The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-21
NEW FEATURE
OF THE STRIKE
THIS POSSIBILITY TuREATENED
STRukE CAUSED ADMINIS-
TRATiON CONCERN.
STATUS UNCHANGED
Railway Presidents and Repre~cmtA-
tives VI lsrotherhoWis HOlsiiUg
separate Meetings Today.
Men stand By Wilson.

WASHINGTON, August 2l.--The
loss of millions Of dollars on the
crops throughout the country Ia the
event of rsilay strike WAS = ncw
t,,~sibility before the asIsninistra-
tion toslsy.
The treasury department rcg,ofte<1
that agesAs ~ the Federal reserve
board Ia the south, west and nosth-
west were beginning 10 ak for
FUNDS for the annual crop moving
period.
A tiemp or the raailrs,asis ~ the
cs mntry would mean that wheat and
other products nov ready FOR the
mills wauid ie held indefinitely And
possibly rot on sislctracks II stopped
In transit.
This angle of the threatened
gigantic strike was hrouKht home
to administrator Officials today nat
0niy by reports by the treasury de-
lartment. but BY the ARRIVAL ~ q
group VI western railroad pressl-
dents, such ~ Louis W. Hill, whoHe
fathers name was Synonymous With
the empire of the northwest AMI
wealth ~ farm lands.
More than two score railway
presidents and the 0tO reprcsenta-
lives Of the brcthcriioosls held sel,A-
rate meetings here totlay to dlscuax
Presidsnt Wilson's proposals looks
ing ~ peace.
The outstanding feature of the
railway executives appeared 10 b.
no organized plan for meeting tho
situation created by President W.T.
sons firm refusal to recele trim
his demands made upon them. Ono
II tho tentative plans was for the
group Of western presidents coming
here to-day to zee the president
separately and hear from him what
the eastern presidents heard Satur-
day. They expected that other rntl-
way presidents would he called to
Washington hy the president.
/ For their part the brotherhood
representatives, through A. u. Gar-
retson. made L. known that they did
not intend to Ieyiate sfrcm tho
presidents plan. Answering pcrsis.;
tent suggestions that the executives
would offer compromise solutlagl
~ differences Garretson told the
United Press:
.The president has annOunced
what he regards as q fair plan for
settlement. n there II 10 be any
deviation II win not come from our
side"
ON the final decision Of tho ran.
way presidents and ON final action
by the president. Il appears from
(;arrents0n's statement, ucpcns1s
whether thousands OF mills are
likely to stop. cities face = shortage
OF fcod supplies and the whole
country become prostrated before
what IL believed win be the greatest
struggle between capital and labor
In the history Of the country.
The loss 20 producers In pcrisi'a'
bIe and seini-Ipcrishsble comnlosit-
ties would he so great that approNi'
nation would be impossible. said
the agricultural department.
ANY computation Of figures, how
ever conservative. would he So enor'
mous that the average citizen c,'mh
not comprehend IT," said q. G. Whisc
iacting chief of the office Of markets
!of the department of agricuitnrc
\ "A strike within the next few weeks
: according Ca White. would do alma~'
< Iimmeasurahle havoc to the peach aus
n apple growers who are making ready
now to harvest thousands AMI th<r,
s sands OF bushels. These crsr$ 3r'
: inst beginning to move now. viii
n conditions normal there h n frcish
I lcar shortage that Is annoying y
!. event Of strike tomatoes, wasss