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Show MEXICO TO RUN Mi IF STRIKE IS NOT ENDEB Sonora Governor Tells Southern South-ern Pacific -President State Is Ready to Take Action MUST ACT TO SAVE PEOPLE'S SUFFERING Will Have Strikers Operate Road and Pay Them Wage Demanded NO GALES, Mexico, April 8. The settlement of the trainmen's strike, which since Saturday has tied up traf-fice traf-fice on tho Sonora district of the Southern South-ern Pacific of Mexico, is in tho handa of Presidont Epcs Randolph, of that road, said Gov. Adolfu de la Iluerta today. Unless he acts, the state will, he said. Gov. de la Hucrtn, who is here from Kermosillo, in an effort to settle tho strike, declared emphatically there would bo no revolution in Sonora. He explained the various rumors of revolt wore borne of political misunderstandings misunderstand-ings which would be corrected within 24 hours. lie also announced that unless un-less the strike is settled today tho government gov-ernment would lake over the railroad and op2rate iL 'In the ovent of government gov-ernment control the governor said, trains will not' be operated by soldiers, but by the striking tralnmon themselves, them-selves, j To Aid Governor. Prior to calling the strlko last Saturday, Sat-urday, Gov. de la Huerta explained the trainmen notified the state government govern-ment of their Intentions nnd of their reasons for quitting wc , and plncPd themselves absolutely at tho command of tho governor in any adjustment of tho difficulty he saw fit to negotiate. The strikers, he said, have not sinco receded from this position and are willing at the governor's orders, to permit per-mit and assist in the resumption ofi traffic. Will Got Demands. If it i3 necessary to take over the road, the govornor said, the men who run the trains and perform other services ser-vices incident to their operation, will: bo paid tho scale of wages they demand and will be only requlVod to work reasonable rea-sonable hours. The real issue of tho"strike. the governor gov-ernor said, is recognition of tho train-1 men's union and placing employes of' the Southern Pacific of Mexico" on a! wago nnd hour equality with the em-J ployes of other roads in Mexico. Thei governor added that the granting of I demands would still leave the strik-j ing workers at a wage scale one-third; helow that of workers on connecting Hues in the United States. I To Prevont Water Famine ! Gov. de la Huerta declared ho is ac-j tuatcd by a desire to do justice to all : concerned and the fact that a water I famine threatens practically every point along the railroad in Sonora1 makes him especially desirous of hay-ling hay-ling traffic resumed without delay. |