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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1917
Page
7
New York March 19 railroads grant eight hour day to four brotherhoods ending threat of general strike. Agreement raises combined payroll about 60 million dollars annually for over 300000 workers. Mediation by Secretary Lane and others cited as key as President Wilson urged peace amid looming world conflict.
The sinking of three American ships by German submarines pressured the crisis and helped restore normal transportation. Railroad managers, opposed by the unions, were temporarily dismissed by presidential mediators who foresaw a bleak outlook as talks paused and Secretary Lane noted conferences would resume.
New York March 18 The president s mediators issued a statement praising railway managers for agreeing to apply provisions of the Adamson eight hour law and preventing a nationwide strike. They outlined two days of talks, the postponement of a Saturday strike, and a committee backed settlement to ensure no shutdown whether or not the law is upheld. The memorandum forms the basis of the settlement with the line that no strike will occur. Signed Franklin K Lane W B Wilson ARD Samuel Gompers Daniel Wil
Chinese troops have occupied the German concessions at Tien Tsin and Yankew without opposition. The Dutch have taken over the German consulates. Ad segment notes a 5 cent cigar and a likely slogan about “Good to the last pag.”
Paris reports a major German retreat along a broad 40 mile front from Switzerland to the sea, with French lines recapturing towns and vast areas while Nivelle presses the pursuit. Berlin and British dispatches confirm evacuations, with hundreds of villages retaken and thousands of civilians returning amid renewed fighting. Russian forces also claim capture of Van in Turkish Armenia.
Twenty six mail bags addressed to Washington and the British embassy at Washington were found rifled on board the Cunard liner Saxonia upon her arrival today. San Felier. 2 Great falgerire went Cigar.
New York reports 85 Americans aboard the Vigilancia City of Memphis and Illinois sunk by German submarines in the blockade zone. Missing crews include 14 from the Vigilancia and 8 from the City of Memphis. Capt Borum and eight others among the Memphis survivors are missing. Winds crew landed safely. City of Memphis left Cardiff for New York with 38 aboard, 29 Americans. Governor Frost dispatch notes detail rescue efforts and continued uncertainty about survivors aboard other vessels.
In Des Moines on March 19 Maj. Thomas C Barry of the Central Department U S Army ordered the halt of mustering out the Second Town Infantry. Units may be recalled if needed as militia form a nucleus for a larger army. Co B has 99 men and Co G 67.
A severe midwest snowstorm swept northern towns and Minnesota, dropping eight feet drifts and causing trains to stall. Waterloo residents fear floods with rising temperatures forecast by Chicago offices. North of Albert Lea heavy snowfall disrupted rail service, while trains from Minneapolis faced delays and detours as crews battled deep drifts.
In Baltimore on March 19 six boys, labeled internationalists after refusing to salute the flag, must salute before peers and recite The Star Spangled Banner and My Country, Tis of Thee. The school board announced this would lift suspensions, with all but one pupil now willing to comply. most are of Russian extraction.
The United States debates war moves after three unarmed American merchant ships are sunk by German submarines. President Wilson weighs arming ships, calling Congress, or declaring war as officials predict a confrontation with Germany and plans to clear sub lanes.
The Adamson eight hour railroad law was held constitutional and valid by the Supreme Court in a 5 to 4 decision. Justices Day Pitney Mc Reynolds and Van Devanter dissented. The ruling upholds an eight hour standard for railroad workers and the wage increases that followed.
A described delivery problem centers on an error by the carrier boy or another cause. The resident notes a paper should not have been delivered to them under the reported incident.
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