The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-13
OVER STRIKE
WITH THE WILSON'S
fContinued from page IL

arbitration
While he would not discuss at
length the remarks OF either Low or
Marks, President sGarretson said both
had made an impression upon the
men. sOf course he said, there
was not a great amount OF applause
they were not talking for applause
but they were certainly we'll re,
ceived." DO you think there will be,
a striker" he was asked. "oh, | don't
know" he replied. II am no mind
reader or physologilist If Prof. Hugo
Munster Berger can tell anything
about 1t all. he has three units on me-
All that can say is the men are
here, in fact half a dozen, places
where those ak would have come are
widely scattered. The men are here
to put a certain definite proposition
| to vote and they will do it."
Asked whether the final vote would
| be taken tomorrow or Monday Presi-
dent Garretson said he could not tell.
1--WE will meet again tomorrow at
1o:S0," he said, "but when we will
get through is question. cant
tell when the vote will be taken but
| 1t stands to reason we will get
/ through as soon as we can"
Shortly after adjournment late this
afternoon a statement was issued by
THE railroad employees, signef
Garretson and Lee and led off with a
partial review Of activities on both
sides OF the wage dificulty up to the
present. Referring to the forty-two
eastern railroads involved, the state
ment says: "The actions (railroads)
4 make it apparent that both the pub
lie and the employee must If neces.
sary sacrifice their interests for the
benefit of stockholders. Who Is the
stock holder?
"How many hundred millions Of
dividends paying stock are owned by
other railway companies for the pu-
poses of controlling instead of being
owned by individual stock holders?
What proportion of profits of the
operations Of these systems return.
lllO tHc ColAciS VI StuCoC o1hAS SoAaA
panies and what proportion goes int
the hands Of individuals?
"The s3s,o00,00o Baltimore and
Ohio stock now being exchanged b:
the Pennsylvania for Southern Paci
fic, held by Union Pacific furnishes
fair example of inter-holdings. Tt
whom are the dividends earned b.
the Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern and the Michigan Central paid?
rs 1t to the individual stock hold
ers or is it to the New York Contra
railroad company"
The statement was given out in ;
partial effort to show that the raj
roads are primarily concerned for til
curtaiIment of the absorption Of fund
, which would result from granting tn
s1T,000,000 annual increase aske
: rather than for individual showing 6
comparatively small blocks Of stocks
The sessions today were compare
: lively quiet and only two or tire
!, times was any applause heard The
met in secret and little of the pre
!, dozen outer and inner guards VIII
commanded the entrances and stat
ways Before the session was Gale
to order by Chairman Thomas dill
gent search Of the corridors an
] meeting rooms was made by corr
: of employees. The committee has /
n his possession dictagraph used
# the Chicago meeting hall last yea
n and they were not taking an
r chances Nothing of the kind was foua
s here and President Garretson gave tn
r searchers hearty laugh when he Ell
g tered, to see them prying picture
it from the walls and hanging rugs owe
o radiators. During the last hour q
the afternoon session there wer
rumors that there had been a spill
over one point. No confirmation wa
given, however, and there was notf
) ing to indicate its truth in the d.
meanor of the men. It was probabl
a fact because fifty delegates file
L out before regular adjournment
formed two groups a little distanc
from the main entrance. Two men /
the center Of one OF these engaged Il
a what appears to be an argument G
- some warmth. When others were a
tracted they quickly ended their sidt
9 walk session and returned to the hal
s T.
May Prevent Strike
: WASHINGTON, July 12.-Secretar
IlF 7 o1, a
.. confident that the meeting at tn
white house on Monday between raj
g road representatives and the official
of the Conductors and Trainmens
Union on eastern railroads would re
= suit In an agreement which woul
N prevent any strike. The secretary ii
: sisted that the suggestion that bot
: the railroads and their employees ar
* opposed to the conference was withou