. The National Civic Federation review . dents of the ever-present la-bor question. The Interboi-ough is the largest publicservice corporation uponthis continent, if not in theworld. Its business of ur-ban transportation emplojthousands of wage-earners,whose number is to receivea large addition through theoperation of the new sub-way. That corporationfound itself confronted bycertain demands backed by-three national organizationsof labor and their localbranches,—the Amalgamat-ed Association of Streetand Electric Railway Em-ployes, and the Brother-hoods of Locomotive Engi-neers and Firemen. Thi
. The National Civic Federation review . dents of the ever-present la-bor question. The Interboi-ough is the largest publicservice corporation uponthis continent, if not in theworld. Its business of ur-ban transportation emplojthousands of wage-earners,whose number is to receivea large addition through theoperation of the new sub-way. That corporationfound itself confronted bycertain demands backed by-three national organizationsof labor and their localbranches,—the Amalgamat-ed Association of Streetand Electric Railway Em-ployes, and the Brother-hoods of Locomotive Engi-neers and Firemen. This largest employer inIts line of business United States didnot reply to these demands with the old-fashionedanswers that it would manage its affairsin its own way; that it would not brookthe interference of outsiders; that it would meet only the men in its employ; that there wasnothing to confer about; that there was nothingto arbitrate. Instead, it accepted, through an enlight-ened directorate and its president, August Bslmont.
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