The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-08-19
If Strike Comes, the Public
Will Know Where the Response
bility Rests, President Wilson
Tells Them.
HRMDs DELIBERATE TODAY,
CONFER AGAIN ON MONDAY
Nation $ Executive Makes Public
His Plan, Believes II Fair, and
Thinks People Have Right to
Expect It's Acceptance.
tBy fvcnins Herald Leased w,rel

Was hiuE ton Nug. IT, Nll'I M
hours conference with President
Wilson today, the thirty three rdll-
road presidents lCft the white House
without giving any indicltipn that
they had abandoned th'ir stand for
arbitration but With assurances that
TIA" uogutintiouS we're not ended
The railroad executives gave 10
nnal answer go the president pro-
pusals but Will deliberate ON them l"-
day ana see President Wilson aga!n
probably Monday
While President Wilson was CONFER
ring with the cXtcutt,-. he made
puhlte. "A .t,t,meut. outlining his plan.
Tho railroad PRESIDENTS -nid tho
question was noe closed ana that tho
u.Vatlatiou, would bc continued
President Holden of the Buriincton.
spok,sman tor th. officials. said no
I'M. h,d b.,n sot for them O., soc
President Wilson again but that i
Was necessary to confer with the COM
m.tt,e OF manager. which has the au-
thori,, to accent or reject plans.
several of tho executives Indicated
disanpoiatmeut over president WI
nuu's statement. but showed par,icu-
lar interest iu ma mention of tho pos
ability of the Interstate commerce
commission cousldering an Increase IN
freight rates
In his talk To the executives today
President Wilson told them they were
facing a ConditIoN not principle,
Uc askc. why they shou,d demand
Arbitration when there vas no law tor
compulsory arbitration aud he knew
% to be impossible to get q oompui-
The employees. he recalled. uaJ cone
sistcntly refused arbitration ana he
achieved IL was impussipl" TO gain (.
IN ia. present controycrsy.
4 have no, been asked to sit as a
fudge. said the president IN sub
stanc. Il cannot do that 1 simply
can suggest "A plau. a way IN which I
believe this question can Toe settled
fairly to an sides
Presidont Wilson urgcl again that
the railroads accept tho plan. adop,
the cight-hour day al least temporal
ITS. aud then allow the proposed COM
mission TO fully Investigate tho tact-.
IIc pointed out that the roalroads
brought forward one set uf statcmon.
ana the cmployes another. and % vas
Impo-sihl, Tor nina to t,u winch WAS
la conclusion President WILSON said
h" hriictcd hi plan was the uul!
,uuItdhlo way of settling the youfru-
,,rs, ana that under II, both sides
would bc treated fairly.
Nj Holden gave the pro-idcut ,sti-
mates Of the cos or the cght- hour
da, To the railroads President WI
SON iu reply urged that the railroad
ufuclls. with thc ,0mmittc" of man.
,t.,rs. yer, carcfuli, consider hi- plan
before giving any uual answer. That
ws. agreed To- py th, railroad cAc,U-
t,cs.
II was learned definitely that m
thr.r acceptance 60. President Wilson
plbn Tho employee mad, uo rr-rr.a-
ton
ono Of the railroad presidents said
after tho conference tnai ne dld not
consider the situation hopeless hat
that 10 was very So;.uu, President
wilson. ne said. had asked ful q
".uuu down" ana that th, ohc.tI,
would give q nnal answer q, ,uuu a.
pus.lbl.
The Dcucf was cuircn, I. JJmin.s.
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