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Show ADAMSON EIGHT-HOUR LAW UPHELD, RAILROADS PREVIOUSLY SURRENDER NKW YIHIK. Mi nh 19 -The four ureal railroad brotherhooilii have won their flKhl for an ellit-hmir wotklmt da nud.lliere will Ih no ell Ik.- Ite-allilnK Ite-allilnK that the totintry In KlnndliiK on the ww "f wr and that u strike at thu time would be a national tal limit) or thu rHiTt rharai'tt r, the railway executive nave In to the uieu'i) ileinandH thltt mornhiir and nc-Ceptett nc-Ceptett their lerillN Hllniwt HH tll.'V die-tatetl die-tatetl them. An aurei menl huh drawn up by , I'rmddent U'llwtu'n lliedlatioll iHMird, preeliled over by Kecrettir) of the In. terlor little, and thin waa MlKiied by all the prlueltHiln. The attaehlliK or the BliOiHturw endetl almixt neeli ti ontnn or bitter eontroveniy, diirliiR which the nation ban twice Hood perlloiiily near the cdKe or a wriil)liiK Mrlke. IMitiIiiic I'ii) (iraiitiil. HiHretury Uiue wan hi direct om inuiilcatliiir with the Whit 1 1 mine Afttr Ilk iiiinfliiinb'atloii h" laid be-fore be-fore the rnllwuy exet'lltlvev the Matlln of thi'-Krave Inieriintlnnnl nlliiHllon. and It wan thru the rnllrondn aubmlt-teil. aubmlt-teil. I!nder the iiKreeuieiit thu men will Kel their elKht'hour day and lime and one-t'lRhlh for overtime work Thin wan the only ihiIiiI upon whlili they )lehletl oven mlnulely The) had orlKlnall) ileinaniletl a InioI of time nnd one-half for overtime. All the principal railroad of the topntry will Iminndliitel) be put on elKht-holir M'hedtllen. Thene will rt" main effefllv.i rHKnrdlfM or the tlecl nluii of the rolled HlHten miprenie iiuirt an to thn couHtltiillonallty of the AdauiHon eliiht'hour law A plank to lliU effeit v.m lui-rietl into the iliicu-nieiit. iliicu-nieiit. The men will Ket Nick pay on the lmU of thin UKrceinent from Jai.- liar) I, 1917, when the Adamoou law W'an M'liedllUd to become effective 'iii.cisioN itr.(iMtiu:i as u. 111.0W to oucAM.iiii laiwm i U'AHIIINtlTON. I). '. March :0.--"omptetv lili'ilynlN of the II 'foil i-f tie Hiiptfine court In 1101111111; conntltil. tloia th" Adniiikon elKblhoiir law to-1I11) to-1I11) emphanUed the tremujidoUH Kt'tipe i-f the ilcrlnlon. It IniK nettled for till time tho rlKht of coiiKreen to bKlnliit.' by comptib'lon In the nie of public utility corporatism It can fix waitca and hourn of t'inpbi)inent, and can lompel coinpuU'ii) arblttatlnu. Hut .what llkel) will lie reKiirded ih the Krcutewt blow to the pretwut policy of idKaliUfd labor la tin dlroct ntutr lliient Ihut coiiKreMi van t'ompel public .ntki employe to remain nt thulr 'puntn. In that connettlon the decl- Mi'll m iii The pilblli rlKht to have luterntate lommerie iiulnterrtipled In 11 banlo prim Iple parainouut tu Intereetn of the mllroudn or their operatlven both In publb Ncivlie and nubjett to I the nupl elite. Ultrentrlctt'd power of tonKieiw to take an) action necennury to maintain freedom and unlntcrrtip tlou of fntrtnte comint-rce." Offltluln toda) exprenned almilule toufidelire that, iih a reiHilt of the tin-expectedly tin-expectedly free manner In which the court lum coinmeul'd on the entire ItleHtlon, poiiKTeHa will, when It re tonveiien, likely Iw more wllllm; than It prevlounly him been to act on the prenldent'N complete labor proKram. which provided for mllltar) control of rallroudn In errtewnclen ami ror a tompuUory medhitloii law ImkciI on the Canadian act. No explanation In pnwdhle of the Ktateinent of Chief Jiihtlce White III eomparliiK railroad tmployeN to not-dlurn, not-dlurn, and to a ntrlke by them In con cert an comparable to noldlem denert. In In the face of the enemy. It In nol 11 part of tint printed opinion. The chief jiintlce refunid point blank to amplify It In liny way. Hut the law- crn who eat In the court and In ard It, and who dc tared nt the time that thn eeiitimciit wiik "almont revnlu-tlonar), revnlu-tlonar), Innlmetl toda) that It militated mili-tated what the opinion or the majority ma-jority or the court wan on thin wilnl U the mi anion arlnen attain, and there In little doubt that It will, the uttorue)H lor tlie.lilllroailn con be depended de-pended on to lay the KriHilwt ntrenn on till contention In ereklnK court uuthorlt). by lujiinrlliiu or nlherwlw. to prevent railroad men leavlmc their pontn. The thief Junllce'ni'UKlfetitUinM entirety en-tirety dlnpontt of tho claim inaibt b) tho chlefn or the brotherhnodn that there "wan no jtowcr uii) where to make, men work who do not want to do no, and that there wan no differ-eiftit differ-eiftit III law between 11 mall train mid 11 freight train." MTititMi: coimr I'Piim.us ADAMhON i:i(JIIT-IIOt'lt LAW WAHIIINHTON'. 1). V March l rpholdliiK the rlKht or coimretM to lenlnlatn nlotiK nny linen tlenlKlied to meet n public emerRelicy, the niipreim court today, by n vole of nix to three, upheld the A d a in no n elijlit-lioiir law for rallwii) emplo)en. In Itn diH-Ulon. however, the court madu the 11111 radical iidvatice In Itn lilnlnry when It ruled that the rlnht of emplo)en of public nervitu orKanluitliniH have not the rlKht to ntrlke In concert. That rlKht." declared Chief Jun-tlte Jun-tlte White, In eiiunelatliiK whut yet ma) be characterized tin revolution try law und lend directly to public ownernlllp of pilbllu titlllllen. 'U,net-enwirlly 'U,net-enwirlly kurreiideretl when the men a're enunKt'd In public eervlte. Tlmy arc (omparabln to noldlern In the mukn, who, In the prenence of eno-mien eno-mien or their lounlry, may not dr nert." The declnion wan not ncie-wiry. In nnmucli uh the railway ntrlko nltua-tlon nltua-tlon had been ndjuited In New York ealller In tho day. JiiMIcihi Whitney. Day and Vandovetiter dlnnented from the majority and held that tho law wan a waxc Increnne law nnd no proper prop-er rcKiilatlon f common e under tin lonnlltutlon. Jiintlce McKeiina. conciirrlliK with the majority, held that It Involved ultnply the flxInK "f liourn of labor I'lfly .Mlllloun liivolvitl, NKW YOKK. March l The nKrtemeiil perfected here todnv be ' tueeii tho railroad employe and exe I tin I lum, effect, It In iwtlmnteil, more than lour hundred thoiinand rallwa men directly. Tim new wane nuile will mnt the rallroudn of the louutry approximate ly lt.0,000,000 annually. The Ihii k pay from January I, 1017, which the men will receive will total In tin neighborhood or 112,000.000 or tl '. 000.000. |