Telegraphers Striking for 7 Cent Per Hour Raise, Oct. 19, 1925

Telegraphers on A.C.L. to Go on Strike Today. . . Union Leaders Are Demanding Higher Salaries for Union Members

Wilmington, N.C., Oct. 19 (AP)—Members of the order of Railway Telegraphers in the employe of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad system were ready to strike at 4 p.m. today, union officials stated this morning.

The action, resulting from a demand for an increase of 7 cents an hour in salaries, will affect approximately 1,200 men, Atlantic Coast Line and union leaders agree.

The walkout will include transportation operators, agent operators, lever men, telephone operators and tower men. Train dispatchers will not be included.

Local officials of the Atlantic Coast Line said that the road would be able to maintain an uninterrupted service despite the action.

The demands of the telegraphers for a raise in scale of wages is now before the railroad labor board for a question.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, Oct. 19, 1925. The raise would mean another 7 cents an hour, not 7 percent.

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