WORK AND WAGES.
■-*tt>- ■ - THE AMERICAN RAILWAY-
MEN. TRYIXC TO AVERT A STRIKE. WASHINGTON, March 16. President WilsiL: lias nominated a Committee of Cabinet, with Mr. Gom. pers representing the' American Fednation of Labor, and Mr. Willard. president of the Baltimore-Ohio Railwav, tt» confer with the railwaymen in a final effort to avert a strike. President Wilson is prepared to taite drastic action if negotiation;: fail. PRESIDENT WILL ARBS-' TRATE. MEN'S ACTION PREMATURE. rAUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION-.] Received this clay at 10.40 a.m. WASHINGTON, March K>. President Wilson is willing to arbitrate <k\ the (railway situatiCn if requested. Otherwise lie may make n public statement deprecating a strike, while the Supreme Court has as yet rriven no decision as to the constitutionality of the eight hours law.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 March 1917, Page 2
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