Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-31
.EMBARGOES PLACED
 BY MANY RAILROADS
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l Continued From Page 1) l defiance to the brotherhoods. There
 was some difference of opinion among ! the presidents at Washington as to
 what course they should pursue. but
 they had finally arranged all that mat
 ter and were unanimous in their stand.
 He expressed the opinion that the
 public would be surprised at the num-
 Der of men who would remain loyal
 to their employers. Legislation pro
 posed by President w lsOn, he said seems the only obviously reasonable
 but obviously necessary"
 Associated Press dispatches from all parts of the country today reflect ed the shock felt by every line of in- dustry at the prospect of the strike Interurban lines plan the handling of freight traffic but their facilities, it was realized. would go but sl ghtly toward relieving congestion.
 Motor trucks were hopefully re ferred to in stories from many cities, but here too, was the knowledge that this service is not capable of any great expansion. The Standard Oil Company, it was learned, has concen- trated unusually large quantities Of gasoline at it's depots. The most sc we're embargo of the day was ordered by the Pennsylvan a Railroad and caused a break of Az in the price of wheat on the board of trade. The embargo affects explosives beginning tomorrow; perishable freight begin ming Friday and all other freight be- ginning Saturday. This includes wheat, which recently has been pur- chased in enormous quantities for ex- port to Europe
 The text of President Ripley's statement follows in part:
 For time after President Wilson presented his plan to the railway eX- ecutives," said NIT. Ripley, there were some differences of opinion among us as to what course the railroads should adopt When, however, we got down to a thorough consideration of the gigantic problem those differences of opinion began to disappear and after we had studied and discussed the sub ject in all its phases we reached, the conclusion that there was only one course we could take in justice to the stockholders, ard to the public, and that was to refuse to yield their demand for arbitration, even though it appeared certain unless the government forcibly inter venes. the result would be a nation wide strike.
 If a strike comes, as now seems most probable, it would be due 10 the display on the part of the railroad brotherhoods Of an unreasOnablcuess, an arrogance and a disregard of the rights and interests of railways, of the American public that is absolutely without precedent. It is necessary to bear this fact in mind in order to clearly understand the final decision of the heads of the railways to refuse to abandon the principle of arbitra- tion.
 The leaders of the brotherhoods are playing a desperate game and seem willing to go to any length in order to win it. They have called strike for next Monday and the man. agements of the railways will proceed on the assumption that it will come at that time and will prepare to act accordingly.
 The way in which the strike order was issued illustrates the arrogant, reckless and ruthless way in which the leaders of the brotherhoods have proceeded throughout"