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*
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Tennis Club Members Attention
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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
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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
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John Moger
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G. Smith
1st
Goberg
2nd
ss
R. Douglass
Hewitt
3rd
A. Smith
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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.