AMERICAN RAILWAYMEN
EIGHT-HOUR DAY WANTED
BIG STRIKE FEARED
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) WASHINGTON, August .'!0.
A secret mandate issued to railwaymen ordered a strike of 400,000 employees on September 4th. President Wilson appealed to the men to rescind the order, and they replied that it was beyond recall. The President will ask Congress to legislate for an eight-hour day, arbitration, and other points. The managers of the railways protest that they are unable to bear the expense of an eight-hour day, as proposed by Mr Wilson to settle the strike.
NEW YORK, August 30
President Wilson was present at a joint session (if the Congress to-day, and urged the passing of legislation providing an eight-hour day for railway employees. He also asked that the Inter-State Commerce Commission be authorised to permit the railways to raise their rates in order to be able to pay the increased wages, and that the executive be authorised to operate the railways as a military measure in the event of a strike.
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13273, 31 August 1916, Page 4
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