Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1916 — Sees Victory For Men in Rail Row. [ARTICLE]

Sees Victory For Men in Rail Row.

Cleveland, Aug. 20. —W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, predicted victory for the men in the rail dispute at his home here tonight, immediately after his return from Washington. He said: “I do not see how the roads can get away from accepting arbitration. .That is the president’s plan and certainly the railroads are not greater than the government.

Washington, Aug. 20.—President Wilson’s week of conferences with ranking officials cf the railroads and the leaders of employes threatening a nation-wide strike are believed by all parties to the controversy to have brought the situation to a point where decisive developments may be expected within a few days. While the negotiations took no actual forward step today, the president replied indirectly to contentions of the road official' that the principle of arbitration would be endangered by his plan for putting the eight-hour basic day into effect while a commission investigates its practicability and passes upon other points at issue. In a telegram made public at the white house, the president declared he heid firmly to abritration as a principle and that his plan strengthened rather than weakened it. He also said that some means must be found to prevent the esisting situation from ever arising again. - ■ ’ > ■