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Show IBA1LR0AD MEN I IN MESS f Employes and Managers Hold-1 Hold-1 ing Separate Meetings in New York City. NO SIGN OF CHANGE Both Sides Eager to Hear Re-suits Re-suits of the Cabinet Meeting. NEW YORK, March 16. There worn no Burface indications thin afternoon M any move, either by chiefs of the brotherhoods of railway employes or the railroad managers, to prevent the strike which threaten? to paralyze the transportation system of the country, scheduled to begin within less than thirty hours. Both groups were in separate conference con-ference here today and each was apparently ap-parently in readiness to receive overtures over-tures from the other, but was waiting for the other to make the first move. Both were expecting some action by 1he administration at Washington and were eager to hear the result of the cabinet meeting which President Wilson Wil-son called to consider the situation A number of railroads today declared de-clared freight embargoes and more were expected to follow suit The national na-tional conference committee of mana- Igers advised all the roads to declare embargoes on perishable freight W. G. Lee. spokesman for ihe brotherhoods, broth-erhoods, declared the belief thai not more than one out of twelve employes would refuse to obey the strike order. Defense Council May Act. WASHINGTON. March 16. The council of national defense, including several cabinet members, at a meeting meet-ing here today took up the threatened nation-wide railroad strike and it was indicated that some action looking to a prevention of the strike mlghl be I taken. |