Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-12
WiNTERsET ATTORNEY CHOSEN
As THIRD MEMBER OF STRIKE
BOARD.
GILeERTsoN's ACCEPTANCE
RECEIVED TOO LATE
Settlement Of Street Car Troubles
Without Strike-U neertaintly Unset
tied Business in Des Moines - Other
Iowa News.
ecial to lTimes.Republican

! Des Moines, Oct. 12.-John A. Guiher.
OF Winterset, accepted by Urick and
GUERNSEY to act as third arbitrator in
the street car dispute. is a lawyer,
: comparatively young, an aggressive
and active man who has the conf
dence and respect of all who know
him. He has been county attorney and
had an ambition to go on the bench
as judge. He has not come into con-
tact with corporation or labor troubles
I! in Madison county, but was local at
| torney for the Rock Island railroad. He
(! is a man of positive convictions, but
one Of the kind that are ready to admit
| error if convinced
! The name Of Mr.. Guiher was Sug-
gested for the third arbitrator by Mr..
| Guernsey at the conference late yester-
| day afteroOn, and he was accepted
without a moments hesitation by Mr..
| Urick. His name had not before been
| considered at all. He was reached by
phone at Lorimer and signitied he
| would act
Giibsrtson Was Willing.
| A peculiar situation developed in
| that almost at the very moment MIR.
Guiher was agreed upon. MIR. Gilbert
son was reached in Minnesota and he
accepted the responsibility but de-
clared he could not come back at once.
Put Of course as Mr.. Guiher could act
soon he was finally accepted by both
sides.
| There was much good natural dis
| cussion of Mr. Gilbertson. Everyone
recognized that he was an ideal man
for arbitrator He is business man
OF large experience and he is prac-
| tically retired and is known to have
no political aspirations whatever. But
someone suggested that the woods up
in Minnesota are very tall and that he
had found it convenient to disappear.
1t was currently believed that his name
was accepted largely because Of knowl-
edge he was out OF the city and could
not soon return. But when found he
Mas ready to accept the responsibility.
The selection of Mr.. Guiher places q
great responsibility with him and an
opportunity to make hit with the
people of Des Moines. The matter at
ISSUE ought all to he presented in day
~ two and a decision be reached 1t
- certain that both sides will accept
Whatever decision is rendered and
.Dide by the result
Uncertainty Hurts Business.
Il Mess the street car employees and
me managers get together and agree
pom something and stick to it for a
reasonable length of time some Of the
newspaper men Of Des Moines will go
! to the insane hospital-and RESPONSE
bility for their rawlings will be upon
the so-called arbitrators
~:
repeat the performances OF last Au-
gust and to flood the city with extras
at all times of the day or night. But
events moved SO fast that it was i'm
possible to keep up No sooner would
an extra" get on the street with big
headlines indicating strike sure than
word would come that new deal had
been made and it was all off, or
| contra. For three or four days it has
been guessing match in the matter
of issuing extra editions
And the public has been this week
almost as completely dazed as the
newspapers. Nobody has felt like
making any engagements to go any
where or do anything because of the
uncertainty. 1t is now evident that in
the case Of an actual strike the COM
and to not undertake to run cars Then
the company will sit back and say to
the public, We've done all we can for
settlement; now you see what you
can do with these men," In that way
it is estimated that the strikers would
incur the hostility of the public and the
company would be the beneficiary.
If it was not for the distractions Of
the situation 1t would be almost anus
ing the way the things are going The
whole city has been drawn into a con-
troversy which appears. at least, to be
trivial in nature and to affect only a
few persons holding positions that are
not very desirable. The public has be-
come pretty much Disguised with the
whole business and If the uncertainty
continues long enough there is sure
to be movement to have the business
taken over by the public to he operated
in the interest Of the patrons alone.