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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1916)
Moger Fans Fifteen Federal Inquiry or Railroad Strike? Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen tnat would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follows: "O u r conferences have demonstrated that we cannot harmonize our differences of opinion and that eventually the matters in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. Therefore, we propose that your proposals and the proposition of the railways be disposed of by one or the other o f the follow ing methods: 1. Preferably by submission to the Interstate Commerce Comm ission, the only tribunal which, by reason of its accumulated information bearing on railway conditions and its control of the revenue of the railways, is in a posi tion to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests affected, and to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are found by the Commission to be just and reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing law», act in the premises, that we jointly request Congress to take such action as may be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and promptly dispose of the questions involved; or 2. b y arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law ” (T h e Newlands A ct). Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York, June 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Fedeial review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the puolic body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons: No other body with auch an intimate know- -dgje of railroad conditions has auch an unquestioned posi tion in the public confidence T h e rates the railroads may charge the public for transportation are now largely fixed by this Govern ment board Out of every dollar received by the railroads from the public nearly one-half is paid directly to the ein- ployes as w ages; and the money to pay increased wages can com e from no other source than the rates paid by the public T h e Interstate Commerce Commission, with its con trol over rates, it in a position to make a complete investigation and rendri such decision as would pro tect the interests of the railroad employes, the owuers of the railroads, and the public. A Question For the Public to Decide Thr railroads feci that they have no right to grant a wage preferment ol $ 100,001 U;0 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only one tilth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts. The iingle issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare National Conference Committee of the Railway* E L I 'H A LEE, C hairm an G . H . H M F . R S O N . Gem l M a nam a . G r e e t N o r t h e r n R a ilw a y . N . Ü . M A H F R . Vita- R reiiia n t, Norfolk A W e s t e r n R a ilw a y . L W C . H . h W I N C i . G a n'I M anager, P h ila d e lp h ia St R e a d in g R a ilw a y . J A M I > RU SSKLI., G a n ’ l M a n a g * C . !.. I> \ ì<D( I. Gern I M anager, N e w Y » r ' .New l l i v r n & H a r t f o r d R a il r o o A K fc I I C f » V I* • I \ N . V i a fraudam i S> l 'i b n n U n itw a y A . S. (iRlilG, A n t . ta R eceiver!, St L o u ie A S a n F r a n c i s c o R a ilro a d . C . W . K O U N S . G a n11 M anagar, A t c h is o n , T o p e k a A S a n ta P c R a ilw a y . H U M c M A S T P R . G e n 'l M a n s gar W h e e lin g A L a k e E r i e R a ilro a d . t 6 P lt »! I l l ' U i M T , 6 ’n 7 . l / « s « ( i r A l ia t i li o a al L in e H a ilr o a d HAI D 'A I N , (è t n ‘ 1 M a n a g * G riiit .,1 o i '/ t o rg ia K a ilw a y I C O T f l. Gaa'l Ma magar NV a havii It j il w a y h t ..t O i 1 1 Y 4 u t . V ia - President N e w Y o r k (..«uiraJ R a lle v a r Tennis Club Members Attention W . G R I C E . G a m lS m gt. Trmmtp. C h e s a p e a k e St O h i o R a il w a y Christian Church Ladies Net $73.25 A l i r e » « ' A R i o G r a n d e R a ilro a d . M S C H O Y H R . M eudent Vtea tram.. P e n n s y lv a n ia L i n e * W e a l W I S k O D O N . Viaa-Rrat , S e a b o a r d A ir L i a e R a il w a y A N 1 » M t . Vita fra aid a a l J P.rie Railroad G h W A ID . I tea Prag 9 Garn i Mga Sonect Central Ltaee Miss Lena Harkenrider and The treasurer o f the Estacada As a result o f the cafeteria din brother George o f Portland cele Tennis Club, Mrs. H. G. Trow ner service in Estacada Park, brated the 4th in Estacada. bridge wishes to ask that all mem- ■ July 4th, conducted by the La bers, who have not paid their dies o f the Estacada Christian This office has recently been dues, kindly attend to same at j Church, the sum o f $73.25 was the recipient o f several handsome once, as the bills incurred by the netted. The ladies wish to thank the specimens o f vegetables a n d club are past due. public for the liberal support giv- fruits, including a mammoth head John Brichaeek and Fred Mich- j en their booth and the public in o f lettuce from the O ’ Neel gar alicek o f Black Wolf, Kansas are turn appreciate the service and den in Currinsville and a heavily visiting at the home o f the form good things served. laden branch o f cherries from er’ s brother-in-law, J. A. Somer A hand of Eastern Oregon cow (t h e J. W. Howard ranch in o f Estacada. boys with a string o f tame and Dodge. If these samples were * E. W. Bartlett left Tuesday outlaw mustangs, has arrived in average run, big profits would evening for Coos Bay, where he Estacada. These animals are for result to the growers in this will remain for a week or two. sale or trade and are temporarily j country. attending to business matters. I housed at the Jones livery barn. Continued from first page grounds and with the steadily increasing contingent o f fans and admirers, a big crowd should be present. Manager Lovelace, at time o f the News going to press, could not announce the name o f Sun day’ s contenders, as the Spald ing booking agency o f Portland phoned that only three o f the Portland teams cared to tackle Estacada, namely Lang & Co., who met defeat here a few weeks ago; the Bricklayers, who early in the season nosed out a game against Estacada and the Kenton Giants, who last week won the three game series against The Dalles. lt is hoped that either the Bricklayers or the Kenton Giants will appear Sunday, as the fans are not interested in watching Estacada pile up runs by the doz en, against some o f the near champion teams o f Portland. The line-up o f Tuesday’ s game was as follows:- C. Douglass 0 John Moger P G. Smith 1st Goberg 2nd ss R. Douglass Hewitt 3rd A. Smith If cf Alspaugh rf Parks Simmons and Ed Douglass, the Bronson brothers were out o f Tuesday’s game, but with the exception o f Lee Bronson, who has a dislocated thumb, should he in the game during the bal ance o f the season. H o w C h a lk la F orm ed . Dcimslt* o f ( hulk lire found on some shore* o f the sen. A |>l(* e of chalk such uh the teacher use« to Inusirare somethin}? on the blackboard nt school consists of the remains o f thousands of tiny creatures that at one time lived In tin* seu. All o f their bodies, excepting the chalk—called carbonate o f lime in scientific language*—has disappeared and the chalk that was left whs piled up where it fell at the bottom o f the oceun. eucb purticie pressing over It all until It became almost solid, it took thousands o f years to make these ( hall deposits o f the thickness in which they are found. Later oo. through changes in the earth's surface, the mountuiu of chalk was raised until it stood out o f the water and thus he came accessible to man and school teachers. N ot A fr a id o f C old S teel. In her youuger days Eugenie, when empress o f the French nation, was noted for her great courage, as the fol lowing incident proves. At a brilliant dinner party a some what tactless general told her majesty that women should not meddle In poll tic*. "You know, madam*.’* he said, that (MjlltlcH lead to war. and If the worse came to the worst you would not have the nerve to face cold steel." "W ouldn't I?” cried the empress. "I ’ ll show youT* And. snatching a large kulfe from the table, she inflicted a deep stab on her arm After that the general never broach ed the s u b je c t o f woman’s lack o f nerves again.