Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-30

ing notation: This shipment accepted
subject to delay, loss and damage, ac-
count of threatened strike"
Station agents at all points of the
Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh
are being notified today to urge that
special efforts should be made by all
parties Interested to remove from the
premises or cars of the railroad all ex-
plosives and inflammables before 6 p. m.
on September 2, and all perishable
freight on or before Monday. September
d. This applies to all explosives. in
flammables and per shables, whether In
stations or in transit.
EXPRESS SUBJECT TO DELAY
The management of the Pennsylvania
Railroad has notified the Adams Express
Company that after today all shipments
over the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad
must be accepted subject to delay. and
that no live stock or perishabes should be
accepted that cannot be delivered on OF
before Saturday, September g. Notice is
also given that the developments of the
next day or two may determine whether
or not II will be necessary to place express
shipments under a complete embargo pend
ing the results Of the strike call.
READING AND B. & o. DELAY.
No embargo has yet been placed by the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway, II was
this afternoon at the general
Office. Asked IL the railroad ex-
pected to announce such an embargo, the
answer was:
I'VE don't know II we'll have to-"
Should the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
decide on a similar defensive measure the
order would come from the general offices
at Baltimore, officials here said No word
has been received ordering such action.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is ready to
cope with a strike II It is called, officials
today.
READY FOR POSSIBLE TROUBLE.
Buildings owned or rented have been
made ready for use as dormitories and bar
racks at Thirty-second and Market streets,
Thrtieth and Race streets and Thirty
third and Arch streets In this city.
Railroads in this city are said to have
enough arms on hand to equip 1000 men
as guards, and rumor has 1t that the Penn
sylvania has arranged TO get arms from the
Remington Company at Eddystone. This
was denied at Eddystone and Broad Street
Station.
Although they refuse to discuss the strike
preparations in detail. railroad officials say
that they will be fully prepared when the
walk-out takes place. The men who have
agreed to remain loyal to the company are
ready to take the places of the strikers at
IN instant's notice. 1t is said. One Official
even went so far as to say that reserves
nave been assigned to the places now occu-
,Ied by union men. THE reserves are per-
'ectly familiar with the nature of their
,arious duties in case of a strike" he said {:
therefore very little time will be lost in
he filling of vacancies
EMPLOYEES ON ALERT
Keen interest in the strike preparations
II the company has been manifested by |
10Th union and nonunion employees. In |
liscuss ng the matter yesterday union man |
aid that so far as preparing for violence Is |
concerned the company Is merely wasting |
is time. 1T will be unnecessary for us
o resort to such methods in order to bring |
he company to terms" he said. THE |
trike will be conducted In an orderly man
er. There will be no tearing up of rails.
grecking of cars and dynamIting of build
ngs In fact, such course would be more
r less ridiculous when 1t is known that
IL we will have to do Is bide our time in
T6er to win out"
have called upon the large in
ustrial plants for aid in case of emergency
hundreds of employees of these shops, II
said. have signIfed their willingness to
i'd the railroads. II the strike goes
trough the company will obtain engineers
and shop employees in this man
er. In the event of a strike a ra .lroad of
cials say that this city will not find itself
sOlated
p. r, r. TO PAY DIVIDEND.
Despite the pending breach between the
ompany and its employees it was officially
nnounced yesterday that the regular quar-
arly dividend would be paid tomorrow
D 9O,773 stockholders. Since the paying
{ the May dividend there has been a de-
rease OF 1897 in the number of stock
olders. This decrease, however the COM
any officials say, is not due to the threat
ned strike, but to the effects of the Euro
can war and the recent mobilization of
merican securities as collateral for the
ew British loan.
OF the so.772 stockholders, S5,Oss are
mericans and own 934 per cent of the
took Four-fifths of the holders own 100
mares or less and Of these 20 per cent. or
lore than $4,000 holders. own 10 shares
r less.