Show I I I PRESIDENT TELLS WAGE BOARD RUSH Message l of Forceful Text rex Sent as Railway Men ilIen Become BecOme Become Be Be- I come Restive I I IBy p By A. A Associated Press Washington n June 23 The The railroad labor board at Chicago ChIc has has' been urgently ur- ur r requested qu sted b by President Wilson to expedite Its ils wage wac decision The Presidents President's message resulted from the general unrest among railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road workers over the wage wage question and the walkout of ot yardmen and other at Philadelphia Baltimore and other cities clUes Its text was was not made public but unofficially it was described as being of ot a forceful char char- acter actor Soon after the White House an announcement announcement an- an of ot the tIre Presidents President's action W. W N. N Doak vice ice president of the Brotherhood of ot Railroad Trainmen Issued Issued is issued Is- Is sued a a. warning that unless there was wasa a settlement of ot the now year old old ar-old Wa wage e controversy by tho the end of or this week the tho situation probably would be much worse than at present Doak Donk flames Blame Board Doard The railroad labor board Mr Doak said Is wholly responsible for tor the that added pr present nt bad situation He the chiefs of ot the railroad brotherhoods t this ls desire the the public to know that much-heralded much and nd nd advocated d method of ot adjusting questions of this charac charac- character ten ter accord according In to the present Indications Indica Indica- Is a rank and hopeless s failure At tho the same sarno time Secretary Wilson of the department of or labor declared InCont in Cont Continued on ott Page pac 2 WAGE BOARD RUSH Continued Prom From Page Pago 1 a formal statement that while the tho la labor Ia- Ia bor hor board had had a big task to perform perform per per- form it could render no better public service In the tho existing situation than by coming to toa a speedier determination of the questions at issue before It Mr Doaks Doak's statement said the tho railroad railroad rail rail- road organizations had done everything everything every every- thing reasonable to keep transportation tion moving and that they were now considering means to assist In every manner In preventing workmen from leaving the tho service of the tho roads but that they know full well that tho thomen thomen men must bo be given substantial pay in increases increases in- in creases before their efforts could be successful Strike Dl Discussion cu lon Secretary Wilson in making public his statement denied that the tho railroad strike had been discussed at tho meeting meeting meet meet- ing of the tho cabinet with President Wilson Wilbon Wil- Wil son bon yesterday or that action on the tho strike was delayed after he had de declared dc- dc dared that the situation was so Improved improved Im im- proved that steps by the government were unnecessary After tho cabinet meeting Secretary Payne who now Is head of the railroad railroad rail rail- road administration stated In the tho presence of Secretary Wilson that ho he had made a report to the tho President on the tho strike situation but that no ac action action ac- ac tion was taken after Secretary Wilson had stated that the situation was improving im- im Im proving o Apology to t o Come From Board Everything possible POS POS- Chicago Juno June sible la is being done to expedite the de decision decision de- de of wage demands of railroad the railway labor hoard board said today The Tho hoard board late today had not received President Wilsons Wilson's message requesting an Immediate decision but after reading press dispatches from Washington G. 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Hanger public representative representative rep rep- on the board and chairman of Its publicity committee announced that no statement would bo made as asIt asIt It might bo be construed as an apology for delay and that the board had so apologies to make Public hearings were comp completed feted only two weeks ago Mr Hanger pointed n out and the board was now devoting all its time to consideration of the several several sev sev- eral hundred schedules which must be issued To Take Time Tho decision will be forthcoming he said in a reasonable length of time but he ho declined to define such a rea rea- reasonable time Members of the tho board previously had indicated that the de decision decision de- de might bo be ready within ten days or two weeks certainly In less than a month Wo We are working ceaselessly toward a decision and it Is now In eight said Judge Barton chairman of the board Wo are arc giving our best efforts to tomake make malco it as early as possible We have havo havea a gigantic task as it Involves the tho fixing fix fix- ing ng of hundreds of scales and tales tables The Iho job Is 13 difficult and confusing Active The latest railroad strike which has largely been confined to the tho east cast has spread pread to several middle western towns owns At Savannah fifty switchmen switch switch- men nen on two roads quit work while sixty five men were reported out in inho inthe ho the Chicago Burlington S yards at Hannibal Mo Eleven of fifty nine men who walked out at Burlington la ha Sunday returned to today to- to day It was said A mass meeting of railway vaca- vaca for Friday night was waste called by John Grunau an and Harold E E. E Redding Redding Red Red- ding leaders of two new railroad unions The Tho have havo an announced announced an- an that no wage decision will willbo bo ho acceptable that does docs not restore seniority rights Officers of the recognized railroad brotherhoods also were planning to meet here Friday Strike Stride Leaders Are Hopeful Philadelphia June 23 The The action taken aken today by President Wilson Nilson to end the ho yardmen's strike was subject ot or discussion at a number of meetings of strikers here tonight Some of the tho speakers appeared to see a hopeful sign in n the move but all of them declared he the men would not return to work until the ho United States railroad labor board hand down a satisfactory decision which they said meant an Increase oC of not less than 17 cents an hour active to April 1 The railroads maintained that the number of men out was small and that he the freight situation was greatly im- im proved roved George Koehl strike leader In a statement tonight claimed men lad had quit work in this district of which were out In this city |