New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-22

they are making great sacrifices and
| that any change in the plan would
most certainly be opposed by the deie-
gates,
To Work Out New Plan.
The general plan mapped out by the
executives provides for small group
of them TO get together and put the
Presidents proposition and their owl.
/ case in juxtapoSition, so that some
thing approaching more speclhc plan
NAV be evolved 1t is said tonight
that all the features Of the President :
plan will be subjected 20 this treat
ment by the railroad heads The priN-
cipal part of the plan that would seem
to be open to the railroads objection
concerns the commission that the Fres-
ident proposes to examine the merits
Of both sides to the hours and over
time demands while the eight hour DAY
is in operation. -
/ The executives are not one on TINS
proposition. They will have hall
/ dozen methods at least before them
when they sit down with their coats
/ off" to tackle the problem. One meth
cd that is being considered is the
/ Canadian arbitration system, Whlch
provides for n board to step INTO con-
troversies and investigate the diner
ences. while both sides hold OIL LOT
n wear. One thing is certain tonight,
/ that as far as can be learned, notnlng
definite has SHAPED itself in the minds
Of the railway heads as a group. ana
one of the presidents said he expected
tho negotiations to be long drawn out;
/ that he had sent nome to-day for mole
/ clothes.
/ A few OF the presidents appeared TO
ne ANNOYED because they had TO come
! 10 Washington at all. F. ID. Under
wood. president Of the Erie, one OF the
| old timers in railroading. deserted the
conference of executives this alter
noon ard went in search of an alpaca
coat. He had perspired his way about
the hotel lobby in his shirt sleeves
during the morning. finally obtaining
a lady's fan from an equally perspir-
ing clerk.
When he came from the conference
this afternoon he had this to say:
81 haven't been at the White House
TODAY. and | haven't taken any part IN
the conference upstairs. It's too cusSed
hot. Now I'm going out to ma an al
paca coat"
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, one of the leading railroad
interests in the country, walked INTO
the lobby of the New Willard this
morning and said: 49,,
"Weli. if il was my road alone. I'd
know what to do. But, inasmuch as
there are many of us, I guess wen
have to talk it over"
Ripley Grows Sarcastic.
FP. Ripley. president of the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe, the road wnicn
the unions had hard pulling to get INTO
the present movement, was more eN-
pletive in his greeting to the newspaper
correspondents.
All he cared to say for the time pc
ing was: "Ain't this hell OF not
mess, anyhow" n,
Meanwhile kilograms urging Presl-
4 dent Wilson not to tOrsake arbitration
4 in the controversy continue to keep
/ Washington telegraph operators busy
/ Elisha Lee received word from New
York via San Francisco tonight that
Governor James Withycombe OF ore
gor sent TO President Wilson to-day
the following telegram:
"While the railroads are the prop
erty of the stockholders, transporta-
tion service is the property OF the
public. Land grants and franchises
we're given with that implied under
standing. The American people are
committed to and believe ir the prin-
ciple of arbitration and public welfare
demands that this principle be pre-
served where differences between the
railroad employees and the managers
involve so serious an issue as trans
portation service to the public and
cannot be mutually adjusted. The
public will and does insist on both
sides submitting to arbitration"
A large delegation of the GAO adjust
ment chairmen of the four unions WIS.,
tied the Capitol to-day and called upon
many Of the Senators and Representa-
tives. Every one who knew about the
visit Immediately construed II in con-
nection with an attempt Of the unions
TO head off compulsory arbitration.
Some Of the union leaders said, after
they had talked with their local Con-
gressmen, that such a bill would have
no chance of passing Congress.
The Capitol hummed with discussion
of possible measures that Congress