Show NEW NE YORK ALREADY FEELING STRIKE ORDER NEW YORK Aug 31 Al AI Al Although though the proposed pr freight embargo embargo embargo em em- bargo declared q by the the railroad win will not become operative until tonight the prospective railroad d strike already is is' is causing widespread inconvenience throughout New York ork t tand and New England Every branch j of business depending on rail transportation transportation tion Ion is making plans to offset so far faras faras faras as possible the threatened loss of transportation n facilities At all aU the big railroad centers here preparations are being made to keep as many trains as possible running All the the strikebreaking companies have bave begun to recruit railroad work work- ers Railroad officers here expect to handle during the next three days days' the great volume of passenger tI traffic Ic they ever had to deal with After the first thrill of apprehension sion slon fears of a a. food famine have somewhat somewhat some some- someI I wb what t abated abate Y Railroad men and provision provision pro pro- vision dealers say that if a strike is called the residents of big cities clUes in the East may have to go without some of their of-their their favorite dishes but that I no One ne need go hungry Theatrical T producers agree that I their business would be bo one of the first to suffer heavy loss from a railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road strike Managers estimated that J such a disaster would affect at least members of the tho profession C CHICAGO Aug 31 WhIle the statement of W. W G. G Lee president ent of the Order of ot Railway Trainmen that pa passage sage of President Wilsons Wilson's eight eight- hour day bill would be regarded as asa asa a a. a satisfactory adjustment of the strike situation was regarded as important important im un- un by railroad men preparations against a strike on Monday proceeded proceeded proceeded pro pro- without abatement I Embargoes covered covered- freight shipments shipments ship ship- ments on every mile mUe of main tri k in the country and presidents of railroads railroads rail rail- roads in Chicago met at the Chicago club to discuss the problems It was said they would hire new men through a general committee e and would operate co-operate to run trains as needed The Tho wheat market which broke broce extreme ex cx- trenie 4 41 1 pa the Pennsylvania railroads railroad's embargo yesterday opened without Important recessions today The Chicago Grain Receivers' Receivers association asso asso- elation notified country shippers to withhold shipments for the tho present I asso-I The live stock embar embargo o was re re- Continued COn on page pace 2 NEW YORK ALREADY 1 Y Continued from page 1 fleeted In an advance In prices of ot live livestock livestock livestock stock at the union stock yards today Hogs advances advanced 25 cents cattle 10 to 20 cents and sheep 20 to 40 cents higher than rays ray's average The railroads will not carry catTY on the fight single handed but according to tentative plan will pool their resources Strikebreakers It is understood Will Willbe be hired not by individual roads but by a central committee of all the roads and distributed where they are most vitally needed If one road succeeds In moving trains while the tracks of another are stalled the successful road will lend a helping hand to the road in distress The plan for a harmonious alliance o of all the roads will be definitely formulated formulated formulated for for- at a meeting at the Chicago club today of twenty-three twenty high railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road officials In the city In an effort to discourage strike sentiment sentiment sentiment sen sen- the roads have announced a a. system o of punishments and rewards who go on strike will forfeit their seniority privileges New men taken on during the strike will be he given the preferment in promotion Guarantees o of protection have been given to who remain loyal to the company Chicago detective agencies are ad advertising advertising advertising ad- ad for strikebreakers and report more than a thousand ready for In Instant instant instant in- in stant service Independent of the transportation strike the railroads are facing a new labor problem in the threatened strike of on twenty railroads west o of Chicago Unless their demands de demands demands de- de mands for an hour eight-hour day and 5 cents an hour wage Increase are granted they announce they will take a strike vote on September 9 9 The Themen Themen Themen men Involved are aro the machinists boiler boller boil boll er makers blacksmiths sheet metal metalworkers metalworkers metalworkers workers and carmen Chicago city officials will meet to today today to- to day to tabulate the city's food supply and discuss local transportation The temporary injunctions granted by state courts o of Omaha and Kansas City yesterday restraining the general and local officials of the Order of ot Railway Conductors from calling or enforcing a strike on the Union Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- railroad was the subject of or much discussion today by railroad officials Whether other suits o of a similar nature nature nature na na- na- na ture would be brought on various roads had not been determined early today The embargo on live stock will cause a shortage o of fresh meats In various cities of ot the country within a few days according to packers and andIn andin andin In many instances the price of meats has already gone up Commission merchants in various parts of the country who had shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments o of perishable goods started en route from the Pacific coast states before be before be- be fore the embargo was announced were compelled to order the railroads to torun torun torun run the cars on express schedule In Instead Instead instead In- In stead o of freight in order to avoid possible possible possible pos pos- sible losses It is understood at El Paso Tex that in event of ot strike the military plan to run supply trains between the gulf gult of Mexico and the Pacific coast In order that troops along the border borde may be furnished with all necessities Many guardsmen on the frontier are are experienced engineers and have expressed expressed expressed ex ex- ex- ex pressed a willingness to operate supply supply sup sup- ply trains If the railroads are unable to furnish men The Tha Great Northern railroad has called on Governor Hanna o of North Dakota to p protect its P property s should a strike be called and the governor announced that he would issue instructions instructions in instructions in- in to the police and the sheriffs sheriffs sher sher- iffs o of the state to safeguard the lives of passengers and protect the property o of the railroads from destruction by strikers or their sympathizers |