Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Eight Hour Day (1916)" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Adamson Act, Adamson Law, Railroad Brotherhoods, Railroad Men, Supreme Court.
Limit search dates to those close to the important dates mentioned above.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Railroad Men in Conference"
The Intelligencer (Anderson, SC), December 10, 1915, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Will Demand Eight-Hour Day"
The Labor Advocate (Cincinnati, OH), December 25, 1915, Page 2, Image 2, col. 3.
"Railway Men Not Seeking Real Eight Hour Day"
The Logan Republican (Logan, UT), August 17, 1916, Page 8, Image 8, col. 4,
"New Effort Made to Avert a Strike"
The Democratic Banner (Mt. Vernon, OH), September 1, 1916, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Vote in House on Strike Bill Blocked; Republican Leader Mann Objects"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), September 1, 1916, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Great Railroad Strike Called Off After Adamson Bill Passes Senate"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, UT), September 2, 1916, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Nothing Will Block 8-Hour Bill, Senate Leaders Assure Wilson"
The Evening World (New York, NY), September 2, 1916, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Railroad Brotherhoods Revoke Strike Order"
Corpus Christi Caller and Daily Herald (Corpus Christi, TX), September 3, 1916, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Wilson, At Station Signs Bill That Averted Strike"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 3, 1916, Page 1, Image 1, col. 7.
"Eight Hours and Nine Judges"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), November 26, 1916, Image 37, col. 1.
"Strike Call On All Railroads Again Impends"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 7, 1917, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Congress Has Power to Fix Railroad Wages, U.S. Holds in Eight-Hour Test Suit"
The Evening World (New York, NY), January 8, 1917, Final Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Adamson Law Argued Before High Court"
Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ), January 10, 1917, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"No Strike; 8 Hour Law is Upheld"
El Paso Hearald (El Paso, TX), March 19, 1917, Home Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 2.
"Strike Balked; Adamson Law is Held Valid"
Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA), March 19, 1917, Night Extra, Page 1, Image 1, col. 6.
"Railroads Avert Strike; Eight-Hour Day Granted in View of Nation's Crisis"
The Evening World (New York, NY), March 19, 1917, Latest Extra Edition, Page 1, Image 1, col. 1.
"Adamson Law is Held Valid"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 19, 1917, Night Final, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.

Eight Hour Day (1916): Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America