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Show J WILL ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THE C. P. TROUSLE I President Wilson Orders Assistant I Commissioner Hanger of the 9 Board of Mediation to I New Orleans p Washington, Nov. 14. President I Wilson Into today Instructed Assls- I tnnt Commissioner Hanger of tlio I boaird of mediation nnd conciliation t to proceed nt onco to Now Orleans to aid In settling the strike of Southern Pacific railway operating employee. Now Orleans, Nov. 14. Except for two transcontinental passenger trains ono arriving and ono leaving hero today to-day traffic on the Southern Pacific railway In Louisiana la tied up by tho strlko of engtnemen and trainmen. Thi' ioart will not attempt to operate oper-ate freight trains and all passengers trains, but tho two through trains hnvo been annulled Indefinitely. Tho train arriving hero this morn- Ing waft manned by tho road's division divi-sion officials from Lafayette a division divi-sion terminal, nnd tho samo crow took out tho west bound train shortly before be-fore noon. No vlolenco was attempted and tho crow wns not subjected to tho usual hoots nnd jeers attending a strlko. Local union officials at a meeting today told tho men thnt attempts at-tempts at vlolenco would mean expulsion expul-sion of tho perpetrators from tho union. Thoy predict that tho strike will spread farther to tho west. Heavy Loss Threatened With tho loss of millions of dollars threatening sugar tind rlco producers of Louisiana) becauso ot tho strike, business men sent a long message to President Wilson appealing to him personally to Intervene to help sot- I tlo tho strlko and learned with pleas- I uro that Assistant Commissioner Han- j ger had bedn dispatched t6 offer his 9 services ns mediator. I Cnno producers aro In tho midst of harvesting rJ, largo crop. Should frost como before It Is hauled to tho Tnllls, tho loss will bo heavy. Tho Southern South-ern Pacific traverses tho richest cano section probably in tho United States, Local Southern Pa' officials say thoy examined tortn .. ngl- ncers who applied itr y will not bo put on oy como fully up '.. 'lire- ments, roads ofhclnls u offi cials also said that the Switchmen's Union of North America was offering , men to tho company. Threo switching crows aro on duty In tho Southorn Pacific yards, but have llttlo to do, as .union men working on other roads rcfuso to accept freight handled by men not affiliated with their unions. Not even porlshablo freight will bo handled, say tho railroad officials. |