The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-28
RAIL LEADERS
URGE men TO
ACCEPT OFFER
OF PRESIDENT
Small Increase in Wages Pro-
posed by Wilson Favored by
Council - Confer With
Gompers. ..
SUPPORT US. IN WEST
BULLETIN
(By Associated Press)

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BULLETIN
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s-Aeeept.
anee Of President Wilson's offer Of a
small wage increase, pending the out
come OF the governments effort to
reduce the cost Of living was advised
by the executive council Of the Rail-
way Shop Union in a letter sent today
to all union locals.
Omc1als of the union conferred today
with Samuel Gompers, president, and
other members of the executive COM
mlttee, of the American Federation of
Labor. The letter said II there was to
De strike every class of railway en-
ployes should be willing to join In the
movement,
If the federated shop trades strike
now" the letter said, they carry the
full burden of securing the same gen
eral increase for the IS per cent ~
the railroad employees who have not
yet decided what action they propose
to take. We do not believe that we
should allow ourselves to be placed in
that position. In our opinion the next
80 days will bring the entire situation
to head and if strike is to take
PidSO CEClS SIdoS ol IdllIUdu 0IHplOySS
should be willing to join in the move
ment, carry their full measure Of re-
sponsibility and leave the issue to be
decided by the % per cent Of the rail-
road employees represented by the
federated trades"
ULTiMATUM GIVEN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S-Saturday
morning has been set as the time limi:
by which all striking railroad employ
es on the Pacific coast must return to
work cor the brotherhoods will sup
port the federal administration in it's
endeavor to operate trains wherever
they have contract"
IMPROVEMENT HOPED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2s-Hopes
for early and radical improvement in
the strike situation which virtually
has paralyzed rail transportation In
southern and central California, were
expressed today.
All the strikers had before them or
ders from their interna tional officers
to return to work, as we'll as a state
ment from Walker D. Hines. director
general Of railroads, that this order
was final" and that the government
was taking steps" to operate the
roads if the strikers did not return to
their posts.
At Oakland and Sacramento. where
brief strikes Of yard employees had
paralyzed traffic, the men had rs.
turned to work and conditions were
assuming something Of a normal as
pect.
Embareoes Continued
Embargoes against passenger traf
fic from eastern points to California
continued in effect early today, how
ever, and from several points cana
word of the organization Of automo-
bile stage lines to carry passengers
to Los Angeles.
Resumption Of work at Oakland,
railroad administration officials de-
the usual trans-continental train ser
vice in and out of San Francisco and
to move trains southwark. Whether
the strikes at Bakersfield and Fresno
would prevent trains from proceeding
into southern California was undeter-
mined early in the day.
At San Francisco the postmaster
appealed to automobilists going to
points not reached by trains because
of the strike to carry consignments
Of mail with them. At many deserc
points in southern California and
western Arizona which depend on the
railroads to haul in their supplies OF
water, the situation was growing ser
ious. At many other points gasolene
supplies were growing short. Sale
of gasolene for any but essential uses
was prohibited and from Needles
to conserve available food supplies
Passenoers Marooned
Sharp anxiety was felt by those in
terested in the green fruit industry as
a result of the tie-up. Fresno bankers
declared many such persons would be
ruined if transporta ton facilities re-
mained unavailable to them for any
length of time.
Several hundred of the passengers
marooned at Barstow two days ago
by stoppage of rail transportation
were on their way to Los Angeles to-
day in automobiles.
Striking trainmen at Los Angeles
will be permitted to decide individ-
ually whether they will return to
work in compliance with the order
of w. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen. it became
known today after conference O.
Brotherhood representatives..
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2S - Unles.;
members of the four railroad brother.
hoods now on strike on the Pacific
coast return to work by Saturday
morning the brotherhoods will support
the federal administration in its ef-
fort to operate the federal controlled
railroads. it was announced here to-
day.
.LENINE ASKS PEACE
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