on iisiiit
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Yesterday.
Brooklyn, «I: St. Louis, 1.
New York, 6: Cincinnati. 5 (13 in-
nlltyrl.
lithlun. l-6: Pittsburgh, 0-7.
Chit-ago, 2: Philadelphia, U.
Standing in National League.
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Brooklyn .............. 72 H .621 \'.Illt'Il sent lleiuie Zimmerman lollie
Basiou ,.69 45 .605,t;iaitt.~. has refused to play with the
Philadelphia .......... (i7 49 .57tilt‘hic:.go Cubs. Doyle refused to loin
New York ............ 56 55 .49l.iht- local club unless guaranteed an
Pittsburgh ............ 54 64 .458 lilitlthbt‘ iii salary over that called for
St Louis ............. 55 67 151:”) hi.- contract.
l‘liiU-‘JU ............... 54 (i8 .“3' Doyle, Jacobson and Hunter came
(‘iutiiiiiziti ............ 46 78 371310 the (‘ubs for Zimmerman, and
——-- i'it~.~it‘.ciii \Yet‘gillllitfl said he would
Games Today. fulfill the contract of the players.
l’otion at Pittsburnh. ____..__._.._....
('hltztgo at St. Louis.
UPI) two games scheduled. i |
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. AMERICAN LEAGUE.
' ‘” RI GEORGE RIIIIRRII
Games Yesterday.
“Orion. 4: St, Louis. 0. I __
N w York, 5‘; Detroit. 2. , '
Vi: itiinnton, :l: t‘leveluutl, 1. {last of Foreign [mums loses in
( hit it"D. 7: Hill: "I ii in l .
’ .3.“ '° ; Straight so: at rum IIiIIs
Standing in America League.
w. in rc.’ "“3 ,
litzrittn ....... .........71 at .582. mum,“ H" I s N \' AWN"
“rm“ """ ' """"" till 57 '5“ ’Tilt lintfloi' the Tori-inn t'l'lII'WIII; in if .
(limo. ............... 6s 57 .r.ii w, _ , ‘ _."
31- “um ............. th‘ 58 .540 .llliyrlMii .tnntinl championship Hil-
Nt-v‘ Yolk ............ fill 57 .537 film tournament of the National Ton-
”mom", IIIIIIIIIII m 59 532 Ili> i'irsuf'llllltifl were climlituted hcro
Washington .......... 59 62 .488 ycstt-rdity iii the second round of thc
Piiilfttielphla ..........27 93 . 25 play on the \Vest Side t-Itlb ('Otll'ls.
’It‘Il'yJ Ktiiiitigtle. champion of Japan.
A. n—u. .
Games Today.
t‘hitogo at Philadelphia.
Hr. Louis to llostou.
lit-lioil at New York.
(‘li \‘t-ltiml at Washington.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Yesterdayk
llovitlence. 3: Rochestei, 0.
'rcinnto. tit-i; mammal-2.
Buffalo, 7: Newark. 6.
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H'clll down in straight sets before the
Trtiiihlilng not play of ‘ieorgc .\l.|
it lunch, of 'l‘enafiy, N. .I., of scores‘
lot 63, 63, 61.
“I'll" lilathcy, of (‘rariford
(iciciticti A. W. Macl‘herson,
1pion of Runniu. in a four-set
.at 6-4, 7-5. 2-6, 8-6.
I 'l‘hcodoré li.‘ I‘lll.’bf New York,
‘wozi front Frederlgk B. Alexander. iti-
so of New Yorkr‘d, 6-3, 2-6. 6-3.
Rcvezitl of the (I'llfornia minor
. t'stam wcrc also eliminated, In some
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.. . i W. L. RC. land .Roberts. of San Francisco. lost]
Buffalo. “NH"...“MBE 5.1 5." to Willis Davis. of California, now at
Provldehce' -...........66 52 559 etudent at the University of Pennsyl-,
'l‘oronto-..-..-.....-..*....6t 54 .538 vanlrt, after II hard-fought match ati
Montreal .............. so 54 .526 7'5' 7'5! “’3‘ Mam" 3‘ WWW“
Baltimore ..... _____ ӣ1 56 '52] Iiit. I913 champion. had no difficulty
Richmond ............. fit 64 458“" ”Ohm” Kenneth ”“7““ 0‘ S‘mi
Rochester .. ........... 52 66 .4441“"“"""““’: “l 6'3- “'2' 6“ K” H”
ch'ark 72 _390:Bcl‘r. of New York, ptit James Weber.l
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Games Today.
thumb: of Toronto.
Ilithnvtutd at Montreal.
Providence. at Buffalo,
Httiiifnnt’t‘ at Roclicete‘r. ‘
EASTERN LEAGU B.
Games Yesterday.
Ncw London, -.'i;
Portland. 16-4: Lowell. 8-3.
Lynn, 5; Springfield. 0.
\‘.‘orctsiei'. 7: Bridgeport, 5.
Now Haven, 35:1.awrcncc. 0-4
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l‘milniiti .............. 2'4 30
"New: London .......... TI 1}
Splinrfwld ............ 59 45
'Wmcesier ............ 57 46
Lym ")7 49
Luv icticc ............. ~17 55
New Haven .46 59
.liritrt‘porl ............. 38 70
llztllf'ortl .............. 35 68
Lott-ell ................ 33 68
Games Today.
Lawrence at Hartford.
Portland at Ilrldueport.
Worcester at New Haven.
Lynn at Springfield.
Only four games scheduled.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION GAMES
YESTERDAY. -
Coltinibus, 1'7; Toledo 0-8.
St. l’aul, 4; Milwaukee, 1;
Miiihcapolis, 5: Kansas City, 3.
Indlhnapolis, 2; Louisville, 1.
soot-Heart Assoéiitriou GAMES
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Mobile. 2-0; Atlanta, 1-5.
"Bir’fninghnm, .14: haw Orleans, 04.
'Efétttphiii, 3; Nashville. 0.
Little noon ‘9: chatitnooga, é.
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'4': try to tutti permanent Iron-b
"out for mini 'yo‘n at W " ‘
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iof Chicago, out. 6-2, 6-3. 6-2: Watson
(M. \‘l'nsltburtt, New York, won fromi
in, c Van \‘lict. University of t‘ntiton'
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EISIfRII I0 Gilli
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Sticral important matters are cx~
pet-lid to contemp for discuSsion at'
tonight's meeting of the Eastern Base
hall League directors, The meeting
will be held at Hotel Garde, New Ha-
vcti, and all of the directors have sig-
nified their intention to attend. Presi-
ttsnt t‘ollins. of the local club, receiv—
td notification of the impending meet-
the shortly before noon yesterday. lie
tattoo last night that he knows no
for calling a meeting. lie
plats:~ to represent the New Haven
i'l'n‘t'tll
franchise at the session.
1' wa> slated last night that the
directors have become uneasy over
the ri'obability of n fli"i.l‘zti railroad
>tiil;e. Should a strike be called next
week, plans will have to be made for
transporting bascball plnyrrs from
one rod of the (‘irtuil to the other.
Some of tho tittectors. it 1'“ sald.will
uivt the threatened strike as the ba-
~i.~ for an argument to t‘Itltt‘ the sczr
«on on Labor flay. II “III mum an
added I‘Xpt‘nnf‘ to transport the may.
«is in motor trucks. it is (IaIllltd.Hll(i
I'li‘ tlub owners tuniiol m. where
this will hclp their pocketbooks. The
probable .-~irtl.e will be a topic for
much dist-onion tonight.
Ono lcoguc director. in tIlH'UtiSIilK
the also lost night. said: "The only
Ihilly.’ left for us to do i.-' to tinr~t‘ the
torture on Labor Day. The ~irikt~ eit-
tioiion looktt seriour. It don't
talk“ some action right away a sit‘lke
iiiiihi force its to close, anyway. All
of lit» Iittte had a hard time of it this
reason. and tho soottcr tvc end it thi-
Iietlcr. All We can do now Is to
mourn our losses. and get ready for
tieitt your."
iiiiiiiii PIRIlISlS '
MAI iiiii itoiiiit Gilli
PRINCETON, Auguat 3!.’*TIII‘ indi-
\tl‘
rations now are that the football game V
rchcduled between Princeton and
Holy Crops. at Princeton. on Septem-
'lo the epidemic of infantile paralysis 1““ "‘3' staggered Dundee “1"“ h"
to Mel. Twlcc Joe nmnshpd ”gm“, ihtI afternoon's content against Siam-:mnflfll ““"k‘e'
ln ihc mate.
Whether the ”up: sphmmlod hex-PIRhF wind that looked as If the mnul- fort}.
j’WIII' NO‘Ih (‘ill'f'lil’lfl on ”10”.". 7'10!“ “-prp Rah”; [ofonle ou' inf John.‘lm"} ”I? visiting MIRHODF in JuFl
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ison Square Garden, New YorkJames
.I_ (‘oibett knocked out Kid .‘1ct'ny in
the lilth round of their sensational
figlri. the Inn big battle held before
the repeal of the Horton law.
Lug! night in Madison Square Gar-
,li-n Johnny itundcc and Joe Welling
put up one of the mast cockleofthe-
hcar. wai‘itiin; scraps that ha: been
wen in this neck of the woods since
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'0“ “Ullllihrics was in his swaddling ‘llH voul'i prove it tower of strcnuth
clothes. There was no kn0(-k()ut:‘ili the local apgreration, who fox
llLEJ‘t' wasn‘t rich 3 knockdown. but “’1'“ li““““““""“m“ "WW“ “'9‘“ ‘0.
their win ittIIUII ziplcnty from the) I" l‘-t'l"H-"1HUI.‘ I'i’UW‘Y‘t‘d “31911 it
firs' to thc iiiizil clung of the gong.
The two clack Iiulilweighls crowded
molt ital milling in one round than
ordinarily is seen in sixty.
l-miuce was the winner, but not by
trial margin, Welling gave him
chitin» (‘lill'bt‘il and fought himself
li.‘i‘l into thc Ilt'tirlfi of the local tight
fails.
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'l‘lit lightning fast and clever Italian
“fix too :iltttt'tiy .iitd fovy for the hard
‘iltlilti. ('lticttcwin. Johnny was bell
for taitttl for Il‘II rounds than “'35
Imt. Most of the fans loit the build-
in; tiitli IIIt' impression that In it
l.~ii'..ci IliiIiIt‘ Welling uould be nhle
to turn tht tables. Joe (“:0 dashed a
brand of milling that proves him a‘
worthy contender for the lightweight
:ith had many of the experts think
flirt Style i.~ Jllrl the one to catch and
~;-top~'thc liglitweight clutiiiplon. l-“wl-
.lic \‘clsh,
\‘.I‘.‘I1I"K Ill and out. ducking. foint
int: thruoilnu like it gamer-ark seek
an in dttvc steel spurs in the \Ilalfl:
icf liw'rlvul. Dundee repeatidly got,
Ei'lflidt‘ 'Wclliiig’n defences ‘tt the earlyi
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{punishfitcni without I\ whimpcr antl."“‘l~“""“‘n 0' “18”“ “1”)"- " Char-inn,“ up at the same hour H'C‘t‘l' of the older etnplol'eS may bovfii‘
llikc he 'illddiz atolldly waiting for theim' ‘3 'I" ”0“ “5‘ “me other Fe'"l’mtornintr. workan a fixed number 0t;effet‘i In helpful I" induct- m
' to ”hot the throat hold, keptiflenil'umn which 9"" hill“ ““9“ I“ “'lhours it day. gains 0“ duty at a “‘",them to reconeider their intent .. ~
goumfl m not “Mug amnion at Aiiiusqiitent Park. the- locallmn hour in the cvanlng and return-Munro at the call of "in“ ”if“ , ,
management will have taktn a WISBLlng every night to have dinner with ‘ is indicated by . statemcftf just
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, Furct‘l ll‘its it ll. ‘ .t-r tt‘un' I
f't ~. It"" ‘ holes In llundec's defence
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With lei Canals
’l‘hr IOcaI baseball management in
soothing for a good pitcher to twirl
litrcay tiiorninc‘s game, at Amuse»
illi'lll l'oi'k. against (’Itto Schmidt's
New i‘anann
lturribir effort to secuze one lilll Kt]-
It'l‘ill. the pitcher who recently
finned the New York Giants in an ex
illI'I‘lf‘ll game at Asbury Park. liill is
a butler of well-known abilities in
Marti-titan and vicinity. and his pres-
clan, is
comm to playiiiu the “iicxtto-Iit-avcn"
itiII [can’t-rs.
riflhiillltll who is also on
:tli~~ .‘forwhlk line is Ilaii Nb. of (‘ol
Illilfilii I‘nitersity. who pitched sen-r-
‘al games for Stamford at the begin-
ning of the season, but upon receiving
orders from the factllly.qtiil the ganic
with the Stamford aggregation. lian
lilo been signed by the Detroit Tl-
tiers.
Ernie Minimum, of the nushwlck
team. is also a probable Norwalk rep.
rt-st-ntativc in the box on Labor Day
morning, Ernie has. hung Up wins
ovet the Brooklyn Dodgers. the (‘liin-
esc team. Royal Giants, (‘uban Stats,
.iit.. other wellknown clubs.
Kennedy will itot
plate in the future to capture the
slants of Tobin or any other twirler
which the locale might trot out for a
trial Tilt‘ catching department will
IZt‘I‘tiiIIt .' be lll‘lpl)’ taken t‘:t"c of hi
mllt’!‘
be behind thc
iltli'lcy. of Ilridgcrort, who made an?
'tl‘llt‘dl‘II'W‘t‘ at the lllcutlow street lot
lust Sanday afternoon in the uniform
of z~ ‘.\'cw (‘annnn cohotl.
Au :.ililltional outfielder, liicitlently
curet‘ lit I‘atetson. and answers tothc
siep in securing him.
“Lress” Tobin will be on hand More, Stich jobs are outlined according ‘0 _ whlch he assures all who would 11"
ibcr Sill. will not be played lit-i-c, (ll\'IllR'lhi‘Ci‘,\.l ul:ich hc 01.3st lights to lift fl!“ morning, bl“ will “0' assume “('1 seniority In the organization.
d'lve duty on the pitching mound untillfl’tl. tht‘y :0 I0 “19 “WWW” with thel they remain faithful to the road
“Bress” is confident of winning
will be pluypd p. not known .5 ymjtty's buck. btit each time Dumlec ral-IHW‘ rounds.
bit‘ it would not be eurprlsl
m: If muffled and fought back like a corneredI N0 Rflmi‘ “'1" b? Difll'Pd at
lnitl 6-3 64 6-4. William J (‘Itith..!~'at’i.t~ was also itIitl‘f‘d filmy fromJVIIdflll.
lei. ' of Philadelphia, won from Olin
J. Street, llcs Molnen, 68. 6-0, 6-2:
and R. Norris Williams. 2nd. Philli-
(iclpluin.. defeated llo'oert Leroy. New}
York, 6-1. 6-1, 7-5.
thief interest the day‘s play
centered in the match betweeni
(‘lirrch and Kumagae. {
Church nmdc short work of the Orl-
. cntol cxpcrt. Church rushed to the
not at every opportunity and his so
curate plat-citient shots off the drip,
ciicsc‘s‘ returns proved ungcttablc in
Pf‘ttlie majority of codes. Kumagac was
”mlcxtrcnicly alert and made many gets.
“Zilliztt an ordinary tournament player,
.537‘tvould not have. put his racquel. on.‘
.553;ln his efforts, however. he piled up’
.sgstnumcrous {this and cuts that countetlt
.461|h*"“"“-" against him and although he'
:4383pttsscd Church many times with back
.352‘ihalld cross court and side line place-
340 intent drives he never appeared at. any
.3271linie to be able to win.
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TULSA, Okla” August til—Promo-
ter-t of the scheduled Iii-round boutli
between Carl Morris and Frank Mt»:
inn here next Monday, declared that;
neither state no: county officials, nor.
the threatened railroad strike. we in
_cause a postponement of the mate .
Lieutenant-Governor Trapp, solidi:
governor. hart refused to Intervene,
and James Wolley. sheriff of Tulsa
county. has issued a statement saying
, he would not interfere.
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LABOR DAY
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BIG LEAGUES MAKE PLANS
To TRANSPORT PLAYERS
CHICAGO. August 31." Plans for
transporting baseball teams in case of
n ;'I'llt'l’fli railroad strike, by motor.
lion; and ititcrtirbnu trolley have been-
tiirtrizssctl Iit league which
would ilt‘ affected, It was lcnrncd here
ycsitrtloy. President Johnson. of the
Anitrictm League, was not in It's of-
licc but at the office of the Chicago
Nationals: it was said no interruption
in the schedule was expected, as ten-
tativc plans for moving the'tenms
from town to town by motor cars
wlicrc trolley or boats were not avail-
able, had already been made.
Boat lines: from Buffalo to Cleve-
land or Detroit and thence for most of
the Way to Chicago the trolley lines
will be used by tcams hero and prob-
ably the St. Louis clubs. The cxten<
Eive trolley system of Indiana. Ohio
and Illinois will make solution of the
transportation problem not diillcult,
Up to Individual Clubs.
NEW YORK. August 31.——No tir-
rangements for the transportation of
baseball teams, should the threatened
railroad strike be called next Monday,
have been inn 9 or even discussed‘at
the National League headquarters
here. The; matter is one for the iti-
dlvldual clubs and. lid for the league
executives to arrange, t vvas said.
Most of the National League pen-
nant race contests during the re-
mainder of the 'sengm are to be. play-
ed in Eastern cities, and by doubling
up with tvtb games eaohqday It would
be postible. -It was pointed out. to
carry the mayors by automobiles M
tween Philadelphia. Now York.
cvoz‘y
Brooklyn aha Boston. while the f
guinea scheduled at St. limits, Ptttn
15min cincinmi m obleflo amt
be played by these clubsdiiffiit thiii‘
enforced It”!!! m may},
dflifiofidfiififi! ”will“.
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its Thlrd wmt Princeu Nelda In
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l woouéocum', R. 1.. August 31.—
Six heats failed tc decide the winner
in the 2:12 pace at the second day":
meciliig of the Short Ship Circuiti
races hcrc'yt-stcrday and that event
:wettl over tiiitll today after (‘ploncli
.l‘orrst. Aconite and Pt'ucess Wilkes
'hut‘. each won two heats. Flt-eta Dil-
iloft. the favorite, was distanced in
title second heat. James W. ‘ook the
iii.“ trot and Budd Elliott the 2:23.
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MACK RELEASES WALSH
T0 BOSTON RED SOX
PHILADELPHIA, August 31.4mm-
atter Mack, of the Philadelphia Ame.»
icmts, announced yesterday that Out~
fiOIU‘l‘ Walsh had been released t
”the lloston Red Sox. The deal for
Walsh is in part payment for Catcher
Hailey, who recently came to the Ath-
letics fruit the Buffalo club, in which
orgntilzation the Boston club has an
interest.
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FRANK-IE CALLAHAN wiNs.
BOSTON, Mass.. August 31.——Frtmk-
lo Callahan received the decision of
Referee Conley over Harry Carlson,
the lightweight champion of New Eng
land, at the end of their 12-round
burl. Callahan gave Carlson a severe
drubbing, dropping-the local man in‘
the tenth round. Carlson was lucky
to last the distance. He showed re-
mnrkable sameness.
oivvtiv ‘ANB oevsne III out“. i
snmnoo. Chile. August 91:33ka
Wfl'éyi at" (initial-“nth, tamarind
champion pugilist of Austrian.- and
not hovers. iii-rhea Sm yesterday.
the two men litt'v'd'tmfi matched to
r ‘t fiMiiW adamant
“" .t . M‘fi- ' ‘
‘lit
Amuse-
ment Park Sunday afternoon, but, the
gates will bevopen Motltill)’ morning
9 o'clock. In view of the fact that
a dttastrous railrovstrike seems at
thir writing to be unavoidable, Mun-
:tgcr Russell has adopted the role of
hrirg his team to this city on Sun-
day night. instead of waiting until
Moi-tiny morning. at whichtlme every-
thing on rails may be tied up.
HERE'S A PECULIAR CASE.
Refuses to Join
Prefers Mlnon.
_I‘ORTLAND. Ore, August 31.——Lou-
Is Cuisto. Portland's star first sucker.
who has been sold‘to the Cleveland
Americans. announced yesterday he
would not leave for Cleveland unless
ltc not $1.000 of his sale price as a
bonus anti $3.000 salary. Cleveland
h: ~ t his salary at $2,150.
said be Is not anxious to go
aims for another year any-
Gulsto Indians;
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GRAND CIRCUIT RESULTS.
POUGHKEEPSIL‘, N. Y.‘. August 31.
«~Tlioma‘s W. Murphy captured two
more races at the Pougbkeepsie Grand
Circuit. meeting yesterday. driving Ex-
pressive Lou to victory in two straight
heat. in the "Guy Axworthy" for
tltrce-ycar-old trottern eligible to the
2:17 class and winning two? of the
three heats in “The Poughlteepsie"
for 2:15 trotters with Brlsac. The
Poughlteeipsle trainer was also second
with Acorn Axwarthy in the “Hud-
son Valley.“ for 2:12 trtttterit. tvhich
wit-a vton by Mabel Trask, driven by
Whiter R. Cox, in three straight
he'ittl'.
mprétisivtr Lou led puctioiti‘ggm
”:9 my "1 W“ he“! at the t 0“- rai- several man, without vetting any , by such action. leave the ac
to d ”‘6‘.
- Bella‘s! Todd lihll the speedto‘f tilt! “ugh to [game]- it. protracted strike. ' .1] fish“ out! privileges. and
only in tho itritt filo itt‘a‘tits of tlio
lift. once winning In 2:05 1-2 and
.2506 1-1.
making et cry ‘
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SlRlRt it will ROAD
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{men are very familiar with railroad
3niatiers it is thought he New Haven
‘cnn >Ll(‘('9‘53fuiiy fight the strike, and
‘ultimaiely defeat the brotherhoods.
lin fact a number of well informed
lrailroaders are of in» opinion the
l strike could be won by the company if
‘ it was fought to a show down.
it l> pointed out that there are many
old railroad men in this. vicinity now
'in other business who would be glad
to go back on the road for the high
pay which is now received by the
train crews. and which was tum-h low-
er in the days when they quit the ser-
vice for other lines of work. There
are many retired railroad men, and
many men who were trainineit but
were dismissed front the service for
technical Infractions of tilt f‘ilI'Z‘r, who
would be thud .o be lzikt-n back. it is
thought. With this lllllllbt‘l'. and
such men as would naturally be at-
iractcd lo the train sertice by the
high wages paid and steady work of»
fered, in some circles it it believed
:ch 'roins could be operatr-d on a fair
basis.
Tie-Up at First.
it is likely. mill-oath contede. that
for the filfil few tinyz, or even a week,
there will be it ctm~iderahlc dISltll'h-
aitcc in traffic. Willi F‘F‘Jil‘dll' hardy
ships for isolated or conges-cd com-
ttitinlliee, Which must be alleviated by
local efforts. But liit‘v anticipate a
rapid disetitanglcment of tramc and
speedy resumption of tilt important
schedules. One of the mist Import-
ant decisions which has been reached
by the road. is that each will make its
fight separately and independently.
The dithdhlties and objections in the
‘way of a centralized light are instinct“
itblc. although this will give II certain
advantage to the strikers.
i ‘ The grip the roads with commuting
,huslnc‘ss have upon their men was ex-
Iplalned by an official as follows
‘ “Engineers who drive commuting
roundu and landed countless lefts and:R ““1"" “PM"! ltf'rrlm. has been w'itralns have . regular daily schedule.
i'l‘hey live and work like business men,
their families and to sleep at home.
That
Now, men who go
iout on strike not only lose their Jobs.
ibut if they 'eturn they lose their
'setiiorltl'. and return on the same
tstatus its new employes. This would
Imean that the good jobs, the tom-
muting trains and the crack expresses
——-the Twentieth Century, Block Dia-
imond, lacknwanna Limited. and so
‘forth. with their extra pity—would be
limit to them. going. instead, to the
1minority of engineers who had re-
':~ prcparedncss enthusiast. and ‘Vmifused to 19“.. the. companies’ employ.
"You can't tell me that many of the
engineers on the good runs are going
to sacrifice their future comfort. In
fact. from all Information we receive.
tltev have made up their minds not
to. ' The general feeling among tho
men is opposed to striking. They
voted in favor of a strike. never be-
lieving for a moment that their rep-
resentatives would carry things so far.
The richer roads. w hich have been
able to treat their men rather better
than other roads, are particularly con-
lldcnt that the men will ‘itand by
them.
variance between the different roads.
Some will be tied up at the start. I
expect. Others-will keep things run—
ning. Bet we shall be able to move
essential traillc in a few days, at any
rate)”
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Will Move F‘ootl First.
All of the roads announce their in-
tention to seeto it that the city shall
not lack for food. High prices may
prevail for a time, but the railroads
’atve convinced they can move enough
trillns to aVcrt an actual food short-
age. Efforts will be concentrated
along these lines. PassEnger traffic
will suffer, of course, and the malls
will be delayed, but freight trains oar-
ivying foodstuffs and ntilk trains will
.have the right of way.
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”fly, in anticipation of future embar-
goes. and possibly with some fore-
sight of the general strike which has
already beén called on the food, have
laid in large Quantities of t‘a‘w mate-
rfinial, which would 1551 some of them
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more in, but none of tbéin hi iii 3 I56-
«tt is the ctihsfinfiils‘ of opinion at tho
nontrivial: manufacthréiii that it no
union "attire that two at titre
. i“ x, -:. to V-l‘t.’ I“ “.
Will? i
e‘b ale on y
Of course, there will be much;
Many manufacturers in this vicin-
. Iv:K
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the
filfilgtl‘nt upcountyy supply.
about ct milk are it
port-3d into . .tily from “1* ‘ ‘
in Middlesex and Litch ‘h’mfi'
and enough i> made 5-. h “ ‘
vicinity of he city to ',
from a milk famine.” The
trouble would be that thc dealers fl
grain would have dillitulty in Italy”.
in a sufficient suppil', and the an)!“ .
of cold weather. with the shutting a
of ill-a green pasurdge, might cause C
falling off in the local bunt”.~
, The supply from upstate cod. -
scarcely be drawn for any protracte‘
time iii motor trucks, as the supply
of gavoliiie would he one of the m
to show the effects of the strike.
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Prettdent Elliott.
The statement giten out by in
New Haven front President Elliott it
in part as follows: ‘ ‘
In reply to many queries that I."
been made regarding the scan of t“.
thrcatcned strike and to clear up fl
misunderstanding as to whether p-l‘
Elliott, president of the New I”.
New llaven. and Hartford an_
company, issued today in Wouldn't“
the following statement showing 01‘
all classes of train service will It. fir
volved: -'
“In the detailed instructions In!!!“
by the organizations to the them ’
the first paragraph says: ,
“i. No man in road service hi
volved in the strike will perform w ..
service after the hour set for (h.
strike (7 a. in. September 4) all“
he has already begun a trip and in“
actually left he terminal. If (‘0
train has left the terminal he will 00‘-
plate the trip and deliver the orig!“
and train at the end of the turn of tu‘
up point, if tied up undcr ihe‘law (1.
hour law.i after which he will ”6
form no otlicr service IIIIIiI the clot .
of the lr‘l‘ike. Men In other than road».
service will leave the service at III“
appointed time. So far its your I“
right to strike is concerned theflw
difference between a mull train Hamil,
You have idth‘
the same right to refuse to perfurfi ..
service on a freight train." ' y
“The public, the press and the 003"
great! ‘9Ilnul'l understand clearly M
the strike order ‘affects the men “It" .
man’ the passenger, mail, milk. ”M
‘cxpress traine, lust as much as that
on the freight trains and that ”:1,
passenger service also must ‘uwfif‘
istlll until their places one fIlIed."‘
Brrdo Appeal: To Men.
That the New Haven road hope; on. no
{appeal to the good Will of the W
'ét‘
freight train.
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,by General Manager C. b. DI .
' retain their seniority privileges M
:will be fully protected. “We
iyou." he says "to give most ‘ ‘ .
.consld-sratlon to the far reachin‘me‘
.ects of such an not. before you .
to withdraw your services. Are
going to sacrifice all you have on J' A
in seniority. opportunity for MI”;
veto. by hasty, or III considered, .
lion?"
The statement to
.reads in full as follows:
To Engineers, Firemen, Conduo ,
and Tralnmen:
The demands of employee. In nullifyw
train and yard service for an Mi”
hour day and time and one-half
yall over-time have been carefully w
?sitlercd by this company. These
mands, attention is invited to the
cost, of this service to the ct .. . ..
iof $1,796,893 per year, or 37.6 per .
l The company, through the not ‘
iconfercnce committee of man
has offered to submit your dc. i
to the interstate commerce com--
sion for an impartial investigatiomg
to arbitration.
The company recognizes ital“
Sobllgation it. the public io-Ilafw .
:fts service, believes there are r \
itrue, loyal employcs who as such“
:ognize their full share of this 0
ition, and who favor methods it}!
(than a strike for reaching c ~ -
‘slons. ,
i Understanding you have voted]:
{favor or a strike to enforce, your ,
:mnnds, attention is invited in the
gperiod of satisfactory relations
«ween employes anti the company,
tgether with the very favorable
iwe urge you to gIVe mbst serious
Inttltirtiumt to the. for reaching e,
of such an not, before you decide
1withdraw your services. -.
If it strike is ordered tutti you log, _
the service, the company. to fulfill; ‘
ioblfghtiona to the public. will . -
leve'r'y-eflOrt to operate its trains.
ivler of this, 'are you going to
flee all yo have. earned In soul i
fopporttmlty for pensions. etc. by, ‘ . . ,
!or ill considered action?
Emplbyes who join in the s
the until”
the company and thereby
before re-ontérlnz 'tild'
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