Show PLAN TO REPEAT ATTACK OF 1916 Railway Employees' Employees Chiefs Appear Appear Ap Ap- pear peat at Washington With New Threat to Congress A ASK K MORE PAY Also Demand Nationalization of Other Industries Following Fallowing Example of oft t Russian Soviets Washington It It It is Just three years since Ince the four lea leaders ers of ot the railway brotherhoods having refused arbitration arbitration arbitration tion of at their demands sat In the gallery gallery gal gal- allery al- al lery of ot the United States Senate and held their watches on the Senators while the memorable vote was being taken on the Adamson on Law that gave them additional wages a year ear When the tIm theote vote ote was counted and announced the tile four labor chiefs rushed out to the tele telegraph raph office once and withdrew with drew the order for tor a wide nation strike That such a n scene may be he again enacted en- en acted on a n much greater scale is la indicated Indi indi- Indicated by the startling developments at the nations nation's capital In the past few tew i days Now the men in the brotherhoods have been Joined by I more than a million other railroad workers workers telegraphers tele tele- telegraphers clerks station agents and agents and the demands are arc many times tunes what they were three years rears agoA ago A Thousand Million Dollars On top of a thousand million dollars s of at added wages granted by the Government Government Gov Coy in 10 the tho past year and a n half halt the allied workers are asking for another another another an an- other increase of a n thousand million dolln rs But Hut more mere than this this great body hody of ot railroad employees ees has served an ultimatum on the Government Go that all the tile railroads of the country must t betaken be bc betaken taken away from their owners and turned over to the employees to be operated operated operated op op- by them on a n communistic sharing profit plan The plan Is as daring as any conceived con con- by the Russian Bolshevists and behind it is the threat of a wide nation-wide strike with the leaders of the men sitting sitting sit sit- ting In the Senate gallery watches In band hand counting the vote To Tie Tic Up All Transportation We uWe will tie up the railroads so that they will never run again If we do not get what we want want announced one of the labor spokesmen standing within a a stones stone's throw of the tho Capitol and this amazing ama announcement like an ultimatum from a leader of at the Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian Soviet was Instantly flashed over the tile telegraph wires to every part of ot the country Since the first Brotherhood bombshell bombshell bombshell bomb bomb- I shell exploded in Washington at the end of July the fact tact has leaked out that the brotherhoods are g gathering n a propaganda fund of foran toran for tor foran an Intensive drive on Congress Three million dollars It Is announced has already been collected from the members mem memo bers of the unions This will be used In campaign work In the Congressional districts with the purpose of ot enlisting enlist enlist- ing the votes of ot the members of ot Congress or of defeating them for election re-election if it they do not vote ote as the brotherhoods dictate Money honey will also bo he lavishly spent It Is stat stated II In bendIng send bend sending Ing speakers throughout the country to stir up the enthusiasm of organized labor for the brotherhood plan of at communistic railroad operation Nationalizing All Industry If we dont don't get pot we want out of at this Congress we will put this Congress out and put another one In that will give Rive us what we want Is the of matter-of-fact announcement of at the tho central propaganda anda elites of the brotherhoods In Washington Rack Back of at the to C gain control of ot the railroads is an even deeper scheme to pain gain control of at all great grent Industries taking them from their owners and ancl putting them under I the direct management of ot the organized ed workers as aR has bas been clone done In Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia sin and as they are attempting to do cIo doin In Germany and Austria The reports of ot the United Unite States Railroad administration show that the Government since It took over the roads In December 1017 1917 has Increased railroad wages by considerably more than thun a thousand million dollars and about a year Is being taken taken tak tak- en out of at the National Treasury to toi i I meet the deficit caused canned b by the great increase In labor cost Big Wage Increases The principal advances In wages have been To I to unskilled labor 2 to the I train brotherhoods to I clerks to tele telegraph and i station a agents to miscellaneous miscellaneous miscellaneous mis mis- classes All of these groups are now Ing additional Increases of from 30 to CO 60 per C cont nt When hen the Government Go nt took control of ot the roads the till average overage earnings of ot all nil railroad workers b. including including in in- eluding several se hundred thousand unskilled unskilled un un- unskilled un- un skilled workers was 1000 a 11 The average Is now more than 1500 lr 00 and the now new demands would raise It to 2000 |