Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-09-02
RAILROADS LIFT
 fMbARG0ES PUT
 ON SHIPMENTS Heads of Railways Indicate Confidence Strike Will
 Not Take Place.
i, CONGRESS FORCES
 THEIR SURRENDER
Congress Will Make Us Surrender" Says Hale Holden in Explaining Revocation of Embargo
 men Said to Be Against Strike.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-Convinced that congress will force them to surrender, presidents of important Western rail- roads tonight ordered the resembling or modification of the freight em- bargo established in preparation for general railroad strike.
 At the same time, the executives aa- nounced defections from the ranks of the railway brotherhoods, and de- clared they had enough men to oper- ate trains, strike or no strike. This was denied by brotherhood officials.
 Hale Holden, president of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy, spokesman for the railroads in the conference with President Wilson, said the roads are convinced congress will force through the eight-hour day law be- fore the date set for the strike but that they are taking no chances.
 "It seems tonight that congress will make us surrender" MT. Holden said, in explaining the order by his freight department revoking the embargo.
 "The Burlington and other roads have felt today that there is little chance for strike now. We are re- voking embargo so as not to incon- venience shippers at all. but we are going ahead with our plans to oper- ate trains in event of strike. The strike order must. be actually revoked before we let up our precautions. we have men enough to run our trains"
 Modification of freight embargoes were announced by the Erie and Rock Island systems. Other roads were ex- pected to take similar action within a few hours.
 While the railroad presidents were announcing that thousands of brother hood members would not quit work, officials of the union, through Tim. othy Shea, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, said the railways habitually circulate such stories and they have no doubt their men would not obey the strike call. Polls of members of the union were practically complete, and in general, the railroad officials said they would be able to count on loyalty of 25 per cent of trainmen if the strike order is not re- voked.
 Trainmen Ask Revoke Strike order.
 The most startling of the announce ments came from the general offices or the A., T. & s. F. in a statement that the members of the four brother hoods would hold meetings tonight to request the heads of the unions at Washington to revoke the strike order. In addition, suits for injunction against the calling of the strike were filed by individual brotherhood mem- bers in various parts of the country, including a number of Santa Fe tra1n- men employed in Texas.
 Minneapolis & St. Louis officials at Minneapolis. stated that the engineers of that road would remain at work to a man avering that the vote to make a a man averring that the vote to make
 President Calvin of the Union Pa cific. at Omaha. announced that engl- neers of that line would remain at work as they plainly desire not to be involved in the movement, and he added that very large percentage or conductors and trainmen would re- main.
 General, managers of the Minnea- polls StLouis, 'St Paul and St. Marie stated that assura.fses loyalty had been received from 40 per, cent of the trainmen and that engineers and fire men of the roads did not take strike vote because of a ten year contract.
 The Great Northern railway, accord ing to a dispatch, sent out call for new men to report immediately ana other northwestern roads are expected to take similar action tonight or to- morrow morning.
 One thousand conductors of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul tele- graphed President Garretson of the brotherhood that they would not walk out and a delegation of conductors or the Chicago & Northwestern was en route to Washington to oppose strike before congress and the brotherhood