The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-03-16

Conferences of the railroad managers
and big Four" brotherhood chiefs yes
terday was without result. Only the in
tsrvention Of President Wilson can avert
the tieup Of the nations business ar
teries, beginning tomorrow night at 8
o'clock
II the strike Is effective within five
days New York city will be cut OF from
is food, fuel and milk supplies, despite
an appeal that was made yesterday on
behalf OF Mayor Mitchell to the brother
hoods. The same condition will con-
front every other city OF the United
States unless the road employees win In
shorter time than that.
After two sessions yesterday. one In
which the brotherhoods presented their
Interpretation of the operation Of the
Adamson act and asked for IT'S imme-
dlate adoption. and the second, In which
the national conference committee OF
the managers offered to have the entire
problem decided by President Wilson'S
broke up with n declaration of war by
the brotherhoods and the acceptance OF
tie challenge by the managers.
Tomorrow night. unless tho Presl-
dent can head 1t of. the strike will be-
gin with the freight trains on the New
York Central east and west lines, or
the Nickel Plate road, tho Baltimore and
Ohio the yards Of eighteen roads
II. Chicago, switching points In st. Louis
and other places Of railroad strategic
Importance.
Complete Tieup by Wednesday.
On Sunday. at the came hour, roads
cf the Northwestern group will be hit
Freight train operators, yard men and
hostlers will 20 out. Further strikei
will Ie called at twenty-four hour inter
vals until by Wednesday the whole Of
the freight service of the country II
At standstill. On Wednesday the
passenger train and engine men will
begin TO go out.
Passenger traffic will be pAralyxed
section by section. day by day. in the
same order Of precedence a. set by the
freight strike schedule, until on the
Monday following every train and every
mile OF railroad will be included in the
strike.
The Big Four" Is confident It car
produce such stagnation in the frst
Two days that II will force the road
managers TO beg for peace. The rail.
road chiefs. on the other hand, Zee
certain that the brotherhoods will b<
defeated by the condition they them
selves produce
Already the pinch OF the strike hai
begun to manifest itself. Freight en-
bargoes broader and more drastic ir
every way than those given out during
.hAr ..tA
drawn up in every freight once last
night. These shut of all save emsrgency
stipments and extreme limitations art
Put upon coal and foodstuffs.
Mayors Food Committee Dasy.
George w. Perkins. chairman Of IN,
mayors Food Committee. and JOSEPH
Hartigan. Commissioner OF WEIGHTS anC
Measures. are planning to meet a foot
condition far more serious in It's pro
portions than that which recently wal
\ .oiVed, One of the primary effects o
'he strike will be to stop the relie
measures they have 30 successfully un
oer,aken to cut down prices OF staples.
rood spectators. as was indicated II
many quarters last night, will beEii
Today to corner all the necessities. An
other factor that leaves the main burder
.aA on the poor was made clear in tn,
Iush of orders sent out by restaurant
ana other hotels for food they wish I,
SUCK up against the forthcon,inI
nrngency. Railroads next week, II tn,
s,rike goes into effect will give thil
city Its supply In carloads instead o.
Halnloads and the shortage will be suf
tered by those unable TO order In bul,
unable to pay tho extreme price,
mat will be asked.
me whole prosperity Of the oity vii
receive severe blow too. New Ysri
never before In It's history entertained
-" many visitors and consequently ther,
aaS been an upward trend In every
.nIn' mat contributed toward that en-
'eI'70ucnt
"'' light II was reported In all m
u "'f 'Dat an exodus from town hsA M
'oofirucd on strfA Pdps