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EVENl-KG LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916.
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RAILROAD LINES HERE,
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WILL HUN MILK TRAINS
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A majority of thS older trainmen In the
employ ot tho Philadelphia nnd Reading
Itallway will not Join the trfg railroad
strike called for next Monday, nccordlnir
to a statement Issued today by B. II, UwltiK,
peneral manager of tho Reading. Mr.
EwlnR eald he expected that the Heading
would bo able to movo many trains, both
pnssengor and frelRht, next Monday, In
gplto of tho strlko order. ,
"I have received assurances," said Mr.
EVlng, "that a great many of the older
men will not strike. I speak especially of
employes who aro approaching pension
time. They arer going lo think twlco beforo
they throw away tho fruits of a llfctlmo
of faithful service. A fow of tho younger
men will go out.
"During tho last four or five years tho
brotherhood through arbitration ha-j been
getting alt that It has asked for In tho
way of wago lncrcnses. During that tlmo
thero have been no strikes. When tho
men voted for tho strike, most of them
had no Idea thero would ever bo a strike.
And now that thero has been a show-down
they aro not going to strike. Wo aro going
right ahead witn every preparation to tako
care of nil emergencies In enso of a strike,"
Mr. Ewlng mutlo tho foregoing statement
following a conferenco of officials of the
Heading In tho ofllco of John'I'. Audi, vlco
president and t radio manager of the road.
It was decided that tho first consideration,
In tho event of a strlko, should bo tho
matter of milk transportation from tho
many dairies In tho Heading system. Man
agers of dairies, who mako shipments via
the Philadelphia nnd Heading, will bo no
tified tomorrow that overy effort will be
mado to facllltato and safeguard tho move
ment of all milk trains.
Mayor Smith, In n conference, today with
tho pollco heads of thp Pennsylvania Rail
road, promised to co-operato In overy way
with tho railroad to sccuro protection of
llfo nnd property In tho event of n big
railroad strike next Monday. It was agreed
at tho conference. It Is Bald, that tho city
pollco should work with the railroad police
to preserve order.
Tho conferenco was attended by D. II.
Gumbcs, superintendent of tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad pollco; his assistant, J. M.
Jones; Director Wilson and Superintendent
Houinson.
Superintendent Robinson, the first to
leave tho conference, admitted that tho con
ferenco was called to discuss tho strlko sit
uation. Oumbc.i was tho next to appear.
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Stephen D. Thaw, cousin of Hnrry K. Thaw, at the right, nnd his wife,
in tho center, aro nmong tho astronomern attending the nineteenth
nnnual convention of tho American Astronomical Society at Swnrth
moro. Miss Annie J. Cannon, one of tho lending female astronomers,
is on the left.
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ENTITLED TO PROTECTION'.
"Wo discussed tho strlko situation," ho
ald, "and tho question of police co-operation.
Wo mado our preliminary plans for
such co-operation. These I cannot dlvulgo,
but I will say that they aro satisfactory to
Us. As a taxpayer, the railroad Is entitled
to expect asslstanco from tho city to pro
vent nttack on llfo nnd destruction of prop
erty, Tho Mnyor assured us of hla co
operation in tho matter,"
Director Wilson "was tho last to come
frpm tho conferenco.
"Did you discuss tho strlko situation?"
he was asked.
"I didn't say I did. did I?" he replied.
"Did you d scus3 tho subject of co-operation
with tho police authorities of tho Penn
sylvania Railroad?"
"Who nro tho pollco authorities of tho
Pennsylvania lallroad?"
When tho Director's mind was refreshed
as i to tho names of said pollco authorities
ho smiled and said:
"Is that so? All right. I have nothing
to say about tho strike."
ASKea ir Jltncy3 would bo allowed to
run from suburban points to tho center of
the city to meet tho needs of tho public In
case of strike, the Director said ho had
nooning 10 say on the BUbJect.
DETECTIVES SEEKING STRIKE
BREAKERS Detective agencies In Philadelphia, as In
other big labor centers, have been retained
to recruit all tho strikebreakers they can.
At tho William J. Burns ngency today
It was said virtually every agency in tha
city had been employed to recruit strike
breakers In preparation for tho expected
break next Monday morning.
The question of what success was being
attained was Ignored.
At employment agencies it was said
agents of the railroads had been investl-
CQtlnt? their rPSnlllVflq In man fn 41.A 1a...
trfo days.
A lew York man came into tho Fer
gerson agency, at 341 South Twelfth street,
today nnd wanted 1000 men to patrol tho
tracks between Philadelphia and New York,
but tha men were not available.
That la true generally. Labor Is In
tuch demand that men won't leave perma.
rent Jobs for tho temporary business of
ttrlkebreaklng. no matter how high the
compensation might be for tho latter Job.
The manaiTQr nf nnn pmnlnirmn.it h, ,...
tyho.haa no men to furnish, but who said
he Wouldn't flli-nlal, tl,m ir , ..i.i i ..
causa he never Interferes In labor dlsriutes.
tC i. """'" uo viriuauy impossiDlo tor
ma railroads to recruit any considerable
......ucr ui siriKeoreaiters. especially that
Kind of workers which the .railroad will
need fOF lt tnnro .. -I i
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JUst nnuy mimk m.ah , m... .
lr,i,; . v.,. uiuncy is using onerea
m- Jr? employment agencies were not told ;
3. m t. . D"""y "u to oeilevo the pay
Would be high. .
," New York it is reported that the
;?..? re ?tock'nB "P foodstuffs In great
ih& v. n ' wt"e uiauuity to get any aiier
we strike starts.
Kef th. y,7 "". i''. " nere. .Managers
S!. .1 lton ,in1 ot,ler DK hotels said to-
Kffi. "',i. "'s due prapai.
lui.i "'Wholesalers that everything will
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READINO HAS CONFERENCE
MorA HrOMlIn .. l-A, - ... ..
ithat wm ""."I"'"1'?" ol l.no rauroaas
ffdiHot,. JrDVO"1 B'"Kes ana otner con-KrVrtS3-2r.diw,,vanUBO
t0 tha Publl Wfls
8wJ.i.V--4 luuy y lormer congressman J,
liS?,ast?n Loeue. Hla views are of elg.
llTrT nc Mcausa of Mr. Logue's acquaint
nc with President Wilson and as a prom
inent Democrat he has been selected bv
tho Democratic campaign committee to tako
tho Btump for Mr. Wilson.
"Tho present railroad condition that con
fronts tho people of tho United States may
compel us to concludo that all wero not
dreamers who, considered that tho tlmo
would como when governmental control nnd
regulation would havo to bo exercised In
connection with public scrvlco corporations
engaged In interstate business," eald Mr.
Loguo.
"Tho necessity for legal nuthorlty to
control a situation such as tho present Is
apparent Railroad work Is public work,
nnd tho management of tho railroads, whllo
It may seem for private advantago, still Is
undertaking n public duty."
MUST PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
Mr. Loguo said that tho question is be
yond cither tho employes or tho managers
of tho railroads, that tho public must bo
looked after, and for this reason thero
should bo some power to mako It Impossible
that tho country should bo disorganized
through ra Iroad dilllcultlcs.
Mr. Loguo praised tho President and
said that Mr. Wilson could havo dono noth
ing elso than what ho had already dono
nnd thnt proper legislation was necessary
.to carry out tho suggestion tho President
had made.
"Investors In public franchises need not
worry," ho said. "Tho day of Government
ownership, I think, la far distant; but gov
ernmental regulation and control for tho
boncflt of all tho peoplo, for their conven
ience and their necessities, Is near at hand
to prevent repetition of conditions such as
now coifront us."
'An appeal was mado yesterday to em
ployes of tho Reading Railway, over tho
signature of President Agnew T. Dice. It
says In part:
"To all employes In train scrvlco: Wo
are facing a crisis which has no parallel
In tho history of American railroads.
"I earnestly urgo that every man con
sider carefully the vital Issues that aro In
volved In this controversy and dccldo for
himself, as a matter of conscience, what la
right for him to do.
"AONEW T. DICE.
"President."
T, TYPHOON. OFF CHINA
Many Lives Lost in Fierce Storm in
Chinese Sea
One of the worst storms In tho history of
tho Chlncso Sea Is described In gripping do
tal! by Louis Tracy In his great story, "Tho
Wings of tho Morning," which begins In the
Evenino Ledoeu Saturday. Tho romance
combines all tho best features of a Cap
tain Kldd adventure, "Robinson Crusoe,
a Jules "Verne tale and Is woven Into a
homogeneous wholo by tho love story which
grows naturally out of tho shipwreck scene
with which the novel begins.
The first Installment will appear in Sat
urday's Evenino Ledger.
LADY MOON'S SECRETS
FOR 200 YEARS SHOWN
Astronomers Get Notable Work
by Yale Professor Ad
journ Tomorrow
Tho 65 scientists who hnvo como to
Swarthmoro from all over tho United States
and from Japan nnd Holland aro to end
their convention tomorrow night, when tho
Unlorslty of Pennsylvania will entertain
them nt dinner In Houston Hall.
Visitors to tho convention of tho Amer
ican Astronomical Society, which In meet
ing In tho Sproul laboratory at Swarthmoro
College, havo been surprised to find the
papers so lucid nnd cnBlly understandable
Instead of nbstruso nnd decidedly technical
that they havo stayed to listen in amaze
mont at somo things they never oven
dreamed of.
They found particular Interest in Bomo
new lunar tables which havo Just been
compiled, not because they could uso them
themselves, but because tho C5 experts
thero assembled learned from Prof, Ernest
W. Drown, of Yalo University, that these
tables would servo astronomers for the next
200 yenrs.
Tho volumo represents seven years work
by Professor Brown and a scoro of as
sistants and probably will taKO two years
moro to complete It is like a steamship
tours company's ticket, "every detail
mapped out In advance." Tho moon's
Itinerary la ready.
PRISONER ATTACKS CAPTOR
Alleged Deserter Recaptured After
Knocking Down Detectivo and '
Attempt to Flee
Tho thought of walking through tho
streets of West Philadelphia handcuffed
was sufficient provocation for an nllcged
deserter from tho navy to knock uncon
scious the private detective who was with
him, throw part of tho Brill car works In
an uproar, scare many housewives In the
section of tho plant and give a crowd of
2000 an exciting chaso beforo ho was cap
tured again.
Tho former seaman, Horaco Goodfellow,
23 years old, of 6340 Theodore street, had
left work and was walking with tho de
tective quietly until tho handcuffs were
brought out.
District Detective Woodruff nnd Patrol
man Glllmore, of the Sixty-fifth street and
Woodland avenue station, were gaining on
tho man when ho suddenly Jumped through
a cellar window at Sixty-third and Reed
land Btreets, taking tho Bash with him. He
was found In tho cellar, crouching under
a meter, and turned over to tho Govern
ment authorities.
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EDWARD PAYS0N KINGSBURY
DIES IN MAINE AT 82
Du Pont Director and Prominent Mason
Succumbs at Summer Home
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 31. Edward
Payson Kingsbury, of this cty, auditor and
director of tho E. I. du Pont de Nomours
Powder Company nnd well known in Ma
sonic circles throughout the State and
country, died at his summer home at Ser
geantvllle, Me., last night. Tho body la
to be brought hero for burial.
Mr. Kingsbury wns 82 years old. He
was the first business manager of tho
Scranton Tribune, later merged with the
Republican. Ho 'became ft Mason In 1867
and slnco 1863 served continuously as
treasurer of Union Lodgo here.
He was treasurer of Coeur d'Ateno Com
mandery for 3 years.
Mr, Kingsbury was active In Republican
politics. Ho cast his first vote for Fre
mont in the presidential campaign In 1866,
Mrs. Richard Syorrcs, of Orange, N. J
nnd Dr. William Payson Kn&ikm$r, of
Droohlyn, f. T are anions his surviving
children. H
Mrs. McAdoo'a Condition Satlsfftcte-'
SPUING LAKE, N. J Aug, 31, Th
condition of Mrs. William O. McAdoo, who
Is 111 with typhoid fever, continues to be
satisfactory to her physician.
FOR THE INFORMATION
OF THE PUBLIC:
- The Railroads9 statement of their posi
tion on the threatened strike, as presented
to the President of the United States
A strike on all the railroads of the country has been called by the Train
Brotherhoods for 7 o'clock Monday morning, September 4.
This strike was ordered from Washington while the President of the
United States was making every effort to avert the disaster.
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The Final Railroad Proposal.
The final proposal made by the railroads for a peaceful settlement of the" con
tfoversy, but which was rejected by the brotherhoods, was as follows : -
(a) The railroads will, effective September i, 1916,
keep the time of all men represented in this movement,
upon an 8 hour basis and by separate account, monthly,
with each man, maintain a record of the difference
between the money actually earned by him on the
present basis and the amount that would have been
earned upon an 8 hour basis jovertime on each basis
to be computed pro rata.
The amounts so shown will be subject to the
decision of the Commission, provided for in Paragraph
(c) of this memorandum and payable in money, as
may be directed by said Commission in its findings and
decision. '
(b) The Interstate Commerce Commission to
supervise the keeping of these accounts and report the
increased cost of the 8 hour basis, after such period of
actual experience as their judgment approves or tho
President may fix, not, however, less than "three
months.
(c) In view of the far-reaching consequences of the
declaration made by the President, accepting the
8 hour day, not only upon the railroads and the classes
of labor involved directly in this controversy, but to
the public and upon all indusry, it seems plain that
before the existing conditions are changed, the whole
subject in so far as it affects trie railroads and their
employees, should be investigated and determined by
a Commission to be appointed by the President, of
such standing as to compel attention and respect to
its findings. The judgment of such a Commission
would be a helpful basis for adjustments with labor
and such legislation as intelligent public opinion, so
informed, might demand.
Statement of Executives to the President
In submitting this proposal to the President, the fifty railroad executives called to
Washington and representing all the great arteries of traffic, made this statement to
him of their convictions:
The demands in this controversy have not been
presented, in our, judgment, for the purpose of fixing a
definite daily period of labor, nor a reduction in the
existing houre of laSor or change in methods of opera
tion, but for the real purpose of accomplishing an
increase in wagea of approximately One Hundred
Million Dollars per annum, or 35 per cent, for the men
in railroad freight train and yard service represented
by the labor organizations in this matter.
After careful examination of the facts and patient
and continuous consultation with the Conference
Committee of Managers, and among ourselves, we
have reached a clear understanding of the magnitude
of the questions, and of the serious consequences to
the railroads and to the public, involved in the decision
of them.
Trustees for the Public
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As trustees for the public served by our lines and
for the great mass of the less powerful employees (not
less than 80 per cent, of the whole number) interested
in the railroad wage fund as trustees also for the
millions of people that have invested their savings and
capital in the bonds and stock of these properties,
and who through the saving banks, trust companies
and insurance companies, are vitally interested to the
extent of millions of dollars, in the integrity and
solvency of the railroads of the country, vre cannot in
. conscience surrender without a hearing, the principle
involved, nor undertake to transfer the enormous cost
that will result to the transportation of the commerce
of the country.
The eight-hour day without punitive overtime
involves an annual increase, approximately, in the
aggregate of Sixty Millions of Dollars, and an increase
of more than 20 per cent, in the pay of the men,
already the most highly paid in the transportation
service.
The ultimate cost to the railroads of an admission
in this manner of the principle under contention
cannot now be estimated; the effect upon the effi
ciency of the transportation of the country now
already under severe test under the tide of business
now moving, and at a time when more, instead of less,
effort is required for the public welfare, would ba
harmful beyond ..calculation.
The widespread effect upon the industries of the
country as a whole is beyond measure or appraise
ment at this time, and we agree with the insistent and
widespread public concern over the gravity of the
situation and the consequences of a surrender by the
railroads in this emergency.
In like manner we are deeply impressed with the
sense of our responsibility to maintain and keep open
the arteries of transportation, which carry the life
blood of the commerce of the country, and of 'the
consequences that will flow from even temporary
interruption of service over the railroads, but the
issues presented have been raised above and beyond
the social and monetary questions involved, and
the responsibility for the consequences that may
arise will rest upon those that provoke it.
Public Investigation Urged
The questions involved are in our respectful judg
ment, eminently suitable for the calm investigation
t and decision by the public through the agency of fair
arbitration, and cannot be disposed of, to the public
satisfaction, in any other manner.
The decision of a Commission or Board of Arbi
tration, having the public confidence, will be accepted
by the public, and the social and financial rearrange
ments made necessary thereby will be undertaken by
the public, but in no less deliberate nor orderly
manner.
Thp railroads of the country cannot under present
conditions assume this enormous increase in their
expenses. If imposed upon them, it would Involve
many in early financial embarrassment and bank
ruptcy and imperil the power of all to maintain
their credit and the integrity of their securities.
The immediate increase in cost, followed by pther
increases that would be inevitable, would substan
tially appropriate the present purchasing power of
the railroads and disable them from expanding and
improving their facilities and equipment, to keep
abreast of the demands of the country for efficient
transportation service.
. In good faith we have worked continuously and earnestly in a sincere effort to
solve the problem in justice to all the parties at interest. These efforts were still
in progress when the issuance of the strike order showed them to be unavailing!
Problem Threatens Democracy Itself
The strike, if it comes, will be forced upon the country by the best paid
class of laborers in the world, at a time when the country has the greatest heed
for transportation efficiency.
The problem presented is not that alone of the railroad or business world,
but involving democracy itself, and sharply presents the question whether any
group of citizens should be allowed to possess the power to imperil the lif
of the country by conspiring to block the arteries of commerce.
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HALE HOLDBN,
Chicago, Burllaftoa ft Qulnoy Rtilrotd.
W. W. ATTBRBURY,
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PAJRPAX HARRISON,
8oaitrn Rtlltriir.
R. S. LOVBTT,
Union Piclfio Sytteia
B. P. RIPLEY.
Atchiton, Tnka ft Sat Ye Sfitcc
A. H. SMITH,
Nw York Ceutr! Lti,
FRANK TRUMBULL.
Chiapk ft Ohio Rtllwiy.
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