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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson appeals to railroad managers and the brotherhoods to reopen differences and avert a nationwide traffic paralysis. Cabinet mediates with a National Defense Council panel aiming to move trains, protect food and mail flow, and consider eight hour day rules under Goethals commission.
President Wilson urged railroads and workers to avoid a strike citing national peril. He sent the appeal to Elisha Lee L. E. Sheppard W. G. Lee W. S Stone and W. S Carter and said a Council of National Defense committee would seek conference to reach an accommodation. He warned a general railway stoppage would threaten the nation and urged immediate accommodation as imperative.
A telegram to President Wilson from the railroad managers' committee states that the national conference committee of railroads will cooperate with the Council of National Defense to avert a national calamity caused by an interruption of railroad traffic. The message aligns with the spirit of Wilson's address and promises earnest effort to maintain rail service.
Governor Cox announced Ohio stands ready to seize railroads if a railroad strike endangers food supply or keys to national crisis. He said martial law could be used to take over and run the lines, asserting law of the land would override precedent to aid the President and national effort.
Philadelphia March 16. An embargo takes effect at 6 p m. today across lines including the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington and the West Jersey and Sea shore Railway. All freight is barred except live stock and shipments of foodstuffs for human and animal consumption. Government freight and news print paper are also exempt. News confirms the order targets domestic shipments with limited exceptions.
The Washington edition unveils an eight page tabloid magazine in tomorrow's Sunday Post. Printed for feminine readers, it promises up to date fashion news and many features appealing to women. It covers feminine activities from kitchen to boudoir in a metropolitan paper context.
Three of four National Council of Defense mediators met with four railroad brotherhood chiefs in New York as secrecy and delay marked talks to avert a nationwide railroad strike. Officials including Franklin Lane and Dan Willard pressed for a settlement while Gompers was yet to arrive. A manager telegram pledged cooperation to prevent national calamity as embargoes and service cuts loom for tomorrow night.
Petrograd reports the Russian provisional government issues an appeal detailing a new cabinet and a program for sweeping reforms. It calls for general amnesty, freedom of speech and unions, abolition of social and religious restrictions, universal suffrage, a constitutional assembly, a national militia, and bills to extend social rights to soldiers. The troops who helped carry the revolution remain, and the government pledges no war-time delay to reforms.
Washington and district officials negotiate as Capital Traction and the Washington Railway and Electric Company refuse to contract with the union. A bomb killed two in Boston's Suffolk county courthouse, injuring a bystander as judges, jurors, and guards faced the blast. The incident follows tense labor strife and a political push for investigations.
El Paso reports Villa decisively defeated Gen Francisco Murguía at the second Rosario battle in Durango on Saturday. Villa ambushed the enemy, captured one train, and left hundreds of Carranza troops killed or wounded. Juarez dispatches say Villa holds Parral Jimenez and parts of southwestern Chihuahua as Murguía tries to reorganize forces nearby.
Mediators begin conferences as the car workers strike enters a critical phase. The issue widens with reports of a bomb killing two in Boston and new political hints from German revolts.
London reports an air raid on southeastern England last night with bombs dropped in Kent and at Westgate near Margate. The raid remained in progress early today, with a prior strike on Broadstairs noted. No casualties reported. material damage described as slight.
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