Arizona republican., 1916-08-18

enough time did not remain for printing them. IL then was arranged for several mon to check up on the members as they applied for admis- sion. Special guards also were placed on all the fire escapes, win ] dows and staiTways and the doois closeG t.fore the meeting began At the White House brotherhood mer carefully identified every mar VT tho l meeting before the president spoke. The presidents decision to invite the ra ailroad presidents 10 the White House was reached after he had be- come convinced that the committee of managers heie would not consent tp the cigkt-ho day plan. The in vitatiors were sent to nineteen rail
 road presidents at first. bGt it wan
 extended to all presidents 'immedi atcly act esSibie.
 The railroad presidents vii; see the president at l1.30 tomorro7- and al detail his plan and make practically
 the same speech which he delivered
 to the employees today
 When Mr Wilson sees the railroad 1 presidents tomorrow the committee of managers who have been confer | ring with him all this week will not 1 he present It was decided late to- night that tn" president should iay | his plan fully before the executives of the roads alone and word to that | effect was sent to the noIe where
 the managers and their chiefs were | in session.
 Before proposing his plan. f was l learned tonight that Mr Wilson h.. . sought vainly fer tVO days to have | both sides accept some form of ar | bi,ratiop He decided nnally that
 this was absolutely impossible aru | then determined on the proposal lain
 before tho employees today.
 ! Such opposition to the presidents | plan as was expressed toc1r nnon-; the brotherhood leaders Was based. | it is understood, on failure of the proposal to provide a definite mean-
 for enforcing the eight-hour oay' ir t | ie accepted. This opposition came. | however, from the more radical ele- ment of the general committee anG was not regarded as endangerins Il
 vote of approval at tomorrow's meet | ing
 Indications when tonlght's confer'
 ence adjourned were that the rail- roads would issue soon ' compre l hcnsive statement setting forth their | position.
 1 Hale Holden. president of the Chi l go. burlington & Quintg. AdS
 Designated as spokesman for the reads in somorrows White Hcuss | conference.
 | William Jennings Bryan. 1t devel- l oped today. had sought ursuccesc- l fully to settle the strike by the appli- | cation of his temporary truce peace plan. having tclegraphed pleas to the i heads of the various brotherhooGs and the president asking that if be put into effect II would provide for a truce of one year, during which
 time the contentious of both sides
 to the controversy should be inves-
 tigated thoroughly bv a commission and settlement attempted on the | findings of the commissioners. swobe Sends Resolution | SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17-Affer n meeting here today of the Western Association of Short Line Railroads. ID. NJ. Swobe. president of the asso- citation. telegraphed to President Will son sending him copies of resolutions passed by the railroad commissions or Kindred organizations of Califor- mia Nevada, Washington. Oregon and l New Mexico asking that the railroad brotherhocds and the railroads sub nit the questions at issue between them to the arbitration of the inter
 state commerce commission
 The presidents attention also was | called to similar resolutions passed by the chamber of commerce of thir- ty eight California cities and or
 Portland, Ore.