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Show PEACE PROPOSAL I TURNER DOWN I Houston. Texas, Nov. 15 One of two peace proposals alined to settle the Southern Pacific railroad strike was refused bv labor leaders here fl today They rejected Julius Kruttschnltt's 1 offer to coDfer with the federated ! unions' board, asserting that it was an evasion President Wilson's move for mediation remained as the only JH apparent hope for speedy settlement. Kruttschnltt's Offer j The statement by the federated board on Mr Krultschnltt's offer I read : ,M ifl Once more the Southern Pacific am officials are evading the Issue. Mr. J KruttSChnitt proposes the formulation i 1 of some plan to adjust future grlev- ances, without anv regard to those j existing. Such being the case, we i ,an a matters, stand, have no re- m Mr Kruttschnltt's offer was to dis- WM CUS1 with a representative committee WM of the four labor organizations on I MM strike, the question of inaugurating j a system of dealing with controver- j Bias through a joint committee repre-Benting repre-Benting all four organisations. Meanwhile except for a few- pas- I lenger trains, the entire Sunset Cen- H I tral system was completely tied up. If -The Southern Pacific railroads ex- IB MM pected to operate fourteen passenger ,t trains today, manning them mostly f with its own officials Among thesn g-j STfl the east aud west bound dally trans-continental expresses, requiring I sight trains, for each way, to main I lain their schedule. 1 |