The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-08-30
GROUP
SITTING TIGHT
Confidently Expect President
Will Intervene in Behalf
of Workers.
TEN DAYS DRAWS TO END,
Possibilities in Strike Situal
tion Uppermost Topic. u
California Normal. 4

| w uNllllp JOiJ mug. oO' tfA
p P.)-President Samuel Cons
pers and other members of the
executive committee of the
American Federation of Labor
continued their conferences to-
day for" discussion of the gen.
eral labor situation. They ex-
pected to conclude their work
before night, and Secretary
Frank Morrison said a state-
ment might be made after the
sessions had closed.
Wants Men Given Hearing.
Washington, Aug. 30,-G. N. So
The eyes of the steel world were
| turned toward President Wilson to-
day. The possibility Of the presiS
threatened tie-up of the industry was
| the one topic of discussion among
labor leaders gathered in the ma
! tional capital, but the president had
! before him the request of Samuel
| Gompers, president of the American
| Federation of Labor, and Of the COM
mittee representing the steel work.
ers, that he urge Judge f. H. Gary,
chairman of the board of directors
of the United States Steel corpor-
alton, to give the mon a hearing. But
up to the present time there has been
no intimation of what his action
would be.
Tonight will mark the end Of the
ten days given the steel committee
to get the demands of the men before
Judge Gary. In it's reply to the re-
fusal of the steel corporation head
to receive the demands of the men,
the committee stated positively that
the strike vote would be put into eff
feet unless Judge Gary reconsidered
his position before tonight. In the
meanwhile the committee was sit
! ting tight, with some Of the members
confidently expecting that the
White House would intervene in
their behalf.
The executive council of the Amer-
lean Federation of Labor continued
its sessions today, and at adjourn-
ment it was planned to issue states
ment covering the activities Of the
past three days.
Advices from the Pacific coast re-
ceived during the night indicated that
the strikers all will have been re-
turned today and that 1t would be
unnecessary for the administration
to take over the direct operation of
the lines. However, in the event the
situation warranted drastic action,
Director Hines was fully prepared to
take it. officials of the administra-
ton stated.
California Back to Normal.
Los Angeles, Cal, Aug 30.-(A. P)
Conditions nearer normal than for
ten days. so far as railroad transport
tation was concerned, greeted southern
California residents today. With the
engineers conductors. fremen and a
majority of the yardmen and brake
men pledged to return to work, after
their strike in sympathy with striking
employees Of the Panama Canal Elec-
trio lines, railroad officials arranged to
move trains on virtually normal sched-
ules. ~
The men agreed to return at meet
ings held last night, the engineers, con-
ductOrs and fremen agreeing first to
follow any action taken by the Broth
erhOOd Of Railway Trainmen, which in
cluded the yardmen and brakemen, and
the latter group in a stormy session
later voted 70 resume work this morn
ing.
a portion Of those attending the
meeting voted not 10 return to work and
held further meeting. y. +. Whit
ney. international vice president OF
th" BfotherhoQd OF Railway Iralnmen,
VINO addressed the meeting, declared.
r,iii,.,, to ,,t,rn IyoniJ he "nerIigihie" "
The vote Of the meeting operated to
c1ll hacl, to work members Of the big
four" railway hrotherhoods on strike at
san BeruardiuO and Bakersfield, who
had agreed TO follow whatever action
the men took here. Striking railroad
employees Ht Fresno ana san francesca
returned to work Yesterday. Admit
'a'y 'h' SlII",Ioh az barsloW was Sc
tous. mon there az last reports having
!eIuStu 10 "oSy the oiuels OIL tne IN
''I "a t"N'i u'il1''9 !" GOI H. ;u.uo4,,
,,to U'' o,.i,, trains
,I,,, V'ti.',' ~, 80 ns
S,r 49, as .biio,Iord,,o " NJ wers
i,,6,.i,,,- v.as, Ia tbie morning and The
geuer,i fcrlfng Of railroad men here
Waa +hat any mon Who remained out
would be too few in number to affect
'ohuluoh5 mateHalIy'
Strike Affects Every Home.
Peoria. Ill. Aug. SO.-After bringing
street car service TO a complete stand
sin and reaching everv home of the
aitv through rhe walkout of ice hand
lnr, a,d I'aL,.ys leaders of Tho General
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