When the brotherhood leaders re
jected the latest proposal to the rail
roads and definitely set the strike for
Labor Day, without further notice,
President Wilson decided to lay the
whole situation before Congress.
DEMONSTRATION PLANNED
BY RAIL EMPLOYES SEPT. 4
Brotherhood Leaders Expect 2,000,0]
Workers in Labor March Showing
Sympathy for Cause.
Washington, Aug. 30.Labor day,
Monday, September 4, is the date fixed
for the strike in the tentative orders
prepared by the railroad brotherhoods
and carried home by the members of
the committee of 640 when they left
Washington Sunday. It was learned
that the brotherhood leaders decided
negotiations here must end, one way
or another, before Labor day, and se
lected the holiday with a view to hav
ing 2,000,000 or more workers in all
lines of labor march in great demon
strations In favor of the strikers
cause.
ELEVEN AUTOMOBILES IN
WRECK TWO ARE KILLED
Racing Machines Pile Up at Firs
Turn During Race at Kalama-
zoo Park.
Kalamazoo, Aug. 29.Two men wew
killed and eight others injured, one
of them fatally, when 11 of the 14
automobiles piled up at the first turn
during tfie 100-mile race at Recreation
park here.
The accident occurred when Pea
cock's car, leading in the race, skid
ded and struck the fence at the first
turn. It was overturned and thrown
squarely across the track. Ten of the
machines going at a terrific clip
ploughed into the wreckage.
War News Causes Drop in Price.
