Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1916 — Wilson’s Hand May Avert Great Railroad Strike. [ARTICLE]

Wilson’s Hand May Avert Great Railroad Strike.

Washington, Aug. 14. —President Wilson conferred today with both parties to the threatened countrywide railway strike and tonight it appeared that sufficient foundation had been laid to furnish a working basis for a settlement of the differences of the employes and employ-* ers. The President will meet both sides again tomorrow.

At the conclusion of the day’s conference, the President issued this statement: ‘‘l have met both sides and have gone over the case with the utmost frankness. I shall not be able to judge until tomorrow whether we have found a feasible basis for settlement.”