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)sFFIs6lra-dre o£ como gna, Pope » XV nedl-said being: mous n bis when were Is 1 filleted i vlc-n.ithful riest, fered ay of s side ! de-o theB.3 had Mon-was a the cried avlng vote : theaiula, ether eath-Irma-'ound medi-can-beinc ip of o theiption erica, ir toRESUME MEETINGS IN EFFORT TO ENDRAILROAD STRIKEMahon Is Given Complete Power in New Conference With J. P. Company’s Representatives.STILL ARE OPTIMISTICUnion’s Vice President and Road’s Assistant Manager Confident Agreement Will Be Reached.■tolic ed to llnals i peo-i that e, to-j the woulds themuch ' ear-•vious tions. Della ry of cere-i and d be-Dellaiccept Irma-e the ccept-dean id he e XV. t the elec-rnem-d the pon-robe, broad hced broid-[Those persons in close touch with all of the principals in the strike drama on the Joplin Pittsburg Railway Company's lines are confident that a conference which will be opened today In Pittsburg between W. D. Mahon, International president of the union, and John S. Prescott, secretary-treasurer of the company, will result in a final settlement.Mr. Mahon goes into the negotiations today clothed with full power to act. While he declined last night to say just what he was prepared to ofTer the company officials, It is believed that the union is willing to compromise on the wage scale demands.lt;»eneraJ Meeting Is Held.“So far as X personally am concerned,” said Mr. Mahon, “I can see no change in the situation. I don’t care to say whether the men have decided to recede from their wage demands. You can say. however, that so long as there is a hope of settlement we are prepared to continue the negotiations.”Enthusiasm was rife at a meeting of the strikers held in the city auditorium at Pittsburg yesterday afternoon. The 200 striking barnmen, carmen and section men were present, as was the Labor day and Btrike benofit committees from the Joplin Trades Assembly. President Mahon and other international officers addressed the gathering.Regarding the meeting, C. D. Wat-n for son, vice president of the striking om- local, said last night: “I regard the and j strike as near a close. The officiate I who addressed us today at Pittsburg 0 advised a compromise. We authorized them to reopen negotiations with the company and gave the executive committee and President Mahon full power to act.”Company Confident.John A. Fennimore, assistant general manager of the railroad, said last night: “It still looks favorabletome and I believe a final settlement of the differences between the strikers and company is not far away.” Nothing definite matured yesterday as to the part the state of Kansas purposes to play In the tie-up If a peaceable agreement is not reached by the principals.John S. Dawson, attorney general, left Pittsburg yesterday afternoon, ostensibly for Topeka, where it is believed he will confer with Governor Hodges regarding the trouble. The attorney general spent two days at the scene of the labor dispute, beeom- I g ing thoroughly conversant with the tT merits of the case by viewing It from j ii all angles.Whatever line of action Is agreed upon by him and Governor Hodges probably will not be announced before next week, as they desire to give the principals every opportunity to work out their own solution.GH(Siofto
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Fri, Sep 04, 1914
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