AINTENANCE
EMPLOYES MAY
STRIKE TUESDAY
Detroit, Feb. 14 President Wil
son's proposal yesterday to represen
tatives of the various railroad unions
contained nothing that would warrant
I withdrawal of the strike order issued
lu memoers or tne United Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way Em
ployes and railway shop laborers, Al
len E. Barker, head of that organiza
tion, said today. Mr. Barker said he
had received -this morning a copy of
the President's proposal.
Washington, Feb. 14 Representa
tives of the Railroad Brotherhoods
reached a decision today on the pro
Position made to them yesterday by
President Wilson in the - wage con
troversy and it will be communicated
to the President through Secretary
Tumulty later in the day. The union
officials would give no. hint as to the
future of their decision .or of the
President's proposal. -
The union men announced that the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
had joined in the decision to be given
to the President, but the brotherhood'
of maintenance of way employes had
not become a party to it. The main
tenance have been ordered' to strike
Tuesday. . ' '
APPOINTED FEDERAL DIRECTOR
Washington, Feb. 14 Alberio A.
Archambault of West Warwick warn
today appointed Federal prohibition
director for Rhode Island.
be a violation thereof of two of the
secretaries to hol4 a conference in
the absence of the president.
"Mr. Lansing has faithfully served
Mr. Wilson during both of his terms
as president, ind in due consideration
for his rights,. I think the president
should have asked for his resigna
tion on the ground that they djd noi
agree on the policies to be pursued
by the state department and not ti
have dismissed him in this harsh
way." '.
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