The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-15

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lands Is,si HI, 's7fste re Tsrssesat tive
strike. which the operatives last week
voted t. make.
The conference assembled at the
white tIsuse AZ So'clock- u vas the
naoss important gathering ~ us hfhu
since the coIYfere,1ne csliea hx Pres
sdnnt Roosevelt back in the anthracite
strike. In some respects the stakes
were greater in this than in the an
thracite conference,
A. Il Carretson. president of the
Order of RAILWAY Conductors and w,
@. Lee. president Of the Brother mood
ST Railroad Trainmen, came TO the
white Heusc conference with ere
Sontrol IF the situation in their hands
50 far as being able TO order or
withhold the strike was concerned
Agree or Ncwiand's Bill
The conference was held IN me
nressaent's office At ,he outset MI.
Seth Low explained for the parties
between whom he ard the other ON
GERS Of the National Civic Federation
had acted as incdiatorS ihe situation
In regard 10 the New%and's hill. Sec
reisry # Labor Wilson. Who had
-7rxirrsr7-ty- f-7ttr7-er~r, a. s-t-Af'-
aouse bill. which would retain the
BOARD Of mediation practically as
branch Of the department # labor
announces that he would withdraw
his objections 10 the Newlhnds nan.
and favor it's enactment for the sake
nf procuring the arbitration Of th's
dispute He said mr. would favor I'm
mediate steps faf ihe paSSae" 81 the
Newlands bin
Chairman CLAYTON. ~ the house
judiciary committee 'hen said he
would consent to the amendment 81
the bin ne had reported nut from MS
committee SO as to make It colnHide
with the Newiands hill in every I'M
portant particular. II Was agreed Ivy
himself and Senator Newlands how
ever that the senate hill should he
amended al two points tn" hrst
amendment provinces fnf the insertion
Of a section of the E.rdH}au act which
has been untnteutiona1ly omitted from
the senate bill This would prohibit
that the mandatory process If any
court should ohliGe AN individual
workman to work against his Will II
was agreed that this contingency was
taken care of by the constitution IT.
self hat the provision Was added as
q precaution against constitutional OBJ
iections which might be raised against
the bill.
The second amendment eradicatcs
an inconsistency in two provisions as
10 the place for fling the original pa
pers In the arbitration proceedings.
The bill. as IL stood, provided that
thees papers should be filed IN two dif-
ferent places. II was changed SO that
the original papers might be filed in
one place, and copies in another
Republicans VIII Not Object.
Minority Leader Mann announced
that the Republican membership Of
the house would offer no objection
tomorrow to the passage of the bill
with the described amendments.
Senator Kern left the conference
at this point to communicate by tele-
phone with his colleagues in the sem
ate in order To arrange that the SON
ate might he in session to pass upon
the amendments tomorrow. Previous
to this the senate had agreed to ad-
;ourn over tomorrow until Thursday
He was successful in securing the de-
sired agreement for a session tonor-
row. and the senate adjourned 20 meet
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
Tomorrow when the hose meets
Chairman Clayton will move that the
bill reported from kis committee be
taken from the speakers table. and
PASSED with the amendments which
will bring II 10 the form On when an
agreement was reached al this after;
Moons conference, The president and
house leaders expect that this motion
will carry without objection
The measure viii then he hurried
over 10 the senate. whore the modi-
fcatios In the form of the Nowlands
bill viii re unanimously agreed upon.
Then II viii be rushed - the presl-
dent fer his signature. Thr presi-
dent hopes tn sign his name to the
measure by tomorrow night He WIN
then proceed To appoint a commits
sioner of mediation TO designate two
government officials 10 act on the
board of mediation with this com
mission.
Agreement for Day Only.
Ire necessity for haste ON the part
of tra congressional leaders who have
the responsibility for procuring the
passage Of the New lands bin WAS en-
phasised by President lee. of tho
Trafnmen After the conference Mr.
Lee said
I'VE have mcrelv agreed to with
hold our order for the strike ta begin
until tomorrow night. We have been
told By tomorrow certain thingS VIII
have been done which Viii mike a
settlement Of the dificnlties possible.
Cur agreement docs not extend beyond
IL Is NOT doubted however that
should some upsnucipated uificuity
prevent The passage. of n" hill hE to-
morrow night operatives repre-
sentativcs VIII a see 10 a further post
ponemen1 of the strike order