The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-08-31
final ACTION IS
UP To CONGRESS
Passage Of Necessary Legis|a.
ton Appears Doubtful.
BOTH SIDES STANDING PAT
Railway Heads Cling to Arbitration
Observation-Disclosures Officials De-
nounce Wilson's Plan of Public In.
vestiqation as a Return to Slavery.

VeStl9ation as a Return TO slavery.
Washington, Aug. 3O.-President
Wilson, laying the railway strike sit
uation before congress with recon-
mendations for legislation, advanced
the crisis to a stage where the next
developments depend upon two points.
They are:
Whether the legislation he proposes
can be passed.
If enacted, will it be effective to
prevent a strike already called for
a. M Sept 4?
| The brotherhood heads themselves,
announcing their intention to fight
certain portions of the presidents
program are at loggerheads over
whether it's enactment would prevent
| the strike.
| The railway presidents favorable to
President Wilson's plan in the main,
| think it would be difficult for the
strike to begin.
| Meanwhile, although negotiations
between the employers and men were
broken off by the rejection of the rail-
way presidents latest proposal for ar
bitration, President Wilson is con-
tinuing his efforts to bring the two
sides together on some form of agree
| ment
| Efforts which might we'll be describ-
ed as almost superhuman are being
exerted to that end.
Before a joint session of house and
senate and with a solemn recital OF
the distress a disastrous strike would
bring to the country, the president
proposed his plan of legislation.
Immediately after the president had
delivered his recommendations, con-
gress set about to see how they might
be enacted into law. The senate in
terstate commerce committee has be-
fore it bills prepared to carry out the
plan. The house leaders announced
their intention of waiting on the sen
ate's action.
Leaders Make Final Statements.
Brotherhood committeeman who had
not already departed hurried away, an
nouncing their intention to be in their
home districts Monday.
Both sides issued what appeared to
be their last sta Elements to the public
in justification Of their acts.
The railway presidents summarized
the important points developed by
their deliberation as follows:
"A renewed insistence upon the
principle of arbitration as the only
proper method of settling labor dis.
putes.
"The railroads have given the en-
ployes every possible consideration in
this respect, by offering to arbitrate
their differences either through the in.
terstate commerce commission under
the Newlands act or by a commission
to be selected by the president of the
United States.
can increased realization of the re-
sponsibility of the railroads towards
their other employees, the shippers, the
Industrial, commercial and general
public which they have been made to
feel by thousands of kilograms insist
ing upon the maintenance Of their
position"
The brotherhoods expressed their
unalterable opposition to President
Wilson's plan to compel the public
investigation in statement signed
by Garretson, Stone, Carter and Lee
which said:
'Since the abolition of slavery nc
more effectual means has been devised
for insuring the bondage of the work
ing man than the passage of the com
pulsory investigation acts of the char
acter of the Canadian industrial dis
putes act"
The issue of these two statements
was the formal announcement of the
final positions of two great forces, i'm
movable and still deadlocked after two
weeks of intercession and negotiation
by the president of the United States