STRIKE ORDER CANCELLED.
Adamson Eight - Hour Bill
Passed Senate Saturday
Text of Bill.
Washington Dispatch, 2nd.
The threat of a general railroad
strike which has been hanging like a
pall over the country for a month
was lifted tonight.
Three hours after the Senate had
passed without amendment the
Adamson eight-hour day bill, passed
by the House yesterday, the heads
of the four great railroad employes
brotherhoods telegraphed 600 odd
code messages to their general chair
men in all parts of the country can
celling the strike order issued a week
ago to take effect next Monday morn
ing at 7 o'clock.
The legislative expedient to avert
the strike was passed in the Senate
by a vote of 48 to 28 almost a strict
party vote amid stirring scenes,
after many Senators, Democrats and
Republicans, had fought desperately
to amend the measure by provisions
designed to prevent industrial disast
ers in the future. Some Senators,
thoroughly aroused, declared Congress
was being coerced into enactment of
legislation that it did not desire, and
that it knew would return to plague it
in the future.
In both Houses the measure was
signed within a few minutes after the
final vote in the Senate and it was
sent at once to the White House where
President Wilson will sign it at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow morning, after his
return from Shadow Lawn.
Strike Order Cancelled.
Officials of the brotherhoods who
witnessed the final passage of the bill
had announced early in the night that
cancellation of the strike would not
be ordered until the bill had been
signed by the President and actually
had become law. But later they con
ferred, changed their minds and flash
ed the code messages signalling to the
waiting trainmen of the country
through their chairmen, the word that
a satisfactory settlement had been se
cured. The bill that stopped the strike pro
vides that after January 1, 1917,
eight hours shall be regarded as a
basis of reckoning for a day's pay of
men engaged in the operation of rail
road trains in interstate commerce
(excepting roads less than 100 miles
long and electric lines); that they
shall receive pro rata pay for work
in excess of eight hours, and that their
rate of compensation shall not be
(harried pending an investigation, for
fiom six to nine months by a commis
sion to be appointed by the President,
of the effect of the eight-hour day
upon the railroads.
Efforts to amend the bill in the
Senate were futile, the supreme effort
to alter it having been led by Senator
Underwood, who sought to provide
that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission should have power to fix rail
road wages and hours for service in
the future. The amendment was de
feated by a vote of 57 to 14.
Cost Opinions Differ.
Railroad officials have declared that
the action of Congress will cost them
$60,000,000 a year in increased wages
to the trainmen. Brotherhood officials
say the enactment will mean not more
than an annual increase of $20,000,
000. In Congress and among the
railroad officials there has existed
doubt as to the constitutionality of
the law, but what steps if any may
be taken to test this has not been in
dicated. Quick action by the brotherhood
heads followed the action in the Sen
ate. No doubt existed in their minds
that President Wilson would sign the
bill as soon as it was handed to him.
The measure embraces virtually all of
the President's original proposals to
the employes and the railroad heads,
although it is only a part of the leg
is lative program he took to Congress
last Tuesday when his negotiations
had failed.
Issuance of the orders of cancella
tion followed a meeting of the four
brotherhood heads and thirteen re
maining members of their committee
of 640. Some opposition to acting be
fore the President actually had af
fixed his signature was evidence in
the meeting, but in the end of the 17
'voted unanimously to call off the
strike immediately. All of the code
messages had been prepared in ad
vance and as quickly as the decision
was announced clerks rushed to tele
graph offices with arm loads of, the
messages.
Text of 8-Hour Bill as Finally Passed.
Washington Dispatch, 2nd.
The text of the Adamson eight-hour
TAKE CARE OF THE EtfES.
Eyes Are the Breadwinners and
Source of Happy Life. .
State Board of Health Bulletin.
"Take care of your eyes, they are
your breadwinners," is the advice of
the National Committee for the Pre
vention of Blindness in its latest bul
letin. The bulletin says poor eyesight
means poor wages, discomfort, dis
eases, and is often due to lack of care
or to improper care of the eyes. Good
eyesight, on the other hand, means a
fair chance to earn a living, to enjoy
life healthfully and demands good care
of the eyes.
It is stated that fifty per cent of all
blindness is preventable and that' half
of this, or twenty-fivo per cent., is pre
ventable through babies' sore eyes
known as opthalmina neonatorum. The
other half is due to accidents, diseases,
defects, and negligence. Neglect in
getting glasses when needed or hav
ing glasses properly fitted is an im
portant cause of eye trouble.
The most important symptoms or
warnings of eye trouble are head
aches, eyeaches, blurred vision, watery
eyes, sore eyes or puffmess of the lids.
Any one of these symptoms should de
mand the services of an oculist.
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN
ever receive s the proper balance o&ood
, . - - j UVUxtou lkjlu Doay ana
SI? ?Ung wing period when
nature's i demands are greater than in
mature life This is shown in so many
2n8, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
ai1uiUch children we say with
unmistakable .earnestness: They need
Scott's Emulsion, and need it now. It
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. It
changes weakness to strength; it makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohoT
Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. N. J.
bill as it was sent to the President for
his signature follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that beginning January 1,
1917, eight hours shall, in contracts
for labor service, be deemed a day's
work and the measure or standard of
a day's work for the purpose of reck
oning the compensation for service of
all employes who are now or may
hereafter be employed by any com
mon carrier by railroad, except rail
roads independently owned and ope
rated not exceeding 100 miles in
length, electric street railroads, and
electric interurban railroads, which is
subject to the provisions of the act
of February 4, 1887, entitled "an act
to regulate commerce," as amended,
and who are now or may hereafter be
actually engaged in any capacity in
the operation of trains used for the
transportation of persons or proper
ty, except railroads independently
owned and operated not exceeding
100 miles in length, electric street
railroads, and electric interurban rail
roads, from any State or territory
of the United States or the District
of Columbia to any other State or
territory of the United States or the
District of Columbia, or from one
place in a territory to another place
in the same territory, or from any
place in the United States to an ad
jacent foreign country, or from any
place in the United States through a
foreign country to any other place in
the United States: Provided that the
above exceptions shall not apply to
railroads through less than 100 miles
in length whose principle business is
leasing or furnishing terminal trans
fer facilities to other railroads, or are
themselves engaged in transfers of
freight between railroads or between
railroads and industrial plants.
Section 2 That the President shall
appoint a commission of three, which
shall observe the operation and ef
fects of the institution of the eight-
hour standard work day as above de
fined and the facts and conditions af
fecting the relations between ! such
common carriers and employes dur
ing a period of not less than six
months nor more than nine months,
m the discretion of the commission,
and within 30 days thereafter such
commission shall report its findings j
to the President and Congress; that
each member of the commission cre
ated under the provisions of this act
shall receive such compansation as
may be fixed by the President. That
the sum of $25,000, or so much there
of as may be necessary, be, and here
by is, appropriated, out of any money
in the United States Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the nec
essary and proper expenses incurred
in connection with the work of such
commission, including salaries, per
diem, traveling expenses of members
and employes, and rent, furniture, of
fice fixtures and supplies, books, sal
aries, and other necessary expenses,
the same to be approved by the prop
er accounting officers of the treas
ury.
Section 3 That pending the report
of the commission herein provided
for and for a period of 30 davs there
after the compensation of railway
employes subject to this act for
standard eight-hour work day shall
not be reduced below the present
standard day's wage and for all nec
essary time in excess of eight hours
such employes shall be paid a rate
not less than the pro rata rate for
such standard eight hour work day.
Section 4 That any person violat
ing any provision of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
$100 and not more than $1,000, or
imprisonment not to exceed one year
WI UU III.
Miss Jessie Fox, of Asheville, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her broth
er's family, Mr. Bratcher Clark.
NEWS FROM GLEN ALPINE.
With a Few Old Fort Items
School Reopens Bridge Work
Commences.
Mr. Judge Bowers has a light at
tack of fever.
Mr. Job Hicks' little girl is con
valescant from an attack of fever.
Mrs. J. W. Tallent spent a few days
in Hickory last week with friends.
Mr. J. G. Pitts has moved out on
Pidge Ave.
,, Mr. Amos Connelly will have charge
of the dormitory this session of the
High school. -
Mr. C. C. Parker has a position with
the New York Central R. R. in car
shops in Toledo, Ohio.
Mrs. Candice Simpson has been
quite sick for several days, but is
some better at present date.
The bridge men are here hard at
work getting what material they can
of the new bridge out of the river.
Most of the material will be recov
ered but some of it will prove a total
los". They will erect the new bridge
at the same site as was first proposed.
From there they will build an iron
bridge across Muddy creek near
Bridgewater. The Pitts bridge will
be built as soon as possible very lit
tle of the old material, some of which
washed down the river about a quarter
of a mile, can be used. Consequently,
a new structure will be built, I understand.
Glen Alpine graded and high school
will start next Monday, the 11th. Prof.
M. S. Giles, who has recently return
ed from Columbia University. New
York city, will again be the principal.
The corps of teachers is as follows:
Miss Rachael Lynch, of Chapel Hill;
Miss Florence Martin, of Mocksville;
Miss Serepta Smathers, of Canton;
Miss Donnie McGimsey, of Fonta
Flora, and Miss Ethel Lee Moore, of
Bruce.
Mr. Fred Bowers, of Spartangurg,
willl work on the carpenter force of
the Southern Power Co.
Mr. E. H. Coapman, vice-president
and general manager of the Southern
Railway, passed through Old Fort
Monday on a special. "The Chief" or
"Big Boss," as many call him, will be
gone from his office at Old Fort for
several days. Trains are making fair
ly gjod time, in fact, much better than
was ever anticipated for such a short
time since the big washout. .
School started in Old Fort today and
the lads and lassies could be seen
wending their way to. the school build
ing. The weather is getting cooler and
there is a tang of winter in the air.
JAP.
Glen Alpine and Old Fort, Sept. 5,
1916.
MR. HUGHESHAS ISSUES.
He Has Put the Campaign on
the Level of An Aldermanic
Contest.
New York Times.
It is unfair to Mr. Hughes to say
that he has no issues at all. He has
issues, and he is discussing them with
great force and fury. Civilization is
in the midst of the most terrible cri
sis of modern history. Two-thirds of
the world is at war. Nearly 10,000,000
men have already been killed and
wounded. It has required the utmost
skill on the part of the President to
keep the United States from being
drawn 4nto this welter of blood. But
for him American boys would be dy
ing daily by the thousands in the
trenches of Europe. Nevertheless, the
country is not wholly satisfied. There
are Americans who believe that the
President has not dealt harshly
enough with Germany and too harsh
ly with the allies. There are Ameri
cans who believe he has not dealt
harshly enough with the allies and
too harshly with Germany. He is crit
cised by pro-German Americans
and by pro-ally Americans, and Mr.
Hughes assures us that the great is
sue is "America First and Efficient."
To show his strong moral and politi
cal convictions on this dominant issue,
Mr. Hughes is yelling his lungs sore
because a son of the late Magistrate
Finn was appointed to a place in the
customs service. He has been burn
ing up the prairies with the direful
tidings that a Democrat succeeded a
Republican as director of the census.
Somebody has informed him that
many Southern Democrats, by reason
of seniority of service in the House
of Representatives, are chairmen of
important committees. Mr. Hughes
promptly waves the bloody shirt and
begins to scream about sectionalism.
Between times he courteously and
graciously insinuates that President
Wilson is a crook who is probably
stealing money out of the United
States Treasury and ought to be in
vestigated. Mr. Hughes has been the
Republican candidate for a little more
than two months, and, assisted by his
great experience, he has succeeded in
putting the Republican national cam
paign on the same intellectual level
as an ordinary aldermanic contest.
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