Arbitration Hopes Aim to Avert Trainmen Strike
Government watches critical conditions as strong arbitration signals potential settlement. Supreme Court centers attention on looming decisions that may shape the path forward.
18 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1917
Page
1
Government watches critical conditions as strong arbitration signals potential settlement. Supreme Court centers attention on looming decisions that may shape the path forward.
W G Lee spokesman for four railroad brotherhoods said a deal by Monday could avert a strike. He noted midwest sporadic strikes arose from communication gaps with members. the warning hour for the wanant would be in by midnight and work likely to resume in all cases.
New York reports an unnamed railroad official stating there will be no strike and that the brotherhoods have secured a complete victory. The statement asserts unity and a decisive outcome without naming individuals.
The article reports on President Wilson mediation over a national railroad strike and possible federal action to keep transport moving. It also covers Mexico replying to the U.S. note on peace and neutral cooperation, with Mexico insisting on neutrality and efforts to prevent European conflict spillover in the Americas.
Denver weather report notes fair conditions for New Mexico on Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Twenty four hour summary shows maximum 53 degrees minimum 11 degrees and current 6 pm reading 41 with a north wind and clear skies.
Observers note attorneys seeking early decision on the Adamson law while two potential decision days have passed. Some justice watchers believe the court may still avoid appearing under duress and may defer no longer. Justices met in conference to prepare opinions, while President Wilson telegraphed railroad representatives and workers praising reopened talks and urging further meetings to reach a settlement.
Overseas News Agency reports sixteen Entente aircraft were shot down on Sunday. Two captive balloons were destroyed as part of reported German air activity. The dispatch includes notices from Berlin and Sayville dated March 7 and March 13.
Paris March 17 A Zeppelin was shot down in flames near Compiegne. All crew lost after the airship caught fire as hydrogen compartments exploded. The wreckage fell across a wall between two villas with about thirty bodies found among the twisted metal.
Paris reports Premier Briand’s cabinet has resigned with the president empowered to interpret the situation for national defense. Briand’s ministry faced repeated parliamentary attacks over war measures and economic policy as the council handed the crisis to the republic’s leader for action.
After months of hammering German lines in the Somme sector British forces entered Bapaume and seized Le Transloy and Achiet-le-Petit. French troops north of the Avre pushed about two and a half miles along a 13 mile front as German retreats were admitted between indexes of Lassigny and Sailly.
New York March 17 Two attempts were made to sink the White Star line passenger steamer Lapland on her final outward voyage from this port since February 14 officers said. The first attack off the Irish coast involved a submarine boat that was sunk by a patrol boat. The second attack near the Mersey river saw a torpedo pass the Lapland's bow.
In Big Cottonwood Canyon two prospectors perished as a two mile snowslide followed a record snowstorm across the intermountain region. Three eastern trains are stalled and Salt Lake and coast routes report six to eighteen hour delays.
Text of Imperial manifesto announcing Nicholas II and heir's abdication and transfer of power to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, with calls for a provisional government and a national plebiscite to decide the form of Russia’s future. Dispatch notes differing views between duma leaders and workers.
British and French troops push forward across sixteen and about fifteen mile fronts in France. German positions retreat under heavy bombardment as Bapaume falls to British forces and new lines form toward Fresnes Andechy and the Olne. French seize Rove and advance along the Hoye Noyen road as German withdrawals accelerate after long bombardments.
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