Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-02 | Page 1 | Railroads Call off Embargoes

RAILROADS CALL OFF EMBARGOES Abandon Preparations for War as Congress Work to Secure Se-cure Peace. Managers Hold No Meetings, Believing Adamson Bill Will Pass Senate. Chicago, Sept 2. Railroads of the country abandoned preparations for war today and rewarded to those for peace. From all over the country railroad heads railroad heads announced an-nounced that embargoes placed on shipments as a war measure, were revoked. re-voked. In Chicago the usual meeting of railroad rail-road presidents was not held, nor did the executive committee of the General Manager's association issue the customary cus-tomary statement It was assumed that the Adamson bill would pass the senate tonight that the strike order would bo recalled, and that trains would run as usual Mondny morning, the date set for the walkout Feeling assured that the strike order or-der will bo cancelled, tho following railroads today revoked their embargoes: embar-goes: Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul; Chicago and Alton; Chicago, Rock Island Is-land and Pacific; Chicago and Northwestern; North-western; Monon; Chicago and Eastern Illinois; Chicago Great Western, and the Illnols Central. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy revoked last night Western railroad heads said that they xinderstood eastern roads would tako similar action In the course of the day. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2. At President Calvin's office today It was announced that the strike embargo on freight had been raised by the Union Pacific and tho Oregon Short Line. San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 3. The Southern Paclfio railroad revoked its strike Embargo today on llvestook