Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-04-14
WILSON AND CABINET.
DISCUSS RAILROAD
STRIKE SITUATION
PRESIDENT, FOR FIRST TIME
SINCE ILLNESS, HOLDS SEES.
SION WITH HIS OFFICIAL FAM
iLY-REFUSE TO OiVULGE RE
SUITS or CONFERENCE.

Washington, April l4-Prcsident
| Wilson and his cabinet discussed the
railroad strike for more than an hoar
today and apparently reached some
conclusions but there was no lntima- !
ton as o its nature. Attorney Gen
eral Palmer said as he left the White
House:
at j., fair to conclude the strike
situation was discussed but ! am not
| prepared TO say what conclusions were
reached.
MI Palmer went direct from the
white house to his uiIice and summon
ed for a conference his assistants VINO
| have been keeping in clio % touch with |
| the strike situation. Other members |
! Of the cabinet would make no state /
! mentS Some int mated however tia' |
/ definite decision had been made one
way or another, as to government IN |
! tcryentiOn.
This was the first cabinet meeting |
/ called by The president since he was
taken III Ia Il fall and the first attend. |
ed by Secretaries Colby, Payne, Mere
/ dith and Alexander, who nave been ap. |
/ pointed recently.
| The president wearing a business |
| suit, greeted his official family as they |
were ushered into his study.
/ Cabinet members declared the presi-
dent had been in excellent humor and |
| had laughed and joked with them
Try 20 End Strike
New York. april ll-Otticials OF the !
Big Four" railroad brotherhoods re- !
newed their efforts today TO bring to |
an end the unauthorized railroad |
strikes in This city, while thousands OF |
volunteer railroaders poured IN offers |
of their services to break the traffic !
tieup.
Although initial peace overtures |
We're unanimously rejected by the |
strikers in Jersey CITY last night the |
bro herhoOd leaders expected To re
new their proposal thai the striker
return to work and submit. their griev
ances to the new railroad labor board |
They hoped that the action of Wash |
inston strikers in adopting a similar
proposal would influence the men. In
accepting the offer OF college students
former soldiers and citizens to operate
trains. railroad officials declared that
the attitude of the public would bring
the strike to speedy close
ut is evident that there is now a
thorough understanding that this is
an assault upon law and order and not
an ordinary railroad strike said ]. J !
Mantell, Spokesman for the roads
twenty-five trains on the l.ackawan.
ma and Eric systems were manned TO-
day by volunteer crews
Although the HtrikerS made gains
yesterday notably by interfering with !,
the commutcr service on the Long Is.
land railroad other roads held their
/ own. The freight situation however
remains chaotic except for the move
ment Of food and milk trains. The
clty'a supply Of coal was said to be
fifty per cent of normal Health of.
ticcr3 said the food and milk situation
was serious but not yet cri' ical.
Eases at Phiade lpha
Philadelphia, April IA Officials of
the Pennsylvania railroad early odav
reported an Improvement in the strike
situation in the Philadelphia district
Nineteen more passenger and express
goods trains were operated during the
last "a hours than were run the previ.
GUS day il was announced that the
company expected to move freight
today
The Reading railway reported pas
SenSer service practically normal |
Freight Interruptions was due, il was |
stated to the embargos of connecting
lines.
A ray of hope for a settlement of the |
strike in this state was seen in the |
agreement OF the Penn Sylvania rail !
road to a proposal made by the state |
bureau Of mediati ION and arbitration
to have lis general manager meet re-
representatives. of the strikers provid- |
ed they can speak for all the men
VINO are not working and that repre-
sentatVes of the unions also shall be
permitted TO be present Railroad Of
Meals. however. did no appear very !
optimistic over the prospects,
West Clearing Up.
Chicago, April l4-Improved freight |
traffic conditions We're reported to- |
day in the central west with insur- |
gent railroad men returning to work |
at several points but the Industrial |
situation in Ohio and Michigan reach. !
ed a crisis as a result of stoppage of
iuSi HuppIlt0 anu Ill t1lt lar west Il !
dozen pas senger trains wee reported |
st,lled in southern California
Both insur2ent leaders and officials |
of the loyal brotherhoods predicted |
the battle of the strikers had reached |
stage where it would be ''lngering |
affair but brotherhood heads de-
claied the insurgents gradually were !
losing strength
Railroads in the Chicago dstric, !
are concentrating every effort to
move freight and declared that fifty |
per cent OF the switch engines wern
operating, The roads announced that
further Influx of loyal brotherhood |
men from other cities had occurred |
and reported that railroad officials |
and newly employed men were aiding |
IN moving freight,
At New Orleans six inSurgent lead !
erS arrested last night in raid on
strikers meeting were being held !
on federal warrants charging intpr.