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NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1»1«.
NO. 2015.
ENTIRE COUNTRY STATE OF PANIC
Monday Set For Walk Out Of The Railroaders
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30.—
President Wilson in dismissing the
sub-committee of the railroad presi
dents today bringing to him their
rejection of his proposals said to
them “God forgive you, for I can
not”.
President Wilson is now bending
all his efforts to a postponement or
cancellation of the strike orders
which are out for Labor Day. If he
is unsuccessful in this he will prob
ably demand a rescinding of the
order.
Senators Kern and Smoot the de
mocratic and republican leaders ot
the upper house conferred together
today and afterwards announced a
complete program of legislation
would be ready for complete pass
age within two weeks.
The railroaders are conferring
with Secretary Wilson of the De
partment of Labor.
The Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce will with the-Inter
state Commerce Commission hold
public hearings on Thursday. The
minority party announces that it
will fight various features
of the Wilson proposal and is out
and out for the railroad compa
nies.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 30.—
The ralroads throughout the coun
• try have placed an embargo on all
perishables and live stock. A food
shortage is not improbable and the
Presidents believe that this will
make the public bring the brother
hood men to time.
OMAHA, Aug. 30.—In the District
Court today Edwin Hamilton, a
railroad conductor applied for and
was granted a restraining order pre
venting the Brotherhood of Rail
road Conductors or any other orga
nisation from calling a strike upon
any of the lines of the Union Pacific
The order is a temporary one. It
to be followed by others in a variety
of sections of the country.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Nothing
but civil war could affect the coun
try as the railroad strike prospects
are now doing. The traffic is enorm
ous. Half a million men, most of
the floating workers are leaving
the harvest fields, woods and pub
lic works to get to towns, fearing
that they would otherwise be unable
to travel in the event of the strike,
A1 cars are crowded to capacity and
in the west reports show farmers
are being deserted by their harvest
hands.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30.—The
Washburn Crosby Mills, controlled
by railroad interests announce that
every* mill will close within thirty
minutes after the strike is called.
SALEM, Qre., Aug. 30.—Rail
roads have suspended acceptance ot
all fruit and perishable shipments.
PITTSBURG ,Aug. 30.—The Penn
sylvania relies upon its pension fund
scheme to secure willing employees
in the event of a strike. Many of
its pensioned engineers and other
help will be drafted and forced to
act as strike breakers in order to
prevent the loss of their pensions.
Brotherhood men laugh at this and
atfrte that most of the PennBy’s pen
IS NO POWER UNDER HEAVEN
CAN PREVENT STRIKE”
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“GOD FORGIVE YOU FOR I CANNOT,” SAID
WILSON TO PRESIDENTS
Fruit Crops Jeopardized==Mills Are
Ready To Close==Injun ction Is
Served==Solons Fighting.
sioners are papermen for publicity’s
sake. The Pennsy is however re
cruiting a regular army of private
soldiers to guard its lines and its
armories are being stocked with
latest type of machine guns.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 30.—The
Texas Pacific today placed an em
bargo on all life stock and perish
ables. This will cause a food famine.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—This city
faces a famine if the strike ties up
the railroads as there Is hardly
enough on hand for 24 hours con
sumption. The railroads are hope
ful that at least they will be able
to run food trains.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—-A panic
exists in business circles and it is
feared that the entire city will sus
pend all industrial activity. The
packing houses are preparing to
closo down and to lay off employees
in the event of a strike. Lumber
shortage is confronting builders and
everything is in a state of anxiety.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30.—
Night falls upon the railroad crisis
with hardly a glimmering of hope.
The railroad brotherhoods have
practically accepted the challenge of
the Presidents, and President Lee
of the Trainmen said this evening
to reporters: “No power under
Heaven can prevent a strike on
Monday next. The president himself
understands that delay is impossible
unless a satisfactory settlement of
our demands is made".
The democrats are trying to set
tle the strike while the republicans
believing that the strike will shatter
all chance of democratic victory are
trying to force it along. In the Sen
ate a bitter fight took place between
the majority and the minority parties
plainly revealing the political end
of the trouble. Senator Kobinson
said that the minority members
were trying to make political capi
tal out of the situation; he averred
it was not a political question but
one which politically considered
made unity of congressional action
a matter of paramount importance.
SHIPPING BILL GOES FOR
. PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 30.—
The shipping bill went to the Pre
sident. today after passing the House
this morning. Its importance in
view of the threatened railroad
strike cannot be exaggerated.
The Navy Department is calling
for bids for sixty warships. . In this
list are included thirty submarines
some of the latest giant type.
The contracts will not be disposed
of for some time in all probability
on account of the railroad strike.
The bids asked for call for imme
diate construction but it is the be
lief that conditions will be so para
lyzed by a railroad strike that a de
lay is inevitable.
fcWERAIi NOTICE.
The funeral of the late Richard
Fenlon will be held from St Joseph’s
Church on Thursday morning at
nine o’clock. Friends are invited
to attend. ,
Now la the
Senator Cummins remarks in com
mittee caused an uproar. Cummins
declared that the strike was inevit
able; both sides wanted to lock
horns and there was no reason why
an excited Congress should try to
interfere rushing in with unnecessa
ry, inadvisable and impurdent legis
lation.
It was inevitable and they should
fight it out. It was the quickest
and the best way.
The mediation commission today
adjourned sine die. Senator James
Hamilton Lewis introduced resolu
tions Increasing the membership of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion and also an increase in rates
to be referred to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Brotherhood Presidents
were all together when the United
Press representatives showed them
that Conductor Hamilton of the U.
P. had obtained an injunction
aRaiust the issuance of any strike
orders. They merely smiled and de
clined to make any commerjt.
The War Department has sum
marily ordered six thousand coast
artillery men home instanter from
the Mexican border where they have
ben doing service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30.—
Senator l.ee this evening introduced
a resolution asking the railway
brotherhoods to postpone the strike
order until September 11, giving an
opportunity for the passage of le
gislation which would make the
strike unnecessary and by which the
eight hour day would be compulsori
ly established.
Brotherhood men are not looking
with favor on this proposal. They
say that Congress they can rely
upon, but they have no guarantee
that the Supreme Court, made up of
railroad attorneys would not throw
out as unconstitutional any law
that Congress would enact. That is
the main difficulty in accepting any
legislative settlement. They de
clare that they prefer to settle the
matter themselves.
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Reports
from Wenatchee and Yakima Valleys
as well as from dozens of other
fruit and truck settlements in the
state show that the farmers and
business men are in a state of panic
by the perishable embargo which
the railways have placed upon all
ex-state tratlic and all traffic of this
nature after Friday noon.
Million of dollars worth of north
western fruit crops are jeopardized.
The grain situation is no better and
there Is a scramble to sell in order
to prevent any possible loss.
CHICAGO. Aug. 30.—The rail
road strike say the packers will
starve the people of America. In
the United States at the present
time there is but three days fresh
meat supply dressed for the
markets.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 30.—All
over the country factories, foundries
and shops are making arrangements
to close down in the event of a
strike. The coal and metal mines
will shut down just as soon as the
output on hand over-takes the nor
mal standard awaiting removal, al
though some of the metaliferous
mines may continue. Lake boats
are being overhauled for emergency
traffic and the all water routes
along the Lake cities are already
being congested with freight for re
moval.
Freight for Europe from the
middle west is not to leave Chicago
and will not be shipped to New
York.
Some companies say that the
strike in that It wil clear the con
gestion on the docks of the metro
polis will have a benefleal clearing
house effect.
No opinion is offered as to what
will be the outcome, but all agree
it will end in a general industrial,
financial and commercial collapse.
Money is showing signs of tightness
that it has not manifested since the
Fall of 1907.
RUMANIAN CAVALRY IS
APPROACHING HERMANSTAD
LONDON, Aug. 30.—Rumanian
cavalry, according to a Zurich dis
patch, has crossed the Rosenthrum
pass and is now approaching Her
manstadt.
Official reports show that there
has as yet been practically no clash
with any of the Teutons even in
Transylvania.
PARIS, Aug. 30.—Rumania has
forced an entry Into Transylvania
occupying two Important cities
without aay real opposition.
ROME, Aug. 30.—The Austrians
have dynamited the famous Toraos
Pass tunnel in an effort to oheclt
tho Rumanian advance upon Kron
stadt.
BERNE, Aug. 30.—The efforts of
the Austrian gunboats on the
Danube to approach the Rumanian
positions for the purpose of bomb
ardment met with disaster when
the Rumanians exploded mines
under the Austrian craft.
Moreover dispatches indicate that
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the Rumanian choice of the Tomoa
and Rothe Thurm passes to enter
Hungary came as a complete sur
prise, the Austrians having con
centrated neither at one or tho
other but at Mehadia in Hungary,
where they expected the Rumanians
to enter from Verchiorova.
VIENNA, Aug. 30.—Tho Austrians
have been able to circumvent all
efforts of the Rumanian troops to
cross the Transylvania Alps Into
Hungary.