railroadstrike

Judge Knapp and Commissioner Hangar announce that they have selected Judge Chambers to serve on a panel of three mediators in a 1913 attempt to forestall a firemen's strike on eastern railroads. Chambers' portrait, also taken on this occasion: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3775426652/in/p...

I think Chambers might be younger here. There are two dates. One upper left center, look like 8/8/12, and the other on the top right edge looks like 4/14/20. A curiosity.

I started an entry for Chambers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lea_Chambers

Thanks for your helpful comments about the identities of these men and for correcting the typo in Hangar's name. The two dates may reflect date of creation (8/8/12) and date of later use (4/14/20). We will update our information when we reload the database.

New York Times story (February 28, 1913) says that Judge Martin A. Knapp [not W. A. Knapp, as given in photo caption] and G. W. W. Hangar [NYT misspells his name as Hanger] will select third man to serve on a three-member arbitration panel: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D04E2D6163FE633A... They selected Judge Chambers; apparently this is a press conference on March 8, 1913, at which Chambers made his public debut. The reversed date on the Bain negative appears to say 1912, which must have been an error made in haste; the year was 1913.

A Yale man, was VP of Operations for the Pennsylvania railroad, according to this NY Times piece :http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C06E3DE1038E633A25752C1A9609C946496D6CF

William Wallace Atterbury (January 31, 1866 – September 20, 1935) was a Brigadier General during World War I. He was instrumental in reorganizing railroad traffic during the war for more efficient transportation of troops and supplies for the Allied forces. After the war, he became president of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1925. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Atterbury

In the news in 1913 as a member of an arbitration board established under an act of Congress to mediate a threatened railway strike.

In the news in 1913 as a member of an arbitration board (with Seth Low, D. L. Cease, and others) established under an act of Congress to mediate a threatened railway strike.

Everyone, Thanks for the additional information about Mr. Atterbury. We will add to the description when we update the record.

U. S. Federal Judge. In March, 1913, he was appointed chairman of a panel of mediators attempting to forestall a strike of firemen against eastern railroads. Press conference at which his appointment was announced: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3774620551/in/p...

SO much history, Delightful.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lea_Chambers

Thanks for the information about Chambers. We will add it to the source description and reload the database shortly.

DL Cease was longtime editor of the Railroad Trainman, and served on various advisory boards to do with railroad workers' wages, safety, and other employment conditions.

In the news in 1913 as an appointed member (with Seth Low, W. W. Atterbury, and others) of an arbitration board established by act of Congress to mediate an impending railway strike.

I started an article on him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_L._Cease I haven't been able to come up with his middle name.

Everyone, Thanks for the additional details on Mr. Cease. We will expand the record when we update.

This photo ran in the Sunday Oregonian, August 24, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Image 59 with the caption: "Daniel L. Cease, for 22 years editor and proprietor of the Railway Trainmen of Cleveland, has been chosen as one of the six arbitrators who are to settle the present trouble over wages between the trainmen and conductors and the railroads. There are to be six arbitrators. Mr. Cease and Lucius .B. Sheppard are to represent the men. The railroads are to name two arbitrators and these four will select the remaining two arbitrators." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1913-08-24/ed-1/se...