Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1917 — Workers Under Eight-Hour Law. [ARTICLE]

Workers Under Eight-Hour Law.

According to the latest figures of the interstate commerce commission, there are 1,710,296 persons employed by the railroads of the country. Of this number, only 311,900 can be considered. strictly speaking, as coming under the eight-hour taw. They are the enginemen, firemen, conductors and other trainmen. The figures of the commission show that of the 1,710,296 railroad employees, only 62,021 are engineers, 64.959 firemen, 48,021 conductors, and 136,809 other trainmen, such as brakemen and flagmen. Should the law be considered as applying to telegraphers, it would bring in 40.464 more employees.