New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1916, Page 10

DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. NEW, BRITAIN SETOCONTINUE | 1 D ‘ GHT FOR RIGHTS RAILROAD evelt DenouncediAs Traitor— WAGES Seek Financial Accounting . | —— " | Shall they be determined by ization and perpetuatian of the Industrial Wa rfa re Or ressive party as a natianal politi- organization were adopted here l 1 3 ? night at a conference of Bull l;ede ra nquiry: ke representativ The confer- | after a heated discussion decided buld be impracticable at this late TO the Americafl Public: to reassemble the prc ey “ihe Do you believe in arbitration or indus- s trial warfare P : The train employes on all the railroads organization will put up an elec- . . . | ticket. in cvery state where thero have voted whether they will give their leaders e onen o authority to tie up the commerce of the ouisiana, nomince for vice presi- country to enforce their demands for a 100 , in the hope of perhaps electing Jestt ! gh presidential olectors, who million dollar wage increase. e The railroads are in the public service— e your service. This army of employes is in ates in which this plan Jt are: Loufsiana, the public service—your service. . i oot b You pay for rail transportation 3 billion dollars a year, and 44 cents out of every 7 dollar from you goes to the employes. " It's a personal question of course but we have a . On all the Eastern Railroads in 1915, seventy-five per cent of the purpose in asking it and you will gain by answering wchusetts, vice chair- train employes earned these wages (lowest, highest, and average t. ational committee, will of all) as shown by the payrolls— > charge of the campaign. ; ve committee of fifteen Passenger Freight Yard of the natlonal committec Range Average | Range Average | Range Average 1 to vote for the endorse- $1641 $1931 $1585 Bl o Engineers.. | *550 2002 $1783 sggg e LISTEN---HERE'S THE DOPE ating the party. i meet after the | | 1553 1552 PG 1642 tions to formu | Sl G I e Conductors | 350, 1831 | 505 1991 The “Herald” is a necessity in every home. You tion with the prohibi- 951 933 752 :xd(\fw-w-[.‘a‘:;],;:‘:mn.»« | Firemen 1704 1128 1762 1109 | (634 i, Bainbridge Colb B v o - o 957 862 834 i . i af. We el SRR S Brakemen. | ). 1141 | .0 973 | o 1085 time when ¢v... a newspaper is not thought il C. W. McClure of Georgia were | ed members of the executive com- tee. The other members will be ounc by Vice Chairman Hale in 935 simply can’t get along without it. Of - - there’s a The average yearly wage payments to a// Eastern train em- are going to think of it for you. ployes (including those who worked only part of the year) as ew weelk shown by the 1915 payrolls were— [The following address was fssued by ighf b conferenc Passsnger o Mk “To the progressives of the country: Engineers . . . +$1796 $1546 $1384 tes, a resolution was unanimously bbted condemning the action of the Brakemen. . . « 1018 858 999 SES pgressive national committee on A e 26, 19 an illegal usurpation A 100 million dollar wage increase for e R | men in freight and yard service (less than el Sl one-fifth of all employes) is equal to a 5 per eepect as non expreaslys of the cent advance in all freight rates. Starting now every couple married in New Britain, he conferenco now in sesslan in The managers of the railroads, as trustees Bl - b orosed wiihent o for the public, have no right to place this or expecting to live here after the honeymoon, will be pmen who are still in affiliation with | burden on the cost of transportation to you e progressive party. Our delibera- B feve been cuiicd molenity o without a clear mandate from a public tri- sire to preserve the party as an in- b 1 k f La unal speaking for you. s the expression of the . real New Britain paper free. WE WANT TO START poular will, and to promote, without The railroads have proposed the settle- paper tree BicE s party ie dedicated. ment of this controversy either under the YOU RIGHT B re e lodony on todenere existing national arbitration law, or by refer- ’ et is e ence to the Interstate Commerce Commis- : After the three months are up you will be given any of its national leaders, and | sion, This offer has been refused by the B Sphihe botraval of the : employes’ representatives. an opportunity to subscribe—NOT BEFORE. So send Shall a nation-wide strike or an investigation under the Gov- of its in- ernment determine this issue? to which you wish the paper delivered, together with LR a collusive National Conference Committee of the Railways . & with the o PO T g Vo the date of your start at housekeeping and get the aur party 4 el e nre T o St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. » emphatically repudiated Lt Line Railroad. C. W. KOUNS, Gen'l Manager, emphatical epudiatec L. W. BALDWIN, Gen'l Manager, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. i te where there has been Central of Georgia Rallwege . V! MOMABTER, Gon'l Monogs U news every evening. sion and action. C. L. BARDO, G'n'lHMa r, Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. g 4 N .D. MAHER, Vice-President, : ‘ E. H. COAPMAN, Vice-Presidant, Norfolk and Western Railway, nference is the culminating Southern Railway. JAMES RUSSELL, Gen’l Manager, the party against the trea- BRICOTIER MCaTs s Deaver & Rio Grande Railfoad. A ; b abash Railw, empt to put it out of A. M. SCHOYER, Resident Vica-Proa, presented with a three months’ -~ ‘“tion to the to the Herald office your future home address, Culminating Protst. . E. CI ', Asst. Vice-Presi nal party and to dc LA Ol Ll e B Pennsylvania Lines West. he republican party C. H. EMERSON, Gen’l Managen, ®. L. SEDDON, Vice-Presidant, cannot be Great Northern Railway. Seaboard Alx Line Railway. to do so s €. H. EWING, Gen’l Manager A. J. STONE, Vice-President, Philadelphia & Reading Railway Erie Railro: 2 5 K. W. GRICE, Aust. 10 President, 6. 8. WAID, Vice-Pres. & Gen'l Manager, discredit and con- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Sieat o Al Tt 2 ts anthors, of this conference he individual pro- - B 3 dency should | carrying forward of its great mis- LAMM LEADS SWANGER. vidual judgment | sion.” St. Louis, Aug. 4.—With reports e . Accounting Wanted. from 39 counties missing, Henry s ogon f | The conterence instructed the chair- | 1amm today had a lead of 25,000 O ant ur conference recog- | Man to demand from the treasurer of | ( t.; over John E. Swanger, for the and the resolve of | the progressive party an accounting | republican gubernatorial nominaticss up his own | of the funds contributed to the bull | in reports received of Tuesday’s state dctermine his own wide primary. The republican vote was much heavier than in the primary s the four years ago. convention | of the money has been expended for L] icket. | the benefit of any other political or- = »f this | ganization, and, if so, to take such H moose cause and a list of outstanding | pledges, and to ascertain whether any steps as may be necessary to recover HOW TO BE SLIM the funds. In the debate over a motion offered If you are too fat and want T. B. Sothain of Michigan, to issue to reduce your weight 15 or 20 all for the reassembling of the pounds don't starve and weak- national convention to nomi- en your system or think you presidential candidate, Burton must- always be laughed at on Vance of Kentucky, referred to The- account of your fat, but go to odore Roosevelt as “a traitor” to the Clark & Brainerd Co. or any 1] was withdrawn, after a discussion of Oil of Korein capsules, take lasting several hours, one after each meal and one John M. Parker sent a telegram last before retiring at night. > has authorized the | night to Oscar S, Straus of New York Weigh yourself once a week nd has | protesting against a letter sent out on and note what a pleasant and stationerq bearing Parker's name, reliable method this is for re- . which, it is alleged, has been sent to moving superfluous fat from vigor- | progressives throughout the country, any part of the body. commit- | asking contributions for the Hughes It costs little, is absolutely campaign fund. The conference de- harmless and a week's trial voted some time . considering a plan should convince anyone that it which contemplates reading out of the is unnecessary to be burdened 5 convention, ways id [ party all those national committee- with even a single pound of for the | men who are now supporting Hughes, unsightly fat. a but finally abandoneq the idea, e ——————————————