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thousands jiivc up the attempt and re
mained home,
Soones of wild dlxnrder followed the
throwing open of the galM nt the 1'enn-j-lvanl".
Mntlon (hit morning heu a
five-ear train, which usually hns ten
roachca, sm mnilo rend) to pull out for
Philadelphia. More than .1000 men and
women atormed the platform, Kwceplns
snte tender and gunrdi out of the way.
.About 1000 persona crowded Into the
train.
A notiec posted at the Pennsylvania
fetation nnnonneed tlili mornins thnt
"Bevcral trains" scheduled to irrivo thia
morning would not Ret here "for varlouv
rwiaons." These truliu include the
metropolitan express, duo nt 10:30. and
the New York pros, due at 7 :35.
The train crow of the Pennsylvania's
"Boston express, due from Hoslon at
Cilo'a. m.. ahandoned it here. Pas
senRers for Philnilclpliiii were trans
ferred to a local
.lei-key City Major Aids StslUe
The situation at most of the railway i Paul Ilellronils. in a numoer oi im
terminnln In New Jersey is still chaotic. ' portant rail center railroad emplojes
with onl n few freight trulns tnoilni;. have voteI not to strike. Large sections
Kielght trnffio over nil lines entering 'of the country still were virtually tin
Manhattan is irregular I affected by the walkout, notably New
Mayor Frank Hague, of .!erwv City, i England, the Southeastern, the North
ho announced yrsterdnv thnt lie clinm- western and Mountain states,
pinned the caiue of f.e striken called Hcturn of switchmen to w.iK in the
a conference of strike lendeis tailay. at Columbus yards in any considerable
which demnnds will be formulatml. Ilnil- I numbpr ,n,i not materialize today. Of
load officials a readvlune ncj.niinccd , ,. omptojed on the first track
hey will not deal with the strikers. ( cnnBV viml a ynrd snot more than
SSa .,tszfixr -
pared to face the serious situation I I'nless demands for wase increases
caused bi freight ond express emhargocMl are met by ."in. m. tomorrow. 10(H)
on virtually nil lines. Health Commit- switchmen at New Orleans will go on
kioner Copelnnd ha cnled n pnile. this strike, officials of the Yardmen h Asso
nfternoon of food dcnlers to discuss the 'elation announced today. , ... .
Hituation and prepare for n possible fooii i The strike of switchmen in the V asli
shortage ington. O. C. yards, which begau yes-
Although threatened trolley strikes in I terday. is being felt today. Home trains
New .lorsev and Rtntrti Island failed to I arriving from the South could not be
develop. pnscnger service, both in .handled nt the Union Station and pas
Jersey nnd on Lonj Island, was further I sengers were put off after the trains
demoralized. Acres the Hudson many I crossed the Potomac into Hip cit
automobile owners converted their ma
fhincs into nonpn.uiicnt iitneys to bring ivniroTPV JJ Ann J-IIT
workers to ferry sllns. but only n small llUUol l I HAliU HI J
proportion of the lomuiuting hots i
crossed the river.
Klcrtrlcs Further Hampered
Additional crews of the electric loco
motives which handle Pennsyhanin and
Daltimore and Ohio passenger trains
between the Manhattan transfer sta
tions in Jersey City nnd New York
struck this morning, further hamper
ing service. Fifty of these crews walked
out last night
Several crews of incoming Long
Island trains went out. but with n cut
schedule. Even loyal trainmen, how
rer, arc refusiug to handle trains which
have been abandoned b other crews,
causing difficult . This necessitated
cancellation of the Far Uockaway train
ihis morning.
There was a noticeable reduction in
th size of early afternoon newspapers
here.
The N'ew York Central nunnunced it
was earning out its full schedule. The
Erie and I.nekawnnnn were completely
tied up on its commuters' service.
At Elizabeth, N. J., strikers ap
pointed n committee to try to get all
Pennsylvania train crews to quit, but
were unsuccessful, strikers ndmittcd to
day. J. J Mnntell, representing the rail
road managers' orgnni.etion. mi id to
day he had not been able to lcurn'how
.selves duiW the walkout. 1
"I don't know whether they have ac
.-ess to the brotherhood funds." he said. !
'Information has been civen me thnt
the strikers nt Syracuse have n fund
of 5400,000."
Chicaro. Anril 12 B A P i
"Developments west of Pittsburgh In the Ind.. were crippled seriously. Nine J -
strike of switchmen todav were regnrded thoiisnnd men were idle rft the American The Pennslvnnla Railroad is hard
hy railrond brotherhood officials ns .heet and tin plnte plant at (Jury, III. 0l hit of the' lines running Into Pliila
pointlng toward n gradual dissolution I . delphia by the "outlaw" strike of tho
""loinsurgci t lorc-s. out in tne i.hst.
"wi'- "' numuui u joiue.i in s-v mnu nisiru'v. wnrre fcisiu w'ere reporteil
eral districts by trainmen, the situation en strike. Must mills nnd steel mills lire
assumed a more serious aspect. lnlng olT men Eleven hundred men
In the Ontrni nnd far et numerous) WPre thrown out of work In New burgh,
leports of defections from the strikers' j The normal movement of freight in
ranks followed the report of the first Cleveland was cut to one fifth todav.
important break a( Columbus. O . wheiel All terminals, with the exception or the
000 switchmen voted to return to work i Collin wood twit-chins vartls. where r,00
Strikers Present Terms
At Chicago, admitted kestono of the
walkout, r.iilrnad officials were preent
ed "terms for settlement of the strike,"
which included recognition uf the new
union formed br dissenters from the
Rrotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the Switchmen's Union of North Amer
ica. In the settlement offer, pioferred by
John Uruuati. president of the Chicago
innnnens Association, who cnlleil the
strike, st least oW radical concession
was made- abrogation of the claims fori
back paj demanded bj the older or- i
ganizations in their contracts with the
Kovernment. Thnt pnsMv would mean
a saving o hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the rnilronds, it wns said.
Other clauses in the proposed settle
ment agreement demanded granting of
ine original wage increase called for in
tb
strike nnununcemrut, to be effective
upon the return of the men to work ;
eight-hour basic dnv nnd time nnd one-
nan mr (ivemme, .-iiimiays nnu noltdays
nnd double time for overtime on Suu
days nnd holidays
Definite Breaks in Strike
In addition to the gradual improve
went claimed bv rniliond heads in the
Chicago district, which the brother
hood officials shM piesagej n return to
normal throughout the country, the or
ganization lenders pointed to the otes
nt Columbus. Port Wnvne. Ind ; Akron.
O.. and Snsinaw. Mich, as marking
definite brenks In the strike
At Akron striking switchmen or the
Erie. Baltimore ami Ohio aud Akron.
Canton nnd Youngstown Itnilronds voted
nt n mass-meeting to return to work
250 of the .100 stnkei- at Fort Wayne
voted to return to the vnrds this morn
inf nnd the remaining workers, em
Vojm of tho New York Central, will
meet tn(n to de. ule their lourse
At Saginaw 100 Per" Marquette
switchmen decidid to return to work i-
ilay and volnnteeied to go to Detioit,
Toledo. I.udiiigton and Flint to aid in
lestoring normal senne
In the far West and various other
cities in the Middle West local uElnns
Toted no' to join the strike
Voted noi to join the stiike Seat
tle, Tncomii. Eierrtt nnd Auburn,
Wash , nnd Cincinnati, Little Rock,
Ark ; Memphis. 'I'enn. and St Joseph,
Mo., HwiU-hiueii ngistering that inten
tion. Yardmen nt Duliitli. Minn . and Su
perior, Wis., decided to continue nt
ork and await deciopmrnts
Conditions lmproed at St. Iiuls
Officials of the Terminal Rullroad
Association at St Ioms said conditions
wero Improved The company's engi
neers voted to remain "loyal."
The first vote on n sympathetic strike
In Canada was nczntUc. the Winnipeg.
Man., branch of the International
Swjtchmen's Union deciding not to
hanrtion any sympathetic walkout
Thirty switching crews In the Erie
3 arils at Kent, O . oted to resume
work today.
In requesting negotiations looking
toward ending the strike President
Oruniii. of the local switchmen's new
association, said contracts the railroads
have with the lirotnerhooa or Hallway
Trainmen nnd the Switchmen's Union
of North America do not apply to incra
hert of his union
'TheT do not affect tho membership
rf the Chicago Yardmen's Association,"
(Jrunau said, "as our members who
.svere members of the other organlza
tloiis have, In nearly nil rases, their
Resignations on file
t 'Therefore, no contract signed in the
at his any bearing on the present
;-v4alWoUt.
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What P. R. R. Trainmen
Demand From Company
Increase in pny for conductor in
terminal divisions from sixty-six and
one-half cents an hour to $1.10.
IneveHse for brakemen from sixty
two and one-hnlf ecntn to ninety
five cents.
Increase for switehtenders from
fifty cents to ninety-five cents.
Time-and-a-half pay for Sundays
and holidays.
ndrtd. it would he stipulated that the
Rrants applied only to C Y A. meu
and not the older organizations.
In (.'hlrago frelsht embargoes have
been lifted by the New Yoik Central
aud the Chlcaso. Milwaukee and St.
rtr n Jir r- A r rni T? TTni""''3 "l l"vic nunpori nuu irivair
BY RAILKUAU J Zi-U" endowment and refusing state aid after
. a certain period.
) "Finally, there is the possibility of
Clilr.tco. April J J. iy a '' -
tn thn rhlraso district and at neighbor
ing stel centers thousands of men were
idle toda because of the strike. At the
Chicago stockyards promise of a mini
mum delivery of 18fl carloads today
brought n more optimistic outlook, al
though hundreds of men still would re
main Idle (
Pittsburgh. Anril 11 my A. P.)
The railroad freight tie-up in the Pitts
burgh district was almost complete this
morning. Passenger traffic nlso is seri
ously affected.
ninst f"r..amL!!::Ls?l,'i0nJ: "!
the steel industry are more and more
feeling the influence of the strike be
cause of the innblllty of the railroads to
move raw materials. More than 100.
000 men. It is e'timnted. are nlready
out of woik ,
Toledo. ().. April 12. (Bv A. P.)
To avert a general industrial shutdown
aud suspension of street enr service here
during the railroad strike. Mayor
Schrelber today ordeied the confiscation
of coal on the Pennsylvania tracks nnd
l,,,r"
its diversion to the Toledo Hallways and
. F,no,., l,rif"" "" 'M,J,lLns "itW 'lllh
pvels here as a result of the strike. De-
F" ls 'i""1 '!rn.v"-v. Rtt "? nlready
low siipplifs. both h. inlerurbnn lines
nnd lake vessels
itcci mills nr ouiigstnwn. l.. were
idle today because of "a coal shortace. I
and steel mills nnd coke ovens nt f!nrr. '
v leyeianu. .prn rj. --in the cicve-
enrt of freight were hnndleil, were re
ported tied up.
Knntas Clt. Mo.. Apnl 12 Large
packing plants in Kansas Citv are pre
paring to lay off the emnloxes of their
packing departments and killing rooms
indefinitely, commencing tomorrow. Sev.
ernl thousand emloyes will he idle until
the packing bouses can obtain stock,
now prevented by the strike
STRIKERS HOLD UP
TRAIN IN CATSKILLS
New orli. April 12 The torv of
being "strike. hound" in the foothills of
the f'ntskills on the Chicago express,
abandoned bv its crew nt Port Jervis.
V Y . was told hr nnnsenp.,r ah n
rival here thi morning, ten hour late
A fireman sent out from Jersey City on
an outbound train nided the engineer In
nnnny nringing in the stalled train.
"A mob of railroad men" met the ei.
press when It renthed Port Jervis. ac
cording to Mrs. E. 0. Starch, of Lyn
brool., and Mrs. A. B. Cobb, of Corn
ing. N. Y. They swarmed nbout the
engine nnd dragged the fireman to the
ground, thev said.
The conductor and the rest of the
crew endeavored to persuade the strikers
to let the fireman resume his post and
allow the train to proceed to Jersey
City. This was refused and Mrs.
Starch said .the strikers shouted that
the onlv way the firemen could go to
Jersey Citv on the train would be "in
n wooden box."
The passengers, nfter n considerable
time, searched for lodgings Some of
them managed to hire rooms for a few
hours at $f each Fond was procured,
nnd the station ngent agreed to an
nounce "an hour before hand when the
I train would start "
I At 1 1 :H0 n m. this word came nnd
the passengers "tumbled on bonrd like
gleeful school children, scrambling over
the tracks in the dark " But it was
after 3 o'clock this morning before the
new fireman arrived, nnd considerably
Inter when the train finally pulled out
for Jersey city again.
The Chicago express carried passen
gers coming from as far west as the
Pacific coast.
Shore Man Reported Mlsalng
Atlantic City. April 12. Sending
word to his wife that he was going to
throw hlmseir into tne sen. utiarles IC
body, although the police authorities
are noc convinced that the man ended
his life.
Sicarthmorc First College
to Aid in Strike Crisis
Twenty -five Swarthmore students
reported nt Broad Street Station this
afternoon to aid the Pennsylvania
Railroad in the .strike crisis.
They were studentH of the electri
cal engineering department under the
direction of Prof. Louis Fusscll. It
is understood they will be assigned
to shop work to fill the places mnde
vacant bv strikers.
The railroad has asked the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania to permit
indents to take tho places of "out
law" strikers.
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T.';' ' "i a .!, nu ; ,i.i"i.- "rood Mtrect station at an early hou
' i 'VVmi ,. i , o . i.nrni,inW , it' todl' hat Passengers on ono tra n, ar
atid Philadelphia nre searching for him. ri..i' rnm Wllininutnn nnH Plw.ttr
Coast guards arc on the lookout for his ? VTJV.u. d.uFfc".ir'
EVENING PUBL10
TRUSTEES TAKE UP
Dr. Finogan's Suggostion to
Combine Universities Is
Under Consideration
PROPOSITION IS FEASIBLE
The proposal to fuse the University of
Pennsylvania, the University of Pitts
burgh and the State College Into one
great state university is being consid
ered by n trustees' committee of the
Univerit of Pennsylvania.
"It is the most definite and authori
tative plan that has come before us,"
said Otorge Wharton Pepper today, re
ferring to the proposal made Saturday
by Dr. Thomas E. rioegan. state su
perintendent of public instruction.
Mr. Pepper is chairman of the trus
tees' committee on University policy.
"The plan is perfectly feasible." con
tinued Mr. Pepper, "If the various gov
erning bodies would agree to it."
Holding Conferences
The committee on University policy,
Mr. Pepper stated, has been holding
extensive conferences for the lost two
months with n view to "testing the
judgment of nil sorts of minds" on the
University's future policy. No policy
has been formulated jet, hut It is hoped
to have a report ready this spring.
"Doctor Kincgan's is one of several
propositions being considered." Mr.
Pepper stated. "There is nlways the
possibility of letting things go as they
are. Then there is always the nossi-
billty of organising exclusively on a
basis of private support and private
some such plan as Doctor I-Incgan con
templates, and which would consider
a degree of central control co-cxtensive
with the amount of state aid received."
Urges Doctor SmlUi to Stay
Doctor Finegan, before outlining his
plan at the closing session of the school
men's week convention, turned to Pro
vost Smith and urged him to remain at
the University. Doctor Smith has pio-i-cnted
his resignation.
Mr. Pepper was nsked today if he
believed the state superintendent's re
quest would influence Doctor Smith to
ire"Ancommittee of the
trustees." he
said, "was appointed to wait on Doctor
Smith and urge him to reconsider his
resignation. What Doctor Finegan said
dimply was emphasizing that request
and indicates that the views of all are
in nccord with the mutter. But I hnvc
no reason to think that Doctor Smith
will chnngc his mind."
Yards Cluttered With
Freight as Men Quit
Continued from Vt One
traffic is being maintained, he said, on
the regular schedule.
P. R. ?., HARDEST HIT,
CURTAILS SCHEDULE
HW tchmen. yardmen nnd train crews,
but it has managed to maintain its lo
cal schedules.
Service from the west is crippled nnd
the New York division is badly disor
ganized, although trains continued to
get through on n curtailed schedule.
Freight trains are handled on the P.
It R. by volunteer crews largely. All
perishable freight arriving at the Penn
sylvania terminnls in tills city is un
loaded quickly to prevent loss.
Half of Force Has Quit
Locally, the strike is felt most by
the Penusjlvania Railroad nt its West
Philadelphia yards. It was reported
at Broad Street Station that U23 out
of a total of 447 men employed at the
West Philadelphia roundhouse had fail
ed to report today. All yard conduc
tors nnd trainmen nt the Washington
aenue jurds nre reported on strike.
Passengers are not being greatly in
convenienced. The road announces all
PENN MERER PLAN
suburbnn schedules are being maintained ehantst have made arrangements to pb
on nil divisions. Only the New York tain foodstuffs from Maryland, Dela
dlvlsiou is badly crippled in its pas-1 ware and New Jersey by water instead
senger service It was necessary to i of rail.
annul many trnlns nnd to provide Un A portion of the Atlnntltc inlnnd
emcrgcnc) schedule. An effort is being waterways system will be used In tho
lniwlH to send a train nut of Brond Street transportation of these goods. Some
Station for New York every two hours.
A "strike bureau" was Mablislied at
Brond Street Station thi
orning to
make
: cars were 'run in oil Track 101
and a force of clerks established in them
seneer
to interview trainmen. Every local
crew that came into Brond street re
ported to the bureau.
In most instnnces some of the crew
were missing, the absentees having gone
out All names and other data were
taken down at the "6trike bureau" and
short crews filled as rapidly as possible.
Strike at Gray's Ferry
The switchmen and yardmen at
CJrays Ferry went on strike at 7 o'clock.
There, as in other yards of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, freight moved onl
by the efforts of volunteer crews as
sisting the men who remained at work.
The first train for New York was
started from Broad Street Station at
8 o'clock. It had been necessary to
ennui the 8:38 nnd 8:51 trains, as well
as the 7 o'clock train. Earlier tiains
likewise were first merged and then can
celed One train, specially made up for the
emergency and sent out of Broad street
at .1:05 o'clock, went only as far as
North Philadelphia. Then it was found
that the crew did not comply with Inter
state commerce regulations, and the
train was withdrawn.
The only passenger coach on this
train, a sleeper, was later attached to a
Washington-New York train nnd went
through to its destination.
Congestion of freight nnd passenger
trains caused inconvenience in the early
nnitrs. do great was tne congestion in
r
ning of the long shed and walk in
Freight congestion on the Pennsylva
nia, as well as other roads, offered more
serious problems than passenger delays.
There were many incidents which indi
cated the extent of inconvenience to
which peoplo will be put if tbo strike
iloes not end soon At the West Phila
delphia yard, the scenery of a minstrel
troupe latel uppcaring at a West Phil
ndelphln theatre, and due to open In
Newark tonight, was held up in a stalled
freight car
READING KEEPS NEAR
TO TRAIN SCHEDULE
Emergency men were pressed into
service to fill the places of strikers on
the Beading lines todny and all local
bcbcdulrs were adhered to during tho
mornintr
Freight trains ha morn difficulty
than passenger trnlns on the Reading
Street Station thiA morning toithroii
ii r flrnirppnPT rrru'H. wWrn1 nno. 1 CflDQl
naii in ki . wi iiit.il iiuim ul. tin urkilll
LKDMll-teiliijDELPHiA, kfofrAY,
REFUSED BAIL;
mm iBfl mi IWM:M wliffeil
Ai rested in Washington on Friday, charged with picketing at the British
embassy, In the Interest of the Irish Republic, these two women, shown
tn rcll No, 110 of the District of Columbia jail, refused bail, which was
set at 31000. Friends later indured the young ladles to change their
minds. Miss Mar' Oalvln, of Philadelphia, is at the left and Miss
Maura Qiilnn, Jamaica Plain, Mass., nt the right. Miss Galvln doesn't
seem to mind her temporary quarters
as well as other lines The Reading in
this respect is especially important to
Philadelphia, because it handles a large
proportion of the coal for the city
Rending officials icported all passen
ger trains in the neighborhood of Phlla
delphin moving almost on schedule. Re
ports from Allrntown, Harrisbure nnd
Vllliamsport. coming in by wny of Read
ing, indicated that passenger traffic was
normal on the Reading division. Freight
trains arc not running, however, except
a few local freight..
Reports from nenrby suburban points
touched by the Reading, such as Mans
yunk. Chestnut Hill. Uerjmantown nnd
Frankford, indicated that commuters
had no trouble getting to town this
morning.
Many Avoid Trains
Passenger traffic was not as hcavyns
usual, because many of the regular rid
ers had expected the tlc-up to be serious
after reading the newspaper reports and
got up earlier today to ride Mo work
by trolley. Ixjng-distaucc service was
normal. A train from San Francisco
arrived at the Reading Terminal only
four minutes late.
The Reading felt the strike most in
its big freight yards at Port Richmond.
It Is to these jards that much of tho
anthracite coal hauled by the line comes.
It also is a clearing place for rmsccl
innnnns freicht. including much pcrish-
I able stuff.
Many of the jard worners tailed to
appear'thcre this morning. It was esti
mated that about 400 switchmen, yard
men and members of eighteen shifting
crews were out at the Huntingdon
HAt nwl TiArt Tt1rfimnrrl rnrds. About
700 men failed to report at outlying
points on the Reading.
The Ttenflinc strikers announced they
would handle perishable freight at tho
Port Richmond yards. Also they said
thev would handle coal consigned to the
Philadelphia Electric Co.. so that the
city would not be in darkness. They
would not handle other coal, they de-
c'ard .. ....
At the various Reading yards freight
was handled by "scratch" crews, made
up in part of office men and other emer
gency workers. Yardniastcr Galvln, of
the Port Richmond yard, himself took
out an engine to help move the strings
of coal cars waiting there.
Ships Held in Port
Two ships at tho Port Richmond piers
loading grain and wood for export can
not sail because of Insufficient coal in
their bunkers. The strike has blocked
delivery of fuel to the vessels.
TO CARRY PHILA. FOOD
ON DELAWARE RIVER
The Delaware river will prove an es
pecially valuable asset to Philadelphia
in view of the strike of the railroad men.
Realizing that the strike may continue
for some time, local commission mcr-
' shipments will be made through the Del
'aware and Rarltan canal and northward
through the Delaware and Chesapeake
Plans to orgnnizc river shipping, us-
inc tho smaller craft, have already been
perfected, and more than fifty skippers
of small schooners and sloops, besides
a score of motorboat men, have been
lined up to bring produce by water to
the city commission men.
"Wo nre ready to handle Jersey and
Delaware produce to Philadelphia if
the farmers or regular shippers will
get it to the water's edge or us."
said Neil Connelly, skipper of the
Lucy B.. one of the largest schooners
on the river, last night, alter he had
been in consultation with representa
tives of the commission men.
"There nre about 100 schooners nnd
sloops on the river, besides some hun
dred power boats. It makes a good
fleet, and there is no leaton why they
cannot all be engaged in the business
if necessary.
"So far ns expense is concerned, we
are not holding anbody up. The handi
cap we labor under is shortago of
hands, but most of the boats can be
handled with a crew of two or three
men. Many of the schooners have been
carrying crushed rock and building ma
terials for Delaware concerns building
highways. They will be quick to get
away from that. lor it is hard ou
boats."
According to Captain Connelly, there
are sixty-nv.' landings on the Jersey
river side where produce can be loaded.
all of them with good farming districts
back of them. They extend from just
below Trenton to the Capes. All of
them nre reached by state h chwava.
The roads ore in good condition, it is
said, and as the great majority of Jer
sey farmers own motortrucks, little
difficulty will be experienced in getting
produce to the river. Conditions in
Delaware, he said, are less promising,
although there are more than n dos.rn
loading points between Wilmington and
Lewes.
Before It's Too Late
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thartdea. If tha root bulla are
not deatroynt thia harrnlua
K reparation will Indues a
aalthful growth of luatroua
hair tn convenient bottlaa. TOc
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Rail Strikers Put
Blame on H, C. L.
Contjnurd from PssV One
the men were overflowing into the hall
nnd stairway.
In the crowd were conductors, engi
neers, brnkemen, switchmen nnd shop
men, affiliated wjth the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, the switchmen's
uniomand other organizations.
Hcilenman assumed control of the
meeting, and a .committee was appointed
in an ante-chamber which, it was said,
would formulate demands for the
strikers, to be submitted to them this
afternoon, and Inter to the railroads.
Hcilenman said the purpose of the
meeting was to reach n definite plan in
regard to wage scales and working con
ditions, some of which have already been
announced.
"I have been asked who our leader
is."i said Hcilctimau. "I waut to say
that we hae no leader at present.
"We nre not out on a strike," he
continued. "We simply quit our jobs
and that's all there is to it. We want
you all to stick together until condi
tions arc better.
"Do not intimidate n brother, nnd
do not violate the Lever act, for if jou
do you violate the constitution. Don't
ask a mnn to go out on strike. Leave
it to his conscience.
"If his conscience does not tell him
to quit we do not want him."
Hcilenman wound up his speech by
reiterating the injunction to preserve
orderliness and respect for the law.
Other speakers, who followed him.
said men in the roundhouses and yards
on the outskirts of Philadelphia were
quitting work at intervals. Appear
ance of the men in their working
clothes substantiated his assertions.
By 11:80 o'clock Grand Fraternity
Hall had become so crowded that steps
were taken for an overflow meeting.
Jsames of the meniDejrs of tho com
mittee appointed privately to formulate
demands for the strikers were not given
out.
Lost night meetings were held in halls
at Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster
avenue and at Fifty-second Btrect and
Glrard avenue and at other points
yesterday. The strike sentiment was
very strong.
It was decided to campaign actively
among employes of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad to induce them to join
the wholesale walkout. The men in
sist they are not striking but quitting.
This is done to prevent an anti-strike
injunction.
Men of the authorised railroad
brotherhoods were relied ou to fight the
"outlaw" strike, but most of them have
thrown their passive, if not active,
support to the walkout.
Sentiment at all the meetings was
strong against the officers of tho grand
lodge who have accepted the several
government proposals for pay adjust
ments for tbo men.
Chairmen andfxecutlvn councils of
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and
Station Employes; Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Engineers, Firemen and Oilers
and Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes in the Philadelphia dls.
trict decided on n walkout today nt a
meeting last night in K. of P. Hail,
Fifty-second street and Girard avenue.
The meeting was presided over by
II. S. Jeffery, chairman of the advisory
council of the Federation of Railway
Shop Crafts, with more than 400 rep
resentatives of the locals present. J. F.
Erhard, general chairman for the Penn
sylvania system for the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks; John Murray, general
chairman of the Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Engineers, Firemen and Oilers,
and Frank Collier, general chairman on
the P. R. It. system for the Brother
hood of Slalntennnce or way Em
ployes, delivered addresses in the after
noon. The meeting followed one of the
Philadelphia and Camden advisory
boards of the federations at Thirty
third and Chestnut streets. The ac
tion taken at this executive session
covered resolutions adopted by all the
unions' officials declaring the strike on
the railroads to be unauthorized. The
resolutions, however, declare the offi
cials as believing that cessation of work
by the men is "largely due to the un
fairness on the part of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad with respect to settling
grievances nnd proper rates of pay und
nsklng for the dismissal of twelve of
ficials of the Pennsylvania, suggested as
un aid to the solution of the labor
troubles."
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Polish Envoy's Wife
Loses, Recovers Purse
Princess Lubomirskl was so im
pressed with tho sights of Independ
ence Hall today thnt she dropped
her pocketbook and never missed it
until it was restored to her.
As she was looking up nt the
tower a middle-aged man came up
to her and said :
"Did you lose something?"
"Wby, of course," answered the
princess, "my brown purse."
From beneath his coat the man
drew n velvet pocketbook that fairly
bulged.
Tbo princess thanked hlra.
Prince Caslmiri Lubomirskl. the first
minister from Poland to the United
sUntna. wlm nrrlved In Philadelphia J C!-
terday with the princess, feels at home
here, "not because of our boulevards
and the comforts of the hotels, but be
cause Philadelphia represents so much
of Am-rlcon history In which the Poles
hove played an Important part.
The prince and princess were re
ceived nt City Hall by the Mayor. Mrs.
Moore and the city s oniciai lamii,.
A large number of Poles, residents in
.t.i. .i- ... tn Hie Mnvnr s recep
tion room to greet the visitors. Receiv
ing with Mayor nna oirs. i"" ""
Dlrectlr and Mrs. Ernest L. Tustln,
Director and Mrs. 0. Lincoln Furbush,
Director James T. Cortclyou. City So
licitor and Mrs. David Smythc, Mrs.
Edward W. Blddlc, Mrs. Arthur Lea,
Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, Mrs. Mur
doch Kendrlck. A. Lincoln Acker and
Mrs. John O'D. Richmond.
After the formal presentation by
Judge Robert Von Moschzlskcr, Mnyor
Moore welcomed the guests, prnls og
the spirit of Poland, congratulating
them on gaining independence nnd com
mending the sons of Poland who have
"hssffwari.r de.
pendent on Pulaski and Kusloskon the
Mayor, "and In this day we are proud
of V 70,000 bous of 1 olaud In th s
city. They nre goou ;'i ;',' -
"' .. j .... ...v,.imw1 of work.
..v-i.j I,., no Libert) Bell. mc
prince said In reply, ''hen Indepcnd.
'" ., i...j In November, l'.llo.
?EL w". "To hells to .ring from the
church towers or belltrys of urww.
Thvy all had been removed by the Ger
mans, or Poland, too, would have It:
r IKA-t. Tlnll "
""""' ... . .i Timl
in the recent on that tojowcu u am.,
......" .X ! mfll worker, kissed the hands
of the prince and princess.
M-!r. the prince and pruiccss
Anmrtnnirri uv .iuuk- "
prince evidenced much interest in the
crack f the Bell and the prlnew com
mented on the architecture of the bulld
Ing The princess also found time to
say' a yord for Polish women:
"We have from tho first had equal
suffrage in Poland nnd the men like t.
The Polish women consider more the
individual who is to bo elected and they
are interested in the economics of politi
cal situations. They arc more practicul
and individual.
"The men believe In equal suffrage
because they know that it lias been the
women who, through the most trying
times, have. saved the Polish, the cul
ture, the art of Poland."
President to Name
R, R. Board at Once
Continued from ri One
vanced wages, and disgusted with the
conservatism of their leaders on the
ground of their half-hearted fight for
the Plumb plan ond readiness to yield
to the government's demand for time
before settling the question of advanced
wages.
The situation is full of politics. The
American Federation of Labor will hold
its convention at Montreal in nbout six
weeks. Gompers will have tho fight of
his life there to maintain his control,
which, In spite of the defeat of the radi
cals In the steel strike and in the coal
strike, is steadily slipping.
Breathing Spell Afforded
The administration is likely to take
stens which will aid Gompers. or at nny
rate which will not old the radicals
against him, if it can find out what
these steps should be. The appointment
of a labor board under the railroad law
and its inquiry will give the administra
tion and also the heads of the American
Federation breathing spell. They will
havo an opportunity to find out where
they stand and what they should do.
The strike has taken them by surprise.
The strike Is golnir to be one of the
big political events of tho season. So
will be the Montreal convention of the
American Federation, which is timed
just to precede the Republican conven
tion at Chicago.
Issue Must Be Faced
The strike reveals a sharp line of
cleavage between radical and conserva
tive which it may bo impossible to dis
regard in the coming national cam
paign. It may figure In the Ohio primaries,
where the brotherhood leaders are for
General Wood against Senator Hard
ing ou the ground of Senator Harding's
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vote for the anti-strike provisions of
the Cummins net.
Will the angry membership of the
brotherhoods be content to follow its
leaders into the Wood campaign. In
Illinois thorn Is n movement lo write in
the name of Johnson in the primaries
tomorrow. In spite of the difficulties of
wrltlug In candidates' nnmes there ap
pears considerable force In the Illinois
movement.
Johnson .May Stir Ohio
In Ohio Johnson's name may be
brought into the campaign by the use
of plasters. If it is. the imoetus 'which
this radical outburst in railroad labor
will give to tho Johnson movement
there cannot bo estimated. Johnson
is sraduallv brine forced Into the posi
tion of representing the tnore radical J
spirit In the Kcpubllcan party, if tne
division widens sufficiently no one can
predict whut will come at the Chicago
convention.
Whether Gompers wins or not ot Mon
treal will influence the Republican con
vention. If Gompers wins it will mean
that his policy of delivering the labo"
vote to the candidates who are laborers'
friends will prevail nnd the Republican
party will probably make a nomination
nnd formulato a platform, which, nt
least, will not alienate organized labor.
If the radicals win it will mean that
the whole Gompers policy goes.
Another Split Possible
The 'independent labor party move
ment will gain great strength. And
the temptation of the radical elements
to split off from the two old parths will
be great.
Something will depend upon the
strength the Johnson candidacy devel
ops between now and June 8. There
are men In the Republican organization.
conservative, antl -Johnson leaders, who
believe that Johnson is about to repeat
what Roosevelt did in the primaries of
101". when he astonished everybody by
his rcvelntton of the forces of discon- ,'
tent within tho party. !
They sneak of Johnson ns "the man '
of tho hour." They fear that the radi
cnl showing in Michigan and Wisconsin
wns not local and exceptional, but think
that everywhere Johnson will develop
great strength amoug industrial ele
ments angered at the high cost of living
and at the covcrnment use of the in
junctive process In the coal strike.
POSTOFFICE HEADS
WATCH MAIL DELAYS
Washington. April 12. (Dy A. P.)
Vigorous action will bo taken If there
is any interference with the transpor
tation of the mails ns a result of the
railroad strikes, it was announced to
day nt the Postoflicc Department. Otto
l'rneger, second assistant postmaster
general, has sent the following tele
Kram of instruction to all superin
tendents of the railway mail service:
"Instruct all chief clerks, transfer
clerks and others to report any ob
structions, directly or indireetlv. hv eon.
rplracy or otherwise, to tho passage of
mo mans tnat nre the result of strikes,
together- with names of person or per
sons involved. Bring to immediate at
tention of local postoflicc Inspectors,
inspector in charge and United States
district attorney, with rennet thnt nf.
fenders be vigorously prosecuted If facts
warrant. Sec Sections 10f10, 1712,. 1714
aud 1718. postal laws."
Malls Going Through '
Itcports to the Postoflice Department
today were encouraging. Chicago re
ported that local conditions were "verv
good" and "that the railway companies
nic handling all mulls promptly.
A report from New lork said condi
tions iiad improved nnd similar nnri
came from .St. Iouis. Some delav in
mail was received from n number of
points where the men arc on strike, but
officials said that thus far there had
been no serious obstruction of the mall.
miorncy ucnerai i-aimer returned to
Washington today and immediately
conferred with officers of the Depart
ment of Justlc who had been keeping
in close touch with the railroad strike
situation.
Thero was no indication what recom
mendations they laid before the attorney
general, but they said tho situation was
8CNOUS.
Mr. Palmer's aides had received to
day n new sheaf of telegraphic reports
on conditions nt points of disturbances,
but they refused to disclose their iou
tentrt. It was understood thnt staff attorneys
had begun preparation of governmental
briefs for legal notion in event Mr. Pal
mer decides to take n hand in the set
tlement of the trouble.
Wilmington Men to Vote on Strike
Wilmington, Del., April 12. A
meeting of railroad employes is scheduled
for tonight to consider the strike, which
has. not yet spread to Wilmington. Two
hundred cars of nerUhnku .i i-
Pennsylvania yards here that cannot be
ocm in mvir ucsunuuons nave been
turned over to local commission men
to sell.
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scheduled to lcavo Broad Street Station 3:30 P. M., will not be
operated from Broad Street Station but will leave North Philadel
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OTHER CHANGES IN TRAIN SERVICE
may bo necessary.
PARLOR AND SLEEPING CAIt LINES
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IN GUATEMALA
Opponents of Cabrera Gain
Control of Capital After
Stroot Fighting
Hy the Associated Prts
Washington, April 12. The, i0.
threatened revolution in GuatemiUi
against President ICstrada Cabreti
finally has broken' out, Reports today
to the State Department said the oppo
nents of the president had gained con
trol of Guatemala City after some street
fighting.
A marine guard from, the cruiser Ta.
cflmn and Mibmarlno tender lnt-f I
turn heen landed to nrateet the Amnil. i
can legktton. ' i
Benton .McMillan, tne American rtin
ister, has been instructed by the Stat
Department to take whatever steps pen
sible to compose the differences between
the opposing factions.
Trouble has been brewing in Guate
mala for several months, but it was not
until last week that nny intimation of It
reached tho public here. Then the
Guatemalan legation made public fits
of proclamations issued bv President
Cabrera, and American Minister Mc
Millan. 1IKATHS
TETriT. April 11. or diphtheria, DOHH
nOQlSRH. (UiiKhter of C. K. and RIMe R.
ritlt. aved 0. Int. nrlvatr.
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