Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
BIG STRIKE STILL
LOOKS QUITEL|KELY
RAILROADS ABSOLUTELY REFUSE
TO ACCEPT TERMS OFFERED
BY PRES. WILSON.
HE TAKES CASE TO CONGRESS
Companies Say if People Will Pay
More for Freight They Can At
ford to Pay the Higher
Wages Asked.


way strike took on such a grave as
pect Saturday that President Wilson
turned toward congress for solu-
ton of the problem.
Suddenly during the morning when
it became known that the railway
executives were unanimous in their
refusal to accept his plan of settle
ment, President Wilson personally
went to the capitol and laid before
Majority Leader Kern of the senate
and Senator Newlands, chairman OF
the interstate commerce committee,
the statement of the railway heads
that congress must guarantee some
source of added revenue if they are
to meet the demands of their en-
ployes.
How this should be accomplished
President Wilson did not suggest. I'm
mediately afterward senators began
discussing proposals to have con-
gress record itself in favor of rate
increase.
The refusal of the railway execu-
tives to accept the presidents plan
including concession of the eight
hour day and proposing a counter
plan such as previously has beer
outlined, will put the next move VI
to the brotherhood leaders. 1t prob
ably will be communicated to then
officially Monday after President Will
son has heard it from the executives
Meanwhile, some development o
possible congressional action is ex
pected and will depend on the out
come of the next steps between tn
employers and employees.
Nothing Doing Sunday.
Tentative plans for a joint session
of the senate and house to hear Pres
ident Wilson ask for legislation t
prevent the threatened nationwid
railroad strike were discussed by tn
president with Senator Kern, tn
democratic leader, when it SCENE
virtually certain that a break b.
Y tween the railroads and their en-
ployes must follow conferences &
the White House.
Up to Congress.
President Wilson Monday night de
+ initely decided to go before congress
in person Wednesday to recommen
legislation aimed to avert the threa
h ened nationwide railroad strike, {
stop it if it comes before congres
can act. He worked until late Mo
fo,f h
he will tell members of the sena
and house of the negotiations al
lay before them a definite legislati'
- program.
d The president reached this decisiC
r after conferences at the White Hou
q with the committee of eight railro;
~ presidents and the four brotherhot
/ heads on new proposal for settl
n ment of differences suggested by Il
n executives and after a prolonged d
,r cussion of the situation at the cal
toll with the members of the dem
cratic steering committee of the sc
ate.
8 Brotherhoods Call Strike.
Washington Aug. 30. - Preside
=. Wilson laid the railway strike sitr
ton before congress Tuesday afterno
in an address to both houses assembl
in Joint session. The president tC
n, congress of his efforts to bring t
ed railroad managers and the men IL
IT. some sort of agreement, saying, a
re- saying he was powerless to do more,
asked congress to enact legislation
deal with the situation.
While President Wilson was prep
ing to appear before congress
ed brotherhood leaders rejected the lat
en- proposition of the committee OF r;
III way presidents and actually order
or the strike to begin at a. m. Lal
80 Day, unless a settlement satisfactory
" them is reached in the meantime.
us Their previous order for the str
IT. was tentative and required a sec
signal to put it into effect. Unles:
settlement satisfactory to the lal
leaders is reached by that time, or
an less President Wilson and congr
find some way to prevent it, the str
would start Labor Day without furtl
notice.
The labor leaders admitted they t.
mt their action the first thing today in
lat belief that some means was be
po- sought to prevent the strike being ;
es- ually called. BY their action they tn
are they have anticipated any legal !
a cesses which might be brought agai
lon them.
.irl An embargo on all perishable s.
the ments and live stock which can
The reach their destination by Stature
ter September 2, has been proclaimed
the Northern Pacific at Spokane.
Great Northern has received orc
not to accept any more fruit for s
Ia ment.