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Show GENERAL STRIKE IN IRELAND HAS BEGUN I & Q. 4 & ' 8 & 4 4 PlH President Calls tor : I mhh m Conditions I Prevailing in Nation Announce Members of Railroad Labor Board Named by WII- ''Mmm son; Strike Situation in East Worse,, But Better i'lH in West, Says Report by Brotherhoods 'H mm WASHINGTON, April 13 Thc railroad labor board , 'H was appointed today by President Wilson. 'mmm President Wilson today called a' meeting of the cabinel ilH for tomorrow to discuss "the general situation." I White House officials would not say that "the unauth- I orized" railroad strike had prompted the call, but it was un- H ! derstood that this would be the principal subject discussed. i ' This is the first cabinet meeting called by the president since he returned from his western trip last September, "a JH very sick man." Since his illness he has" seen only a few mem-bers mem-bers of his official family. The members of thc labor board are: ' Representing the public George W. Hanger, Washington, D. C.'t Henry C. 1 Hunt, Cincinnati; R. M. Barton, Ten- J , M nessce. . M Representing. ihc railroada: Horace Wt Baker, J. H. Elliott and William L. , I Park. Representing, tha employesr-Albnr: Phillips, A. O. Wharton and James J. M Forester. Thc board will be authorized to meet M in Washington at once to take up the M grievances of the railroad employes M now on strike. The nominations went M to the senate at noon today and prompt action by that body is expected. M Mr. Hunt, one of the public repre- M sentatlves, is appointed for one year. M He is a former mayor of Cincinnati , and a former member of the Ohio ( j U house of representatives. During tin war he was a captain in the 'national jH army. Since 1915 he had been a mem- 'M ber of the board of trustees of the Cln i M cinnati Southern railway, a city owned M Mr. Hanger, another representative of thc public, is named for two years. M He is assistant commissioner of tho M United States board of mediation and j a M conciliation and as a member of that W body has had considerable experience M in handling labor disputes. Judge Barton, the third member. Is a WM former judge of the Tennessee court IH of appeals, and is appointed for three Horace Baker, who is appointed to 'jH represent the railroad executives for a tl-ree year term, is a former general WM manager of the Cincinnati, New Or-. W leans & Texas Pacific railroad. , Served as Colonel. jJ J. H. Elliott of Texas, appointed for two years, formerly was general mana ger of the Texas and Pacific railroad and subsequently was a colonel in thc transportation corps of the America mM Mr. Park is vice president of tht Chicago-Great Western railway and is appointed for one year. Mr. Phillips is vlco president of tlu Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemei IH and Enginemen. He is appointed foi IH three years. IH Mr. Wharton, of Missouri", is an offi IH cf.il of the railway employes' depart ment of -the American Federation oi Labor and a member of the board o IH railway wages and working condition of the United States railroad ad minis tration. His term is for twO years. Mr. Forrester "Ts president of Fedora lion of Steamship Clorks, Freight Han d'ers, Express and Station Employes Mu His term is for one year. Court of Last Resort - IH Under the transportation act ;th jH railroad labor board Is the court o. last resort in disputes between the roads and their employes. Its firs work after considering the presen IH strike will be to take up the-whole rrfilroad wage question which has becj MM pending for nearly a year. IH Tho board is to establish permanent headquarters at Chicago and its mem bers will devote all their time to thi v.ork. They will receive salaries ol MM $10,000 a year each. jH NEW YORK HARD HIT. NEW YORK, April 13. New York was still in the grip of tho outlaw railway strike today and there, wero no surface indications of a general break in the ranks of the strikers. mM Railroads were cheered by an- r IH nouncenients that military engineers, jH college students and citizens Jn sev- eraf communities had volunteered to fill the strikers' places. tM While gains were made by- tho atrik amm ers yesterday, food trains reached tlu v MM city in such number as to relieve th 9 mm anxiety orhcalth officials. f mWM (Continued on Page 9 )r. jH ' ' ' H President Calls for Confab on Conditions Prevailing in Nation (Continued from Page 1) The New York Central road succeeded suc-ceeded in maintaining virtually its nor- mal passenger service and moved considerable con-siderable freight. All other lines entering en-tering the city continued crippled. -The Pennsylvania railroad's suburban service serv-ice was about 50 per cent of normal this morning. Officials of the "big four" brotherhoods brother-hoods continued their efforts to induce "outlaws" to return to work. In several instances attempts of the brotherhood officials to address bodies of strikers were repulsed with hoots and jeers. IN PHILADELPHIA. ' PHILADELPHIA, April 13. The I strike situation in the Philadelphia district appeared ' more" serious today I than at any Lime since the men began leaving their work last Saturday. Officials Of-ficials of the Pennsylvania railroad admitted ad-mitted the walkout was spreading and estimate 1500 men. many of them shopmen, joined the ranks of the strikers strik-ers late yesterday and last night. This increased the number of Pennsylvania employes out in the district to 2500. In the eastern region approximately 3750 were idle. Officials of the company said they did not look for any noticeable notice-able relief for three or four days. Freight and express traffic virtually s at a standstill; while the curtailment curtail-ment of passenger service was increasing in-creasing hourly. Of the 700 passenger trains originating daily, passing through or terminating in Philadelphia 105 were nnnulled yesterday. The strike has seriously interfered with coal movement and in some cases has caused the closing down of anthracite anthra-cite mines. Shortage of cars due to the walkout caused all the mines of the Lackawanna Coal company in the Wilkesbarre district, employing 20,000 men, to suspend operations yesterday. ftATciAAV n I nctrn WASHINGTON, April 13. "The gateway to the south" through this city was closed to freight traffic today as a result of the spread of the "unauthorized" "un-authorized" switchmen's strike to the Potomac yards across the Potomac mer. Superintendent Colver said the yards were paralyzed. The total number num-ber of strikers was placed by him at 220. Normally 3000 cars a day are handled han-dled through the yards, including nil produce shipments from the south to the east. The Southern railway reported that Its fast mail and passenger trains were moving subject to' some delay. The passenger line tracks do not go through the Potomac yards. Other passenger traffic was curtailed. The singlo track bridge across the Potomac from this city into Alexandria, Alexan-dria, where the Potomac yards are located, is the only railroad inlet into the south, east of Cincinnati. STUDENTS VOLUNTEER. . BALTIMORE, Md., April 13. Fif teen hundred or more- railway workers were reported out in the Baltimore dis-trict dis-trict of the Pennsylvania and Balti- 'M more and Ohio railroads this morning jJ in the "outlaw" strike which began here last evening. In Baltimore the Pennsylvania railroad declared an em-bargo em-bargo on all freight outgoing and a-coming. a-coming. ; About 100 Johns Hopkins university ' students volunteered for service and ' were accepted by railroad officials1., BOSTON, Mass., April 13. Effects of the unauthorized strike of railroad employes were felt in all parts of New England today through further rcduc-fions rcduc-fions and consolidations In all classes of traffic. The yanks' of loyal work-ers work-ers remained unbroken on lines run-ning run-ning through this section. 'M SERIOUS TURN. CLEVELAND, O., April 13 The rail--road strike situation in Cleveland took on a more serious aspect this morning when 200 car repairers and nearly fifty car inspectors employed in the Collinwood shops of the New York Central lines failed to report for work this morning following their walkout rH last night. It was reported that 300 more shop- men at the New York Central shops and 1500 in shops of other railroads j plan lo go out on Thursday aftcrnoOD as a result of a vote taken on Moh-day Moh-day night. I With the exception of the New York IH Central and Nickel Plate yards wherjJ IH a few trains of freight were moved IH last night and early today, no freight was handled in Cleveland terminals. Passenger, mall and milk trains were operated about normal. IH Statement From Lee. Regarding reports that some Broth- IH erhood of Railroad Trainmen members were dissatisfied with the prosenl IH grand lodge officials and that several IH resolutions ' had been adopted by, dif- fcreht locals asking for the resign a- IH tlon of President W. G. Lee and other IH grand officers, Mr. Lee today de- IH dared: "The present grand lodge officers iwJll remain, will continue to cany on IH the work of the brotherhood in a busi- ness-likc manner, administer the more jH than five and a half million dollars in-surancc in-surancc and benefit funds and will not bo stampeded by the 'insurgents.' ' IH |
