The sun., 1916-08-23
COUNTER PROPOSAL
BY RAILROAD HEADS
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OF the arbitration issue. A telegram
from the secretary OF the Louisville
board Of trade to the President carried
an appeal from the directors for the
maintenance Of the principle OF arbitra.
ton. Many messages were also received
by the railroad executives from snip
pers. commercial organizations. ousi-
nees men and individuals OF various our.
suits. Here are some messages received
by Chairman Holden:
81 am a farmer and Obliged To work
over eight hours. II the President. as
the press indicates. thinks society has
accepted the eight hour day universally
he Is mistaken. This may be a political
working basis. but II Is not an econom-
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be established by forcing us to contrib
ute in railroad charges by considering
the demands OF the railway employees.
A fiood Of kilograms and letters Is
reaching President Wilson daily be-
seeching him to stand determinedly FOR
al bitration. Some Of the latest were
from Il. r.. Emblerson, chairman OF the
Farmers and Merchants Cooperative As
sociation OF oklahoma John q. Shedd.
president OF Marshall Field Il Co. OF
Chicago, s. NJ. Hastings. president OF
the Illinois Manufacturers Association
T.. d. Leigh Of Chicago. the Adams Il
Westlake Company. Chicago: the Pitts
burg Industrial Commission. Sharon.
Pa. Board Of Trade and the Pittsburg
and Youngstown, Ohio. Chambers OF
Commerce.
Personnel Of the Committee.
The special committee OF executives
which Is devoting itself to untangling the
snarl which has arisen in the negotia-
tons Is composed of Hale Holden OF the
Chicago. burlington and quincy, w. w.
A:terbury Of the Pennsylvania. Fairfax
Harrison OF the southern. Il. s. Lovett OF
the Union Pacific. r.. +. Ripley OF the
Santa Fe. Alfred H.. Smith OF the New
York Central. Frank Trumbull Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio and Daniel Willard
OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
In addition other committees OF the
executives were designated to consider
various phases OF the problem. The
days deliberations brought little in the
way OF definite conclusions. only the
most tentative suggestions were mad
and. in many instances. there was con-
iict OF opinion. At the close OF the day
the prediction was made that several
days would Ell pse before the reply to
the President will DE definitely fornu-
lated.
Meanwhile the PRESIDENT Is nearing
from the railroad executives ihuirecti!'
~, whom Wen, ~ The capi,oi upon the
invitation OF the Nice-Fresiden despite
the heat. arc beginning to grow FESTIVE.
They are leaving the case. however, in
the hands OF the President.
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Discomfort over being held in WASH
ing,on without prospect OF prompt ac-
ton by the railroad managers caused
come Of the brotherhood men To protest
to-day AT one Of their two meetings. w.
g Lee. head Of the trainmen's brother
hood. silenced objections, however. by
assuring the men that In his belief they
would not be held here more than forty
eight hours longer.
The brotherhood heads In their frst
formal statement since arriving in Wash
irs:ton replied 10 various contentious OF
the railroad managers. They declared
the railroads never had shown a desire
10 resort TO arbitration un~qua!ihedly.
The statement said in part:
at Is true tina, the executives Of the
four bro,hcrhoods advocated the passage
of the Newlands act and they did so un-
der the mistaken belief. which suisse
guent experience has shattered. that its
terms would Ice carried out in good fa!ih
by the representatives, OF the companies.
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THE sincerity Of this newborn and
loudly proclaimed belief. as expressed 10y
the spokesman Of the railroad ;,resi-
dents-'Wc stand for the principle %;
arbitration FOR the settlement Of indus
tria! disputes'--ls best shown by the at.
titudc of these ai,way companies. who
are so loudly proclaimlnc the virtues a,
arbitration and their undylng adhcrer,.
thereto by the attitude of those sam,
cnmpauies which they absolutely own and
control Inn, which tbev have refused :,
include in the present, negotiations and
TO the men ON which lines they arc no.
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