The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-31
WAGE Farmers
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presidents who returned from Wash
ington yesterday the railroads will
proceed on the assumption that the
strike will come on Labor day. En-
bargoes begin today on every trunk
line in the country. The embargoes,
according to present plans. will be-
come effective in the following order:
Effective at the close of business
tomorrow an embargo on all ship
ments of explosives and inflammables
of every kind.
Effective at the close of business to-
morrow, an embargo on all shipments
of perishable freight including live
stock, dressed beef, live and dressed
poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Effective at the close of business
Saturday, an embargo on all freight
of all kinds from all points to all des-
tinations.
End Journeys by Monday.
Most of the roads also gave warn
ing to passengers that they should end
their journeys before a. m Monday
or be subject to indefinite delay.
Railroad officials plan to- run at
least one passenger train a day on
every road and in each case it is said,
preference will be given to milk
trains The railroads will not carry
on the fight single handed, but, ac-
cording to tentative plans, will pool
their resources.
Strike breakers, it is understood,
will be hired not by individual roads
but by a central committee of all the
roads and distributed where they are
,nost vitality needed If one road sue
ceeds in moving trains while the tracks
of another are stalled the successful
road will lend a helping hand to the
road in distress.
The plan for a harmonious alliance
of all the roads will be definitely for
T1ulated at a meeting of the Chicago
club today of twenty-three high rail-
road officials in the city.
In an effort to discourage strike
sentiment, the roads have announced
a system of punishments and rewards.
Employees who go on strike will for
felt their seniority privileges. New
men taken on during the strike will
be given the preferment in promotion.
Guarantees of protection have been
given to employees who remain loyal to
the company.
Thousand Strike Breakers Ready.
Chicago detective agencies are ad-
vertising for strike breakers and re-
port more than thousand ready for
instant service.
Independent of the transportation
strike the railroads are facing a new
labor problem in the threatened strike
of $4,000 shopmen on twenty rail-
roads west of Chicago. Unless their
demands for an eight-hour day and 5
cents an hour wage increase are grant
ed they announce that they will take
men involved are the machinists,
boilermakers, blacksmiths, sheet met
al workers and car men.
Chicago city officials will meet to-
day to tabulate the city's food supply
and discuss local transportation.
The temporary injunctions granted
by state courts of Omaha and Kansas
City yesterday restraining the general
and local officials of the Order of
Railway Conductors from calling or
enforcing a strike on the Union Paci-
fic were the subject of much discus
sion today. by railroad officials.
| Whether other suits of similar ma
ture would be brought in various cit
les had not been determined early to-
day.
Fresh Beef at Premium.
The embargo on live stock will cause
la shortage ofsfresh meats in various
cities of the country within a few
ays,according to packers and in many
instances the price of meats has al
ready gone up. Commission mer-
chants in various parts of the country
who had shipments of perishable
goods started enroute from the Pact
fic coast states before the embargo
was announced were compelled to or
der the railroads to run the cars on
express schedule instead of freight in
order to avoid possible losses. 1t is
understood at Ell Paso that in the
event of a strike the military auth
critics plan to run supply trains be-
tween the Gulf of Mexico and the Pa
cific coast and in order that troops
along the border may be furnished
with all necessities.
Many guardsmen on the frontier
are experienced engineers and have
expressed a willingness to operate
supply trains if the railroads are un-
able to furnish men.
!
! Governor Hanna of North Dakota, to
protect its property should a strike be
| called and the governor announced he
would issue instruction to the police
and sheriffs of the state to safeguard
the lives of passengers and protect the
property of the railroads from des-
truction by strikers or their sympath-