| Show ha he STRIKE AND LOCAL application with winter a still till here food cod prices already insufferably high and coal not to be had the threatened railroad i strike as announced la in the papers this morning to become effective tomorrow evening at 6 strikes terror to the heart of the citizen who is ia having a hard time to make ends meet that the situation is serious la is la admitted on all sides and yet there la Is a ray of hope in the information which the news gathered this morning front from reliable sources the strike order instead ot of bedni made effective tomorrow evening ignot is not effective until Wednes wednesday aay ot at next nest week so there are still a few more days in which influences may bo be brought tv to bear to avert what would be a national catastrophe the news newa Is also reliably informed that in the consideration of the constitutionality of of the adams eight hour law the supreme court of the united states is divided five of the justices agreeing to the constitutionality of the law and four dissenting which makes a majority in favor ot of the law the trainmen affected by the strike order have made it known through their official bead that it if the supreme court holds the adamson law constitutional ti aution al they will be satisfied and demand its effective operation immediately on the other hand they have declared according to the press reports that it the court rules against the law they will vall not accept that decision but stand upon the original demand and if it is not forthcoming the strike will go into effect As to just who ol of the railroad em aloyes are affected by this order the news made inquiry and lear learned aled that only the crews operating freight trains are included in the strike that means that every individual from the freight engineer to the freight switchman willbe will be called out if the strike goes into effect the office men in tee freight offices will not be effected and the passenger train crews axe are not included in the order either so that passenger trains will continue to operate even it if the strike goes into effect unless tile the dissatisfaction should spread among the railroad wor workers kersto to include them all it is trie opinion of some ot those who arean a position to get inside ins att 0 ih o 1 6 0 bailer in af eaon efi ou ti 1 th the hr e ennior on citizen that there will ue be no strike I 1 that belief was expressed to the news newa representative this morning and the earnest hope of the people will be that it may prove so |
