad men iro re We S free to confess If the If-the the law Is to become effective at ni all It I could hardly havo hayo been made effective at ct a tOLO DPP time time- All 1 freh freight ht congestion cons The business of or orth Ila has been Cen cleared up s th the lie railroads Is light and the they hn au in of or motive e rower nn nul 1 to handle nil hil al tho the traffic of fere J. J as ns w well ell l ss s plenty of ot men anxious to share tho tim work of or handling It I. I There i be very cn little excuse therefore ro 0 men working long lonG hours at present pres ent nt and anil it i was to prevent tho lie workIng work wont Ing ng of men for tor hours that taxed theli abUt ability to stay on their feet teet and main- main tam Lain f fill tl Ul control of or their men that thal tho the law was passed sed of or Lon Law r r The ae new ew law Is brief and to tho the poInt It I provides that cs of oC must not riot be asked nor al- al to work lon longer er than IG 16 hours at ati i stretch The Thc men must be allowed I I I 10 hours hours' rest after wor working 16 1 con con- houis houts rind and eight hours' hours rest after working for an any IG 16 out of an any consecutive 24 t hours For telegraph operators signalmen or of oC the railways In an any similar capacity the tue law provided pro pro- vided ItS that at stations where continuous continuous con con- day and night ht service Is re required required re- re the shall shan not workmore workmore work ork more moro than nine hours a a. 0 day At stations stations sta sta- tons where only da day clay service Is r required rs- rs tho tue limit is placed at nt 13 hours It I Is provided pro that In emergency cases he may work worl an additional lour four our hours but hut that such emergency iab labor z- z not be bo required of c-C o him n n days lii In an any one ong 18 r n U clIL u 11 h the tho railroads base whatever er hope tho they o ha that lint their petitions may be granted gives gl es the Interstate c c c. power in specified cases to extend the period In which the common carrier r hali comply with the pro of the law lav I Pro Flue of or SOO The he railroad convicted of or violating the provisions of ot the act Is to be subjected sub suh- Jc ted to a line fine of at not more than for each offense o s are aie AX- AX ox- ox fro flOm i the tue op operation rion of of the lawin law law- aw awIn In cases of ot accident or acts of ot God and when delay ma may have arisen In Inthe Inthe inthe the operation of or a train trin that could not have havo been foreseen when the train left a terminal of a division The law does docs not apply to wrecking crews nor to on relief trains Tho The Oregon Short Line which Is Isone Isone isone one of ot the railroads asking for tor an extension of the before the law lawIs lawIs Is to become effective e partly party bases I Its itz reasons reasons for for so doing on the difficulty tIlt tIlt- culty in iii obtaining obtaining telegraphers The petition was prepared by Parley Parle I I. I L Williams general counsel for the railroad railroad rail rail- forwarded to road company and was for ardell the commission about ono one week ago alO Among other things Short Line officials om- om daIs point out out- out that an additional d force of ot telegraphers will wil have to be La em em- It I Js S s stated that In the tho ef effort effort ef- ef I fort to provide for Cor the thc time when the theIn I law In should 1 become como effective the railway railway rail rail- rai- rai i way l provided ed a school for telegraphers teles-raphers at Pocatello and paid the students a asmal small email smal wage wago wage come to come there and learn the II business Unions Union Objected But here It I is stated the railroad ran up against a snag snag Most of the es In the tue telegraph raph department of tho the HarrIman road arc are union men and it Is a averred erred that the union men menar ar are opposed to the wholesale introduction Introduction tion ion of now men on the tho force who haye not served the regular apprenticeship apprenticeship apprenticeship as men have The Tle union in the telegraph department have it It is stated made mad things s so un uncomfortable uncomfortable un- un comfortable for faIr the students of the tho school that but few of or them have c been placed In regular positions on the i ni i-ni i I cay It i is 15 not known definitely at present jus just how ho hommy many men will wi be required d i by the tue Oregon on Short Line Lino when the tho new law comes into effect Someone Som one i has stated that about telegraphers teles-e- teles will be 10 required all aU over the country and that that In iii the tho event that c cannot be found the railroads win will wIt have to operate their lines Une at night with longer Intervals r L b between tWeen telegraph posts and therefore with considerably Increased possibility ty of dola delay Luw In Iii the operating department no very serious hampering of work Is expected It I Is pointed out that out of Salt Lake the th regular run for lor tho the passenger er train trin on the Short Line Is to Pocatello which is made if I the train is on time in about six and one-half one hours The train crew cre leaving Salt Sal Lake at noon reaches Pocatello about p. p m. m laying over about five hours bouts and reaches Salt Sal Lake again about G Hi in the morning It has worl worked ed about 13 hours In the 21 I and then has a a. a arest rest rut of about CO 20 0 hours be before before be- be fore going out again In this manner the provisions of at the law In are nrc complied with fully In the regular ular schedule I Freight t trains make e the tho run to Pocatello Po Po- Poi i catello in about 12 hours and then tile the crew has a lay layover over until the tho next I day ray Where Dea Delay O ur It I is in time e of or congested traffic however how- how ev ever evor r. r that the railroads will wm find the law law- Inv hard hardest cst to obey Then the freight train trainhas I has 1 so 80 much difficulty in getting aI a clear track ah ahead ad of oC It that la I be del delays Yf occur and 2nd it I has often oten happened happened hap hap- p-ened p it tt 1 Is st stated tEc that that the crews are delayed cl ca O os the c roa road oC 2 Tor or locc periods d 1 1 I. I I t s 5 n I J I than are arc p permissible n lo b by the lie new law But Dut con congested est d traffic sa say railroad men became a thing tiling of tho the past pst last December December De Do- cember comber and Is not likely to recur In an any marked degree e this year so that the tho railroads wll v will have had a considerable opportunity to o g get t accustomed aecus- aecus tomed to working working- under the tile provisions of tho ho new law Ambitious empl anxious to make male maleaU all aU the money they can con will wil be amon among those who suffer by the new law The operating departments of the railroads have in the past l had some difficulty In keeping th the from staying staying-In In in harness for tor longer hours than are safe for the road In the future there will willbe willbe wil be the additional l curb on tho the em oni- ambition in the fact that the railroad hiring him for Cor a test of en- en Is rendering Itself liable to a aOno Ono flue of |