Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-14
A General WaIkout Which
VIII Throw Approximately
Two Million Men out Of
Work Seems Imminent
LEADERS WILL CONFER
WITH THE PRESIDENT
Chief Executive in a Commui
0Ication 10 Both Sides
Points Out Dbc III Effects
That Would Follow TIo-up.

t-' suss.. ioos-s, s-sr,s, ..ssr wisst
Sow York Aug 3D. Hencrnl
strike ON virtually all The railroads Of
thc nation, wiaU tug oommorue ana
throwing approximately g .0nO. 600 mon
out Of employment cam bo avrrtrd
only through good offices or Presi-
dent WiHon. uH result Of todey'a 10.
Nrlupuuut8 lu tho Dispute over tho
muuH demands for tu riRht.hour day
ana time ana half for overtimo.
The controversy wla inid before shs
prraldcut, at hiH invitation. after ths
workers had fntiy rejected any form
Of Arbitration They refused media
ton yesterday
Soon after accepting the presidents
HuumonE, extended throuEh tho fnd
orn board of mediation and conciila
lluu tho men announced thnt the
leaders Of the -Four railroad brother
hoods would leave for washington at
midnight. accompanied hy thirty of
the coo delegates naHsmbled here,
An hour later the railroad mnnn
gers, nineteen u number, aBid Tint
they would lrarr for the capital az the
same time
Both pattiea will reach Washington
tomorrow ln timo for an early con
florence with the president. The hour
for lho meeting win bS arranged hY
Secretary TumultY who started for
thtH city from Washington lats today
ua Mr. WllHpna representative srriv
tur hrrc nt Q o'clock tonight
would lc Cetastrophs.
Mr Tumury brought with him r.
communication ffpm President Wilson
f...f tT. a IA
railroad managers pointing out that
ruch ID paralysis ~ BUSINESS an would
follow q geurrH raiiFoad strike would
BE- 81 ruaHfnpbe ~ any time hut
would d. nothing short af q disaster
undrr present rnndiiiona on thif
HrowJ lHr prraideut based his request
for H conference With representa- as
uf both rUliuua hafnre h strike order
b. Urd u# ibr ptdcrs OF the men
Negotiations had not been broken
or WHOM Mr 1umultv left Washing
ton huf Whru ho reached PhlladslphiH
br received telegram from w g.
rhlmbrra. one ~ the mediators In
forming him tho men haa declined .o
nrbItralo Mr Tumtltya FIRST step
after reaching Sew YORK wnR 10 cal
rHrHdrnf Wilson on the long distance
phone ~ decide upon an hour for the
conference ~ HE White House 60
morrow
The onar break oome late today
after fhr men Ind been I'm secret sos-
sion fyr uparIy SIX hours Reports
dlncr na 10 The reason for the failure
of the negotiations IN view ~ the
rherrfm outlook 0f Tho night before
The men nesert they refused arhtira
ton because The railroads insisted on
urbirpung their contingent propos
ton The hoard OF mediator, iu %
abatement issued tonight. declared.
huwraor that the man rejected thtir
propagation ContaudlnE that thoy
would not ornltrate even n the r4't-
roads waived the contingent pupot
ton
statement OF MEDIATOR.
The sf1tomont Of the mediator ts.
sued by Judge Martin Knapp,
rhpumB Of tho boprd. Just before
theit departure for Washington. Fob
lows
After repeated efforts a bring
about Bn arbitration OF fhn peujtH4
ruutrovcreV between the railroads and
thni employees In train and ward sprv
no. thr United States bgpfa uf mgd
alton mud foucillatiOn Was today
eiard by the fepFeHpUtliF uf fHe
rinpl'FNs 'nHt uley W"NI1 u".
Ih' ma .IflH lh ulanuiN 20 'i''' ''1''''
iu any tniw.
The employees furlhff aift'" T."
hoath mat ioey VoHla not ai
lhrir own d'Wand9 even ii Iht
llNEnnI N ln1ncs 1l iN'
W'i' #''N'IHWh 'hH a.7H H'' ,'''
suggest unF Othnf ultn or method 'af
50 peaceful settlement 0t tln cuhiru-
F"rs5t ,.....,....
'1hrg were informed ihat 'helr i'
fiaipu would b" 1t once m'dt KNOW"
- Ir"Hidrn' wilson 'nf 'l8' 'h'' 'hF
president o'HiHH o." HEht F."
H4uo interview #'h h1ih N''tlet nee
fore nu' df"II0 H.'i"n ".'H IAhD't
lhiH request oi course |ii''
and ItiAr h"I."3''fh ol tihPt"s '"
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