Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-29
All Efforts of Wilson Refused By Opposing Forces-He Will Appeal to Congress to Avoid National Calamity.
AVOID STRIKE AT ANY
 COST AIM OF WILSON
Eight Hour Day Included In Proposed Bill, Also Federal Operation-Labor Believed to Be Favorable.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2e. - President Wilson tInight def nitey decided to go before con gress in person tomorr-W or We'd nesday to recommend legislation aimed to avert the threatened nationwide railroad strike, or stop it if it comes before cIn- qress can act.
 He worked until late tonight on his message in which he will tell mem bers of the Senate and House the ne gotiations to date and lay before them a definite legislative program
 The President reached this decis- ion after conferences at the White railroad presidents and the four brotherhood heads on a new proposal for settlement of differences suggest ed by the executives and after pro longed discussion of the situation at the capitol with the members of the Democratic steering committee of the Senate
 All Proposals Doomed
 The proposition of the railroad executives was that an investigation of all issues be conducted by a com mission to be named by the President the investigation to last for a period of three or four months. no action to be taken by either side in the mean time and at the conclusion of the in quiry the situation to be what it now is, the employees having the choice either of arbitrating or striking. The brotherhood heads promised a reply tomorrow and there was every indi- cation it would be unfavorable.
 Can't Recall Strike
 When the railroad brotherhoods heads went to the White House to- night the President strongly urged the withdrawal of a tentative strike order sent out yesterday. subject to release calling for walk out of the 40O.O .O0O brotherhood members at a. m., Labor Day, September 4. This re quest was flatly refused, the leaders  saying only the committee of $40. which left Washington yesterday, had power to recall the order.
 Copies of the strike order were brought to the Presidents attention after they had gotten into the pos session of the railroad executives. It had been known that the members of the committee of $40 carried home with them a tentative order but no one outside the brotherhood councils had suspected that a date had been set and the President is said to have been greatly perturbed by the infor- nation. After the refusal to with draw the order. he communicated with the railroad presidents who held a meeting that lasted until late In the night.
 In spite of the apparent final fail ure of his efforts to bring the two sides together the President was rep resented tonight as being still hope full of avoiding a strike.
 Wilson To Act Today
 The legislative program pre- pared for congress includes the following measure:
 An eight hour day law for rail rhd employees so framed as to give the railroads time to prepare for it.; and
 A law patterned after the Can adlan industrial disputes act pro- viding for investigation of indus trial disputes on railroads by commission and prohibiting all strikes or Iockouts pending the outcome of the investigation.
 Provides fir U. s. Control
 Tn addition to these measures there are under consideration a resolution to increase the revenue of the rail roads in case the expenses are in-