Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-14
President Likely to Issue Pa
tdotic Appeal to Both Sides
Not to Bring Disaster to
Whole Country
UNION MEN LOYAL
SHOULD WAR OCCUR
IIe-up to Become General by
Wednesday, Is Plan Of la
Dor Leaders; Men in Cities
Are Being Notified.

Washington, March 1S.---Complete
pians by tho four railroad brother
hoods for nation wide strike to bN
inaugurated next Saturday evening
unless the railroads grant their eIEht.
hour day demands. were ratified here
today by local union leaders from
southeastern territory and by stint.
iaf conference of representatives o.
the southwest held at st. Louis.
Tho brotherhood heads will tell tho
railroad conference committee in New,
York Thursday that if an agreement,
ls not reached this week for the estab,
lishment of an eight-hour basic DAY
with time and a half for overtime,
strike orders already issusd to local
organizations will become effectivee.
Demands Unchanged.
Tho demands are Just what thsy
were last fall when President Wilson
( averted strike. after the call wah
ont, by inducing congress to pass the
Adamson law. which never has nsen
put into effect, pending n decision or
its constitntionailty by tho supreme
court. ..
There is every indication that the
president ia prepared 10 move again
If 1t becomes apparent that tho ne
ton facing the gravest international
crisis OF its history, is about to hnve
It's transportation facilities paraly2ed
Although still confined to his bed by u
cold. the president heard reports dur
ing the day from Secretary Wilson
on the plans OF the brotherhoods.
There was no statement as to what
action he was contemplating, but II il
understood to be probable that hls
first step may be an appeal to thG
employers and employees to reach an
agreement as a patriotic duty.
Loyal in Case of War
1t became known during the tlav,
that March the brotherhood chiefs
wrote TO the president advising him
of the meeting to be held with tho
railroad committee on March Is and
assuring him that if the country
should become involved i'll war they
would cooperate with the government
in every possible way
THO southeastern union officials
were told by tho brotherhood chiefs
that the strike orders had been ar.
ranged so as to have the walkout be
gin on certain group of roads nj :
p. M. eastern Standard time) Satui-
day. and gradually extended 20 all
r0@ds in the country by next Wednee-
day.
Each tWcnty-four hours until Wed.
nCSdav, a new group would be affect
cd. This progressive system. the union
men say, was adopted TO avoid par
lying traffic suddenly throughout the
cntire country and to give railroads Il
chance to stop the strikes spread Dy
meeting the union demands if they
wish,
specific Roads Not Named.
II was admitted that the strike
plans disclosed by the railroads con
ference committee in New York to
day were substantially correct, except
that the specific roads to be affected
day by day were not named accurate
ly While the brotherhood LEADERS
would not talk for publication about
their strike arrangements. they de-
clared all plans had been given unanl'
nous approval by the sectional meet
incs so far held and that similar actor
was certain to be taken by the meet.
ings in New York and 81. Paul to-
morrow.
"Wc will so before the railroads
representatives Thursday with our en-
tire membership united behind our
demands" said ". G.. lee, head OF
the trainmcn.
Calls for meetings Of local commit
tees the next three days in about fiji
flual Instructions for the strike. went
out today from brotherhood head
quarters III Cleveland.
After today's session here. the fol.
lowing statement, signed by w. S,
Stone, OF the engineers: W. G. Lee, OF
the trainmcn; W. $. Carter. of the fire.
men and cnginemen, and l.. f. Shep-
pard, acting president of the conduct
Ors, was given out.
Statement Given Out.
The proposition submitted at to
days meeting by the chief executives
was unanimously endorsed by the Va
rious general committees, thus author
izing the chief executives to again re-
new their attempt to effect a peaceful
settlement with the conference 'cnIn.
mitte"s at the meeting to be held in
New York Thursday, the fifteenth.
AN msiuuatOps to the effect thai
TRANSPORTATION employees are not loyal
citizens because of their attempt at
this time to secure from their empl"v"
ers the benefits contemplated by the
law. are absurd, and assurances of our
and intention TO support
our country should war be declared