THE KINSTON FREE PRES3
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ftlJ
'God Forgive
at
THE
Tells Railway Executives
Parting
BUM' LEADS
FIELD IN PALMETTO
GOVERNORSHIP RACE
AO POWER UJVDER HEAVEN' BUT RAILWAY
COMPANIES' COMPLIANCE CANPREVENTA
STRIKE THAT ML PARALYZE THE NATION
preservatives of the railroada declin
ed to sccept it In the face of what
I cannot bat regard as the practical
certainty that they wiH be ultimately
obliged t cept the eight-hour day
by the concerted action of organized
labor, backed by the favorable judg
mont of society, the representatives
of the railway management have felt
justified in declining a peaceful set
tlement which would engage all ths
forces of justice, public and private,
on their side to take care of the event.
"They fear the hostile influence of
shippers, who would be opposed to an
increase of freight rates (for which,
'Pardoning Governor' Will
Be in Run-off Primary-
':rt!: Seems to Have
Won for Lieutenant-Governor's
Place.
(By the United Press)
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 30-Former
Governor Blease, "The Pardoning
Governor," is leading in the Guberna
torial race. Incomplete returns place
Bloase well in the front in the three-
however, of course, the public itself Lornered figbtf ougn he doec ot
would pay); they apparently feel no
confidence that the Interstate Com
merce Commission could withstand
the objections that would be made.
They do not care to rely upon the
friendly assurances of the Congress
or the President They have thought
it best that they should be forced to
yield, if they must yield, not by coun
sel, but by the suffering of the coun
try.
"While my conferences with them
were in progress, and when to all out
ward appearance those conferences
had come to a standstill, the repre-
appear to have a majority. A second
primary is probable. It is indicated
that A. J, Bethea has defeated E. C.
L. Adams, for Lieutenant-governor,
that Samuel Carter defeated D. W.
McLaughlin for state treasurer and
that William B. Dove won over W.
G. Wight for Secretary of State.
Earlier Report
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 29. With
about one-third of the expected vote
heard from unofficially in the state
wide Democrat., primary, indications
sentatives of the brotherhoods sud' tonight are that former Governor
denly acted and set the strike for the
fourth of September.
Turns to Congress.
"I yield to no man in firm adher
ence, alike of conviction and of pur
pose, to the principle. of arbitration
in industrial disputes; but matters
have come to a sudden crisis in this
particular dispute and the country had
been caught unprovided with any
practicable means of enforcing that
conviction in practice (by whose fault
we will not now atop to inquire). A
situation had to be met whose ele
ments and fixed conditions were indis
putable.
"Dut I could only propose. I could
not govern the will of others who
Colo Blease will make a second race
for the gubernatorial nomination
against Richard I. Manning, the in
cumbent, or Robert A. Cooper.
Blease has a long lead over his op
ponents but apparently lacks the ma
jority necessary for nomination.
Every Passenger Train, Every Freight Train, Every
Piece of Rolling Stock Will Lay Idle When Wheels
Cease to Turn at 7 O'clock on the Morning of Labor
DayAlready Embargoes in Effect, and Others Prob-
. able Senators Charged with Using Situation Coun
try Shudders at for Political Gain Nebraska District
Judge Issues Order Restraining Strike on Holiday
Not One Ray of , Hope Congress Has Achieved Noth
ing So Far.
Washington. Aug. 30. First attempts to rush strike
legislation through Congress were checked today when
bitter charges were made that "certain senators are try
ing to make political capital out of the situation."
PRESIDENT'S DRAMATIC ADDRESS TO
RAILWAY HEADS. v
Washington, VAug. 30. "No power under heaven can
prevent the strike Monday, short of a satisfactory settle
ment by the railroads," W. B. Lee, the trainmen's leader,
Uday said. "Postponement is not even under consideration."
"God forgive you, I can't." were the words of the nresi
dent at the close of his final conference with the railway
executives. ; The railway strike Monday will tie up every
; piece oi roiling siock m tne country m the opinion of the
brotherhoods. " The Strike order includes passenger as
wen as ircignt employees.
WILSON TRYING HOLD OFF STRIKE;
BROTHERHOODS STAND PAT.
Washington. Aug. 30. President Wilson is todav en
deavoring to persuade the brotherhoods to withdraw the
strike order effective on September 4. Officials say that
ii tne Drotnernooas scriKe wnue uongress is debating mea
sures favorable to labor, there will be such a tremendous
reaction in the country against unions that might turn took an entirely different view of the
the trend of events. The brotherhoods show no indica- circumstances io be what they have'
tion of rescinding the order. Congress thus far has only turned out to be.
' taken up the task. The Interstate Commerce committee "Having failed to bring the parties
. of the Senate today announced hearings, at which all in- h "i critical controversy to an ac-
i. j. i .j.. j i At- r
teresteu are invueu to present weir views.
SOUTHERN WARNS OF POSSIBLE EMBARGO.
wasnington," Aug. au. aoutnern nanway issued a
warning that an embargo on all classes of freight is pos-
sioie wiuiin iwenvy-iour nours unless uie siriKe siiuaucn
clears:' up. v i If the strike is thought unavoidable
the work of clearing the tracks will begin several days in
, advance. The first freight affected would be perishable
foodstuffs. Other Southern carriers are expected to fol
low suit.
ORDER AGAINST LABOR DAY STRIKE.
Omaha, Aug. 30. District Judge Sears today issued an d6ed- b circumstances we had hoped ,ctuated by the highest public mot
order restraining trainmen from striking on labor dav. never t0 see' butr ImPtive " wcl1 ives, in his efforts to prevent the
UNION PACIFIC EMBARGO.
Kansas City, Aug. 30. Union Pacific today issued an
embargo on all freight unless it can be delivered by noon
.Saturday.
President' Message.
TAYLOR CENSURES THE
PRESIDENT IN LETTER
Wilmington Man Talks Plainly to
Chief Executive, His Friend, On
Subject of the Strike Sent Copy
to Mr. R. H. Rountree, Who Gives
Publicity
HAYFEVERITES' HEAD
SAYS IT WAS JULIUS
. SNEEZER, NOT CAESAR
Bethlehem, N. H, Aug. 31. Sev
eral hundred members of the United
States Hay Fever Association blew
in here today behind their handker
chiefs. . They came for the annual na
tional convention representing 200,
000 hayfeverites. Theirs is an orga
nization not to be sneezed at by any
one but members. '
The official slogan of the conven
tion Is a quotation from a " funeral
oration by the original itayfever vic
tim. Marc Antony,, wherein he eaid:
"You' who have tears to shed,
"Prepare to shed them now."
It has long been generally believed
that Antony was exhorting" his hear
ers to weep over the death of Caesar,
but the association's research depart
ment, under the direction of Presi
dent John H. Pinever of , Brooklyn
has definitely established that Anto
ny merely interrupted himself to
warn his fellow sufferers of the hay
fever season's approach.
Mr. Pinovtr here today also ex.
pressed the suspicion that there was.
really, no such man as "".aesar; that
his name as a matter of fact, was
Sneezer; which of course, explains
what yintony meant when he said;
i come Dury aneezer, not to
praise him.
Come
Celebrate
With
Goldsboro
Wayne County Fair
eommodation, therefore, I turn to
you, deeming it clearly our duty as
public servants to leave nothing un
done that we can do to safeguard the
life and interests of the, nation."
Then followed the recommendations
with the concluding words:
"These things I urge upon you, not
In haste or merely as a means of
meeting a present emergency, but as
permanent and necessary additions to
the law of the land, suggested, in-
The New York Times says: (
"President Wilson should hold up
to public censure the brotherhoods of
railroad employes for their refusal
to arbitrate, in the opinion of J. A.
Taylor, a wholesale merchant of Wil
mington, N. C, who for years has
been a friend of the President, and
whose brother, Walker Taylor, is col
lector of the port of Wilmington. Mr.
Taylor has expressed this opinion in
1 letter addressed to the President.
i copy of which The Times received
yesterday.
"In his letter, Mr. Taylor said he
recognized that the President was
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Washington, Aug. 30. In his mes
sage to Congress yesterday after
noon in regard to the railroad strike
hundred thousand men from whom the
demands proceeded had voted to
strike if their demands wsrj refused;
the strike was imminent; it h. rinco
as just, if such emergencies are to be
prevented in the future. I feel that
no extended argument is needed to
commend them to your favorable con
sideration. They demonstrate them
selves. The time and the occasion on
ly give emphasis to their importance.
We nted them now and we shall con
tinue to need them."
' situation, President Wilson, advocat- been set for the fourth of Septem
Ing more members of the Interstate ber next. It affects the man who
Commerce Commission, the eight-hour man the freight trains on practlca'-
' day law, Federal operation in th ly every railway in the country.
vnt of a strike as a "military nee J Crippled Freight Service.
. cssity," and other things, ' declared
.that: ,
"The public has been mad famll
' Jar with th demands of the men and
the arguments urged in favoi of
them,' and even more familiar with
' tit objections of the railroads and
their counter-demand that certain
, privileges now enjoyed by their men
and certain bases of payment worked
ut through many years of contest be
. 'reconsidered, especially in their rela
tion to the adoption of an eight-hour
day. The matter came tome three
, weeks ago to a final issue and result-
ad in a complete deadlock between
'the parties. Th means provided by
law for the . mediation of the contro
versy failed and the means of arbitra
tion for which the law provides were
rejected.
"The representatives of the railway
executives proposed that the demands
of the men bo submitted in their en
tiretry te arbitration, along with cer
tain questions of readjustment as to
pay and conditions of employment
which seemed to them to be either
closely associated with the derands
er to call for reconsideration en theit
own merits; the men absolutely de
clined arbitration, especially if any of
their established privileges were Ij
that means to be drawn again in
question. Th la in te matter put
is compulsion upon them. The four
"The freight service throughout t!s
United States must stand -till -in til
their places are filled, if, indeed, it
should prove possible to flll the-n ;it
all. Cities will be cut off from thdir
food supplies, the whole commerce of
the nation will be paralysed, men of
every sort and occupation will be
thrown out of employment, countless
thousands will in all likelihood be
brought, it may be, to the very point
of starvation, and a tragical national
ralamity brought on, to be added to
the other distresses of the time, be
cause no basis of accommodation
settlement has been found.
"It seemed to me, in considering the
subject matter of the controversy,
that the whole spirit of the time and
the preponderant evidence of recent
economic experience spoke for the
eight-hour day.
"It has been adjudged by the
thought and experience of recent
years a tiling upon which society it
justified In insisting as in the inter
est of health, efficiency, contentment
and general increase of economic vig
or." ;- ,
Executive's Efforts. "
The President told of offering "the
friendly services of the Admlnistia
tion," and his plan for a settlement.
stating that:
"The representatives of the broth
erhoods sccpted the plan; but the re-
TROOPS COME HOME;
. WILL BE SCATTERED
TIIR'UGHOUT NATION
Washington, Aug. 30. Orders for
the return to their State mobilisation
camps of 15,000 National Guardsmen
now in the Mexican border were is
sued tonight by the War Department
General Funston was directed to re
turn three regiments from Newlfork
two from New Jersey, two from Illi
nois, two from Missouri, and one
each from California, Oregon, Wash
tngton and Louisiana.
Secretary Baker announced the or
der after a conference with President
Wilson at the Whits House. Earlier
in the day the department had order
ed to their home stations 6,000 regu
lar coast artillerymen who have been
rving as infantry on the border.
The secretary's statement tonight
said: .
"In view of the fact thst substan-
tially this number of troops who have
not dons patrol duty on the border
are now on their way there, it is felt
that this number can be spared. Ir,
few days if transportation facilities
remain undisturbed, the department
intends to order home some mors re
giments and possibly to replace them
with troops now in their mobilisation
esmps in the several States." -
strike. He then outlined the situa
tion as he saw it, emphasising that
the demand fdr an eight-hour day is
not a measure of service, but a basis
of pay. He continued.
"I was much impressed with your
appeal to the railroad executives to
oiaka concessions because of the in
ternational situation, but it seems to
me that this appeal should be made
to the men who are responsible for
the situation, and whose ; persistent
disregard of public duty can alone
imperil the public safety. I cannot
help but believe that you have failed
to give due Consideration to the rel
ative weight of personal grievance
on one side and public right and con.
venience on the other. If unionized
labor is capable of such enormities
as now arc threatened, I think the
it ? .
sooner uie issue is orougnt to a
head the greater will be the sccurl
ty for the country. . '. ,
"The responsibility for failure to
effect a settlement is not yours, but
the obligation to place the rcsponsi.
bility is undoubtedly yours."
A copy of this letter was sent to
R. H. Rountree, a New Ycrk cotton
merchant, and also a long friend oi
President Wilson, who wired to Mr.
Taylor for permission to send it to
th New York Times for publication.
Mr. Rountree is a native and form
er resident of this section. He visits
Kinston quite often. ,
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