Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-11 | Page 1 | Railroad Men Vote on Demands

RAILROAD MEN I VOTE ON DEMANDS I Nearly Four Hundred Thou- H sand Ask for Eight-Hour H Day and Time and a Half H for Overtime. H Chicago, Jan. 11. Nearly four hun- H dred thousand employes on railroads IH entering Chicago began voting today H od demands for an eight-hour day and H time and a halt for overtime. Ballots IH were distributed " among engineers, H firemen, conductors, trainmen, switch- H men and baggagemen. If adopted the jH demands will be presented to tho vM roads by a joint committee of the em- IH ployes' unions somo time In March. jH Railroad officials declare that if jH granted the proposals would result in H an increase of approximately $150,- jH 000,000 a year on all the railroads in JM the United' States. H 00 IH