Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-30
Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Eastern Roads Put An Embargo on Shipments of Goods Liable to Damage.
OTHER FREIGHT MAY
 BE GREATLY DELAYED
Chicago Situation Is Further Complicated By a Threat ened Strike of the Freight
 Handlers--Ask Concessions
(By Review Leased Wire. ]

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.- The an Haven and Hartford R. R. that be- cause of the impending railroad strike it would refuse all shipments which cannot be delivered by a. m. on Sep tember 4. brought out the fact that similar action is being considered by the other roads entering the city.
 Albert Hardine, vice-president of the New York Central, said tonight that A. H. Smith, the president, was expected from Washington tomorrow and the question of an embargo prob ably would be gone into.
 Deleware, Lackawana and Western made no definite decision. MT Glynn said the roads position probably would be reached Thursday morning. The Pennsylvania and other roads here probably will announce their po- sition tomorrow. Inquiry among rail road managers and important finan- cial concerns affiliated with railroads indicated no change of attitude with respect to the strike situation. Al though the negotiations at Washing ton have been in charge of the rail- road presidents the ultimate dealings with the men rest with the executive committee of the various roads, many of whom are the most important finan- ciers of the country. One of them said today that the last word on the railroad side had been said.
 Congress, it was pointed out, has not the power to prevent strike by enacting the Presidents legislation, but it was strongly hinted that the railroads might question the cOnstitu| tiOnality of the President to enforce his plan.
 Freight Handlers Threaten
 CHICAGO. Aug. 29-Chicago, the greatest railway center in the world. sought in the face of local difficult ties today to transfer thousands of cars of freight in time for the cars to reach their destinations before Sep tember ? the date declared by many western roads tonight for an embargo on perishable freight.
 A strike of freight handlers in the local yards of several roads which threatened to become general within 24 hours. hit Chicago just at the time railroad officials were swamped with traffic. sped up because of the threat ened trainmens' strike.
 By vote of the international broth erhood of freight handlers local un- ions tonight it was determined to call a general strike at noon tomorrow of all freight handlers in Chicago. num- bering ahout 5000 unless concessions demanded from the employers are granted before that hour.
 The railroads entering Chicago have been preparing. however. to handle an enormous amount of freight east and west within the next week
 The embargo on perishable freight. railway officials sav. will principally effect live stock. Exceptionally hea- wy receipts or hogs, cattle and sheep at the Chicago. Kansas City. East St. Louis and other markets are being rushed before the embargo takes ef- feet
 Railway officials are making plans to operate trains with nOn-union men. or non-strikers in the railway hrotherhoods' membership. in event of a strike. Some of the officials said they would operate twenty-five Der cent of the regular traffic out of Chi caen from the minute strike was declared and could r'ake this service
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