The sun., 1916-08-26

OF methods ~ i~nsuring settlement OF flu
,ure disputes. They centred attention
on ;hc Two propositions VI the .igi hour
da> ard the arbitration Of wages UNI
der IL.
statement. ~ Railroad Hrmds.
statements were issued II, prrs.leH:
Howard Elliot Of IN" New Haven AID
r. u. Ashton II the chicago ami North
Western.
President Nlsh.oD said that in 1900 the
amount OF wage paid rain employees
Tor each l.ouo tons OF fr"ight moved
one mile was go cents. Will" ~ 1874
u was 81 cents. an Increase "t :" per
cent.
The conference committee OF managers
made public several kilograms from
commercial organizations AID individuals
supporiing the - insistence upon arbi-
tsation OF labor disl'dtc'
The gravity Of IA" situation dd not
allay the openly expressed demand for
arbitration. Statements 10 'his end wef.
made 10y some OF the executives and mes
esycs coming to them from various parts
OF the cuuntry Ia Increasing volume IN
dicated that the sentiment Tor arhltfa-
tior was widcspie cad.
MIR Elliott issued ,hc following s.ate-
ment
"pcrsonalIy. ~ well as oNicially.
have believed and / Still believe that
a question Of such great Importance
~ the eight hour day should be settled
only after all It's aspects nave been
carefully conside red by Il tribuna free
from prejudice and craftsmanship
'The loo ooO. 600 OF our people can
have OF curse the kind NJ laws. work
ing hours and railroads they desire
siso IL they wan, growing and efficient
-ss-. -..l Ito ,1.Ns .un Al AZ. fNa "a
on IN, basis OF an eight hour day. they
must he willing TO nay the bills.
.'The danger Is that the people will
no, b. willing continuously 20 pay higher
rates for transportation and in that
evan, the dey.lopm.ut OF the railroad
systems OF our country will be checked
with "A decline I'm our railroad develop.
ment all other Industrial. as well as
agricultural. growth will be checked.
..To my mind. the true patriotic policy
for the welfare OF the whole countr,
n, this time IL for every man to dc
All he can 10 advance It's growth ra thei
than TO check IL and to reduce ia
outpu,. We are far behind other coun.
tries I'm many WAYS and We have a grea,
task before ,s in the mex, ten year.
IN keen orr nroper Mace i'm the world.
Ell hone. therefore. very much that IL
the interes, OF all our 100. 600. 900 peo.
ME some solution OF the present situa
lion may be found. rather than IL should
he settled offhand and solely i'm IN,
interest of the 400. 900 who are nov
nresslnx ,h,.,r demands"
Rrotherhsod Ne. D~etermlveS
1t wac a determined quartet from III,
orotherhoods that visited the Presideu
to-day 10 deliver their ultimatum. Oh
Wednesday evidence of unres. anon,
the committee Of so became so aI1,ar
ent that their leaders considered The stu
alton grave. and IL required their hes
efforts to proven; "A vot. on a propose
to Withdraw from the negotiations IN
nedist-ly.
Reports Of this situation stirred ~
.sn, W tho hr~o,ha,bnna h.aI, ~ va
prcs,d.n, IN ,,ry. ,hsn, "a r,s,,oi, ,b.i
men from takins any b,s,v s,sn uhic
mich, wrack ali ch.n,.s 81 an ,,,i.ahi
settIem.nt The Jndo. j. .,id 10 h., ,
toid tho mon n~r.vi"ns,v ,ha, m an
aver from ,ha r~,ilroad b.ads ,rnh,hi
could ha ,or,hcoui,. h,. ,as, ui.h, -
today M the I,tes. This new. 1,,e,s
the Insurgents for a time hut .o-da
when no answer came mo insurrec,nn
broke on, aneu Thau tho hr,,h.r,,oo
heads. believing the situation almos
homeless. communicated with the pres,
dent their desir, 10 see him
Upon reaching the White Hons. tho
Informed the President frankly thai I'm
men did no, beIieve tho railroad hssd
were giving them a square deal" The
pointed 10 the long DELAYS that have on
sued since the arrival az the cornm;t,e
Of $40 from New York a week ago. an
then. as a climax TO their argument,
produced numerous so-called back fire
kilograms which, they ayerred. rallroa
heads were sending oure urging the
agents to have citizens wire The Pres
dent at the railroads expense urgin
him TO stand firm for arbitration of IN
' differences. Their ul,imatum followed