Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-17
Invites Railroad Presidents
to Have Conference In
Washington.
MANAGERS FLATLY
REJECT SHORT DAY
Are Willing to Arbitrats All Questions,
While Msn Will Arbitrats Some
Questions Under Certain Conditions
Wilson Fails to Bring Employers
and erothsrhoods Together and AP-
peais 10 Presidsnts in Final Effort.

Wilson today invited the presidents OF
the principal railroads Of the country
to come to Washington Immediately to
confer with him on the threatened
strike. Pending their arrival he does
not plan to meet the committee Of
managers here. The president sent the
following telegram to the road heads:
"Diseussion Of matters involved
lin the threatsned railroad strike
has reached . point whore it 10 de-
sirabis that | confer with you at
the earliest possible moment. Hope
you can make it convsnjent to
comes 10 Washington at once"
Situation Not Hopeful.
Judge Chambers. Of the federal
board OF mediation and conciliation.
held s brief conference with the
brOtherhood heads this morning. Fur
ther than to say he had one question
on which hs wanted definite answer.
and that he got it, the conferees would
not discuss the nature OF his visit.
MI. Chambers went Immediately to the
White House following the meeting.
~ should not like to say that the
situation still is hopeful" A. B. Carr
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