Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-08-31
PRESIDENT WILL GO BEFORE
CONGRESS IN PERSON IN Eff
FORT TO PREVENT NATION
WIDE WALkOUT.
COPIES OF STRIKE ORDER
RECEIVED BY ROAD HEADS
Chief Executive Still Hopeful OF Pre-
venting Tieup in Spite Of Failure
to Bring Two Sides Together
Legislative Program is Pre-
pared for Solons.

Washington, Aug. 30. - President
Wilson has definitely decided to 80
before Congress in person, to recon-
mend legislation aimed to avert the
threatened nationwide railroad strike,
or to stop 1t If 1t comes before Con-
gress can act.
He worked until late at night on
his message in which he will tell
members of the Senate and House
the negotiations to date, and lay be-
fore them a definite legislative pro.
gram.
Wilson Reaches Decision.
The President reached his decision
after conferences at the White House
with the committee of eight railroad
representatives and the four brother
hood heads on new proposal for set
tlement of differences suggested by
the executives, and after prolonged
discussion of the situation at the Capt.
toll with the members of the Democrat
&c steering committee of the Senate.
The railroad presidents committee
gave out the following statement after
| they had conferred with the other ex-
ecutives and the managers:
AT a conference at the White
House at 2:30 p. M, between the Press
ident and the committee of eight of
the railroad presidents, a suggestion
was laid before the President in the!
nature of a proposition for progress;
| toward a solution of the question at
| issue, and this was left with him for
bis consideration.
May Leave Capital Soon.
THE committee expects again to see
| the President in the near future, but
| before leaving the committee pointed
out to him that if the reports that the
date for declaring the strike had been
| fixed for September 4, were true, it
! would force an early conclusion of the
negotiations and compel the presi1
dents to return to their properties to
prepare for the ISSUE
Ask Probe by Commission.
The proposition of the railroad ex,
ecutives is that an investigation of all
issues be conducted by"a commission
to be named by the President, the In,
vestigation to last for period of three
or four months; no action to be tax.
en- by either side in the meantime and
at the conclusion of the inquiry the
situation to be what it is now, the EN-,
| ployes having the choice of either ar.
bitrating or striking.
Recall of Strike Order Refused.
When the railroad brotherhood
heads went to the White House the
President not only laid before them
the plan of the executives, but strong.
ly urged the withdrawal Of a tentative
strike order sent out Sunday, subject
10 release calling for a walkout of the
4o0,ooO brotherhood members at a.
m, Labor Day, September A. This re-
! quest was fatty refused, the leaders
saying only the committee of GAO had
power to recall the order.
Information Worries Wilson.
copies of the strike order were
| Drought to the Presidents attention
after they had got into the possession
OF the railroad executives. II had
oeen known that the members of the,
committee of GAO carried home with,
them tentative order, but no one
ou'siue the brotherhood councils had
suspected that a date had been scr
and the President is said to have been
greatly perturbed by the information
AFTER the refusal to withdraw the ~
DER he communicated with the ra,l.
! road presidents who held a meeting
'nae lasted until late in the night.
stu Hopes to Avert Strike.
In spite of the apparent tina, fai,,r.
OF MS efforts to bring the two sides
'osether the President was renrssent-
ca as being still hopeful of ayertiny
strike. ei s'hs
Inc legislative program prenarad
Tor Congress includes the fo,Iau,,s
measures: Ao''o"ins
An elsht-hour day law for rai,ro.5
employees, so framed as to give 49,
railroads. time to prepare for il ana :
law patterned after the Canaa,an =,
austrial disputes act, providing far ~
lhsesugation of industrial disnutes =,
... by commission and prohih.
Nlhs strikes or lockouts pena,ny ,ha
| outcome of the inyest,g,.; s1