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THE MORNING OREGOXIA5, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER U 1916.
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IRAILROADS TO TRY
TO
BREAK
UNIONS
Ifregon Wage War Will Be
Desperate and No Quarter
. Will Be Given by Either.
MANY EXPECTED TO STAY
i
Preparations for Transportation of
food Are Going en and Lines
Say Sen-ice Will Depend
on Protection Afforded.
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NO G A S O L I X K SHORTAGE
THHEATEXS,
Portland will suffer no short
age of gasoline or other motor
fuel in the tvent of a railroad
strike.
The gasoline supply for Port
land and vicinity is brought from
California in tankers. It reaches
the ship's sides through a series
of pipelines from the wells and
refineries. At no stage in its
movement is it handled by rail.
The oiL companies operating in
Portland propose no embargo
against gasoline for pleasure ve
hicles, such as .has been author
ized at Spokane in the event of
a strike. It is probable, how
ever, that other towns in Oregon
and Washington not served by '
water will suffer a gasoline
shortage, unless sale to pleasure
vehicles is restricted.
If the threatened railroad strike
really occurs it is apparent that each
side will determine to fight the issue to
& finish.
The men are amply resourceful and
insist that they will not yield their
contention for an eight-hour day.
The managers are just as determined
and evidently will not atop at a mere
attempt to win the strike. They will
go farther and try to break up the
railroad brotherhoods, whose demands
for an eight-hour day threaten to bring
about the strike.
It is plain that the roads are plan
ning and preparing for a long and
troublesome contest. They will at
tempt, as soon as the strike goes into
effect, to maintain a partial service on
all lines, and will supplement that serv
ice as fast as they are able, until they
have restored it to its normal status.
Some Expected to Remain.
It may take a long time, they admit,
but they assert emphatically if ever
the men go out they will not come back
unless they are complete victors or un
less they accept terms dictated by the
managers.
"There will be no compromise if the
strike ever gets started," is the confi
dent expression of operating officials
in Portland.
Just how they propose to break the
strike and break, thereby, the unions,
is not apparent.
It is no secret that the managers
expect a considerable percentage of
the men to remain loyal how many
they can't tell. But they expect enough
to supply at least one complete set of
trains in each direction.
All roads are prepared to meet the
extreme emergency of a complete walk
out. They have or will have a full
crew at every division terminal. As
soon as the trains are abandoned by
the union men the non-union recruits
will take charge.
Capable Men Are Few.
It is admitted that the available sup
ply of capable men is woefully deficient,
but scores of energetic and hopeful
men and young men are volunteering
for service almost every day. If the
strike really develops it is probable that
the most promising men will be taught
the duties of the train and engine posi
tions with a view of placing them in
regular service as soon as they display
the requisite knowledge and experience.
It requires a long time for a man
to become a competent locomotive en
gineer and the railroad managers have
no delusions about being able to "fill
the places over night." as some thought
less railroad officials have been quoted
as saylnrr.
Moreover, the managers have no de
sire to trust valuable property in the
hands of inexperienced men. They de
clare that they will send no trains
over the road unless they can be
manned by competent hands.
Kon-PerlMhable Goods Accepted.
Meanwhile the carriers are preparing
to fortify themselves against a com
plete cessation of operations. They are
continuing in effect their embargo
against perishable commodities, but are
accepting, subject to indefinite delays,
consignments of non-perishable ship
ments. Typical of the embargo orders issued
by the roads is the following by the
Northern Pacific:
"Intending travelers should be noti
fied that the company will not be re
sponsible for delays after the time
above mentioned.
"A:i shippers should be notified that
non-perishable freight only will be re
ceivea and that subject to delay.
"It will be the purpose of this com
pany, so far as it may be possible to
do so, to provide the transportation
necessary for the health and subsis
tence of the communities it serves.
Service Depends on Police.
"It is the intention of the company to
move . at least one train each way
daily over its main lines for the trans
portation of passengers, mail and ex
press. The company will gradually ex
pand these activities so far as may be
practicable. The officers of all munic
ipalities along our line should be ad
vised that our ability to carry out this
programme will be largely dependent
upon the errectlveness of the protection
to the company and its property which
they afford."
The express companies operating in
and out of Portland have established
similar embargoes. Express shipments
will be handled on the first trains that
are available after the prospective
strike goes into effect.
Foods to Go Flint.
Wells-Fargo & Co. operates over the
Ban Francisco and. Portland steamship
lines between tnis city and the Cali
fornla ports, so much traffic could be
handled in that manner.
The following order issued yesterday
by the American Express Company is
typical of similar orders by other com
panies:
"Receipt for all business subject to
delay. Refuse all livestock, live ani
mals and perishables, that cannot reach
destination by midnight Sunday, Sep
tember 3. Beginning Monday, Sentem
ber 4, decline every form of traffic un
less train service is available to insure
carriage to destination.
"Preference will be given to milk,
bread and perishable foodstuffs. Do
not promise or guarantee time of de
livery on anything."
DIPLOMATS BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO WAS CAUSE OF
ABLE INCIDENT IN FASHIONABLE GRILL-
DISAGREE-
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Railroad Spokesman Says
Congress Cannot Fix Wages.
CHICAGO PRESIDENTS MEET
Embargo Preparations Complete
and Strikebreakers Sought Com
munities Organizing Emer
gency Transport Services.
CHICAGO. Auar. 31. Hale Holden,
president of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy Railroad, who was spokesman
for the railway managers at their re
cent conference with the President, de
clared tonight that passage of the
Adamson compromise eight-hour bill
by Congress would not be satisfactory
to the railroads and would not Bettle
the pendin&r controversy.
"The railroads, however, would take
no precipitate action in event the bill
were passed." said Mr. Holden. "We
officers of five divisions of the Order
of Railway Conductors from issuing and
enforcing an order to strike. The divi
sions embrace the Union Pacific Rail
road.
CALIFORNIA )LKES PROTEST
San Kranclsco Chamber Says State
Is Against Elgtat-IIour Day.
Copies of a telegram addressed by
the San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce to President 'Wilson, yesterday,
and of a message by Harris Welnstock.
California State Market Inspector, sent
to the heads of the railroad brother
hoods, giving their views on the strike
situation, are being- circulated by wire
through all territory served by the
Southern Pacific.
The Chamber of Commerce message
refutes the assertion that there Is a
wide sentiment favoring an eight-hour
day and points out the adverse major
ity given tho eight-hour proposal by
the voters of California at the recent
election.
Mr. Welnstock's telegram emphasizes
the damage that will accrue to the
farmers of California and other states
owing to the inability of getting their
produce to market.
SEATTLE LABOR BACKS STRIKE
State Delegation Called on to Supply
port Eight-Hour Day.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 31. The Cen
tral Labor Council of Seattle last night
voted Its approval to the railway men
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Wife of Diplomat Cause of Row
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ADMIRER IS BATTERED
Incident In Grill Near New York
Embarrassing to Mrs. Benton
McMillin, AYhose Husband
Is an ex-Governor.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 Mrs. Benton
McMillin, the beautiful wife of the
former Governor of Tennessee, and now
In the diplomatic service, was brought
Into disagreeable notoriety at a fash
ionable hotel near New York by a row
between men in the grillroom. Bernard
P. Bofcy, of St. Louis, was with her and
her brother in the grill when a young
man named Carver, according to Bogy,
tried ot attract her attention. Bogy
reseniad this and finally hit Carver in
the back of the neck with a cane so
hard that he was much battered.
Mrs. McMillin had to go to court
where Bogy was fined. Bogy was in a
restaurant row in St. Louis not long
ago. Later he advertised himself in St.
Louis as a candidate for Congress.
1200 KEYMEN MAY QUIT
QUESTION OF STRIKE SOW IS IN
HANDS OF TWO MEN.
Union Insists on 10 Per Cent Increase
In Pay, 15 Days Vacatloa and
Share on Messages.
OLYMPIA. "Wash., Aug. 31. Unless
H. T. Marcon, fifth vice-president xt
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and
George T. Slade, first vice-president
of the Northern Pacific Railway, agree
on a settlement at their next confer
ence, to be held in St. Paul, 1200 teleg
raphers on the Northern Pacific will
go on strike, according to the announce
ment of an official of the telegraphers
living here.
On a recent vote 94 per cent of the
men favored a strike, as a settlement
could not be reached, although the
telegraphers have kept a committee in
St. Paul since April 20.
The men demand a 10 per cent In
crease in pay, although their first de
mand was for 12 per cent. They also
demand 10 consecutive working hours
and one hour for eating, where one
man is employed; eight consecutive
hours where two or more men are em
ployed; all Sundays and legal holidays
to be considered as overtime; 10 per
cent on incoming as well as outgoing
paid business where Western Union Is
handled; 15 days annual vacation on
pay when the employe has worked two
years or more; telegraphers who be
come agents where three or more men
are employed as operators to be pro
tected in the same way as regular
telegraphers.
The matter will be taken up as soon
as Mr. Slade returns from Washing
ton, D. C.
leader. Is opposed to the Adamson bill
and other Republicans have indicated
their determination to vote against it,
but no strong concerted opposition is
looked for.
rostmaster-General Burleson ex
pressed confidence that the legislation
would be put through both houses.
"All those at the President's confer
ence were agreed upon such a bill," he
said, "and I don't see how either side
of the controversy could attempt to
oppose it in the face of the threatened
Industrial tie-up."
The strike situation found its way
into the Senate debate on the emer
gency revenue bill once in the course
of the day. Senator Stone, in a review
of the accomplishments of the present
Administration, referred to President
Wilson's effort to prevent a strike. Sen
ator Gallinger, the Republican leader.
Interrupted to say it was well known
that the President was playing to the
grandstand and that "he has little re
gard for the Constitution as he plays."
Reports tonight that brotherhood
heads would be willing to notify their
general chairmen that a satisfactory
settlement had been "reached if they
received assurance from the Adminis
tration that the eight-hour bill would
be enacted Into law were denied by
them. They declared they would not
rescind the strike order until the bill
had become a law.
W. G. Lee Issued a statement quot
ing a telegram signed C. J. Arthur,
superintendent, and said to have been
sent out over the Richmond division of
the Southern Railway, charging the
brotherhoods with breaking faith with
the President and ordering a strike.
The statement denied the charge of
breaking faith and said that a strike
never was ordered until it was learned
that the railroads were preparing
against a walkout by equipping quar
ters for strikebreakers and taking oth
er similar precautions.
Trainload of Sheep Started.
PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 31 (Spe
cial.) Smythe & Boylen, of the Pendle
ton Sheep Company, will ship a train
load of sheep tomorrow morning from
Meacham to Seattle. Every effort has
Deen made to get the sheep out of the
mountains before the strike. The sea
son of sheep movement has just started,
and a railway strike would be a serious
proposition to sheepmen.
yellow-stone Park Season Over.
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 31. Northern
Pacific Railroad ticket offices are ad
vised by the superintendent of the
Yellowstone National Park that, owing
to the disturbed traffic conditions, the
season at the park will close Septem
ber 1 instead of the usual date, Sep
tember 13.
Unorganized Men Want 8-IIour Day
CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Representatives
of unorganized railway employes to
night telegraphed Representative Ad
amson at Washington urging that he
include in his eight-hour law provl
sions for an eight-hour day for the un
organized employes also.
Santa Fe Modifies Embargo.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 31. The em
bargo on perishables was lifted by the
Santa Fe tonight, according to an
nouncement at the general office. The
road will accept freight, paid In ad
vance, at owner's risk. Livestock ship
merits are excepted.
WHAT RAIL STRIKE WOULD MEAN; NUMBER OF MEN IN
VOLVED; CAPITAL INVESTED IN LINES.
Number of men involved in eight-hour demand 400,000
Total number of employes involved 2,000,000
Number of employes' dependents affected (estimated) 8,000,000
Number of railroads involved 1,285
Mileage of railroads involved 257,211
Number of stockholders in roads 626,122
Par value of capital stock of railroads involved $ 8,638,286,892
Total monthly receipts of railroads (April, 1916) $ 280,987,305
Total monthly expenses (April, 1916) $ 189,923,465
Amount roads say it would cost to grant demands $ 100,000,000
Amount men say it would cost ? 25,000,000
Total number of cars involved 2,507,977
Freight cars (approximate) 2,356,000
Passenger cars (approximate) 55,700
Service cars 96,000
Total number of locomotives (approximate) 65,000
Investments in securities (approximate), f 17,000,000,000
would not be hasty because we would
consider the Interests of the public.
"It is my understanding that the Su
preme Court of the United States has
held recently In two cases that the
Congress of the United States has abso
lutely no power to fix wages. That is
what the Adamson bill amounts to, ac
cording to my understanding."
Presidents of Chicago railroads met
at the Chicago Club today. Hale Hol
den. president of the Chicago. Burling
ton & Quincy, who headed the commit
tee which conferred with President
Wilson, was present, as was J. W. Hig
gins. chairman of the Association of
Western Railways.
Similar meetings will be held daily
until the situation has 'cleared.
The railroads of the country com
pleted embargo preparations. Employes
were advised to take sober second
thought as to the future before strik
ing, and advertisements for strike
breakers appeared in newspapers
throughout the country. Associated
Press dispatches showed that every
where communities were organizing
motor trucks and interurban lines for
emergency transport service.
FRUT MEX LESS WOItUIEI
Hood Kivcr Expects to Be Able to
Care for Yield.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) In the face of impending rail-,
way strike. Hood River fruitgrowers
are more buoyant than yesterday when
news of a possible strike was first re
ceived here. The local fruit industry is
surrounded by excellent by-products
plants and with storage plants with
capacity to care for more than half of
the estimated 800.000 boxes crop. Of
ficials of the Apple Growers Association
declared this afternoon that they were
prepared in the event of a strike.
While the railway embargo yesterday
morning created a temporary lull In the
activities around the association's ware
houses, the sales organization has be
gun routing out carloads of Bartlett
pears to the Canadian border today.
Extra picking crews in orchards and
extra packers at the warehouses have
been rushing the preparation of pears.
The fruit will go to the Atlantic sea
board over Canadian lines.
These shipments, however, will cease
after tomorrow evening.
SPECIAL FRUIT TRAIN ORDERED
Great Xortliern Railway Acts for
Wenatcliee Shippers.
WENATCHEE. Wash., Aug. 31. The
Great Northern Railway today ordered
a special express train to carry fruit to
Coast points and for export in response
to protests of local shippers who had
fruit on hand Tuesday, when the em
bargo was issued. '
All the fruit that is ready for ship
ment will be sent on the express train.
Shippers had protested to the State
Railway Commission before the order
for the special train was granted.
Injunction Refused Conductor.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Aug. 31. Judge
John A. Riner, of the United States
District Court for Wyoming, today de
nied a petition of George W. Argue, a
conductor, for an order restraining the
of the country in their approaching
strike. Delegates present from the
King County Pomona Grange asked
that the grange be included In the
motion.
The council. In answer to a tele
graphic request from Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
of Labor, voted to send word at once
to the state's delegation In Congress,
insisting on support of the "eight-hour
day and protesting against the enact
ment of any law Imposing upon work
era involuntary servitude, even for a
day."
HOPEFUL VIEW GROWING
(Continued From First Pape.)
Kentucky and Pennsylvania produce
nearly all the cannel coal mined in the
United States.
able. When its hearings closed the
interstate commerce committee went
into what promised to be an all-night
session to consider the various legis
lative proposals before it, including
the President's whole programme with
its provisions for preventing strikes
pending investigation and for the
drafting of men to operate trains in
case of military necessity. All day
House leaders had been declaring that
these "provisions never could be enact
ed, and near midnight it was learned
that the Senate committee had de
cided it would not be advisable to sub
mit them at this time.
Senator Brandegee, a Republican
committeeman, expressed the opinion
that the bill could be passed by tomor
row night.
Formal announcement of the House
programme was made Just before the
House adjourned by Representative
Kltchin. with a request that all mem
bers be in their seats tomorrow.
Speaker Clark remarked that enact
ment of the strike legislation by Sat
urday night would mean final adjourn
ment of Congress next Wednesday.
Representative Mann, Republican
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members of the Oregon Agricultural
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cially by the stork is demonstrated by
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ulty families.
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HOP HARVEST ON IN POLK
Yield Is or Flito Quality, but Acre
nee Is Short.
DALLAS, Or.. Aug. 31. (Special.)
Hop-picking has commenced In many
of the yards of Polk County, the Jug
gles being handled at this time. Gen
eral picking will commence in all sec
tions next Monday. The hops are of
finest quality this year, and a bumper
crop Is expected. No contracts are be
ing made. An average of 40c per box
is being paid for picking.
During the past two years many
growers have failed to cultivate their
hops, owing to the poor condition of
the hop market, and the acreage this
year will fall far short of that of
former years. As yet there has been
no indication of a shortage of pickers.
Washington Student Goes Kast.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Aug. 30. Raymond K. O'Neil. of
1512 Summit avenue, who was gradu
ated from the department of chemical
engineering at the University of Wash
ington In June, will leave th.s week
for New York City, where he has a
scholarship in the school of commerce
of New York University.
I. AY. W. Threaten General Strike.
VIRGINIA. Minn.. Aug. 31. Threats
of a general strike of Industrial Work
ers of the World throughout the United
States as a means of forcing a "fair
trial" for the three members of the
I. W. W. indicted by the grand Jury
here yesterday in connection v.ith the
murder of Deputy Sheriff James Myron
at Blwablk, July 3, were made in tele
grams sent today by Klizabelii Gurlev
Flynn and Joseph J. Kttor to William
D. Haywood and other prominent mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World.
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